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...makes its new PCs--and many now sell for less than $1,000--they still daunt many would-be users. But a new wave of "information appliances" has begun to bridge the gap between PCs and consumer electronics by bringing capabilities such as e-mail and Internet access to TVs, telephones and other homey devices. Unlike even the least expensive PCs, which are designed for a variety of uses, information appliances focus on a few core functions and usually sell for $500 or less...
...think America has always had this weird passivity. Think about the '50s with the McCarthy trials. Conformity was the rule of the day, and America is pretty conformist. That has nothing to do with whether the technology was there or not. These things were going on before there were TVs or anything. That's part of the Fabric of What's happening. The problem is instead of being able to use the fabric, to change and weave it to their own specifications, they'd rather just sit back and press play. They've become aesthetically numb. A lot of people...
...strict Shari'a law in his mountain valley near the Afghan border, he prohibited driving on the left side of the road because the left hand is deemed unclean. Numerous car crashes failed to deter him. Inspired by the Taliban's medieval puritanism, mullahs in northwest Pakistan are destroying TVs and setting up roadblocks to stop cars and rip out music cassettes...
...industry swamped with angry men and penis jokes, recent college grad Beckwith's material is a tough sell. In a seven-minute set, she'll maybe get through three long jokes, but the traveling is interesting. In one bit, she dismisses big-screen TVs, arguing that the joy of television is having tiny people entertain you. "I think there should be openings for food and water so that it's as if you could actually feed the tiny people. 'Hello, tiny people! It is time for supper! Feast! Feast!'" But while she wanders to that punch line, she takes some...
Occasionally, conservatism is the best bet. As the first digital TVs roll out next year, for instance, their four-figure price tags will entice only cost-be-damned hobbyists. The rest of us will buy analog sets with built-in digital converters and wait for steep markdowns on those high-definition beauties. The network revolution is coming, though, and quickly. Think twice before choosing the wrong side...