Technology
Burning Coasters
For the longest time it seemed like my NEC ND-3500AG refused to burn anything. While there were a few spindles of older discs that worked, a new stack of Magnavox DVD-R produced nothing but coasters.
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Transportation
Driving For Choice
It comes as no surprise that yet another automobile manufacturer is facing financial difficulty and must now rely on significant restructuring to stay afloat. These difficulties are endemic to a sales channel that advertises choice only within the confines of a virtualized monopoly.
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RIAA
Saving The Record Company
The emergence of yet another audio delivery technology now has the music industry looking for ways to reinvent themselves again. First it was the availability of FM radio combined with hi-fidelity audio cassette tapes that threatened to destroy the music industry. This was followed soon after by the Compact Disc (CD) and now the proliferation of computer audio files (MP3/WMA).
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