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Three flights up at the Galleria mall in Sherman Oaks, Calif., where Sean Penn played a surf dude whose diet consisted entirely of junk food and dope in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the food court was dead. You almost wished Spicoli, the crazy pothead, would show up, and scrounge a few burgers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sherman Oaks, California: When the Muzak Died | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...With the countdown to the end of the world in full swing, cultural icons assault us with visions of the coming apocalypse, passing judgment on the last century of human progress and awaiting the Second Coming and the birth of the Antichrist. Codrescu's messiah, impressively, manages to surf the web, enjoy an orgasm, save humanity and open a restaurant all in time for Mardi Gras...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Creole PI and Sarejevo Refugee Share Pleasure and the World Is Saved | 3/5/1999 | See Source »

There's not much dispute that children who surf the Web these days can gain access to smut. When a child types the words dollhouse or toys into a typical search engine, the court noted, some of the links retrieved are porn sites. Trouble is, the new law is so broad it would let prosecutors go after socially useful, nonpornographic websites aimed at adults. A site operator who testified that he fears prosecution runs the Sexual Health Network, which provides information about sexuality to the disabled. And the credit-card and age-verification defenses go only so far. Both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberspeech on Trial | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

...Diego-based company offers everything to protect your identity online. You can surf the Web, send e-mail and even be host on your own Web page without anyone's knowing who you are. Indeed, owner Lance Cottrell says he can't identify some of his users, because they sign up anonymously through the company's Web page and then pay with cash-stuffed envelopes. This, as you can imagine, could be a police officer's nightmare--untraceable stalkers, extorters, blackmailers, etc.; it's also a logical outgrowth of free speech. Besides, notes Cottrell, "95% of our customers actually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Private | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...question for hot companies like Volcom, whose stone T shirts currently hold the honor of being the most ripped-off items from Orange County surf shops, is how to make the transition from small, sizzling firm to legitimate, stable business--and still respect the stone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Killer Profits In Velcro Valley | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

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