Sentences with phrase «power of the thumb»

You see, John's awesome because he doesn't just sit around waiting on the world to change, he makes things happen with the power of his thumbs, a little keyboard and this thing called Twitter.

With this unique approach, Sprint and mega influencer, DoSomething.org, is helping to prevent young people from texting and driving by encouraging your teen to use the power of their thumbs for fun instead of for texting while driving.

You want there to be peace when you win... when the people who are losing get desperate and do desperate things, please exercise patience and use the power of your thumb on 7th December to make sure victory comes to the NDC.»

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«The Post» shows Graham herself evolve from a meek manager who enjoys the luxuries of power to one who finds her footing and thumbs her nose at it.

My rule of thumb is that conversion-wise, landing pages are by far the most precious asset in a company's websiteand many businesses have realized the power of integrating rich media onto their landing page.

Vast stores of hidden wealth, gained by committing every crime in the book, and millions of fear - driven, deluded «slaves» who have been trained to give their very souls if need be... all under the thumbs of mere humans who use their power for every vice imaginable.

Their rule of thumb, not universally accepted in the cycling world, is that power above 6 watts per kilogram deserves scrutiny.

Some argue that nudging overlooks the power of simple rules - of - thumb for making decisions that people can learn to wield on their own.

Kate Winslet perhaps comes the closest to being a lock, what with her typically effortless grace and charm lending her Joanna Hoffman, marketing executive under the thumb of one Steve Jobs, a power that rivaled that of Michael Fassbender's eminently watchable and simultaneously loathsome Apple co-founder.

Liam Hemsworth sticks out like a sore thumb against the group of older burly muscle men, however, his earnest charm and sniper skills make up for what he lacks in star power.

NAGB has autonomy regarding the conduct and presentation of NAEP, but proposed changes would give most of that power to NCES, which would itself be under the thumb of IES.

I've been trying to find a reference on how much certain things like power steering / power brakes and other items consume, in amps, assuming 12V, but I can't find a good rule - of - thumb here.

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Thrilled to be out from under Mercedes thumb for the transmission, Chrysler is building its own licensed versions of the ZF» high - power» 8 - cog shifter used by BMW and Jaguar, among others.

I found it awkward to power on with my left thumb instead of my pointing finger, but the Dell also wakes from sleep when you lift it up, thanks to a feature called Intel Sensing Assist.

And though a stroke of luck prevents him from becoming yet another casualty of the Great Terror, for decades to come he will be held fast under the thumb of despotism: made to represent Soviet values at a cultural conference in New York City, forced into joining the Party and compelled, constantly, to weigh appeasing those in power against the integrity of his music.

Perhaps I am simply used to using buttons positioned on the right side, or a combination of right and left, but I am after all a right handed person, used to using the right hand thumb for matters of power and volume.

Along the left side of the Galaxy S II is a long volume bar; the right has a tiny power key within easy thumb reach, the bottom has a microUSB port, and a headphone jack graces the top edge.

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Initial reports say that this game will be more of an open - world adventure with various parts of the city under the thumb of different villains — there's a section where Two - Face is in the seat of power, as well as a place where Joker reigns supreme — and you, as Batman, will be free to navigate the city as you see fit.

To help you combat these bigger enemies, you can also do special shots like a spread shot or fire arrows, though these weren't easily triggered (you have to hold the bow's trigger button as well and use your thumb to select which kind of power to use from a weapon wheel) but my friend who joined me couldn't succeed in triggering it.

The 2D side - scrolling shooter that lets you clear wave after wave of monsters with cool weapon upgrades and power - ups is back, except instead of a joystick, you'll be using your thumbs to play.

A known control scheme like a game pad is more or less invisible to a skilled the player, it doesn't take mental processing power to translate a desire (moving forward in the world) to a successful input (moving left thumb stick up) but trying to trigger a gestural binary button like the «move forward» gesture in Star Wars Kinect takes the player out of the experience.

As a rule of thumb, a typical new - build reactor will generate about 1 gigawatt a year, so it appears there are quite a few new Chinese nuclear power plants on the drawing board.

Participants must reside within the utility's network area, and their share of power from the project will not significantly exceed their electricity usage (with 120 % of average electricity consumption being the rule - of - thumb upper limit).

Things get very difficult, very fast, though, which is why most people stop with the simple semi-heuristic derivation of the DALR in spite of the fact that its idealizations aren't very good and it at best gives you insight and conceptual power to make estimates and develop rules of thumb, not so much provide strong predictive power in atmospheric dynamics.

Green thumbs in New York and around the world are planting the flag for environmentalism along with roof gardens and native trees as part of two participatory art projects that combine green activism with the power of social

On the left of the phone is the power button, and the downside of it being placed there is that it's easy to accidentally hit the volume rocker with your thumb while you press the power button with your pointer.

It's more of a stretch than on the G2, but thanks to the power and volume button placement, you can press them while also reaching the navigation buttons (Home, Back, Menu) with your thumb.

The power button and volume rocker are on the right side, in easy reach of your thumb, and they're perfect.

You'll find that the power / lock key on the right, and the volume rocker on the left, fall easily under thumb and finger when you're holding the phone in portrait, and OnePlus continues with its notification slider on the side of the handset, allowing you to easily switch between silent, do not disturb and loud modes.

The volume rocker and power buttons on the right - hand side fit nicely under a thumb or forefinger, depending on your dominant hand, and otherwise things are very clean around the edge of the U11.

The volume rocker and power button are just within reach of a fully extended thumb, but the topmost portion of the screen isn't.

The trademark rounded power button is found two - thirds of the way up the right edge, within easy thumb reach, and beneath it sits the volume rocker and two - stage shutter key.

The scanner is built into the power button on the right - hand side of the phone, and is in a great position for your thumb when unlocking your device.

On the back of the hair dryer are heating and fan power buttons all within a thumb's reach for easy control.

Back to portrait and the centralised power / lock key down the right side of the Xperia Z2 nestles under your thumb or finger, making it extremely easy to access.

If you watch a lot of video and / or do a lot of gaming on your smartphone then the Xperia XZ1 will suit you nicely, with loads of power, a bright, crisp display and front - facing speakers; even the bezels are a positive here, as they give you somewhere to rest your thumbs.

Samsung has placed the S8 Plus» power button at the perfect height for my thumb to naturally rest on top of it.

Fortunately all the buttons are within easy reach along the right edge — Sony's trademark rounded power button sits comfortably under the thumb of right - handed users, and for lefties, it's easy to hit with your middle finger.

A good rule of thumb is to look for projects decentralizing power, usually metaphorically but also literally in this case, instead of trying to cram blockchains into any industry to capitalize on the recent buzz.

That power button lives on the right edge of the phone underneath the volume rocker, which is still low enough on the edge to be reachable with your thumb.

You'll find the power / lock key on the right, and the volume rocker on the left, fall easily under thumb and finger when you're holding the phone in portrait, and OnePlus continues with its notification slider on the side of the handset, allowing you to easily switch between silent, do not disturb and loud modes.

Normally, a big phone forces you to strrrretch your thumb between a Home button at the bottom of the screen, a notification tray way on the top of the screen, app back buttons in the upper left corner of the screen, and power / volume keys high up on the sides.

It'll have the same look and feel of previous Treo handsets, with a color screen and thumb - powered QWERTY keypad.

There is this principle called «due process» in our democracy that you seem to want to ignore that allows folks and organizations to resist the tyranny of bureaucrats with too much unelected power under their thumbs, my friend.