If you go by the RIAA's claims of $150,000 damage <I>per song</I> caused by downloading (as in this <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/052206xmtrials/"><I>Stereophile</I> story</A>), that would mean that one month's worth of downloads caused be a single P2P site <I>would be greater than the GDP of France</I>—at least according to <I>Donny's Blog</I>.
I couldn't do it, but these eight physicists rose to the challenge: Explain in one page what the Higgs boson is and why we want to find it.
<I>Laser turntable launch:</I> Despite its having been available on a limited basis for several years (and having been written about in magazines like <I>Stereophile</I> since 1988), the ELP Corporation's <A HREF="http://www.elpj.com/main.html">laser turntable</A> was officially introduced into the North American market on May 18.
On May 17, XM Satellite Radio was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which alleged that Pioneer's personal portable XM device, <A HREF="http://www.xm-radio-satellite.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=… Inno</A>, infringes on copyrights and essentially represents a digital download device.
More Eno, Wes? Why yes, thank you.
Gary Younge discovered that America is a big country—too big to be just one thing.
That's an anagram of "Brown's bestseller <I>The Da Vinci Code</I>." Oh drat! I just gave away answer #4 on this important cultural quiz. And, if you haven't already done so, read Tony Scott's hilarious review of the movie from yesterday's <I>NY Times</I>.
After a hard afternoon of sunbathing, relaxing in the dark living room is nice, too.
Bagheera and Huckleberry have pruned the Venetian blinds so they can bask in the late afternoon sun.
Erstwhile <I>Stereophile</I> scribe and <I>Audio</I> editor Corey Greenberg has a new mission: To bring back the manly art of wet-shaving with a badger hair brush and a "real" razor. No matter how obscure the subject, Greenberg's always an entertaining read.