History of Hard Drives The hard disk drive was invented by some IBM engineers working under Rey Johnson at IBM in San Jose‚ CA‚ in about 1952 to 1954. In 1965 a number of engineers left IBM (they were known as the "dirty dozen" within IBM) and founded Memorex. Al Shugart‚ one of them‚ later left Memorex and founded first Shugart Associates where the 5 1/4" floppy disk drive was a major product‚ then Seagate Technology‚ which effectively started today’s industry of small hard disk drives. The early
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drivers and passengers on the road. A common reason responsible for these accidents involve texting while driving. Texting and driving projects horrific accidents whose consequences can be fatal and life changing. AT&T supports drivers to not text and drive on the road through their “Don’t text while driving” advertisements. In one of the short stories‚ a young man suffers from brain damage as a consequence to the text message “Where r” he was sending while operating a motor vehicle. Another one of AT&T’s
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and Drives This Page Intentionally Left Blank Electric Motors and Drives Fundamentals‚ Types and Applications Third edition Austin Hughes Senior Fellow‚ School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering‚ University of Leeds AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Newnes is an imprint of Elsevier Newnes is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House‚ Jordan Hill‚ Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive‚ Suite
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Drive Yuppies became a term in the early 1980’s‚ made out of the words; young urban professional + “ies”. We know the type from Tom Wolfe’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities” or Brett Easton Ellis’ “American Psycho”‚ these young upper middleclass/upper class types with a taste for cultural attractions‚ a good image and high social status. Originally an American term‚ but as we can see in the story “Drive” written by Singaporean author Simon Tay also spotted elsewhere in the world. In “Drive” we follow
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Four-Drive Theory in the Workplace Organizational Behavior- MT3250 Dr. Carl W. Proehl‚ Jr. November 5‚ 2013 ABSTRACT One of the hardest jobs as a manager is getting people to do their best work‚ even in trying circumstances and deciphering what motivates us as human beings. A study in neuroscience‚ biology and psychology has led more researchers to learn about the human brain and what emotional needs people are driven by. In this paper we will look at the four-basic emotional drives that
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Solid-State Drives Solid-state drives have been making a huge presence and allowed for huge transformation in personal/mobile and high speed computing. But not only are they making a presence in mobile computing they are even finding them selves useful in camcorders. Now before solid-state drives came around choosing a storage device for your PC did not require much thought a person would just buy one with the most storage capacity they needed or could afford. However solid-state drives have changed
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Wheel Drive(AWD)And Four-wheel Drive (4WD) Four-wheel drive‚ All-wheel drive‚ AWD‚ 4WD‚ or 4x4 ("four by four") is a four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously. While many people associate the term with off-road vehicles and Sport utility vehicles‚ powering all four wheels provides better control than normal road cars on many surfaces‚ and is an important part in the sport of rallying. 4WD versus AWD All wheel drive or AWD means
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AutoRama Drive N Nicholas Boothe December 1‚ 2009 Business Plan ENTR280-01 Executive Summary AutoRama Drive N is a startup business located in the southern Indianapolis area. AutoRama provides the community with an old fashioned 50’s style diner/drive-in that serves a variety of grilled and fried foods‚ as well as healthier alternatives. AutoRama is not the everyday low quality fast food restaurant. AutoRama prides itself in the quality of food‚ and the cheap prices it is able to offer
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College Students: Propensity to Drink and Drive Introduction and Literature Review Each year more than 2 million college students aged 18-24 drive after drinking; more than 3 million ride in motor vehicles with drinking drivers; over one half million are injured because of drinking; and 1‚400 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries‚ most sustained in alcohol related traffic crashes (Hingson 2001). Its shown in the National Survey of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behaviors that persons
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The Rage That Drives Achilles In Homer’s book the “Iliad” lays an epic conflict between a man and his inner self that ultimately leads to great loss on a wider scale and not just to himself. Achilles is a man with a superpower but has a severe problem when his ego is insulted. Achilles is driven by rage and anger and will do everything in his power to seek vengeance on anyone whom gets in the way of his pride whether it is friend or foe. One might argue whether Achilles is an epic hero but this
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