Other OnLive games that will run on the mobile devices include Batman Arkham City, Saints Row and Dirt 3.

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At launch, Playcast expects to have around 100 AAA games like Batman Arkham Asylum, Dirt 3, and Sonic Generations in its library, with a ten percent title churn in each package every month to keep things fresh.

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That could change, though, as dirt-cheap 3-D printers like the Printrbot or new MakiBox simplify the technology and put it in more people's hands and home offices.

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While these events, which take place in several cities, may each attract only 3, 000-plus dirt-loving competitors, marketers can make an on-site impression with a passionate audience.

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While dirt would seem to be a slippery surface compared to pavement, a sprint car bites into the dirt and can outaccelerate almost any other vehicle: 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds.

FORBES: Vroom!

In childhood he was told by his father, Manuel, the story of the 20-year-old, dirt-poor farm boy named George Washington Perry who caught a 22.3 pound bass in Georgia in 1932, establishing the current record.

FORBES: Forbidden Bass

While dirt would seem to be a slippery surface compared to pavement, a sprint car bites into the dirt and can accelerate faster than almost any other vehicle: 0 to 95kph in about 3 seconds.

FORBES: Vroom!

Place a freshly cut, 2- to 3- foot long log upright on the bare ground, place a mound of dirt on the top end and cover it loosely with black plastic.

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In addition to the 5, 300 pounds of the module's contents that are destined to be spun into cotton yarn (which in turn could produce about 13, 500 T-shirts), the module also contains 9, 000 pounds of bolls, stems, leaves, and dirt that have been sucked in along with cotton by Nelson's stripper (see Figure 3.5).

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