Word: virtualization
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...defend it. On almost any subject--gay scoutmasters, say, or capital punishment or abortion--Americans tend to accelerate at unnatural speeds toward absolutes and sort themselves into fierce tribes to defend the absolute they've chosen. It's a moral video game. The fact that the combat is virtual (no physical danger) only adds to the gruesomeness of rhetoric--the flaming with verbal napalm...
...exhibition of skill, reflex and endurance will begin in Sydney next week. No, not the Olympics. It's the first Pokemon World Championship. In case you're clueless--or past age 14--here's how it works: players "train" six creatures on their Nintendo Game Boys, upload them to virtual stadiums and they bludgeon one another into comas. U.S. hopes rest on national champ Ian Garvey, 13, from New Hope...
...candidates' web sites aren't much help. Georgewbush.com does nothing special for children, and Gore's "Just For Kids," a corner of Al Gore.com, is a big snore. I can't leave my daughters unattended at whitehouse.gov the "Virtual Library" houses 186 mentions of Monica...
Since Massachusetts is considered a virtual shoo-in for Gore, Porter said he would focus the club's efforts in New Hampshire and Maine, both of which are considered swing states in the upcoming election...
...brings a new definition to the term 'virtual reality,'" Wrinn said. "The idea that it was some sort of test name is comical...