...y) may have the same beneficial effect. As standards converge (Adobe's Portable Document Format and Microsoft's MS Reader LIT format are likely t... ...continuation of a long term trend. Consider music for instance. Streaming audio on the internet ("soft radio"), or downloadable MP3 files may render... ...er readers, plot related decisions and much more), automatic and embedded audio conversion and translation capabilities, full wireless piconetworkin... ... tech stocks coupled with a frantic re- definition of the web and of every player in it (as far as content is concerned). This effort is three pr... ...medium (or carrier, or packing) is marginal and interchangeable. A CD, an audio cassette, or an MP3 player are all fine, as far as the consumer is c... ...king) is marginal and interchangeable. A CD, an audio cassette, or an MP3 player are all fine, as far as the consumer is concerned. The listener bas... ...y). The Bloodbath This is the phase of consolidation. The number of players is severely reduced. The number of browser types will settle on 2-... ...ly, I could see the day when technology would catch up with my vision of a portable information tablet. As of summer 2002, I am still waiting, but te... ...rapidly nearing the time, probably somewhere around 2005, when affordable, portable, readable, wireless reading devices will reach the mass markets. ...

...lation was premised on the belief in long-term self- preservation. Rational economic players and moral agents are supposed to maximize their utility ... ...ble hand of the market" that allegedly allocates resources optimally among various players and agents. Moreover, evolution favors organisms whose r... ...not too late. Israel can transform itself into an important and benevolent regional player by embracing its Arab neighbors and by championing the ca... ...s at one tenth the speed. Competition has innumerable advantages: a. It encourages manufacturers and service providers to be more efficient, to bet... ...hannels. - This is common practice in many countries. Open threats are made by the manufacturers of popular products: "If you distribute my competi... ...e record player in the definiens? After all, a vinyl record is an object containing audio information decoded by a record player. Without the "recor... ...r. Without the "record player" bit, the definiens becomes ambiguous. It can fit an audio cassette, or a compact disc. So, the context is essential.... ...DSL, cable modems coupled with advanced compression standards - video (on demand), audio and data will be available speedily and plentifully. The ... ...te. The worst part was that this knowledge was exclusive to the new invention (not portable). It reduced labour mobility and limited one's professi...

...lation was premised on the belief in long-term self- preservation. Rational economic players and moral agents are supposed to maximize their utility ... ...ble hand of the market" that allegedly allocates resources optimally among various players and agents. Moreover, evolution favors organisms whose r... ...not too late. Israel can transform itself into an important and benevolent regional player by embracing its Arab neighbors and by championing the ca... ...s at one tenth the speed. Competition has innumerable advantages: a. It encourages manufacturers and service providers to be more efficient, to bet... ...hannels. - This is common practice in many countries. Open threats are made by the manufacturers of popular products: "If you distribute my competi... ...e record player in the definiens? After all, a vinyl record is an object containing audio information decoded by a record player. Without the "recor... ...r. Without the "record player" bit, the definiens becomes ambiguous. It can fit an audio cassette, or a compact disc. So, the context is essential.... ...DSL, cable modems coupled with advanced compression standards - video (on demand), audio and data will be available speedily and plentifully. The ... ...te. The worst part was that this knowledge was exclusive to the new invention (not portable). It reduced labour mobility and limited one's professi...

...Flexowriter allowed it to retype what had come before, much like operating a player piano. Cutting and pasting different pieces of Flexowriter tape tog... ...nstruments TI-99/4A could use a television set as a display, and a standard audio cassette recorder to store and retrieve data. 8 The cassette player... ... standard audio cassette recorder to store and retrieve data. 8 The cassette player (and, later, PC-specific diskette drives) could also store and retr... ...fail to perform as promised, the user knows exactly whom to blame, since the manufacturers determine the device’s behavior as surely as Herman Holleri... ...e code that feeds into the machine itself and rewires it in a heartbeat. The manufacturers of general-purpose PCs could thus write software that gave ... ...new code that could be tried and shared at very little effort and cost. Their manufacturers—both hardware and operating system makers—found their incen... ... network has proved itself remarkably effective even in areas, like video and audio transmission, in which it initially fell short. 52 The future need ... ...ng power as a PC. 103 It is networked, so users can play games against other players around the world, at least if they are using Xboxes, too. The bus... ...Stall 86 Figure 4.3 Eric von Hippel’s zones of innovation pipes to create a portable center-pivot irrigation system, which, now perfected by professi...

...in fact quite athletic, skilled as a horseman, runner, climber, and soccer player. He had attended Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia. By some acco... ... and was admitted. It quickly became clear that Y ousef had been a central player in the attack. He had fled to Pakistan immediately after the bombing... ..., Ramzi Binalshibh, Marwan al Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah would all become key players in the 9/11 conspiracy. Mohamed Atta Mohamed Atta was born on Septe... ... there were several radio chan- nels for citywide operations. Officers had portable radios with 20 or more available channels, so that the user could ... ...to activate the repeater channel, which would enable greatly-enhanced FDNY portable radio communications in the high-rises. One button on the repeater... ...As a result of this activation, communication became possible between FDNY portable radios on the repeater channel. In addition, the repeater’s mas- t... ...pages of documents and other materials, including more than 1,000 hours of audiotapes. In general, we cite docu- ments and other materials by providin... ...“Timeline: Dispatch/SMFDO Activities—T errorist Crisis, ” undated. 65. FAA audio file, Boston Center, position 46R, 8:24:38 and 8:24:56; Peter Zalewsk... ...nized Flight 77 as a hijacking until it crashed into the Pentagon. 67. FAA audio file, Herndon Command Center, line 5114, 9:07:13; FAA audio file, Her...