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People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They worked gruelingly, lived with few protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in peril and that they would someday be meat for worms. On top of all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer...
...computer time to generate one second of animation, but video-game players want things to happen in real time.) O'Brien's programs have helped some animations run 30,000 times faster. But he still isn't satisfied. He's developing simulation tools that are easier to use; someday, he hopes, anyone with a computer will be able to create special effects. --By Chris Taylor
...Ross Hoffman has his way, weather will someday submit to the whim of man instead of the other way around. Hoffman, a principal scientist at the technology research firm Atmospheric & Environmental Research, in Lexington, Mass., forecasts a sunny future in which, say, stampeding typhoons could be safely corralled and driven back out to sea. The key to weather control, says Hoffman, is understanding that even the fiercest tempest is a delicate creature. And by exploiting the sensitivity of weather to tiny changes in the environment, Hoffman has successfully tamed two hurricanes, thus saving dozens of lives and billions of dollars...
...cost about $120 a meter from www.timorousbeasties.com). Designer Manuel Canovas rolled out wallpapers with traditional pastoral scenes in funky color combinations like mauve on mustard and rose on lime. You never know, though: Timorous Beasties' toile may be cutting edge now, but it could become a classic like Wedgwood someday. Simmons reports that in November he visited Buckingham Palace - where he met the Queen...
Schwarzenegger's popularity frustrates the Democrats. "The guy is amazing. Stuff seems to bounce right off him," says Lance Olson, general counsel for the California Democratic Party. "Maybe someday some of it will stick, but so far he seems to be getting away with it." Others point out that the Governor's star appeal doesn't always translate into power. In the November elections, Republicans didn't pick up a single seat in the legislature despite Schwarzenegger's appearance at Republican rallies across the state. "Arnold has always said politics is like show business," says Art Torres, chairman...