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...don’t use QuickTime in the “operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communication systems, air traffic control systems,” or life support machines. Don’t, because you promised Apple you wouldn’t when you clicked that button labeled “I Agree,” but more importantly don’t, because I value your well-being and apparently it’s just not safe...
...still pays to know that they could. The license agreement for QuickTime and Harvard’s network access policy are documents under whose influence you find yourself on a regular basis, and they aren’t that long. It seems unlikely next time you see a button that says “I accept,” you’ll hesitate much before clicking it, but at the very least you should note in the back of your head that you just agreed to something. And if you have a minute, maybe it’s worth...
...stylishly minimalist core. Sony engineers understand that consumers want products that look as good as they sound, and the 20-GB NW-HD3 reflects that with its slim, anodized-aluminum casing. The player offers excellent sound and a menu that's easy to navigate using a four-way directional button. The company claims it can go 30 hours without recharging. But Sony style means Sony price: at $349, the NW-HD3 costs $50 more than Apple's 20-GB iPod and is the same price as the iPod photo?yet unlike the latter, the Sony has no color screen...
...Center in San Antonio, Texas, confused and not a little angry. Her chest was covered with burns. The charred skin on her right arm had been scraped away, leaving her muscles showing. Her jaw would not open. There was an ugly red scar from her breast to her belly button where surgeons had opened her up twice--once in Baghdad and again at the U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, to check her lacerated liver and kidney. Sections of the scar still keep opening up in a cascading "buttonhole" effect: one hole opens, then heals; then another opens...
...overwhelmed by the Baathist old guard. Soon the multiple, overlapping Syrian police and intelligence agencies-a Byzantine web that entangles both Syria and Lebanon-seemed to regain control of the President as well. Dozens of "Damascus Spring" democracy advocates were tossed in jail. "Reform is not like pushing a button," Assad told me. "When there's trouble externally, it will affect Syria ... If you don't have peace, you have to spend most of your money on the army and security issues. All these factors won't make reform fast. It will definitely be slow. We are living under tension...