Word: dialing
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...Nothing's real until it's perceived," Dorff says. And no Internet movie can be applauded until it's downloaded. At a hefty 166 megabytes, Quantum Project can be smoothly swallowed only by the relatively few PCs with super high-speed broadband connections. The majority of Websters, with 56K dial-up modems, could take all night to access the movie--if their computers didn't crash first. And this one, alas, isn't worth the wait...
...hard act to follow. The Running Mate (Dial Press; 403 pages; $26.95) is Klein's game attempt to keep the momentum going, a sequel of sorts. Charlie Martin, the new novel's hero, appeared briefly in the earlier book as a presidential candidate--a U.S. Senator from the Midwest, dismissed by the press as a hippie Vietnam Vet. Many characters from Colors do brief walk-ons in the new book, much as the star of a popular sitcom may help launch a spin-off. On TV, of course, spin-offs usually fail...
...Gershon founded Accurate Records to release Dial "E," the Either/Orchestra's debut. Since then, Accurate has released over 80 albums, including the debut albums from Morphine, Medeski Martin & Wood and the Jazz Mandolin Project...
...Extension that scammers ask officeworkers to dial, which, phone companies warn, transfers the scammers to an outside line, letting them make a long-distance call on the worker's bill...
...wonder that JOSHUA QUITTNER found the TIME this week to edit the Ratnesar-Stein cover story, since he doubles as managing editor of TIME DIGITAL, our technology supplement, which in April becomes a free-standing monthly magazine available on newstands and by subscription (dial 1-800-444-3404). While computers and the Internet have opened new worlds for us, rapid change can be overwhelming. TIME DIGITAL offers a guide to where to go, what to do and how to do it. "Like TIME," says Quittner, "our goal is to separate the noise from the signal. There is so much information...