...-Introduction: The work of the first NTSC (National Television System Committee) was built on the basis of earlier standardization attempts. The first NTSC laid the foundations that made monochrome television a practical reality in the United States. The standards it endorsed in 1941 are still in use today. At the dawn of color television it seemed at first that it was not going to be compatible with monochrome television and would need special receivers. A tug of war of compatible versus incompatible color television systems ensued. The compatible system won. The second NTSC set up the compatible standards that have been adopted by the U.S. and by the rest of the world in many major respects. Casual observers of technical progress often assume that the basic forces at work are merely those of new science and improved technology. But seasoned veterans of the technical wars know that many other forces are also at work. Prominent among them are the pride and prejudice of technical, industrial, and political leaders; the pursuit of power and profit; the rivalry for command of patents and markets; as well as the forces of government: inertia, misunderstanding, and, occasionally, foresight. The development of television in the United States is a prime example of the conflicting interplay of these forces and their ultimate resolution for the public good. The body on which these forces were principally brought to bear was the National Television System Committee. The first...
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...study of historical standards wars, we have identified several generic strategies, along with a number of winning tactics, to help companies fighting today's—and tomorrow's—battles. There is no doubt about the significance of standards battles in today's economy. Public attention is currently focused on the Browser War between Microsoft and Netscape (oops, America On-Line). Even as Judge Jackson evaluates the legality of Microsoft's tactics in the Browser War, the Audio and Video Streaming Battle is heating up between Microsoft and RealNetworks over software to deliver audio and video over the Internet. The 56k Modem War of 1997 pitted 3Com against Rockwell and Lucent. Microsoft's Word and Excel have vanquished WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 respectively. Most everyone remembers the Video-Cassette Recorder Duel of the 1980s, in which Matsushita's VHS format triumphed over Sony's Betamax format. However, few recall how Philips's digital compact cassette and Sony's minidisk format both flopped in the early 1990s. This year, it's DVD versus Divx in the battle to replace both VCRs and CDs. Virtually every high-tech company has some role to play in these battles, perhaps as a primary combatant, more likely as a member of a coalition or Prepared for the Cnlifornia Management Review.Jh'is material is adapted from our book, Information Rules:A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy (Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA, 1998). See www.inforuies.com for further information about the...
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...MG514 Managerial Economics v 2.0 Project Submission The Feasibility Report presented before you will summarize two firms, the Whirlpool Corporation and General Electric Company detailing the industries, products, supply and demand, scope of production, cost structure, market condition impact and performance in which the industry can operate optimally. In regards to the hypothetical firm that has decided to set up a production plant. This report will explore the various aspects of the proposed project and a recommendation if whether the project is feasible. The Whirlpool Corporation and General Electric Company are in the industry associated in the manufacturing consumer durable “white goods” (Thefreedictionary.com, 2012). Whirlpool and General Electric are common household appliance brands and one of the products that every household carries is the typical standard household refrigerator or other derivative designs. The prevalent demand and supply structure in the industry of consumer durable white goods is that the global major appliance industry is expected to record close to 4% yearly growth in demand through 2015 to reach a volume of 400 million units. The United States white goods market is witnessing recovery due to recovery in the wider economy. Demand is expected to come from housing market recovery in 2015, and also because consumers are beginning to upgrade to superior equipment as income levels rise (Reportlinker.com, 2012). Shipments...
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...General Electric Company In 1890, Thomas Edison formed Edison General Electric as a way to bring together several of his business interests. During this same time period, his competitor, Thomson-Houston Electric Company, gained important patents that lead to the merger the two companies which in turn created General Electric Company in 1892. Both of these plants are still maintained and operating to this day. Headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, General Electric was ranked third largest company based on profits, total sales, assets and market value with over 287,000 employees around the world (ge.com). In 1896, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average formed, GE was one of the original twelve companies that were listed and is the only one remaining to this day. General Electric has become a multinational corporation that operates through technology infrastructure, NBC Universal, Energy, Capital Finance, and a Consumer and Industrial segment (ge.com). Electric has had many additions to their business including the absorption of the National Electric Lamp Association, the Radio Corporation of America which furthered international radio and created an industry of its own. GE also was the first to introduce the idea of superchargers during WWI and was the world leader of supercharging during WWII which the development of the Whittle W.1 jet engine in 1941 (Wikipedia.org). GE also obtained Enron’s wind power assets during Enron’s bankruptcy proceedings that was the only U.S. manufacturer...
