Software then must be programmed for the consumer and professional tax preparation market.
The adjustable lights can be programmed for red and green at Christmas or orange at Halloween, Empire State Building-style.
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If we do not program our own digital lives, he argues in a recent book, they will be programmed for us and not on favorable terms.
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An electronic cash register could, for instance, be programmed to bounce out digital receipts using Gogobeans.
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Checked-out ebooks are also programmed to be accessible by the borrower for a two-week period.
Managing online relationships will always be a somewhat difficult task for people programmed to communicate in person.
As with the second generation the vehicle can be pre-cooled or pre-heated as required for a programmed departure time when it is connected to the power network.
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One somewhat practical application, they say, might also be for game play, where, say, a shooting game could be programmed to release the smell of gunpowder.
They can be programmed to automatically dim the lights on sunny days or switch on the a.c. for an employee's cubicle when he swipes his ID badge at the front door.
As Douglas Rushkoff writes in his brilliant manifesto, Program or Be Programmed, the hacker ethos that led to all of this digital technology is no longer present for most users.
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We have, as Mr Spivey reflects, been programmed to pathos, and the other side of that cultural coin may be our ghoulish fascination for the photo-journalism which captures the last wince and wail of every disaster.
In addition to the small display, the board can be programmed to send text message or email alerts, and in the future could tie into venting or heating systems for completely automated control.
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