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The Whole Hardware Industry Has Experienced The Phenomenon In Which Every Time Computers Get Cheaper, They Appeal To A New Set Of Users; Every Time They Get More Powerful, Old Customers Upgrade.

The Idea Behind A Dish - The Delight And The Surprise - Makes A Difference. Great Literature Surprises And Delights, And Provokes Us. It Isn't Just 'here's The Facts - Boy Meets Girl, Boy Loses Girl, Boy Gets Girl.' It's How You Tell It.

I Wanted To Figure Out How Long To Cook Things. I Did Some Experiments And Then Wrote A Program Using Mathematica To Model How Heat Is Transferred Through Food.

Most Visions Of Extraterrestrial Life Are Actually Steeped In Human Hubris. The Fictional Extraterrestrials Of 'star Trek' Or A Hundred Other Space Operas Are Less Alien Than Many Of My Neighbors. And Funny, The Ones Running The Place Are Mostly Waspish Men.

When I Was About Nine Years Old, I Announced To My Mother That I Was Going To Cook Thanksgiving Dinner. And I Went To The Library And Got This Whole Pile Of Books. I'd Love To Say It All Turned Out Great. It Didn't. But, Sort Of, From That Point On, Whenever There Was Serious Cooking At Home, I Was The One Who Did It.