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Deftones, or just tone deaf? True to form, the Deftones toy with disparate musical styles, continuing to reject the established rock archetypes to mixed success on their sixth album, “Saturday Night Wrist...
...When you open the phone, you hear the quaintly familiar dial tone, purely for effect. The screen says ?Voice Dial?? Tap the ?Yes? button, say the name of a person in your phone book, and the call goes through. It?s painless, and reliable thanks to voice recognition from the brainiacs at VoiceSignal. If you don?t want to voice dial, you can press the ?No? button, which leads you to the next option, a list of phone numbers. Press ?No? again, and you get a call history, followed by a prompt to listen to voicemail. A final ?No? takes...
...Dawkins believes in the truth in science: there must be logic and evidence for every argument made and for the most part, his arguments are lucidly (and logically) backed. Unfortunately for Dawkins, his firebrand spirit and the uncompromising tone of this tome belie his solid reasoning. For some readers, “The God Delusion” will come across every bit as arrogant and fundamentalist as those works and ideas he opposes...
...Each chapter deals with a standalone topic that is interrelated and linked to the other chapters. It is entirely possible to pick and choose the chapters that you want to read—some readers may find this a better approach to this book as Dawkins’ polemical tone is often difficult to swallow in large doses...
...both sides relied heavily on impassioned political rhetoric to suggest just how much weight is resting on the election’s outcome. Grandiose statements like Krahel’s “America’s best days are ahead of us” attempted to shift the tone of the debate from a friendly undergraduate discussion to a rally for national political awareness. “We will stay the course to keep America great,” HRC’s Kwong said in response to Lesser and Krahel’s insistence on change...