Anyone from Generations X through Millennial has probably spent enough
time around computers and other electronic devices that the idea of someone being «techno - illiterate» actually seems like a pretty weird concept now.
Not exact matches
It's common in people who spend a lot of
time in front of a
computer, but it signals subservience to those
around you.
And, this
time around, the search giant won't release a rebooted version of its creepy face
computer «until it's perfect.»
It's good hygiene to cover your mouth when you cough, keep hand sanitizer on hand, don't leave used tissues
around, and wipe down the desk,
computer keyboard and phone from
time to
time to help prevent germs from spreading.
This was
around the
time when Tesla was building a completely new set of electronics for its early prototypes, switching from an analog
computer that controlled the motor to a digital version.
By
time he got
around to building
computer software and starting Microsoft with Paul Allen at Harvard, Bill had already accrued nearly 10 years of experience writing software.
Economist Robert Solow observed
around that
time, «You can see the
computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.»
Small and medium - sized businesses (SMBs) especially used to rely on an in - house «
computer guy» who might not even work with technology full -
time but knew his way
around a server, or a «break - fix» vendor who'd come
around when the system crashed — if you could reach him.
On a large scale, these companies are pursuing what many people have been doing with
computers in their basements for years: mining for a digital asset that is now trading at
around 13
times the price of an ounce of gold.
Around this
time, there was accelerating adoption of personal
computers, Internet usage, storage technology and data access speeds, which began to open new opportunities and greater acceptance of virtual and flexible working.
Around this
time in the late 1980s, the first few
computers began to filter into the correctional system.
During the same
time period that the theory of evolution has been
around we have created
computers, sent a man to the moon, done heart transplants, discovered quantum physics, proven entanglement theory, ect but evolution still has no explanation for it and no mathematical model of it occurring randomly and naturally.
I sip on it first thing in the morning, I'll bring it along in the car when I'm carting my kids
around town, and when it's
time to sit down at the
computer to share recipes with you, I always have a glass of iced coffee within arms reach.
«This trip to New York, he was most excited when he walked
around Times Square and bought a laptop
computer on Fifth Avenue,» said Mensua, who communicates with Safin in Spanish.
Computers were not
around at the
time, either.
With spring right
around the corner, it's
time to get your PC, tech gear and
computer workstation organized!
Digital music is wonderful, of course... and how most of our music is heard (this boy spends every minute of his
computer time bouncing
around our ITunes Library - checking stuff out, and making playlists like nobody's business - who knew that you could seamlessly go from Cat Stevens to Red Hot Chili Peppers to Natalie MacMaster to Dan Zanes?
But Liam, talking about having your own business, Liam was
around when I started my foundation in my Miami, and I did breastfeed him while I was on the
computer, trying to type stuff up all the
time... So I get it!
I have two rooms full of toys and musical things, like electric keyboard, older
computer to learn things on «ABC.com», (a subscription service for 2 + yrs old children), and battery operated toys that are musical, or talk, or walk, or beep, or run, blocks and puzzles, plush toys and soft rubber balls, and when no babies
around, I blow up lots of balloons which they throw up in the air and try to catch, or I bring out all the «kitchen stuff» (a collection of plastic dish sets, plastic fake food and utensils, and a big tablecloth I lay it all on and then pick it all up with until next
time).
The US is largely a service economy, therefore the workforce spends a lot of it's
time seated at desks pushing bytes
around in
computers.
The children spend
time during the day in small groups at «centers»
around the room — they can choose art, house, blocks, writing,
computer or a «sensory table» with water, shaving cream or other interesting substances and materials.
Sapphire, also called Slammer, debuted at 9:30 p.m. Pacific
time on 24 January and spread to more than 75,000
computers around the globe in a few minutes, knocking out 911 emergency services, automated teller machines, and airline online ticketing systems as well as denying Internet access to millions.
Using more than a dozen instruments placed
around the habitat, including a first - of - its - kind underwater mass spectrometer that tracks fluctuations in key gases up and down the ocean waters, aquanauts watch readouts in real
time on
computer screens.
Your drive to work is easy in spite of fog, thanks to in - car radar and the intelligent transport software that automatically guides you
around traffic jams, allowing you to arrive in
time for a presentation in which high - definition video is streamed flawlessly to your tablet
computer in real
time.
In one powerful example of the new capabilities
around that
time, Carnegie Mellon graduate student Dean Pomerleau used simulated images of road conditions to teach a neural network to interpret live road images picked up by cameras attached to a car's onboard
computer.
