Word: sec
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suddenly the computer is barking out directions in a synthesized voice: "Go north on Henry Hudson Parkway!" "Go southeast on I-95, Exit 1A, 2 min. 59 sec. away!" It's at once creepy and reassuring. Karyn steps on the gas. "I feel I have to keep up," she complains. But wait! Following the signs south would take us to New Jersey. That's not right. We ignore the computer this one time and head north. After that, we follow the rest of the directions to Hanover, N.H., without incident; even when we wander off course, the green arrow shows...
...your screen. Since 1997, shows have been rated in seven categories, ranging from TV-Y, suitable for all children, to TV-MA, which I originally assumed indicated programs suitable for mamas, but which in fact stands for "mature audiences." Rating icons appear on the screen during the first 15 sec. of a program and are also noted in some TV listings...
...that the bumbling, barred-by-the-SEC Frankel was able to take control of insurance companies, particularly when he had virtually no assets? Oklahoma insurance commissioner Carrol Fisher is as surprised as anyone. "I don't know how in the world this could have happened," she said. "To imagine how one person could have got hold of this much money is beyond...
Before his death, Kubrick cut the tantalizing 90-sec. trailer of Tom and Nicole, naked and necking. He knew it would have everyone guessing: Do they? Or don't they? The Cruises aren't telling. "Stanley loved ambiguity," says Kidman. As in all the Kubrick films, the answer to Eyes Wide Shut lies in the seeing...
...testing two inexpensive scanners: UMAX's Astra 2100U and Astra 2000U (each sells for $129, street price). I assume the UMAX folks sent along the 2000U to demonstrate the obvious superiority of its brother. The machines are nearly identical, and do 36-bit color scanning relatively fast (about 30 sec. for an acceptable 300-dpi resolution of a snapshot). The difference is that the 2100U has buttons on the front for one-click scanning or copying. (Yes, copying. Just drop a document or photo on the scanner, hit the copy button, and the image transmits directly to your printer...