Sentences with phrase «on obsolescence»

The result might be the emergence of a «genobility» based on the obsolescence of the empirical foundation of democratic equality.

Not exact matches

Even on this continent, paper isn't going to follow audiotapes and floppies into obsolescence.

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

In a video posted to Youtube on December 12, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicted that banks would eventually disappear once their role as financial middlemen became redundant, adding that this obsolescence might result from market changes wrought by cryptocurrencies, namely bitcoin.

cost estimates for customer returns, logistics and handling fees for managing product returns and processing refunds, obsolescence of on - hand inventory, cancellation charges for existing purchase commitments, rework of component inventory with the contract manufacturer, legal fees and settlement costs, and write - offs of tooling and manufacturing equipment.

As a result of the product recall, the Company established reserves that include cost estimates for customer refunds, logistics and handling fees for managing product returns and processing refunds, obsolescence of on - hand inventory, cancellation charges for existing purchase commitments and rework of component inventory with the contract manufacturer, write - offs of tooling and manufacturing equipment, and legal settlement costs.

We talked in the last hour on the whole Foxconn equation, and James talked about our cost reduction and purchasing obligation, and inventory clearing costs, and obsolescence.

The actual rate at which an asset's value falls is called economic depreciation, which depends on wear and tear and the rate of technological obsolescence..

First, focus on companies that have a long track record of steady and strong cash flow, and make sure that they are fairly well - insulated from new competition or technological obsolescence.

What they have to say about the stimulation of needs through advertising and artificial obsolescence can in any case not be adequately explained by the hypnotic pull exerted on the wage - earners by mass consumption.

The LeaseTech business model, as explained by owner Lloyd Hawley, is based on resisting the obsolescence of the machines.

The fact is that we have whole industries employing the most advanced scientific and psychological skills to promote institutionalized deceit, not only the advertising and public relations industry, but manufacturers who rely on deceptive packaging and planned obsolescence, and the drug companies who promote drugs before they know what the side effects may be.

These might include preventive maintenance services, based on remote monitoring and machine diagnostics, which can help customers to minimise downtime and the effects of equipment obsolescence.

The supply chain team at Einstein Noah Restaurant Group will continue to benefit from inventory visibility across its network, preventing stock - outs or obsolescence and ensuring customers receive high - quality products on time.

The supply chain team at ENRGI will also continue to benefit from inventory visibility across its network, preventing stock - outs and obsolescence and ensuring customers receive high - quality products on time.

There he vanished into a stone mansion with canopied porches, gabled roofs and greenhouses; into gin rummy dens, «sociable» golf games and country club obsolescence; into pictures processed by his wife's family photography business, where he took on the role and appearance of a John P. Marquand executive: The Late George Apley perhaps — with racket.

To dream of fighting to stay alive may reflect feelings of The High Line can thank Robert Hammond and Josh David, co-founders of Friends of the High Line, for rescuing it from obsolescence on a shared

HAPPY - ISH PICKED UP TO SERIES; 10 - EPISODE ORDER TEAM: Shalom Auslander (w, ep), Ken Kwapis (ep), Emily Ziff (ep), Alexandra Beattie (co-ep), John Cameron Mitchell (d) LOGLINE: The blistering attack on our youth - obsessed culture centers on Thom Payne, a man facing his own obsolescence after his advertising agency is taken over.

Floored (Unrated) Obsolescence expose» examines automation's impact on workers at the Chicago Board of Trade as the commodity market's primary method of operation shifts from frenzied, man - a-mano action in the pits on the floor of the exchange to impersonal electronic trading on computers.

And so «While We're Young» is essentially a riff on Murphy's «I'm Losing My Edge,» his super witty and self - effacing dance single about a hipster fearing his creeping obsolescence as a newer, more savvy, more wired - in generation redefines what's cool.

Sereno mentioned the pace of the obsolescence of technology, how «something is obsolete before we even let the dust settle on it.»

The education secretary at the time, Michael Gove, outlined the rationale for the changes in a speech last January: «ICT used to focus purely on computer literacy — teaching pupils, over and over again, how to word - process, how to work a spreadsheet, how to use programs already creaking into obsolescence; about as much use as teaching children to send a telex or travel in a zeppelin.

Because there's a few of us thet would only spend a significant amount of money on a car if it were reasonably bespoke and of lasting elegance rather than a corporate one - size - fits - all - look - how - successful - I - am - mobile with built - in obsolescence?

The move toward e-books seems strange for a business founded on shipping the physical product, but it's the companies who control their obsolescence who thrive.

They invented their own obsolescence without capitalizing on it.

It's built on planned obsolescence, each new title having the average shelf - life of about six months.

