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...Today the N.A.A.C.P. has become an embarrassment to African Americans--poorly managed, riddled with venality, and with almost nothing to say about the momentous racial issues. After 85 years the N-Double-A has finally outlived its usefulness at the national level. It's time to pull the plug on this sham and try something...
Microsoft promises much smoother interaction with the user under Windows 95. Along these lines, the new operating system's greatest asset may be its "Plug and Play" functionality. "Plug and Play" will provide users with a simple way to upgrade their PCs with CD-ROM players, sound cards and other multimedia hardware, as well as standard peripherals like printers, monitors and modems...
Under the current version of Windows, installation of such devices requires knowledge of obscure things such as "IRQ settings." Under a "Plug and Play" paradigm, the operating system figures out what is connected to it and configures itself accordingly...
...problem sets on which students' grades are based are notoriously difficult. That may be because of their focus on explaining concepts rather than "plug-and-chug" problem solving...
Take AT&T's TV Information Center, for instance. Plug your cable TV and phone lines into it, and you've got a television that doubles as a secretary, organizing your voice messages and gathering E-mail while letting you keep up / with the soaps. By the time the $329 "intelligent device" goes on sale next spring, AT&T hopes to be able to offer a whole range of telephone-cum- television information services, from home banking to personalized weather reports to crossword-puzzle crib sheets...