Sentences with phrase «than poor design»

I can tolerate ugly shapes more than poor design and workmanship.

Not exact matches

By the end of the semester, he'd raised another $ 5 million and was standing in front of the Digital Life Design conference in Munich, promising a world in which education was nearly free, available to poor people in the developing world, and better than anything that had come before it.

The chancellor's move, which will cut # 3bn a year from the welfare budget, is designed to cement the Conservatives» reputation as the party willing to take tough long - term economic decisions, even at the cost of hitting more than 5 million families characterised as working poor.

More than one - third of New York's major roads are in poor condition, while more than one - third of the state's bridges are deficient or do not meet modern design standards

Based on some rather primitive research the article suggested that citizen's income, rather than a policy designed to achieve equality, would actually hurt the poor.

He said the scheme was designed having realised the poor state of living of more than average of Nigerian, saying «it is unfortunate that in last few decades Nigeria's economy began to decline due to lack of government sensitivity to social protection programmes of the people.

Poor, unresponsive control and linear level design prevent this game from being enjoyable by anyone other than big fans of the animated series.

However, poor design choices make most of the game's dances feel inaccessible, with frustrations that far overpower Bounden's brighter moments, making it more likely to start a fight than a friendship.

Levels are designed more like shooting galleries than a convincing battlefield, and the game does a poor job of directing your attention to your next objective - the HUD often seems to deliberately lead you in the wrong direction.

Nowhere does this come out more clearly than in the history of digital technologies, it is a history of undelivered promises, poor design, naïve beliefs and ineffective implementation.

The ECS Formula — which was originally designed to be fair — is $ 800,000,000 million underfunded meaning urban and poorer districts get far less than they are supposed to get.

Rather than blame administrators, teachers, kids, or their parents, Over-Tested and Under - Prepared shows that poor results are largely a function of the basic design of our curriculum - driven one - size - fits - all instructional approach.

In some poor, typically urban schools fewer than 10 % are proficient at reading and math by fourth grade, and yet these kids are pushed forward by the demand of a one - size - fits - all educational model to work within a curriculum that was designed for kids who are fully proficient in the learning content and skills that were «covered» in previous school years.

In many ways, charter schools were designed a quarter - century ago to help close the rich / poor college gap, though it has taken nearly that long, charter officials say, to do so for more than just a few students.

Uprated performance pads are usually not much more than standard - but buy «fast road» pads, not «race» ones - the latter will be designed to work very well when hot, but can be poor when cold.

The Challenge called on cities to do more than merely introduce new technologies onto city streets, requiring them to boldly envision new solutions that would change the face of transportation in our cities by closing the gap between rich and poor; capturing the needs of both young and old; and bridging the digital divide through smart design so that the future of transportation meets the needs of all city residents.

However, it serves to make the central touchscreen display poorer than its mediocre resolution and design would otherwise appear, while in a few other places the cabin doesn't quite come up to scratch; the materials of the air vents and centre console facia, for example, can't match their appearance.

Several poor design choices in the BlackBerry Torch UI make it harder to use than is necessary, and limitations such as in text selection further constrain the device.

The CEO announced that in a letter posted on the Financial Times website, «I'd like to just set the record straight here and now: there is absolutely no plan, strategy or intention for GM to file for bankruptcy» GM faces a host of issues, revolving around legacy liabilities, poor design, poor marketing (reliance on sales, rather than everyday low pricing), high production costs, low flexibility, and high debt.

I was plenty sloppy on several bosses that I normally stomp, and my relatively poor rank on the leaderboard reflected that, but on the other hand the achievements I unlocked indicated that I am at least better at the game than the people who designed it, so there is that.

The various stages that you will play through are designed to perfection, the only thing to blame for failure will be yourself, and I often beat myself up for daft mistakes rather than blaming poor design.

The PSP may be marred by a poor design decision, but it more than makes up with this with a plethora of fantastic games and I look back on it very fondly.

The new system had an increased focus on blocking, ripostes and precise timing rather than memorising movesets — a design decision which proved highly controversial, especially since the casual difficulties proved to be even more accessible to the button - mashing crowd than ever before, bringing poor reviews.

