Word: virtualization
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...known, though, is that the group is especially concerned about the potential for outflows from mutual funds, which have become swollen with individual's deposits this decade. One of the group's first courses of action during a crash would be to call fund companies to monitor activity. Another virtual given is that the Fed would cut interest rates, as it did in 1987, putting enough money into the economy to ease bottlenecks. That single act--cutting rates--is widely viewed as having greatly limited the carnage...
...good. Kaplan and Sanborn, now seeking the backing of a giant like Microsoft or America Online to develop Dysson and offer it to the public, may be evolving a new interactive art form. But they've also retold the Internet's oldest cautionary tale: Online exchanges may be virtual, but the emotions they provoke are quite real...
...mouse and a set of stereoscopic goggles. Before the rover leaves the lander, its camera will scan the terrain and transmit what it sees to J.P.L., where software will combine the images into a three-dimensional vista. Donning the goggles, Cooper and other scientists will then scout the virtual riverbed. When they find a likely place for Sojourner to visit, they'll start up the car and, using the mouse, tell it where...
...Nintendo haven't molded a whole generation into lazy slackers. Instead, the Xers are a better-informed, less gullible and more independent populace. Along with playing in garage bands, Generation Xers have started garage companies--virtual cottage industries in a time of downsizing conglomerates. And these start-ups are creating exciting and lucrative careers, not more McJobs. Yes, "there's gold in them thar hills," and X marks the spot. MARKUS DIERSBOCK Marblehead, Mass...
...Greenpeace annoyer-of- powerful-polluters Al Baker on a satellite phone. Last seen in 1995 kayaking in the South Pacific to heckle French nuclear testers, he's now calling from this British flyspeck, Rockall Island, 300 miles west of Scotland. Greenpeace last week declared Rockall the independent, though mostly virtual, nation of Waveland (Website: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk passports available) to stop oil exploration in the surrounding sea. The weather is good, says Baker, which means that waves are not as high as the 60-ft. height of Waveland, though that's not always the case. There are lots of whales...