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Yash Aggarwal, Krishna Kolluri and Ram Uppuluri, all former candidates for the U.S. Congress, spoke about the political implications of being South Asian...
...understand Atlanta in the '90s for his best-selling book A Man in Full. In several sections of his novel, Wolfe offers his own sly parodies of today's rap styles: "How'm I spose a love her/ Catch her mackin' with the brothers," Wolfe writes in a passage. "Ram yo' booty! Ram yo' booty!" Most of the characters in A Man in Full are a bit frightened by rap's passion. It's Wolfe's view that "hip-hop music quite intentionally excludes people who are not in that world." That world, however, is growing...
...problem? I talked to Kevin Gervais, who provides tech support for Dragon, and he was mystified. First, he made sure that I had an adequate sound card (check www.naturallyspeaking.com for a list), a minimum of 32 megs of RAM and a 133-MHz or better PC. Since the recorder comes with a good microphone and headset, that wasn't an issue, though it can be if you just use the software on your PC without the recorder. Then we went over the setup procedure. I had read 20 minutes of a Dave Barry book into the recorder to familiarize...
...tech columnist for the nation's pre-eminent newsweekly, I naturally need the biggest, fastest, scariest computer in the land. And since my company is buying, damn the expense. I require video and 3-D cards to run the coolest games...er, spreadsheets; at least 96 megabytes of RAM so I can keep half a dozen programs open at once; a 17-in. monitor so I can see it all and a 10-gigabyte hard drive to store it. Also, stereo speakers with a subwoofer that rumbles like the voice of God, just to annoy my cats...
...this week's special: Packard Bell, Hewlett-Packard, Acer, even the little-known brand (Vision) that my mom got. They're virtually interchangeable so long as you get a warranty. The key is the store. A good one won't try to sell you a machine with, say, inadequate RAM or no monitor. Just...