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... but more than likely it isn’t. You want to find the right size subwoofers and the size amperage amplifier. Usually, 12 inch subwoofers and a 1000 to 3000 watt amplifier is the typical limit that you want in a car. 15 inch subwoofers and 3100 to 5000 watt amplifier are for trucks. SUV’s are basically the same exact specifications for trucks except, the amp can be from 5000+. You don’t want to overload you vehicle and have it vibrated apart but the power from the system. Step 2: Find the Appropriate Wiring Kit The wiring kit size depends on the size of the amplifier. It will say what size it is on the package itself. This kit comes complete with RCA cables, thick power wire, ground wire, speaker wire, a large fuse, remote turn on wire and hardware to install and hold the wire down so that it doesn’t come lose and catch fire. Step 3: Figure out Where You Want Your Amp Installed In this step, you need to see where you want you amplifier installed. For cars, usually the trunk, trucks, under the backseat. These don’t necessarily have to be the areas to install them. Some usually mount the amplifier onto the speaker box itself. This is usually not recommended because amplifiers tend to heat up, and depending on your material that your box is made out of, could catch fire or melt. Step 4: Running Your Wire to Your...
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...RAINS 10 M.O.E. FEAT. WIZ KHALIFA 11 HIJACK FEAT. 2 CHAINZ 12 GET RICH 13 ENEMIES 14 DRIVE FAST, LIVE YOUNG 15 PALM TREES 16 DAD’S LETTER 17 DON’T HATE THA PLAYA 18 SWITCH LANES FEAT. GAME “Winning Isn’t Everything ...It’s The Only Thing.” 01 500 DEGREES FEAT. LIL WAYNE Written by: M. Stevenson, D. Carter, R. Hunt, J. Jackson, Produced by: Ryan Hunt, Publishing Co: Tygaman Music/EMI Blackwood Music Inc (BMI), Young Jackson, Featuring samples from the Cedric Gervais recording “Molly” Produced under license from Big Beat Records, A Warner Music Group Company and Money Publishing Inc/Warner Chappell Publishing (BMI), Jess Jackson Publishing (BMI), Recorded at: Ameraycan Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA, 3 Beat Records, One Love and Spinnin’ Records. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Contains excerpts from the composition “Molly” written by The Hit Factory, Miami, FL, Recorded by: Jess Jackson, Michael (Banger) Cadahia, Recording Assistant: Matt Anthony, Mixed at: Ameraycan Recording Cedric Depasquale and Carlos Cid. Used by permission. Wiz Khalifa appears courtesy of Rostrum Records/Atlantic Recording Corporation & featuring Studio, Los Angeles CA, Mixed by: Jess Jackson, Vocal Production by: Jess Jackson, Michael “Tyga” Stevenson, Lil Wayne appears courtesy of Cash Jamal “Mally Mal” Rashid. Money Records, Inc. 07 FOR THE ROAD FEAT. CHRIS BROWN 02 DOPE FEAT. RICK ROSS Written by: M. Stevenson, C. Brown, D. Quinn...
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...generators with BNC connectors and cables. | [edit] Keying XLR connector, showing the notch for alignment. 4-pin Mini-DIN S-Video cable: the notches are the keying showing the keying. A male plug made by Audio and video connector RCA connectors are commonly used for home stereo and video equipment. Audio connectors and video connectors are electrical connectors for carrying an audio signal orvideo signal, either in an analog or digital format. Analog A/V connectors often use Shielded cable to inhibit RF interference and noise. * | analogue audio, left channel; also mono (RCA/TS), stereo (TRS only), or undefined/other | black RCA/TS/TRS | | grey RCA/TS/TRS | | red RCA/TS | analogue audio, right channel | orange RCA | SPDIF digital audio | For computers: green TRS 3.5mm | stereo output, front channels | black TRS 3.5mm | stereo output, rear channels | grey TRS 3.5mm | stereo output, side channels | gold TRS 3.5mm | dual output, center and subwoofer | blue TRS 3.5mm | stereo input, line level | pink TS 3.5mm | mono microphone input | [edit] Colour codes yellow RCA/BNC | composite video | red RCA/BNC | red or Pr/Cr chrominance | green RCA/BNC | green or luminance | blue RCA/BNC | blue or Pb/Cb chrominance | white BNC | horizontal sync | black BNC | vertical sync | Newer connectors are identified by their shape and not their colour. * | | Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector" ...
