30 years ago in Reason."The truly small minicomputer market ... represents a possible threat to IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , because huge and expensive computers may soon be replaceable by expandable systems of combined microcomputers." --Alan Reynolds, "Trustbusting for Fun & Profit" "Seek Individually or in a class action to enjoin To direct, require, command, or admonish. Enjoin connotes a degree of urgency, as when a court enjoins one party in a lawsuit by ordering the person to do, or refrain from doing, something to prevent permanent loss to the other party or parties. the enforcement of price controls and allocation regulations. Force the government to prove the constitutionality of every one of these intrusions." --Henry G. Manne, Fighting Back Against Controls" "The first attempt to repress the movies was a humdinger hum·ding·er n. Slang One that is extraordinary or remarkable: a humdinger of a blizzard. [Origin unknown. by any standards. In 1908 the Mayor of New York City The Mayor of New York City is the head of the executive branch of the Government of New York City. The office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within the city. ordered his police to close all the cinemas in the city." --Diane Alexander, "Pass Adam His Fig-Leaf" "If adopted by Congress and the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. , this kind of hands-off policy [toward Cable TV] could lead to the flowering of a new era of diverse, sophisticated programming, catering to hundreds of markets currently too small to be served by broadcasting's mass-media approach. --Trends, "A Small Step Toward TV Freedom" |
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