Word: unplugging
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...pity that George Washington did not become king, for through his military deeds he merited such an office. But then again, what would have happened to his descendants? Would we have no longer been able to distinguish between royalty and Hollywood celebrities? Maybe we should just unplug our television sets...
...putting a very temporary pause on a fastforward existence helps to recharge the most worn-out battery. Sometimes it is braver and more fruitful to be alone, especially when it takes some doing to make that scenario possible. Slow down, take a breath, avoid artificial lighting. But remember to unplug the phone...
...software arrived from corporate headquarters in Japan. When it finally showed up--packeted across the Pacific over a high-speed data line--they could hardly wait to dive in. "We were here until 2:30 a.m. playing it," said a groggy Kelbaugh the next morning. "I had to physically unplug it so we could finally get some sleep...
...Rushdie, speaking through the Moor, is not writing an allegory or a political tract about recent Indian history, although elements of both are undeniably present. And when his narrator gets a bit preachy, he quickly cuts himself off: "Enough, enough: away with this soap-box! Unplug this loud-hailer, and be still, my wagging finger!" The true subject of The Moor's Last Sigh is language in all its uninhibited and unpredictable power to go reality one better and rescue humans from the fate of suffering in silence...
...cyberwar revolution, however, poses serious problems for the U.S. Some are ethical: Is it a war crime to crash another country's stock market? More perilous are the security concerns for the U.S., where a tyrant with inexpensive technology could unplug NASDAQ or terrorist hackers could disrupt an airport tower. Giddy excitement over infowar may be shaken by an electronic Pearl Harbor. Last year the government's Joint Security Commission called U.S. vulnerability to infowar "the major security challenge of this decade and possibly the next century...