Word: virtually
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...holiday traditions in Kirkland have lost some of their religious purpose, a change made a virtual certainty given the diverse character of Harvard's modern student body," Lanson says...
...more on virtual hunting, see our website at timedigital.com Questions for Quittner? E-mail him at jquit@well.com
...attract one by scattering scent lures or rattling antlers. Another code permits the hunter to race along, as if on horseback, at the same speed as the running deer. But if you bag a buck while using a cheat code, you're barred from mounting its head in the virtual trophy room...
...quite, uh, tastefully, and the games are far less violent than the typical "first-person shooter" like Quake II. Sherry Turkle, a psychologist and professor at M.I.T., says that in a curious way, hunting simulators may ultimately benefit kids who are increasingly confronted with the blurring of reality and virtual reality. "This generation of children is developing the skills to distinguish between virtual experiences and physical ones," she says. "I see these hunting games as part of that process--and that's a good thing." For everyone, that is, but the virtual deer...
...mansion seven months after I met him, during a blackout caused by a storm in the spring of 1947. He was 83. The fact is, there probably couldn't be a Henry Ford in today's world. Business is too collegial. One hundred years ago, business was done by virtual dictators--men laden with riches and so much power they could take over a country if they wanted to. That's not acceptable anymore. But if it hadn't been for Henry Ford's drive to create a mass market for cars, America wouldn't have a middle class today...