We decided to exclude the traditional list of "simple machines, " which includes the lever, pulley, wheel and wedge, since most other tools employ some form of simple machine--a hammer is basically a lever, and an axe is essentially a wedge.

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This was because Slammer contained a simple, fast scanner to find vulnerable machines in a small worm with a total size of only 376 bytes.

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The company strives to manufacture high quality machines which are low cost, simple to use and easy to maintain.

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The software's source code, the report said, contained numerous simple vulnerabilities that would allow rejiggering of vote counts, and the machines' encryption was outmoded and easily breakable.

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At his fingertips is the apparatus of one of the most powerful state information machines in the world, and it can all be harnessed to send one simple message to each of those 1.3 billion people: There is no God.

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We are at a moment of temptation, ready to turn to machines for companionship even as we seem pained or inconvenienced to engage with each other in settings as simple as a grocery store.

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