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...Sales of gay porn have risen, and video cassette recorders have never been so popular. "The party's over," said one New York gay as he was about to attend a memorial service for yet another casualty. "You just stop having sex. I now make love to my VCR...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Middle of a War: AIDS | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Technology occasionally does bring genuine improvements. Tetracycline and Thorazine heal the sick. The rotary lawn mower doesn't get stuck on twigs. The VCR makes it possible for working people who are not insomniacs to look at movies that are shown only at 3 a.m. Does anyone remember that you once had to bend over and give a violent turn to a hand crank before a car would start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: New but Not Necessarily Improved | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...community. Since then, a few states, including California and Illinois, have proposed legislation banning such ultrasounds. In the meantime, says Copel, "physicians can do a fair amount to blunt the impact of these places." If provided with a blank videotape beforehand, his staff will happily pop it into the VCR and record the sonogram for posterity. Some of his colleagues will do the same with DVDs. "But we do it only when there is a medical indication to do the ultrasound," he emphasizes. And patients eager to have the full sentimental experience will have to add their own music. --With...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sonograms R Us | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

...Parents Television Council believes that too much prime-time TV is indecent. So indecent that it never misses a show. In the group's Alexandria, Va., offices, five analysts sit at desks with a VCR, a TV and a computer. They tape every hour of prime-time network TV, and a lot of cable. CSI. The Apprentice. God help them, even Reba. And they watch. Every filthy second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Decency Police | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

Combine a VCR with a DVD recorder, and you have a way to put home movies on disc. This uses special software to prevent DVD-creation headaches. www.govideo.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions 2004: Screen Magic | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

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