After an average hit, the researchers»
computer model suggests the brain shakes back and forth
around 30
times a second in a fairly uniform way; that is, most parts of the brain move in unison.
In theory,
computers could be made
around a thousand
times faster by «turbo - charging» their electrical components with light pulses.
The premise behind Lifeblog is not a new one: A number of
computer visionaries, including Gordon Bell of Microsoft, have proposed software interfaces organized fundamentally
around time, as a way of augmenting memory.
Second Life, the creation of Linden Lab in San Francisco, provides its active - user base of one million with a real -
time experience on their personal
computer, in which they use digital characters called avatars to wander
around castles, deserted islands and other fantastic 3 - D environments.
Around ten years ago researcher Dave Bacon, now at Google, showed that a
time - travelling quantum
computer could quickly solve a group of problems, known as NP - complete, which mathematicians have lumped together as being hard.
The research is detailed in the paper «Demand
Around the Clock:
Time Use and Data Demand of Mobile Devices in Everyday Life», which was presented this May in Denver, Colorado, at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017), the premier international conference of human -
computer interaction.
«The idea of mixnets has been
around for a long
time, but unfortunately it's always relied on public - key cryptography and on public - key techniques, and that's been expensive,» says Jonathan Katz, director of the Maryland Cybersecurity Center and a professor of
computer science at the University of Maryland.
Improvements in stress tolerance, corrosion resistance and
computer modeling
around the same
time helped their popularity grow as engineers built them cheaper and more efficiently.
In that
time, normal
computers have become
around a billion
times faster.
I couldn't get in to read Myles's piece, but it dawned on me he's the one behind the climate prediction project, which used people's
computers from
around the world (unfortunately I had a bad
computer & dial - up connection at the
time).
(as a disclaimer, although I work on the cp.net project and am named on the Stainforth et al paper; I was not employed nor
around at the
time of the press release in question (not that they would have cared for my opinion anyway, as I'm a
computer geek and not a climate scientist; --RRB-
ALCF and OLCF offer year - round Director's Discretionary programs for researchers to request small (
around 1 million hours) allocations of
computer time for porting, tuning, and scaling in preparation for an INCITE proposal.
Testing can be done either at LabPMM laboratories or entirely in an investigator's own facility, with the bioinformatics analysis done on customer's own
computers, ensuring rapid turn
around times as well as data protection.
«Our lives have become focused
around activities requiring us to be still — whether it be commuting or transportation, our
computers, or the television or
computer in our leisure
time,» Steinbaum said.
We live in a society today that encourages multi-tasking and working
around the clock,
computers, electronic devices such as mobile telephone technology are making people TOO accessible at
times.
I feel like I have been running
around in a circle trying to get caught up and I finally made
time to sit down at my
computer, check hundreds of emails and share some favorite spring beauty trends with you today.
So bad that I had to waste my precious
time in NYC working, and that I parked myself at an Apple Store
computer for over an hour, but such is life — and I really couldn't handle carrying
around a laptop all day!
I don't have much for you today since I've been just sitting
around a lot this week and not spending much
time on the
computer.
The next
time you sit at home, clicking
around your
computer on Facebook or Twitter, think about your online activity.
Looking at the
time man has walked this planet,
computers and the web have been
around an incredibly short
time — lets say 30 years in the public domain, and already nearly 20 % of the world's population has access to it.
Some of this has to do with the dreariness of the winter months, researchers think: We just have a whole lot of
time after the holidays to mess
around on the
computer.
I'm an electronics major (read:
computer nerd) going to my local college.I spend most of my
time, when not screwing
around online or on my console, either on...
Mind you on any dating site, as in life (I have friends who have practiced online dating for years, have spent a mint, have been matched by physiological profiles,
computer algorithms & plain ole physical attraction but have still come up short) so finding the ONE may take
time, patience, and a lot of focusing on YOU and your own beliefs about what you deserve (email me personally & we can talk more in depth about this if you'd like), but I believe any and all things are possible, including your finding your prince, online or
around the corner.
I'm a gamer through and through I love playing video games, and I love messing
around with
computers and such, I'm a paramedic so I get lots of free
time off work to enjoy my games, I'm passionate, careing, and a nice guy overall just looking for my player 2.
Well Im a 31 year old male who is into
computer and Xbox One gaming, I love to make people laugh, smile and enjoy there
time around me, I have a small lisp that I can use to my advantage.