The big economic and emotional crashes I predicted would arise from the punctured boom just haven't appeared VCs are sitting on the biggest funds they've ever had--and for every dot-com they let die by withholding money, two new firms get investments.

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By contrast, Apple allows up to five computers to access protected content, so I activate and de-activate the machines I want to use and if for some reason a machine crashes and takes an activation with it, I can de-activate all my computers and get my licenses back.

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The only way I have been able to max out both cores is by playing a H.264 and HD DivX files at the same time. (If I try two H.264 files QT crashes) The 2.0 Core Duo has more than enough juice to decode any HD files I can find for my computer.

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For instance, while playing a racing game on the Xbox, I could feel the bumps and crashes, making my heart beat a little faster.

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"I'm really afraid of crashes, " she admitted.

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"The crash and other fatal crashes like it that occurred along I-95 last year led our agency to conduct this unprecedented one-year investigation into dangerous and illegal bus companies operating in violation to our basic safety standards, " Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne Ferro told reporters.

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And in time, I came to see that I did not believe in a deity that choreographs crashes.

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In between twenty-one and now I have had my fair share of emergencies, car crashes, and pains.

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However, if we break it down to a simpler level, it becomes more obvious (as I try to accomplish in my new book: How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes ).

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