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Another problem is that stimulants appear to increase users' desire subjectively, rather than satisfying it. While a heroin high is calming and lasts for several hours, cocaine and amphetamine feel different. As actor Robin Williams, an admitted ex-user, put it, cocaine makes you feel like a new man, and the first thing the new man wants is more cocaine. It produces excitement, not relaxation. And the concern is that a maintenance drug would have the same escalating effect...
...margins." In addition, sites will offer more bundles like "buy one, get 50% off another item," which help stores move two pieces of merchandise and lower their inventory levels. This year e-commerce sites have enhanced their videos, offered more customer reviews and made sure their product images are user-friendly. "We saw a lot of online retailers making the investment in their sites earlier this year so they would be ready when the season came," says Ried...
...When a user accesses The Warble website, only the publication’s title and a white screen are visible, but as the user moves his or her mouse over the blank space, different works of art become visible, disappearing and reappearing as the cursor travels across the computer screen. “The goal of it was simplicity,” Wright says of The Warble’s interactive aspect, “because it sort of allows you to focus on one thing at a time, which is kind of cool, and also you don?...
...media, as do video games and interactive art exhibits like “Lossless.” In fact, “Lossless” utilizes several new media elements. Besides its methods of image distortion, the project’s online element includes a Wiki—or user-modifiable Web page—that holds pictures and information about the exhibit and related projects...
...only courses directly addressing new media topics, but it is no longer offered since Kaufman left the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. At the Berkman Center—Harvard’s main organization for Internet-related studies—Kaufman has been using data from social networks and user-stated cultural preferences on Facebook to study “the nature of affiliation,” which he feels is a central aspect in new media and cultural changes spurred by the Internet...