Word: surfing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more than anybody else in the room," says J. Paul Grayson, chairman of Micrografx, who has worked with Microsoft's chairman for more than a decade. This gives the company a big edge, says Myhrvold, who likes to talk about riding the "wave" of technology. "If you want to surf it, you put someone on the board who knows how to surf," he says. "Most companies have to put people on the beach shouting 'Go left!' and 'Go right!' Next thing you know, the company is underwater...
Sharing the sun, sand and surf with you are the Din and Tonics, the Krokodiloes, the Opportunes, the Pitches and Hasty Pudding Theatricals...
...World Wide Web can cost as little as $5,000 -- a pittance compared with the cost of a printing plant. In addition, existing online services pay publications for the right to post their journalists' prepaid contents, and some publications charge for access directly. Many online users are happy to surf through these services, checking out specs in Road & Track or downloading photos of models from Elle. But the most successful newcomers to Cyberland are the ones that go well beyond mere postings of content and make their journalists an integral part of the enterprise. By offering message boards and forums...
Doug Painter managed to crawl back to safety, but then returned to the water to help his sister. After nearly an hour in which the pair were battered by surf, he climbed out again over sharp rocks that sliced his knees, hands and feet. Naked and bleeding, he was taken by a passerby to an area hospital. But, one tragedy compounding another, Debbie had been swept out to sea. On Friday police found her body about a mile up the coast. She leaves behind a husband and an 18-month...
Some of these devices can claim to have some purpose. Traffic monitors -- linked to sensors on the freeways -- display the driving conditions in Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle. Cameras mounted near California beaches transmit video clips of surf conditions every 10 minutes...