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...documented in the herein contained Test Cases. The following requirements must be met to run the program: Java Integrated Development Environment (IDE), MySQL database. Netbeans 7.0.1 was utilized in making the program and testing it . MySQL is open source SQL database. They both can be downloaded for free of charge. Windows 7 OS was used to host both pieces of software. There are minimum requirements that can be referenced on download websites. Each option available in the program will be tested. The Use Case Diagrams may be referenced for further details on functions of each option. The test will test each available selection. The selections to be tested are as follows: 1-Add Student Information 2-Update Student Information 3-Query Student Information...
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...add 0.05 M NaOH drop-by-drop to back-titrate the solution until the pH is neutral. What this means is that, the stronger the antacid tablet, the less NaOH it will take to help bring the acid to neutral. (In other words, the stronger antacid tablets counteract more of the original HCl, leaving the solution closer to neutral before the NaOH is added.) Here are your results: Maalox Mass of one dose antacid mL NaOH used in backtitration 20.0 g Tums 21.0 g Mylanta 18.0 g CVS brand 18.3 g Rennies 17.5 g 24.1 mL 22.4 mL 20.0 mL 19.9 mL 24.4 mL 1. Which is the strongest antacid, on a single-dose basis? Which is the weakest? Explain and show your calculations. 2. Which are the strongest and weakest, on a by-weight (mass) basis? 3. When people do back titrations, they usually watch the solution for a color change when the solution becomes neutral. What might you have used in the above experiment to get this color change to happen in the solution? At what pH would the solution have been neutral? 4. If you had walked into the lab, only to discover that you only had 0.1 M sulfuric acid available to run your tests, how might this have affected your calculations? Why? 5. In...
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...HANDOUT IDBI BANK LTD. WRITTEN EXAMINATION : 16.09.2012 RECRUITMENT OF EXECUTIVES ( ON CONTRACT ) INTRODUCTION 1. 2. 3. This booklet gives you detailed information about the Competitive examination for recruitment to the post of Executive (on contract). The selection process consists of (a) Written Examination and (b) Interview. Candidates who qualify in the written examination with high merit rank are eligible to be called for interview. Use of HB Pencil and Ball Pen : You should bring with you two HB pencils, a good quality eraser, a sharpener and a ball-point pen. You are advised to bring two pencils to avoid mending a pencil during the examination as you may lose time. Use ball-point pen for filling up the information only in boxes 1-10 on Side 1. Use HB pencil only, for filling up information in boxes 12-26 on side 1 of the answersheet and box 27 on side 2 of the answersheet. All the answers should also be marked by using HB pencil only. Handling answersheet : Please handle your answersheet carefully. Keep it dust free. If it is mutilated, torn, folded, wrinkled, rolled or dusty, it may not be evaluated. Special attention should be paid to the different objective type tests, since these are different from the usual school/college examinations. 4. 5. HOW TO SHOW YOUR ANSWERS : Each question is followed by answers which are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Select the most appropriate answer. Then by using HB Pencil, blacken the oval bearing the correct answer against...
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...Mark Scheme (Results) June 2011 GCE Geography 6GE01 Global Challenges Edexcel is one of the leading examining and awarding bodies in the UK and throughout the world. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. Through a network of UK and overseas offices, Edexcel’s centres receive the support they need to help them deliver their education and training programmes to learners. For further information, please call our GCE line on 0844 576 0025, our GCSE team on 0844 576 0027, or visit our website at www.edexcel.com. If you have any subject specific questions about the content of this Mark Scheme that require the help of a subject specialist, you may find our Ask The Expert email service helpful. Ask The Expert can be accessed online at the following link: http://www.edexcel.com/Aboutus/contact-us/ Alternatively, you can contact our Geography Advisor directly by sending an email to Jonathan Wolton on: GeographySubjectAdvisor@edexcelexperts.co.uk. You can also telephone 0844 372 2185 to speak to a member of our subject advisor team. June 2011 Publications Code US027990 All the material in this publication is copyright © Edexcel Ltd 2011 General Guidance on Marking All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners should look for qualities to reward rather than faults to penalise. This does NOT mean giving credit for incorrect or inadequate answers, but it does mean allowing candidates...
