"The basic idea of a hyperinstrument is where the technology is built right into the instrument so that the instrument knows how it's being played literally what the expression is, what the meaning is, what the direction of the music is, " Machover says.
And so he says that whether Mr. Bennett's statement is false depends upon what the meaning of "is" is.
And it is not too legalistic to point out that a president of the United States should not be convicted of perjury and removed from office over an argument -- a dispute about what is and what is not the commonly accepted meaning of words in his testimony.
The personal questionnaires ask simple questions like what are you doing right now, who are you with, what is the meaning of this experience to you, and does it make you happy.
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It's true that a drone is precise, meaning it will hit what it is aimed at -- a building, a bunker or a person.
What is the meaning of my life now?
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As Plato said, it depends on what the meaning of the word is is.
Perhaps a seemingly insurmountable scary goal is what is needed give greater meaning to our work, and to reenergize us.
According to Gruber, that's just one step below "design verification test, " which is what that stolen iPhone 4 prototype was -- meaning the CDMA iPhone is apparently just two hops away from production.
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Because life will batter you and you'll have a surer sense of what's important and has meaning and is good.
Social justice is what will give real meaning to our new creed.
That is what will give real meaning to our creed.
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What may pass for meaning in the spot paintings is the sum of their associations in the history of abstraction.
We've seen many banks cut back on what they call wholesale lending, meaning the bank is funding mortgages that mortgage brokers are actually taking the paperwork for.
No, what really bothers me is that firms (meaning, of course, their managers and shareholders) have been forced, upon penalty of fines and damages, to participate in the contentious global warming debate.
But he says that the original meaning of the constitution is not what its authors expected the language they used in the document to do solely during their lifetime, but what they meant it to say.
Too often it is what happens when a well-meaning company embarks on its first innovation journey.
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"Life has meaning and we grown-ups know what it is" is the universal lie that everyone is supposed to believe.
But the opportunity cost, meaning what you give up for being safe, is too high for an equity investor who in that case might do better in bonds.
It is what enables him or her to wring meaning from facts and observations, and then be free of them.
Refiners are now crashing into what is called a "blend wall, " meaning the feds have forced them to purchase more ethanol than they can safely put in their gasoline.
Pistorius could still see his charge downgraded to culpable homicide, meaning that he unintentionally killed Steenkamp, which is what he maintains.
They are what is fundamentally important to us and give our lives meaning and a sense of self-worth, and that can quickly get scary.
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