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Wednesday, May 16, 2001

spotlight on sound

"The audio spotlight - as Mr. Pompei has dubbed it - emits a column of sound enveloped by silence, the way the glow of a spotlight is enveloped by darkness. Someone standing inside the beam emitted from his flat black disk hears the sound loud and clear. Outside the beam, there is silence or, if there are surfaces nearby, only faint murmurs from the reflected sound waves."

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le voyeurism

the french get frothy over their version of big brother

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one world

united world of copywrite enforcement (and then some)

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Tuesday, May 15, 2001

last post

brooklyn house yields secrets of slave life in colonial new york.

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dated

carbon dating accuracy in question.

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hut.. hut.. hike

nice piece on douglas adams from his friend richard dawkins.

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ball of me

halberstam say good riddance to deion sanders.

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disinfo

"PR watchdog John Stauber exposes true life tales of corporate disinformation"

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tabloins

"Then last weekend Team Rudy, angry over Ms. Hanover's refusal to agree to a joint gag order, unleashed a series of first-strike assaults. Via leaked court papers, the mayor's associates revealed that Mr. Giuliani is impotent as the result of treatment he's had for prostate cancer. The tabloids were full of stories about "Rudy's secret sorrow," explanations on why Viagra won't help, how cuddling was still an option."

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total consciousness

"Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura met with the Dalai Lama this week, and asked the Tibetan leader if he had ever seen "Caddyshack." Turns out the Dalai Lama hasn't."

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