Others took the opposing view that the great majority of users at that time were performing integer-intensive tasks like word-processing, spreadsheeting and web browsing, and the substantially lower cost of the PR-rated processors allowed the user to afford a higher-spec part in any case.

He uses a Looperlative LP1 for looping and a majority of his effects are provided by the two Lexicon G2 multi-effects processors.

The vast majority of processor architectures do implement a flat memory design, including all early 8-bit processors, the Motorola 68K series, etc.

An Echelon Corporation-designed IC consisting of several 8-bit processors, the " Neuron chip " was initially the only way to implement a LonTalk protocol node and is used in the large majority of LonWorks platform-based hardware.

A major feature of C99 is its numerics support, and in particular its support for access to the features of IEEE 754 ( also known as IEC 60559 ) floating point hardware present in the vast majority of modern processors ( defined in " Annex F IEC 60559 floating-point arithmetic ").

The invalid operand with locked CMPXCHG8B instruction bug, commonly referred to as the Pentium F00F bug ( as shorthand for, the hexadecimal encoding of one offending instruction ), is a design flaw in the majority of Intel Pentium, Pentium MMX, and Pentium OverDrive processors ( all in the P5 microarchitecture ).

This is not a Federal state however, simply a decentralized one, as the majority of the domains of power are still vested in the Central government.

Because the vast majority of genes are encoded with exactly the same code ( see the RNA codon table ), this particular code is often referred to as the canonical or standard genetic code, or simply the genetic code, though in fact some variant codes have evolved.

Experts emphasize that the overwhelming majority of those who use these informal networks are doing so for legitimate purposes, and simply choose to use a transaction medium other than state-supported banking systems.

Benjamin Z. Kedar estimates that there were between three hundred thousand and three hundred and sixty thousand non-Franks in the Kingdom, two hundred and fifty thousand of whom were villagers in the countryside, and " one may assume that Muslims were in the majority in some, possibly most parts of the kingdom of Jerusalem …" As Ronnie Ellenblum points out, there simply is not enough existing evidence to accurately count the population and any estimate is inherently unreliable.

A poll of ex-Mormons found that a majority do not self-identify as a member of another faith, choosing to describe themselves as agnostic, atheist, or simply ex-Mormon.

Langmuir said a pathological science is an area of research that simply will not " go away "— long after it was given up on as ' false ' by the majority of scientists in the field.

the vast majority of transistors now are produced in integrated circuits ( often shortened to IC, microchips or simply chips ), along with diodes, resistors, capacitors and other electronic components, to produce complete electronic circuits.

The official nationality of any person from Tajikistan is a Tajikistani, while the ethnic Tajik majority simply call themselves Tajik.

The majority of the palace buildings are quadrangular in plan, with all the rooms opening on to a central court ; and the whole reached its present size simply by the gradual addition of new quadrangles, designed on the same principle, though varying in dimensions, and connected with each other by smaller rooms and passages.

The monarch normally asks a person commissioned to form a government simply whether it can survive in the House of Commons, something which majority governments are expected to be able to do.

A cabinet member may be forced to resign simply for opposing one aspect of a government's agenda, even though they agreed with the majority of other proposals.

* In the Romanian language, the vast majority of adverbs are simply the masculine singular form of the corresponding adjective – one notable exception being bine (" well ") / bun (" good ").

The majority wrote, " If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech.

But another side of lobbying is making sure that others ' interests are duly defended against others ' corruption, or even simply making sure that minority interests are fairly defended against mere tyranny of the majority.

The loss of case endings was part of a general trend from inflections to fixed word order that also occurred in other Germanic languages, and therefore cannot be attributed simply to the influence of French-speaking sections of the population: English did, after all, remain the language of the vast majority.

Theorists such as Edmund Burke believe that part of the duty of a representative was not simply to communicate the wishes of the electorate but also to use their own judgement in the exercise of their powers, even if their views are not reflective of those of a majority of voters:

After an earlier attempt to acquire Texas by treaty had failed to receive the necessary two-thirds approval of the Senate, the United States annexed the Republic of Texas by a joint resolution of Congress that required simply a majority vote in each house of Congress.

