That's why most non-Intel hardware vendors originally chose Unix for their default operating system.
What distinguishes KMV's default-warning system is that it doesn't rely on the wisdom of one person or a handful of people.
One possible solution to get more homes on dynamic pricing: Make it the default energy billing system, as it is for commercial and industrial customers in most parts of the country.
It's also more closely tied to the cloud, saving documents to Microsoft's SkyDrive storage system by default, so your documents and personal settings are remotely accessible.
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But the most high-profile change is expected to be Apple's announcement that it's replacing Google Maps with its own mapping app as the system's default.
Such high spreads usually occur when the fear of defaults is high, but given the excess liquidity in the banking system, a default wave does not appear to be in the offing.
Theoretically, a knowledgeable user could do 50 or 60 percent of what some of our early versions offered, but System Mechanic lets you achieve the same results with a few clicks instead of spending hours proving to yourself that you can manually maximize the allocation of resources, or having to settle for the default settings of your operating system.
No one is sure what the impact of a Greek default would be on the banking system.
The Linux "zombie" machines were compromised when hackers broke into them by exploiting a default setting for the network file system through an RFC buffer overflow, Rouland explains.
He also said the Fed is encouraging the development of a central counterparty clearing system for trading in credit default swaps and working on strengthening the resiliency of the short-term secured funding markets that left Bear in the lurch in March.
Here's the thing: if the Greek government were to miss a payment on a bond as it fell due, the immediate impact on the finances of the Greek government would be considerably less than the trauma that such a default would cause for the international banking system.
To save the financial system in the event of a default, some sort of Argentine-style deposit freeze might be needed.
Users can program the system to flag sudden shifts in default probabilities, then break them down to see if they result from changes in leverage, stock prices or stock-price volatility.
Ministers also insisted it makes sense the system will be "digital by default" and encourage recipients to manage their benefits online, it makes sense to pay people monthly and it will ease the burden on employers, not increase them.
The default option is to stay in the traditional system, and future seniors (those now under 55) have the option of low-risk accounts owned by the individual, managed by the Social Security Administration, and guaranteed by the Federal government.
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They say the exposure of German and French banks to Greek debt is manageable and they deny that a default would put at risk the entire European banking system.
The features provided by its Hopper DVR are not default features and a viewer has to engage with the system in order to record primetime shows and watch them ad-free.
You can blame the banks and the Street for precipitating the near meltdown in 2008-2009, but the country has sustained enormous shocks to its system that have nothing to do with credit default swaps and mortgage backed securities mufti puffti.
Stress tests of Europe's biggest banks are due to be released on July 15th and are expected to show that the region's banking system could absorb the losses from a Greek default with only a dozen or so banks having to raise extra capital.
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That system included the likelihood the person would repay or default on a loan based on statistics rather than the judgment of a loan officer or individual lender.
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The fall of the rupiah sparked concerns about an Indonesian debt default that could spread to Thailand, hurt the fragile Japanese banking system and undermine South Korea's efforts to contain its economic problems.
Greece leaving the eurozone and adopting its own currency would be associated with default in its government debt, a collapse of the Greek banking system, and would probably tip the Greek economy into depression.
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The system will play WMV and MK4 files, but the system has no idea what to do with MKV files by default, and even an old AVI file we tried to play failed miserably.
Perhaps worth putting minds at rest about credit default swaps, credit events and the possibility of another huge crash in the banking system.
Even if the latest crisis is averted, Cyprus remains at risk of default and of exiting the Eurozone as the core of its economy, its financial system, will end up decimated.
Still, for some weird reason, only a portion of the bundled apps have Dynamic Display switch enabled by default, so users will need to go into "ASUS customized setting" in system settings to choose more apps.
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This risk-management system apparently proved itself during the crisis in financial markets that followed Russia's default on its sovereign debt last August.
Apple used to have Google Maps as a default app on the iPhone, but removed the service in the update to its mobile operating system iOS 6, in mid-September 2012.
Default would then be inevitable, and with it damage to both market confidence and the domestic financial system.
Europe's leaders have made it clear that a Greek default would be a catastrophe, leading to banking losses elsewhere in Europe and threatening the European banking system.
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