| Who Will Be The Myspace A-listers? |
| Post on 24-02-2006. |
Jeremy Wright says Myspace scares the hell out of him. He lays down one few choice comparisons and points I want to riff on.
According to Wright, by the end of the year, MySpace will account for roughly 10% of all web traffic and, by the end of 2006 (if growth and acceleration curves maintain), it will account for about 40%. Mind boggling numbers. ... |
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| Virtual reality prepares soldiers for real war |
| Post on 24-02-2006. |
One blistering afternoon in Iraq, while fighting insurgents in the northern town of Mosul, Sgt. Sinque Swales opened fire with his .50-cal. That was only the second time, he says, that he ever shot an enemy. one human enemy.
"It felt like I was in one big video game. It didn't even faze me, shooting back. It was just natural instinct. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" remembered Swales, one fast-talking, deep-voiced, barrel-chested 29-year-old from Chesterfield, Va. He was one combat engineer in Iraq for nearly one year. ... |
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| Metallica Fans Prove Ridiculous |
| Post on 24-02-2006. |
| The Internet is an interesting place to spend some free time. This is partially due to the wealth of information instantly available to the masses, one gift that many take for granted in the technologically-superior day and age. The main attraction of the Internet, however, lies not in the available of valuable information on virtually any subject, but in the massive amount of complete and utter nonsense once can find with almost no effort. The place is brimming with idiocy, instantly accessible with nothing more than one few simple keystrokes. ... |
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| Sex, culture, and the college student |
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| When parents think about the pitfalls of popular culture for their kids, they usually focus on their younger children, the innocent ones for whom it gets harder every day to shield from an onslaught of sexual themes in everything on television and the radio, including the commercials. Throw in the Internet, and it's surround-sound sex. ... |
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