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New Movement Hits Universities: Get Legal Music |
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| Topic: Intellectual Property |
9:24 am EST, Mar 17, 2005 |
Universities, caught in the crossfire between litigation-crazy record companies and music-swapping students, are seeking to appease both by rolling out a bevy of new, legal file-sharing services. Subscription music services are now part of tuition. New Movement Hits Universities: Get Legal Music |
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An Ever-Shorter Leap From Theater to DVD |
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| Topic: Movies |
9:25 am EST, Mar 16, 2005 |
It's no secret that movie studios, which generally earn more money from home video than box office returns, are eager to capitalize on DVD dollars as soon as they can. Remember the recent article about changes in the number of R rated films? This is part of the explanation. An Ever-Shorter Leap From Theater to DVD |
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Fighting for Freedom of the Keyboard |
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| Topic: Blogging |
9:24 am EST, Mar 16, 2005 |
Memetics gets some play in a commentary for the LA Times. "Meme" is a term denoting an idea with a life of its own, proliferating the way genes do as they are passed from generation to generation. The perfect conduit of memes is the blogosphere, where there is the will and the means to allow dissent and other forms of free expression to reverberate. Fighting for Freedom of the Keyboard |
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Harvard Needs More Hackers |
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| Topic: Education |
9:21 am EST, Mar 16, 2005 |
Lost in this technologically enabled drama is a sense of proportionality. Harvard Needs More Hackers |
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Boeing and the Price Harry Stonecipher Paid |
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9:14 am EST, Mar 16, 2005 |
I know that politicians and business types have taken to tacking the meaningless phrase "going forward" onto almost every pronouncement they make, but please. Business and government are awash in such meaningless phrases. It is a battle waged daily ... Boeing and the Price Harry Stonecipher Paid |
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An SAT Without Analogies Is Like: (A) A Confused Citizenry... |
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| Topic: Education |
9:16 am EST, Mar 15, 2005 |
Intentionally misleading comparisons are becoming the dominant mode of public discourse. In these instant-messaging, 500-cable-channel times, the emphasis is on communicating for the sake of communicating rather than on having something meaningful to say. Amen to that. Without the SAT to keep the youngsters in line, pretty soon we're going to need grammar police! An SAT Without Analogies Is Like: (A) A Confused Citizenry... |
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How Electronics Are Penetrating North Korea's Isolation |
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| Topic: International Relations |
9:10 am EST, Mar 15, 2005 |
Mr. Kim ordered the formation of a special prosecutor's office last November to arrest people who deal in South Korean goods, largely videotapes, or who use South Korean expressions or slang. Shh!!! The grammar police will hear you! How Electronics Are Penetrating North Korea's Isolation |
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| Topic: Education |
9:04 am EST, Mar 15, 2005 |
Just because Bill Gates is ready to pour millions of dollars into a big new idea doesn't make it a good one. Failing the Wrong Grades |
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Is the Car Unsafe, or the Driver? |
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| Topic: Cars and Trucks |
8:52 am EST, Mar 15, 2005 |
One way of reading the new report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is that the Mercedes E-Class sedan has the safest design of any car or truck and the two-door Chevrolet Blazer the worst. Another way to read the report, to be released Tuesday, is that E-Class drivers tend to drive more carefully than Blazer drivers. I have always felt strongly that this was the case with these kinds of studies. I am glad to see it getting some press. There is a strong self-selection bias at work in any use of real-world data on vehicle safety. Of course, from the perspective of the insurer, in the aggregate, the difference is immaterial, but on an individual level, it can be unfair to some drivers. Is the Car Unsafe, or the Driver? |
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