At the time, the Internet was known as Arpanet, and was used primarily by the government, and there was only one computer store in Santa Monica, Calif.
And so I came to suspect that the only truly believable computer program would be one able to ape life itself, since thinking as we know it exists only as a purposive tool of living organisms.
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The data capture system only stores one item of information on your computer -- a random number.
There's only one thing wrong with this picture: Computer-telephony integration is nothing new.
Not only does one not need to be connected to a computer, one does not even need to sync to a computer at all.
Between entering the top of the atmosphere and touching down, the lander had seven minutes to reach Gale Crater, find clear ground, and deposit the one-ton rover, with only an onboard computer to guide it.
For some decades ago I earned my one and only official credit as a producer of a computer game.
For a generation brought up on British 8-bit computer games, there was and is only one true Olympian, and that is Daley Thompson.
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But Microsoft argues that the release of the new version of Windows is critical not only to the company but to a personal computer industry seeing one of the worst downturns in its history.
The computer-controlled A380 mock-up, the only one in the U.S., is located in a fire pit so firefighters can simultaneously practice fighting fires outside and saving people inside.
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Some people still think copiers and printers when they think of Xerox, which acquired Affiliated Computer Services earlier this year, but there is only one printer in this campaign so far.
Computer security is a chain with many weak links, of which only one is the use of passwords.
Lavender, once the head of the Board of Trade's Technology Committee, relies on a computer only occasionally--to endorse a trade, not to make one.
Or, for that matter, in not-so real time: by adjusting the computer, Dr Viirre or one of his collaborators can control not only what the subject sees, but how fast he perceives it.
To avoid unnecessary purchases, she keeps inventories of their clothes on computer (her rule is to keep only five sets of underwear at any one time).
In contrast, the consumer division currently about one-third of sales generates operation margin of only about half a percent, as computer and netbook prices continue to slide.
We have thousands of photos and videos stored on our computer and backed up to the cloud but unfortunately, I am the only one who knows the password.
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The firm, which leans heavily on mathematical computer-driven models, is known for being incredibly selective in its hires: only one in 500 applicants make the cut (Amazon founder and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos is a former employee).
That was followed by the explosive growth of available mutual funds by which investors could swap an entire portfolio with just one phone call, and later just a click of a computer mouse, with no transaction cost if handled directly with the mutual fund, and only one small commission if handled through a discount broker.
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