It is perfect for a touch screen, and would perhaps work well on the Wii U GamePad, but I can not see anyone who owns a smartphone opting to pay more money for a console version that has a poorer control interface than the one originally designed for that type of game.

If people get really cool thematic items to play with they may overlook poor puzzle design — I've seen this on more than one occasion.

Yep, I believed that Twilight Princess could be better than Ocarina of Time as a game, it was a good attempt but hampered by silly design choices and some poor pacing in parts (I still think Twilight Princess is a great game though).

The frustrating part about Mighty No. 9 is that its bosses and enemies did remind me of Mega Man, but Comcept's poor design choices mean it resembles a fan project more than a spiritual successor.

Although the series would eventually grow stale again after a series of poor design choices and bringing little to nothing new, Mega Man X can still be regarded as that spark that kept the series going longer than it might have.

Well, as I mentioned, Sunshine had more problems than its story trimmings — being a direct rehash of 64, a not so great gimmick with the FLUDD, the nigh - impossible method of finding all 120 stars, the poor level design, the «sameness» of the entire game (being placed on a tropical island) and so on.

«It may be better to some extent for a rich nation to help a poor nation develop clean energy infrastructure than to replace it's own ``... includes building designs, urban planning, appliances, etc..

Instead, the claims had come from the Caitlin mission to the Arctic — a PR and media stunt designed to highlight the shrinking of the Arctic — and from the Global Humanitarian Forum's crude estimate of the effects of climate on poorer parts of the world that had emphasised climate, rather than lack of wealth, as the fundamental in the condition of the world's poor.

The tax is specifically designed to give poorer households a ($ 10.01) rebate when purchasing, say, an Energy Star microwave that costs $ 10 more than the Republican / Conservative model.

This self - tracking design allows Solyndra's PV systems to capture more sunlight than traditional flat - surfaced solar panels, which require costly tilted mounting devices to improve the capture of direct light, offer poor collection of diffuse light and fail to collect reflected light from rooftops or other installation surfaces.

The fact (if it is one) that the consequences at Fukushima are more due to operator stupidity than faulty design, strengthens the anti-nuclear case: poor design we can perhaps avoid, operator stupidity we can't.

Poor packaging design and ridiculous examples of over-packaging come in all shapes and sizes, but it doesn't get much worse than these individually - wrapped bananas, complete with plastic shrink - wrap and (very non-biodegradable) polystyrene, spied in a U.K. grocery store.

News reports have indicated that poor road design or conditions played a role in more than half of all fatal automobile accidents in the United States, resulting in more deaths than any other single factor, including speeding, drunk driving, and not using seat belts.

However, investigators also say the accident ended up being deadlier than it needed to be because of a poor design of the system's electrified third rail.

Failure may be a result of many factors, including: flawed design, being ahead of its time, our tendency to stick to «good enough» solutions we are comfortable with rather than the possibility of something better, solutions in search of a problem, being too expensive, poor execution of a good idea, poor marketing, being user unfriendly, and simply not as good as other solutions to name a few.

If OnePlus forced users to draw out a circle to return home, rather than just mimicking Apple's swipe up, that would be a poor design decision taken purely for appearances.

It would certainly be a lot better than a rear - mounted fingerprint sensor, which could have been seen by long - time fans as a poor design choice.

Yes, there were Android phones available at around or even below that price, but they came with significant trade offs: poor design and less than optimal hardware (read «slow processors, inadequate RAM, poor displays and so on).

Overall, the design is very good except for the fact that the bezels are bigger than usual and this means there is a poor use of space on the front.

However, there are so many tiny niggles throughout the device and its design that it really sours the experience - from the fiddly strap to poor Strava integration to lower battery life than previous Gear smartwatches, it's hard to see what Samsung has brought here.

The HTC One Mini has an attractive design and a great display, but an inflated on - contract price tag, less than stellar performance and poor reception make it very difficult to...

A key policy question in this area of research is whether steps to redistribute income from richer to poorer families are more cost - effective than intervention programs designed to prevent or treat psychosocial problems.

Finally, you might want to encourage your buyers and sellers to choose an architect whose goal is to create a work that suits the client's physical and visual needs rather than just provides them an exact replica or poor imitation of another architect's designs.

With its poor design, bad acoustics, and lack of storage, this media room was more dysfunctional than family - friendly.