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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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There it is converted into instructions for the printer by the PostScript interpreter, software resident in ROM. There it is converted into instructions for the printer by the PostScript interpreter, software resident in ROM. (Other page description languages are optimized for one of these purposes, not both.)

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A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

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And of course, I'm referring to things like scientific papers, PDF documents. Steven Cherry: One of your company's slogans, at least on Twitter and you alluded to this before, is "Build the haystack, find the needle.". In other words, they were referring to the dark data problem. What is dark data?

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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I didn’t know that word, honestly,” (presumably referring to the word “mayday.”) “And I just heard it freaking coming on that he lost his rudder, that he needed pumps.” As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Singh did not build a profile from an unidentified voice. A 2020 U.S.

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A closer look at minimizing AC charging losses: From the breaker to EV (Part 1)

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It’s fairly well known by now that EVs cost far less per mile to drive than their closest ICE counterparts, and the main reason is simply that the EV drivetrain is far more efficient at converting its stored form of energy into motion. The OBC is usually a metal box hidden somewhere on the vehicle, which EV owners never see.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. Suits now being litigated could assign those innovations not to the designers and their companies, but to those who first filed for legal protection on them. And menu design has evolved.

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Norways Statoil to acquire Brigham Exploration for US$4.4B cash; entry into the US Bakken and Three Forks tight oil plays

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This method is commonly referred to as “perf and plug.” Statoil will continue to build upon Brigham’s operational capability, and will maintain the Austin location. If the tender offer is completed, un-tendered shares will be converted into the right to receive the same US$36.5 Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

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Ethanol Groups File Suit Challenging Constitutionality of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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The OAL ensures that agency regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public. GTAP Model Elasticity Governing Yields on Newly-Converted Lands (Productivity With Respect to Area Expansion). since some of the wood is used for building material, it continues to sequester carbon after the clearing event.

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