Sentences with phrase «with obsolescence»

In the»50s, he was playing around with the obsolescence of his urge to abstraction.

Not exact matches

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.

Not that the arrival of systems with more human decision - making processes means the obsolescence of the human brain.

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.

Science took a sharp turn; Paley's natural theology, with its assumption of fixity of species since the Creation of Genesis, careered into obsolescence; eventually, his watchmaker was blinded by a scathing Dawkins.

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.

This might be down to Arsène Wenger's fundamental obsolescence, and so require his departure; alternatively, it might just be that Arsenal can cope just fine with three superior teams and struggle when presented with four.

What bothers me most is that, after all these years of women fighting for equality, with all our demands that we have an «equal partner,» why wouldn't we want to support men in their freedom, too — freedom to be stay - at - home dads, freedom to work part - time so they can maybe find the elusive work - live balance we women obsess about — instead of dooming them to obsolescence?

Like in the past, new policy innovations are currently being explored to find new ways to deal with the social pressure resulting from the increasing obsolescence of manual labour, as can be seen in the experimenting with Universal Basic Income in Finland.

Is the rising power and capital accumulation of FAMGA (Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon) together with advances in block chains and artificial intelligence leading to the concentration of wealth in ever fewer hands, obsolescence of manual labour and even the destruction of capitalism, as Karl Marx believed in the 19th century?

Charlotte Warburton, global head of rail at technology firm PA Consulting, told the Accelerate Rail event in London: «If we can't offer seamlessly integrated journeys that guarantee us a seat, adapt with connections and give us the best journeys that avoid delays then we risk something far greater than complaints and frustration: we risk obsolescence.»

A larger drive to consumption with the explosion of advertisement (in order to create «percieved obsolescence» for instance, make people buy more stuff)

This is unjustified — and is born more out of an impression of its obsolescence and loftiness than anything concerned with its constitutional role.

With the central motif of the gradual obsolescence of the steel - mill and simplistic vision of «better days» that it represents, Out of the Furnace is an intentionally slow - burning examination of white masculinity and its place (or lack thereof) in modern America.

Opening with brash alpha - male Roger Swanson (Campbell Scott) lecturing his white - collar colleagues about the imminent obsolescence of the male species, «Roger Dodger» is about one man's terrible defeat in the battle between the sexes.

But a closer examination of the Coen Brothers «film reveals an exploration of evil and a study in obsolescence, all with the fraternal filmmakers» trademark wit and sense of style.

With a slow, deliberate amble, Payne and writing partner Jim Taylor allow Nicholson to twist in the crucible of his own obsolescence, indicting the suburban milk - fed malaise into which a certain gentry inevitably falls.

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?

Just as carburetors began their slow - march into obsolescence, the 928 contributed to the changeover to modern fuel injection with its 4.5 - liter V - 8, later enlarged to 4.7 - liters.

In addition, this Warranty does not apply: (a) to consumable parts that are designed to diminish over time, unless failure has occurred due to a defect in materials or workmanship; (b) to damage caused by a third party device or service (including upgrades and expansions), or (c) to obsolescence or lack of utility with future versions of external hardware or software, including, but not limited to mobile devices.

The Velar is also going to come with Land Rover's new 2.0 litre Ingenium engines and the new in - line Ingenium sixes too (we hope JLR don't do what they did with the Discovery Sport and use the «old» engines for the first few months, building in obsolescence) and maybe, if the rumours are right, Land Rovers new BMW V8 and a plug - in hybrid.

As much as I don't want my bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a physical thing.

Pinnacle looks for firms with strong balance sheets since small firms have fewer buffers in a downturn than large ones do, management teams that do an outstanding job of allocating capital including their own, and understandable businesses which tends to keep him out of tech, bio-tech and other high obsolescence industries.

The Company acquires controlling interests in businesses that operate in industries with long - term macroeconomic growth opportunities and that have positive and stable cash flows and face minimal threats of technological or competitive obsolescence.

«Please remove (charge - off item) along with any and all collection accounts related thereto from my credit report as the FCRA Compliance / Obsolescence Date has passed.

Use extreme caution with companies that are exposed to technical obsolescence or short - term creative disruption.

What they did was to introduce obsolescence to their game design, with the establishment of «Standard» as the primary form of Tournament play.

A number of excellent articles have been written that recognize the unheeded crisis that videogames face with the passage of time and the growing obsolescence of past technology.

In her own act of resistance, Walker's The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin showcases the artist's signature satire and sardonic imagery to directly address the history of oppression and injustice experienced by Black Americans in the South with the persistence of racial and gender stereotypes and ongoing efforts to advance equality in America.

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.

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.

Increasingly over the twentieth century, artists experimented with an unprecedented range of new materials and technologies — often with untested longevity and built - in obsolescence leading to physical instability.

As an artist, Russell resists the global push for progress and insatiable desire for «high - tech» gadgets and instead presents us with a dysfunc - tional art object — a «low - tech» symbol of obsolescence and frustration.

Adrián Villar Rojas» artistic production exists in an imaginary dimension where men face their obsolescence and eventual extinction, playing with perceptions of time and its representation in human culture.

The gallery will debut two pieces by Cory Arcangel, both concerned with the representation of planned obsolescence and the expiration of recent history.

The result — an ongoing cumulative project — is a show concerned with ideas of reproduction, obsolescence, distribution, and mediation.

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.

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.

And lots of Texans are excited to see Michelle Ellsworth perform her own riff on the end of men in Preparation for the Obsolescence of the Y Chromosome at the Fusebox Festival, a co-presentation with Women and Their Work, on April 8 & 10 at Ground Floor Theatre, with an artist talk on April 9 at Women and Their Work.

An outdoor group exhibition about technology and obsolescence, Archeo brings together the work of artists who employ outmoded technologies and outdated machinery as a reflection on humanity's continuous fascination and frustration with technology.

As the gallery puts it, «Umbrico collapses the obsolescence and breakdown of new technology with the aesthetic formalism of utopian Modernist abstraction.»

In this light old standards show their age and obsolescence in the face of the new, and with each new wave of informational overload we are further alienated by the system, that revolves around an economy of monetary circulation.

Together, these works compose the full scope of Karikis's ambitious project, which resonates with new ways of thinking about the future of territories scarred by industrial obsolescence.

All the artists share similar productive tensions within their practices: direct or hinted at autobiographical references synthesise with a distant, controlled aesthetic and emotional restraint; the obsolescence of the image is contrasted with the image as a source of hope, and even personal salvation; the apparent stability and naturalness of landscape is set against the urban environment and modern architectural practice and its accelerated entropy.

In his Silver series, Brandt extends the limits of black and white photography (in its near obsolescence in the digital age) by utilizing the materials that are inherent to that process and experimenting with the elements» shape shifting nature.

In the context of the term «recycling» these artists engage with questions of up - cycling, down - cycling, value, commerce, consumption, materiality, and obsolescence.

As with the status of books, she calls attention to the increasing obsolescence of traditional paper - based maps, in a world easily travelled with GPS.

We're inside the unfinished shell of the UCLA Hammer Museum's theater — 4,300 square feet of concrete and cinder block, sloping down toward a raised stage — and every horizontal surface is strewn with the evidence of breakdown, obsolescence and faded interest.