Technological Laziness By David Smith Why are people so lazy? Could it be from the rapid development of technology? It seems these days that people do things the easiest way possible. With all the modern day advances that we’ve had people spend more time on the couch and less time at work or play. Is technology making us lazy? Has technology made life too easy? Some may argue that technology is suppose to make life easier‚ but technology is crippling are way of life. Technological advances are
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Plant No. 2 1. Using budget data‚ how many Apple iPhone 4’s would have to have been completed for Danshui Plant No. 2 to break even? 2. Using budget data‚ what was the total expected cost per unit if all manufacturing and shipping overhead (both variable and fixed) were allocated to planned production? What was the actual cost per unit of production and shipping. 3. Prepare a flexible budget for 180‚000 iPhone 4’s and calculate flexible budget variances using actual costs for August. 4. Estimate
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Tammy Wang‚ a new customer‚ to fulfill a large one-time-only special order for a product similar to one offered to regular customers. The following per unit data apply for sales to regular customers: Direct materials $455 Direct labor 300 Variable manufacturing support 45 Fixed manufacturing support 100 Total manufacturing costs 900 Markup (60%) 540 Targeted selling price $1440 Grant’s Kitchens has excess capacity. Ms. Wang wants the cabinets in cherry rather than oak‚ so direct
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Inequalities of social class‚ race‚ and ethnicity and gender effects the life chances on the macro and micro level. Inequalities that are inherited to the American way of life have caused enormous pain and suffering along with the social class‚ race and gender. People have been abused and held back from living and achieving life potential. It is sadly ironic that a country that was founded on liberty and freedom and would be so mired in the sludge of racism and bigotry. This sad condition
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IE401-Econ401 MidTerm Managerial Economics NAME: Each of the 20 multiple choice questions is worth 3 points. Mark your answers on the ANSWER KEY on page 5. Also provide BRIEF answers to each of the 4 “essay type/logical” questions. Multiple-Choice Questions 1. A manufacturer produces 1‚000 basketballs each day‚ which it sells to customers for $30 each. All costs associated with production and sales total $10‚000; however‚ if the manufacturer were to produce one
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SAU LECTURE NOTE ON ECO 213 INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS I COURSE OUTLINE 1. Nature and scope of macroeconomics • Macroeconomics defined • Why study macroeconomic • Macroeconomic theories • Relationship and interdependency of microeconomics and macroeconomics • Drawbacks of macroeconomics 2. National income accounting • Definitions • Concepts associated with national income •
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be more economically stable and hence‚ when exchanging the profits back to our home currency‚ loses would not be fatal. There are various infrastructure development projects being carried out in Hungary currently. Out of which is the Energy and Environment Project. The project was for contribution towards the Thermal sector. One of the objectives of the project was to increase Hungary’s efficiency‚ reliability and flexibility in the production of electricity and heat. It was also aimed to support
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The Singularity: Many of the most recognized writers on the singularity‚ such as Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil‚ define the concept in terms of the technological creation of superintelligence‚ and argue that it is difficult or impossible for present-day humans to predict what a post-singularity would be like‚ due to the difficulty of imagining the intentions and capabilities of superintelligent entities .A good way to understand the singularity is to imagine explaining the internet to somebody living
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aspects of everyday life‚ such as health care‚ education‚ job satisfaction‚ and leisure time activities. People have used technology since they first chipped stone blades to improve their hunting. Yet some people call the current age the "Technological Age" because of society’s dependence on technology. For the first time in human history‚ almost all the goods and services people use depend on technology. The products of technology are available to almost everyone in society. The economy of a
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of the history of the concepts and the debates involved. To understand the debate we must first clarify what is technological singularity. A technological singularity is the moment our technological development becomes so rapid that it makes the future after the singularity unpredictable. Writers on singularity‚ such as Raymond Kurzweil‚ define the concept in terms of the technological creation of super-intelligence (Kurzweil‚ 2005). The article points out that any comparison of the brain and computers
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