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...Employees' Team Building * A List of Good Work Ethics by Employees * Different Types of Organizational Structure Motivating employees to work more productively and to be happier while doing it is a stiff challenge for even the most seasoned manager. Human behavior specialists indicate that the best way to avoid motivation and laziness problems is to assess potential employees carefully by way of personality testing. But what do you do when the hiring's done and you need the employees you have to perform more productively? Try proven, specific techniques designed to keep even your most cynical employees satisfied and productive. The first step? Back off. Nobody likes a micromanager. Ads by Google Options Trading Lessons With just these 3 Free reports you could be trading by day's end. wealthdaily.com/Options_Trading Step 1 Set specific goals, and trust your employees to reach them. According to Forbes, nothing makes enthusiasm vanish faster than a micromanager who doesn't trust her employees to do their work properly. Force yourself to let go by setting a clear and achievable goal; for example, "I want to beat increase our sales by 5 percent over the next 60 days." Ask for feedback, then back off and see what happens. Step 2 Reward top performers publicly and meaningfully. Inc. magazine suggests that letting employees share in success keeps them happy and motivated. It also increases the work ethic of those who aren't top performers. Financial incentives are always appreciated...
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... The PID is needed in order to terminate a frozen or otherwise misbehaving program with the kill command. This command makes it possible to end a program that cannot otherwise be stopped except by rebooting (i.e., restarting) the system, and it is thus an important element in the stability and robustness of Unix-like operating systems. Assume that the following files are in the working directory: $ ls intro notesb ref2 section1 section3 section4b notesa ref1 ref3 section2 section4a sentrev Give commands for each of the following, using wildcards to express filenames with as few characters as possible. a. List all files that begin with section. $ ls section* b. List the section1, section2, and section3 files only. $ ls section[1-3] c. List the intro file only. $ ls i* d. List the section1, section3, ref1, and ref3 files. 1. $ ls *[13] 2. Give an example of a command that uses grep a. With both input and output redirected. $ grep \$Id < *.c > id_list Chapter 9 Number 1 Explain the following unexpected result: $ whereis date date: /bin/date ... $ echo $PATH .:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin $ cat > date echo "This is my own version of date." $...
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...The case also provides examples of company’s policy, some companies borrow fund, and others avoid that. That is reflected all in financial results. Analysis: Airline: 7 Automobile Manufacturing: 8 Pharmaceutical: 9 Commercial Banking: 11 Computer and office equipment manufacturing: 12 Discount general-merchandise retail: 13 Electric utility: 5 Fast Food: 1 Wholesale food distribution: 10 Supermarket: 6 Internet retail: 3 Specialized staffing services: 4 Software development: 2 I pick two industry with the highest R&D ratio are pharmaceutical and software development. The one with no inventory is software development as number 2 and pharmaceutical matches with number 9. Commercial banking matches number 11 because it will have the highest current liabilities as well as the receivables collection. I matched two industries with the same receivables collection is 23 are Internet retail and electric utility, and the industry has higher total current assets is Electric utility as number 5. So, internet retail matches with number 3. Fast food, Wholesale food distribution, and Supermarket are three of the industry has the lowest receivables collection. The industry with the highest current asset is super market and marked number 6. The second highest current asset is fast food as number 1, and wholesale food distribution marked number 10. The specialized staffing services are marked by number 4 because...
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...Solution to exercise 1.1 1) b, c 2) $220,000 3) a, c, j Solution to exercise 1.2 (a) (i) Prime cost Reference number 2, 5, 10, 15, and 16 ii) Production overhead Reference number 1, 6, 8, 12, 19, and 20 iii) Administration overhead Reference number 3, 9, and 11 iv) Selling overhead Reference number 7, 14, and 17 v) Distribution overhead Reference number 4, 13, and 18 (b) (i) Variable Reference number 2, 5, 10, 14, 15, 16, and 18 ii) Fixed Reference number 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 17, 19, and 20 iii) Semi-variable Reference number 6, 7, 8, and 9 Solution to exercise 1.3 | |Number of units produced |Unit cost |Total cost | |Cost X |1 |20 |20 | |(Variable cost) | | | | | |10 |20 |200 | | |100 |20 |2,000 | | |1,000 |20 |20,000 | |Cost Y |1 |5,000 |5,000 | |(Fixed...
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