That latter point is debatable, and the answer may vary by region and other factors (we might be one definitive medical study away from all deciding that light - emitting screens are or are not materially harmful to vision), but on the whole I think dedicated eReader & E Ink obsolescence is probable in the near future.

I understand technology is ever changing and companies rely on planned obsolescence, but if I'm throwing down that kind of cash for a tablet I want it to be «the best» for more than a couple months.

Although research is still being done on the adverse effects of vaccinations and the obsolescence of the practice of revaccination, much anecdotal evidence has been collected to support the warnings presented here.

For those of you actually following the Amiibo «craze» (because why wouldn't you love having your child like love for a bunch of corporate icons exploited through planned scarcity and iterative obsolescence) you might have seen that an exclusive Palutena Amiibo was set to go on sale on Amazon's web site this evening at 2 pm, Read more about This is Just Fucking Ridiculous -LSB-...]

The LaserActive was sporting some serious hardware, but all of it was on the verge of obsolescence.

I've got a pretty decent gaming laptop (which, admittedly, is rapidly approaching obsolescence) and it's amazing how anti-aliasing makes up for the lower resolution while allowing great performance on most titles.

GLENN O'BRIEN — Was that when the concept of planned obsolescence was introduced, to spur on production?

In an art - world that has typically aligned itself with the capitalist notions of innovation and stylistic obsolescence, Hovagimyan's work functions to both celebrate and repurpose existing forms and techniques, while still keeping an eye on future potentialities.

Deformed, as if cringing in protest against being discarded, and rendered in glazed ceramic, the objects form a lyrical visual commentary on the rapid obsolescence of household items that are often invested with meaningful memories.

A story of advancement inevitably turns into obsolescence, and Technologism seeks to document the early use of broadcast technology as a way of bridging the gap (and finding a space) between the image on the screen, the physical presence of the viewer, and the broader community.

Exploring both the promises and deceptions of software, electronic gadgets, games and other devices — with an emphasis on how they become old and quickly out - dated — Arcangel's art eulogizes technology's built - in obsolescence while also wittily celebrating its noise, mindless repetitions, and inevitable failures.

Swallow's piece was a monochrome pale gray, a meticulously hand crafted future - scape that physically and psychologically played on our ideas about the near future and the obsolescence of technology.

As for modern life, Mathew Cerletty's pellucid image of an edition of the Yellow Pages floating on swimming pool - blue water is incisive: It's a parable about obsolescence, a condition to which painting has yet to succumb and possibly never will as long as humans are around to do it.

The three works, featuring three technologies on the edge of obsolescence, form a sequence about light and the production of visual meaning.

More historical fantasies can be seen on the other side of the room in The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin, a stunning example of Walker's characteristic silhouette narratives in cut - out paper that unfolds across the length of the gallery wall.

«The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin» will go on view as part of a permanent collection reinstallation planned for 2018.

For all the ghostly charge of these works, they also reflect on photocopier technology's enduring place in daily life, despite its long - predicted obsolescence.

The reinstallation will feature iconic masterworks and present recent acquisitions across departments, including artworks never on view before at the High, such as Kara Walker's monumental cut - paper installation «The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin» and paintings and sculptures from the 2017 Souls Grown Deep Foundation acquisition of folk and self - taught art.

Initially presented one year after the Kodak company announced that it would cease production of its famous slide projectors, Seeing Double plays a crucial role in tracing the history of this little known artistic use of a popular device now on the brink of obsolescence.

Ganske instead posits a future infrastructure where technology moves through cycles of innovation and obsolescence, and access to technology depends on location and class status — as it does today.

This, combined with the shift in scale, plays on the recognizability of the font whose usage remains widespread in the encoding of checks, another technology destined for obsolescence.

They reflect on the pictorial history of vanitas and evanescence, the concept of absence in the visual present or the topic of «digital obsolescence» in today's post-digital living conditions.

On the slicker end of the new - art spectrum, Josh Kline outdid himself at 47 Canal, in a show focused on the coming obsolescence of humans that included 3 - D — printed instant classics: gray - uniformed people in the fetal position, wrapped in plastiOn the slicker end of the new - art spectrum, Josh Kline outdid himself at 47 Canal, in a show focused on the coming obsolescence of humans that included 3 - D — printed instant classics: gray - uniformed people in the fetal position, wrapped in plastion the coming obsolescence of humans that included 3 - D — printed instant classics: gray - uniformed people in the fetal position, wrapped in plastic.

Combining hyper - realism with materially abstract painting, the work reveals the heroic and fragile nature of his subjects and meditates on language, legacy and obsolescence.