New iMac: all the guts are right behind the flatscreen; no more half-dome. As usual, the US$1299 price point is just enough to get me to push the BUY NOW button to see what the specs are, and I find that I really want the high-end model of this “low end” machine. At an Osaka store I recently saw the previous model 20" iMac and was stunned into immobility at its complete beauty. I’m almost afraid to see one of these new ones anywhere. My wife would say, “That's how the getcha!”
“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he ...
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