Word: statically
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first truly pragmatic utopian. "The problem with utopias is that they are based on some theory of human nature," he says, as he is joined on his couch by a topless woman, a punk called Chicken John and a transvestite glam rock star named Adrian Roberts. "Static utopias based on a priori notions are doomed to failure." Surprisingly, utopias where you have to bring your own toilet paper work just fine...
...make the VCR work. It swallows the tape in a businesslike way - so far, so good; it shows promising bright preliminary fuzz and static, like an orchestra tuning up... and then it goes abruptly black...
...article "Is Technology Moving Too Fast?" Stewart Brand wrote, "Radical new technologies are often seen as moral threats by conservative and religious groups." Indeed, many religious myths have depended on static dogmas for their survival. As science and technology move forward at an ever accelerating pace, the faith of the true believer is stretched to the limit as, one by one, the sacred mysteries of life are peeled away, making it ever more difficult to hide from the terrifying truth that all we have in this universe is ourselves. JAMES M. RIDGWAY JR. Tucson, Ariz...
...valuable service," says Eric Scheirer, a media and Internet analyst at Forrester Research. "And as long as it is, there will always be ways to monetize it." What's more, anonymous systems like Freenet are inherently vulnerable. "The record companies could flood Freenet with a million copies of static," Scheirer suggests, "and title them The New Britney Spears Song...
...mention a major union strike. But don't worry; it probably won't come to that. The American public will never let you get away with this. They know that daily exposure to stilted dialogue is every bit as much a God-given right as access to a static-free cell phone with unlimited local calls...