Two and a half minutes into the lesson the length of time it took that subpar teacher to turn on the computer he had already laid out the problem, checked in with nearly every student in the class, and was back at the blackboard, to take the lesson a step further.
You get home, turn on the TV, fire up the computer, and they're there.
"I think they figure that their friends are watching but we're not, because they think we are old and decrepit and we barely know how to turn the computer on, " says Dr. Rivera, 54-years-old, of being a parent.
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The HDHomeRun PRIME device sends the TV signal straight to the HDHomeRun PRIME App, so there is no need for the user to turn on a computer.
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It is needed to make plastics, to fly planes, to propel construction equipment and to turn generators to make electricity that keeps the lights on and your computer humming in your home or office.
However, after a few steps, he returned to his office, because he thought he might have forgotten to turn off his computer, or maybe he had left the light on in the bathroom?
Like I said, there are days in which -- my guess is it will happen again this week -- where you pick up that newspaper or you turn on your computer at 4:30 a.m. in the morning while your coffee is still brewing and you groan and, oh, God, what -- you know, great, this is going -- and then you get on your BlackBerry.
From iTunes on your computer, open the Store menu, select "Turn on iTunes Match, " enter your Apple ID and password and click Subscribe.
Focus instead on the next wave of potential computer miscreants -- criminals who can penetrate corporate computer systems to turn valves, start pumps or surge power at factories or electrical plants.
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