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...would like to believe a computer software company can thrive by providing the "innovative, user-friendly technologies" that Bill Gates claims are responsible for the popularity of Windows [TECHNOLOGY, May 15]. Unfortunately Microsoft products prove that this is not the case. People who feel that Windows or the Office suite qualifies for this kind of acclaim have not had the opportunity to use the superior alternatives that have been all but squeezed out by the "critical mass" of the Windows product. The reality, for all of Bill's bleating, is that it is difficult for people to choose...
...same can be said of most activities on campus, of course. The water polo team probably never attracts more than a smattering of people beyond its core fan base. But whereas a sport can thrive on a small but dedicated set of adherents, theater is apt to die from such a situation. Perhaps die is too strong a word, for this death depends on one's vision of the function of theater. If theater is to function strictly as a form of entertainment then it doesn't really matter whether you're entertaining the same 20 people or a different...
After a couple of forays into more serious territory, Woody Allen is back to fluff. _Small Time Crooks_ has that comfortable _Manhattan Murder Mystery_ feel - a plot that's more of a concept than a real, unfolding story; characters that thrive on invention rather than reality. I can't quite figure out why, but these goofy movies - the ones that have no other purpose than to carve out a realm of fantasy in the corners of New York drudgery - are my favorite Woody Allen movies...
...urbanization of the globe is more than an aesthetic problem. Human sprawl threatens the habitat of most animal and plant species--except for cockroaches, rats, pigeons, crabgrass and other organisms that thrive with mankind. Relentless human expansion is the main reason the world is fast losing its biodiversity, raising the specter that we will eventually live, in the words of writer David Quammen, on a "planet of weeds." If that danger doesn't seem imminent, consider this: sprawl is paving over the land we need to grow our food. Since 1981 the amount of land around the world devoted...
...satirical filmmaker Michael Moore, but they're not calling the shots or giving marching orders. The Mobilization for Global Justice isn't a top-down affair. Like the Internet itself, and unlike the coalition's corporate enemies, the antiglobalist movement is a body that manages to survive, and even thrive, without a head...