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...decide what the rules were after the fact. But the answer to our original question is obvious: yes, we have reached the tipping point at which it's perfectly possible to replace your TV with a computer. Presuming two things: one, you don't care about a big screen or bumpin' audio because the Net doesn't deliver those yet. And two, you're watching alone. Watching TV on a computer is an experience best savored in solitude. Which isn't a big deal if, like me, you live by yourself. Did I mention how rich and fulfilling my personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Rid of My TV | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...after all, can't cheaper also be better? The software behind the touchscreens (which also serve as individual video monitors) knows when the turkey-bacon wraps are gone, so they disappear from the screen and you're never disappointed. Meanwhile, the first-class cabin, $1,600 on the New York--L.A. route, has more luxurious, traditional service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Branson's Flight Plan | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...star” guest singers of varied musical backgrounds, who will perform songs selected for their personal range and style, such as Sheldon K. X. Reid ’96, a current director of Kuumba, In order to further celebrate mariachi this weekend, they will screen “Compañeras” tonight, a documentary about the first all-female mariachi band in the United States, attended by the film’s co-director and producer Elizabeth Massie. It is not just the music but also the musicians that make Mariachi Veritas members so proud of their...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: More Than Tequila: Mariachi Veritas Brings Diverse Musical Delight | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...lone word “VOMIT” appeared on the screen as Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman described how audience members would involuntarily react to the stimulus, including raised hairs on the back of the neck, increased sweat gland activity, and heightened sensitivity to other unsettling words. Kahneman, who is a professor emeritus at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, specializes in the psychological underpinnings of economic decision-making. The exercise in priming was part of Kahneman’s talk on judgment and intuition yesterday in Yenching Auditorium. Despite being...

Author: By Wyatt P. Gleichauf, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nobel Laureate Explains Intuition | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

Gilbert, of course, retaliated: “I came in here one day, and turned on my computer,” Wegner recalls with a chuckle. “His face came on the screen and ‘Black Magic Woman’ started playing. I couldn’t make it go away. I have no idea why that particular song, or what was going on, but it just seemed like the thing for Gilbert...

Author: By Logan R. Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Happy Man | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

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