Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thought, no holds barred. Whatever the opinion, it's been expressed - vociferously - this week. In our daily articles, limited space doesn't permit a great deal of depth in a single analysis. Here, in a longer format, we can address some of the concerns raised so prolifically in our virtual mailbag...
...last week, the McCain campaign caught the grenade and tossed it back. McCain's medical records, including psychiatric reports and a virtual orthopedic encyclopedia of his broken bones, were released. "Patient seems to have made an excellent readjustment over the past year," read his mental evaluation just a year after his return. "There is no sign of emotional difficulty." Years of subsequent evaluations found no clue that anything was rattling around in McCain's cupboards. Besides answering the critics, the campaign knew the release of the records brought a second benefit: We've had the book and the documentary...
...game-venues isn't hard. Sonygames.com takes all its regularly televised shows and converts them into cyber-contests. "College Jeopardy," "Wheel of Fortune" and "Trivial Pursuit" can all be accessed via a glitzy game page. Compete with BABYSNATCH from Arkansas and Slappy05 from Pittsburgh for world domination with a virtual Alex Trebek. Otherwise, the most intriguing SonyGame is obviously "The Dating Game." By creating a "virtual you" with Japanimation body parts and facial features, meet the love of your life by answering questions such as "what is the most erotic thing about a spoon?" By beating hussies like flirtygirl33...
...choked, dreamscapey San Francisco, refugees from the author's novels Idoru and Virtual Light navigate the blurry boundary between terrestrial reality and cyberspace, meeting a new raft of 21st century weirdos as an ill-defined societal apocalypse nears. The ferociously talented Gibson (Neuromancer) delivers his signature melange of techno-pop splendor and postindustrial squalor, but this time his teasing, multicharacter narrative leads only to an irritating head scratcher of a conclusion. Genre freaks: this appears to complete the trilogy. Connoisseurs: just reread Neal Stephenson...
CART BEFORE THE MOUSE Like to comparison-shop? While search engines and Web bots will gladly look up prices for you, they won't let you go from site to site, adding to your virtual carts before you buy. For that, REDCART.COM comes in mighty handy. If you shop at one of its partner sites, each item you click on goes into your RedCart. RedCart will remember your purchases longer than most e-commerce sites, and will even automate checkout, storing credit cards and addresses...