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Humans crave stimulants such as caffeine because they improve mood and performance, but we’re particular about our modes of ingestion. For example, No-Doz is an efficient and inexpensive Caffeine Delivery System (CDS for short), yet most users find coffee more appealing. Coffee’s sensory delights of heat, flavor and aroma are the reasons why stimulant-seekers are willing to pay three bucks for a cup of caffeine that would cost 10 cents in pill form...

Author: By Ben Berger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Doctor is In | 4/11/2002 | See Source »

...than 50,000 cash dispensers last year. Rival manufacturers Diebold and Fujitsu are also talking up Web-enabled machines. But all agree the ATM experience will be narrowly tailored to keep the line moving, limiting customers' choices to, say, a couple of flower arrangements or a short list of CDs. The new platforms can also restrict activities at certain times--for example, to prevent people from filling out loan applications at 5 p.m. on payday. Ray Gilmore, 16, recently tried to cash his first paycheck at an ATM in a 7-Eleven in Austin, Texas. After spending several minutes trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mini-Mall in Your ATM | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...than 50,000 cash dispensers last year. Rival manufacturers Diebold and Fujitsu are also talking up Web-enabled machines. But all agree the ATM experience will be narrowly tailored to keep the line moving, limiting customers' choices to, say, a couple of flower arrangements or a short list of CDs. The new platforms can also restrict activities at certain times-for example, to prevent people from filling out loan applications at 5 p.m. on payday. Ray Gilmore, 16, recently tried to cash his first paycheck at an ATM in a 7-Eleven in Austin, Texas. After spending several minutes trying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mini-Mall in Your ATM | 3/31/2002 | See Source »

...third building on the right" or "Now cut that out!" These resident assistants (RAs) are rarely the biggest stars on campus--but now at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, they have the most muscle. Union muscle, that is. At Umass-Amherst, RAs may be stashing their Strokes CDs and joining in a chorus of Solidarity Forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAs Of The World, Unite! | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...said he often overheard conversations among the shoppers about downloading albums or burning CDs, as opposed to purchasing them at the store...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fans Bemoan Loss of Other Music | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

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