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...base of a big mountain. Now, "mountain-viewing" is local slang for dying. That sounds real. And so does the quotation Leithauser slyly invents for Herman Melville, "on his sole North Atlantic whaling voyage" in 1850: Freeland, the great writer deplored, was "a humble acme in the planet's perennial pursuit of utter desolation...
From earthquakes to volcanoes, glaciers to erosion, EPS 7 covers the globe. In class, Carl B. Agee, John L. Loeb associate professor of the natural sciences, discusses the age and evolution of the planet, theories of plate tectonics and the history of the Earth's surface. In labs and on a weekend trip, students learn about rock types and the ways geologists work in the field...
Coming up with an idea way ahead of its time is no small feat, but thinking of one just ahead of its time can often be the bigger challenge (just ask John "Newton" Sculley and Steve "NeXT Computer" Jobs). Back in 1994, when Alain Rossmann launched Unwired Planet to develop software for sending Internet news and information to cellular phones, he could only hope the industry would follow his lead sooner rather than later...
...with FCC deregulation bringing as many as six new players to each wireless market and the industry upgrading from analog to digital (and adding data capabilities to every phone), Rossmann's timing looks impeccable. Earlier this month, Unwired Planet closed a deal with Qualcomm, which should be rolling out digital cellular phones that can receive news, weather and stock info with UP's software by late this year. "We know we've won when this technology becomes an expected feature, not a curiosity," says UP vice president Ben Linder. At the rate UP is going, managing a portfolio and checking...
...have to pick someone in your group," he tells Mundy, "whose task it is to track Navio full time. They're the ones I worry about. Sega is an investor. They may be willing to feed us info." Then he moves on to other competitors. "What about the Planet TV guys?" Mundy explains that they are focusing on video games, "a platform we haven't prioritized." Gates counters: "We can work with them now, but they have other ambitions. So we'll be competitive with them down the line...