Word: playing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...complicated interface; players simply use the keyboard as a buzzer. And, notes MTV programming head Brian Graden, successful game shows already have an "interactive" element: yelling at the TV. "They create the illusion that you are faster and smarter than the contestants," he says. "It's all about play-along...
...course, the immediate goal of this experiment is an old one: get kids to watch MTV. Though only a percentage of the hoped-for viewership will play at once, the show will help MTV stay on top of trends like Internet use, which is essential to keeping the music channel relevant to kids. The format rewards loyalty; in a sweepstakes at the end of the season, webRIOT will give away a Ford Focus to one lucky online player. The more games you play, the better your chances...
...because I invest so much love and hope in Apple, it maddens me when the company falls short of its plug-and-play promise. And too often it does. Take the AirPort and iBook setup I tested. The idea behind it is deliciously simple; the setup was another story...
...base station with an Ethernet cable--not included--and do a "hardware reset." Did someone say wireless? Eventually, an Apple product manager discovered the fault. Turns out AirPort needs the arcane "name server address" from my Internet service provider, something it had not asked for during the plug-and-play software setup...
...rant about racist writing on The Jeffersons led to a job as a creative consultant for Norman Lear. Stein left D.C. for L.A., where he continued to write columns for publications ranging from Penthouse to Barron's, along with screenplays. John Hughes hired him when he was 40 to play a teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, asking him to speak extemporaneously on economics to a class. When Stein received applause from the crew members, he figured it was for successfully explaining the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, but they were just impressed that he could act so boring. Thus...