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Rorty thus misses a fundamental point: novelists do not flee from the lofty abstractions of philosophers to the microcosm of the contingent because they are forsaking the universal, but rather because they believe the contingent is the only true portal into the universal. They believe that the one humdrum Dublin day in the life of a middle-aged, Jewish cuckold who defecates, masturbates, feeds animals, attends a funeral, remembers his dead son, and kisses the ass of his adulterous wife can speak not just to one perverse character’s experience but to the experience of humanity...
...portal replaces the 7-year-old Research Matters site, which will be taken down in the near future...
Those are high stakes indeed, and the Hawkings spin an apocalyptic yarn to explore them. George's Secret Key to the Universe, aimed at 9- to 11-year-olds, tells the story of a young boy, George, and a cheery astrophysicist, Eric, whose talking computer opens a portal to the known universe. The duo don spacesuits and use the portal to search for planets to which humanity can escape from the irreversible warming of the earth. Along the way, George and the reader learn the basics of astrophysics and astronomy through illustrations and captioned photographs. "You don't need...
...little bit older. Also, it appears that the higher-ups have digitized and buffed up the advising system for you. You’re the first freshman class to enjoy the online advising portal—too bad what’s on the other side of that portal is still, more often than not, completely useless. That’s unfortunate, since the freshman class seems to be slightly less intelligent than in years past. Recent polls have shown a fifth of Harvard freshmen can’t locate Annenberg on a University map. We personally believe that Harvard...
...Nokia has been through this before in the early 2000s, when in deference to operators it toned down an initiative called Club Nokia, a portal for selling games and ringtones. But things are different this time, because as Kallasvuo put it, the Internet, and in particular the mobile Internet, "is one of the most opportunity-rich markets the world has ever seen." Nokia can't step aside for operators because the competition is already fierce and because more boundaries between which companies do what are falling every day. Not only has Apple entered the phone business...