Land Speed Record The land speed record (or absolute land speed record) is the highest speed achieved by a wheeled vehicle on land. There is no single body for validation and regulation; in practice the Category C ("Special Vehicles") flying start regulations are used‚ officiated by regional or national organizations under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de l ’Automobile. The record is standardized as the speed over a course of fixed length‚ averaged over two runs (commonly called
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Dispersion and the speed of light “So far as problems involving light are concerned‚ the electrons (in atoms) behave as though they were held by springs”.Feynman “In a microscopic but otherwise classical analysis‚ the electric field in electromagnetic radiation accelerates electrons held by springs in the atoms of a piece of glass‚ and these accelerated electrons re-radiate in all directions. The observed light is the superposition of the electric (and magnetic) fields of the incoming
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Business at the Speed of Thought by Bill Gates In 1999‚ with the release of his book “Business at the Speed of Thought” Bill Gates attempted to enlighten the world to the fact that in order to succeed and become leaders in the future‚ businesses throughout the world would have to implement digital technology. The book itself is written entirely from Mr. Gates’ point of view. He wrote it in response to a number of requests from multi level business managers‚ organizational and corporate leaders
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new resources appropriately? Are we getting our moneys worth? Bill Gates says we are not and suggests a new model he calls a digital nervous system as a way to maximize value from technology and information. In his book‚ Business @ the Speed of Thought‚ Gates attempts to make the case that most organizations do not get the maximum out of their technology. He asserts that most organizations have the wrong mind-set about how information should be handled and distributed within an organization
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Living at Warp Speed Since there are many developed and modern technologies to assist them in their daily activities‚ people nowadays are more active than ever before. Different people with various personalities have alternative lifestyle as well as the goal of their life. It is quite strange to admit that these days‚ when life is getting more convenient because of the development of modern technologies‚ people tends to get more works to do instead of choosing to sit back and enjoy their life
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Question 1. Vaughan Speed Clean — budgeting In order to calculate manager’s bonus we need to look at the flexible budget to compare actual profit with budget profit target. Flexible budget Actual Variance Revenue $108‚100 (23 x $10 x 470) $120‚555 $12‚455 F Variable expenses (50% of revenues) 54‚020 60‚277 6‚227 U Fixed expenses 53‚870 55‚000 1‚180 U Total expenses 107‚870 115‚277 7‚457 U Profit $230 $5‚278 $5‚048 F The actual profit meets the budgeted target of $230‚ therefore
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many square miles‚ covered by multiple overlapping access points (http://en.wikipedia.org‚2007). In wireless networking‚ there are two important aspects to consider which are the throughput and delay. These two aspects‚ most commonly termed as the speed of the network‚ are usually affected by the following factors: Number Of Users Distance Number of Access Points Interference Shared Bandwidth Signal Blocking Mixed Networks In the global context‚ colleges and universities have been
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Introduction The UK government set up High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd in January 2009 to consider the case for new high speed rail line between London and Scotland capable of carrying passenger trains at speeds up to 250 miles per hour. The broad plan for the network to Manchester and Leeds including the section between London and the West Midlands is roughly the shape of a letter Y. The “Service specification assumptions for the Y network” shows a total of 18 trains per hour (tph). The government and its
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Life’s data center consolidation‚ there are a few elements that are worthy of discussion; the first is bandwidth and high-speed communication‚ the second is cloud computing as a consolidation option‚ and third‚ mobile or “pod” datacenters as consolidation options. Bandwidth and high-speed communication Any large data centric organization/business is going to rely heavily on high-speed communication and the bandwidth within the network. In order to understand that last sentence‚ it is important to define
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THE SPEED OF TRUST Trust had many meaning. Nowadays not only money is hard to get or achieve but also trust. Trust means confidence. When we trust people‚ we have confidence in them – in their integrity and in their abilities. When we distrust people‚ we are suspicious of them. The difference between high and low-trust relationships is palpable! In a high-trust relationship‚ we can say the wrong thing‚ and people will still understand us. In a low-trust relationship‚ despite precise communication
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