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...took tap-dancing lessons four towns away. Was four towns enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jason Alexander | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

There's a hitch, of course. If you need to tap your tax-deferred savings early, you'll pay a penalty. And at some point, you must begin taking minimum amounts out or pay another penalty. Worse, with a tax-deferred account, you or your estate will eventually get socked with income tax on withdrawals at federal rates up to 39.6%--not the relatively friendly capital-gains rate of 20% that applies to other long-held investments. Still, tax-free growth far outweighs any of the negatives that come with it--for most of your life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stop That 401(k)! | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...Purim b) the summer Solstice c) the DVD release of This Is Spinal Tap d) Macy's semi-annual white sale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

More important, however, is the software of intelligence. The most compelling scenario for mastering that software is to tap into the blueprint of the best example we can get our hands on: the brain. There is no reason why we cannot reverse-engineer the human brain and copy its design. We can peer inside someone's brain today with noninvasive scanners, which are increasing their resolution with each new generation. To capture the salient neural details of the human brain, the most practical approach would be to scan it from inside. By 2030, "nanobot" technology should be available for brain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will My PC Be Smarter Than I Am? | 6/19/2000 | See Source »

...chat online that's more popular with teenagers than 'N Sync and is widely expected to be next frontier of all things e-. AOL owns 90 percent of the 150-million-strong IM market and, more important, has continually thwarted attempts by Microsoft and other small IM players to tap into its system and reach its users. TIME Silicon Valley correspondent Chris Taylor says that's just the kind of piggish, anti-spirit-of-the-Net behavior that the feds would hate to see from an AOL-Time Warner combination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Merge, AOL May Have to Play Nice Over IM | 6/14/2000 | See Source »

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