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  2. Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now

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    Then, 56k dial-up modems were associated with crushingly slow speeds, long startup times, frequent crashes, and the painful sound of digital gears grinding through telephone lines.

  3. Slutdrop - Wikipedia

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    Slutdrop is a dance move.The move involves squatting as quickly and as low as possible and immediately popping back up. [1] A hand is often put straight up to steady oneself, [2] and the move is often performed whilst grinding a dance partner that the dropper is trying to impress. [3]

  4. Glossary of backup terms - Wikipedia

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    For example, backing up a single database to 4 tape drives at once. Normal backup. full backup used by Windows Server 2003. Near store. provisionally backing up data to a local staging backup device, possibly for later archival backup to a remote store device. Open file backup. the ability to back up a file while it is in use by another ...

  5. Fronting (sound change) - Wikipedia

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    In phonology, fronting is a sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes fronted, advanced or pronounced further to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point. The opposite situation, in which a sound becomes pronounced further to the back of the vocal tract, is called backing or retraction .

  6. Week 12 Reactions: Oregon escapes upset & Georgia back ... - AOL

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    Oregon Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) scrambles durning a college football game between the Oregon Ducks and the Wisconsin Badgers on November 16th, 2024 at Barry Alvarez field inside Camp ...

  7. Back-up beeper - Wikipedia

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    Back-up beepers or an observer are required by OSHA for earth-moving vehicles with an obstructed view to the rear and no one on the ground to help guide the driver. [9] OSHA regulation 29 CFR Part 1926.601(b)(4) requires "a reverse signal alarm audible above surrounding noise level", but only when the motor vehicle has "an obstructed view to the rear".

  8. QVC recalls 1.1 million pairs of oven gloves after users ...

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    Founded in 1986, QVC has retail operations in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Japan and Italy. The company reaches more than 200 million homes around the globe through 13 TV channels.

  9. Low-Back-Merger Shift - Wikipedia

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    The Low-Back-Merger Shift is a chain shift of vowel sounds found in several dialects of North American English, beginning in the last quarter of the 20th century and most significantly involving the low back merger accompanied by the lowering and backing of the front lax vowels: / æ /, / ɛ /, and / ɪ / (in words like TRAP, DRESS, and KIT respectively).