For computer systems, the figure can be as high as 85%.
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That means sometimes going back in time, which he can do, he says, so long as he can figure out the math.
As near as anyone can figure, the Earth's surface temperature increased 1 degree Fahrenheit in the 20th century.
In an entertainment industry increasingly shaped by digital technology, can even such an influential figure as Mr Spielberg really defy digital?
Thirty-thousand dollars today is peanuts - who could live on that and how can that monetary figure be used as a career measuring stick anyway?
And as the first African-American president, he can't help but see himself as a transformational figure, the modern-day incarnation of Lincoln's legacy at Gettysburg and at Appomattox.
They figure they can handle the fines just as the big banks do.
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And Rami Bitar, associate product manager at YouTube, discussed one of the challenges the young Googlers hope they can master as his group tries to figure out new ways to grow the video site's user base.
This will be a help for people new to Twitter, as it can be hard to figure out how to get started.
As you can see below in Figure 2, 2007 experienced high volatility yet remained range-bound in an upward trend (represented by the overlaid black bands).
Despite his stellar post-budget opinion poll ratings, these days, not even a figure as substantial as Mr Brown can run the risk of being seen to be too Scottish.
As you can see from the figure below, the performance of the venture capital industry has been reasonably consistent for the past few years, with about exits being about 15 percent of investments made five years earlier.
If Yahoo can figure out how to translate eyeballs into paid subscribers as America Online (nyse: AOL - news - people ) has done , it could be one of a handful of Internet plays with a sound business model.
An average of around 1, 000 staff work on the site as sub-contractors but that figure can vary considerably.
If such views can be presented as reasonable, by a mainstream political figure, they could yet win more support.
All I want to emphasize is, is that when you look at farm economies, right now obviously prices are good, but given the volatility of the world market, for us to be able to figure out how we can also use energy and conservation as an enhancement to the core business of feeding people, then I think that we can make enormous progress.
Yet, over the long run, these companies, as you pointed out, take their lumps and can figure out international markets.
Turns out high school isn't really all that tough to figure out after all -- so long as you can pass pre-calc.
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Mr Carr sees his subject as a heroic, Promethean figure, but Davis can also seem arrogant and abusive, particularly where women were concerned.
"There's little enthusiasm and even less conviction for potential deals as we spend hours trying to figure out how we can justify our fees, " a note accompanying a 2009 drawing says.
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It can do him no harm just now to cut a figure of seemingly Olympian calm as the embattled Mr Kohl huffs and puffs.
At the same time, libraries need to figure out how we can make all of this content available to our users as digital content proliferates.
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And, if you are facing certain financial challenges, setbacks, or obstacles, then this can also be the perfect time for you to work as a team and figure out a creative solution.
As banks figure out more creative ways to recoup losses, consumers can accept the rising cost of doing business with their own money or walk out.
Once LED lighting systems are networked, you can do a lot of things with them such as detect motion, predict maintenance or figure out how many people are in a room.
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Jones is betting that as technology cycles get shorter, manufacturers will favor nimble suppliers who can help them figure out how to churn out smaller, faster chips.
They can even look authentic to descendants of the writers themselves, such as those of Revolutionary War figure Nicholas Biddle, who arrived at our offices with a gorgeous letter by George Washington to Col.
As trained observers of how people in a society live, ethnographers can help companies figure out what people need and then work with designers to meet those needs with new (or more often tweaked) products and services.
And while advertisers are getting better at quantifying the payback for their investments, advertising remains as much art as science: About 75% of Internet advertising spending can be reliably tracked, while the figure for television is closer to 25%.
So, with up to 50% of Americans currently afflicted with a pre-existing health condition and 20% of Americans uninsurable as a result (the remainder can still gain coverage through employment) how hard is it to figure out, particularly at a time when people are losing jobs in big numbers in Ohio, that by voting to kill mandates voters are likely voting against their own self-interest?
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