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MCR Horizon's Lord was also designed to be adaptable in comparison to other similar rifles. It can switch between the previously mentioned calibers on the field, sometimes only requiring a barrel change. (depending on which caliber being switched from and to). Unfolded, its length is 71.65 inches (182.0 cm), and 59.84 inches (152.0 cm) folded.
Ship's Computer (voiced by Majel Barrett), the unnamed Duotronic computer of the Starship Enterprise (1966-1974) - A standard functioning computer except in the episodes "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (1967) when the computer had been imbued with a female personality which didn't always give desired responses and "The Practical Joker" (1974) when an ...
—Such an appliance which may not, in general, be used in the field, but which is of immense value in the office and particularly in a shop, is the time clock. Various forms of time clocks are in common use, two types of which are illustrated. [The first] is a time card recorder, which is a clock so made that it will automatically stamp on a ...
In this usage, "human computer" refers to activities of humans in the context of human-based computation (HBC). This use of "human computer" is debatable for the following reason: HBC is a computational technique where a machine outsources certain parts of a task to humans to perform, which are not necessarily algorithmic.
Sir John Bennett; 65 Cheapside, London, watch, clock and jewellery manufacturer (15 October 1814- 3 July 1897), was a watchmaker and local politician. He was the eldest son of John Bennett, watchmaker, of Greenwich.
The challenge would be for the computer to be able to determine if it were interacting with a human or another computer. This is an extension of the original question that Turing attempted to answer but would, perhaps, offer a high enough standard to define a machine that could "think" in a way that we typically define as characteristically human.
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure. [1] At surface level, the adage emphasizes the consistency that arises when information comes from a single source and points out the potential pitfalls of having too much conflicting information.
Maarten Baas's Schiphol Clock. Real Time is an art installation series by Dutch designer Maarten Baas. It consists of works in which people manually create and erase the hands on a clock each minute. Portions of the time depiction are completed using CGI after the motions of the painter are filmed separately and repeated to complete the 24 hours.