Word: techno
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...porn distribution and other unsavory activity. The dilemma for Linden Lab, the company running Second Life, is how to rein in its creation without alienating hard-core users. Fans love the site as a way to meet people and experiment in self-expression. And companies are drawn to these techno-savvy trendsetters who spent 22 million hours on the site last month. But some devotees are so upset by increasing commercialization that a group called the Second Life Liberation Army last year gunned down virtual shoppers at American Apparel. So-called griefing, or on-site harassment, is on the rise...
...nothing less than restoring the status quo--the Unified Gas Supply System of Russia (UGSS) that supplied the old Soviet empire. "One of the mistakes that our so-called reformers made was having the UGSS sadistically dismembered," he explains to TIME, sitting back, pin-striped and relaxed, in his techno-style office that dominates the ninth floor of the posh new Gazpromexport headquarters in downtown Moscow. His disdain of the architects of Russia's early market reform is de rigueur for top executives under President Vladimir Putin. Medvedev isn't finished. He says Gazprom wants to reintegrate into this system...
...Alterovitz didn’t shy away from the potential entertainment value of the science project as well, treating the small crowd at the exhibit to his genomic techno “remix...
...Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet.” Interspersed within these spectacles were dance performances from the Black Men’s Forum Steppers, Bhangra, and the Expressions Dance Company. Nirvana blared during New York; models danced around stage in their underwear to techno music during Euro Club...
AIRWOLF Not an automobile, Airwolf was, like KITT, a product of SDI-era techno-lust. "The Lady," a civilian Bell 222, was later sold to a German firm and used as an air ambulance. It crashed in 1991, killing three passengers...