Word: virtuality
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...Francisco Giants may no longer be willing to write controversial slugger Barry Bonds a virtual blank check for chasing the home-run record, but that doesn't mean they'll try - or be able - to stop him from cashing his mere $15.8 million paycheck this year...
...Wall Street Journal reported that the gaming console was leaving some users as sore as the gym often does. Unlike traditional hand-held video games, where users sit on the couch exercising little more than their thumbs, the Wii (pronounced "we" not "why") features digital sensors that let users virtually play the game. In Wii Sports, a game that comes with the console, users mimic the motions used in sports like bowling, tennis and baseball. In other words, the game may be virtual, but the physical exertion is very real...
...there was ever a demonstration of how virtual China can be rushed to judgment, it must be the current controversy over the Starbucks branch in Beijing's Forbidden City, the iconic former imperial palace complex that is one of the most potent symbols of Chinese imperial grandeur. The furor was started by Rui Chenggang, an English-language news announcer on the government's China Central Television. Rui wrote in his blog last week complaining about the presence of the Starbucks inside the hallowed walls of the Forbidden City. The presence of the coffee chain there was ?eroding Chinese culture...
...right in the middle of the complex), the incident is a disturbing reminder that emotive nationalist posturing can be dangerously amplified by the web, and even acquire a life of its own. In China, as everywhere else, events in the blogosphere may have a powerful impact beyond the virtual world - for better and for worse...
...McCain, however, holds a narrow lead of 30% to 26% over Giuliani for the G.O.P. nomination. A race between McCain and Clinton would be a virtual tie (47%-47%), according to the poll, while McCain would beat either Obama or Senator John Edwards by a 7-point margin...