The group as a whole accepted the ethnonym " Tatars " ( finally in the end of 19th century ; although the name Bulgars persisted in some places ; the majority identified themselves simply as the Muslims ) and the language of the Kipchaks ; on the other hand, the invaders eventually converted to Islam.

In reality, the majority of brake discs which are diagnosed as " warped " are actually simply the product of uneven transfer of pad material.

This requirement had previously prevented countries from submitting films where the majority of the dialogue was spoken in a language that was non-native to the submitting country, and the Academy's executive director explicitly cited as a reason for the rule change the case of the Italian film Private ( 2004 ), which was disqualified simply because its main spoken languages were Arabic and Hebrew, neither of which are indigenous languages of Italy.

Hummingbirds do not spend all day flying, as the energy cost would be prohibitive ; the majority of their activity consists simply of sitting or perching.

Speaking for the majority, Taney ruled that because Scott was simply considered the private property of his owners, that he was subject to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the taking of property from its owner " without due process ".

Highly controversial, the decision itself stated it was " limited to present circumstances ," causing critics to accuse the conservative majority of simply picking a winner rather than relying on sound jurisprudence.

Parade participation is equally as important as parade attendance, with the vast majority of parade participants being individual citizens or local citizens groups who simply wish to share their creativity and national pride with spectators.

Probably the majority however, simply gave up their beliefs and attempted to rebuild their lives.

On 17 January 1793 Louis was condemned to death for " conspiracy against the public liberty and the general safety " by a close majority in Convention: 361 voted to execute the king, 288 voted against, and another 72 voted to execute him subject to a variety of delaying conditions.

A Court majority denied that a municipal ordinance that required all employees to execute oaths that they had never been affiliated with Communist or similar organizations, violated the clause, on the grounds that the ordinance merely provided standards of qualifications and eligibility for employment.

The core of the industry is Manhattan's Garment District, where the majority of the city's major fashion labels operate showrooms and execute the fashion process from design and production to wholesaling.

Beria was defeated at the next Presidium plenums by a majority against him, and not long after, Khrushchev and Malenkov started to plan Beria's fall from power.

My most earnest hope is that the Labour Party will win a clear majority in the next General Election.

Over the next six months, the deaths in camp numbered in the thousands ( the majority being from disease ), with historians ' death toll estimates ranging from 2000 to 2500, to over 3000 men.

In the Khaki Election of 1900, nationalist concern with the Boer War meant that the Conservatives and their Liberal Unionist allies gained a majority of Scottish seats for the first time, although the Liberals regained their ascendancy in the next election.

No country currently has a Mormon majority, although Tonga is expected to be the first within the next few years.

Round 2: No candidate has an absolute majority in the first round ( this would be greater than 50 %), so Memphis and Nashville proceed to the next round, while Knoxville and Chattanooga are excluded.

Led by Prime Minister Ian Smith, it endured as an unrecognized state under white rule for the next 14 years, with majority rule coming in 1979 with the Internal Settlement between Smith's government and moderate black nationalists, the associated multiracial elections and the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe Rhodesia, with Bishop Abel Muzorewa at the helm of a coalition cabinet comprising 12 blacks and five whites.

In March 1995, Karimov took another step in the same direction by securing a 99 % majority in a referendum on extending his term as president from the prescribed next election in 1997 to 2000.

The person receiving the greatest number of votes ( provided that such a number was a majority of electors ) would be President, while the individual who received the next largest number of votes became Vice President.

The next day's legislative election sees his party win with an overwhelming majority.

Chaffee was given a variety of assignments and participated in numerous training duties over the next few years, spending the majority of his time in photo reconnaissance squadrons.

On the next day the same four electors met at Rhens to ballot for Rupert as next German king, thus the majority of the college including the Elector Palatine's own vote.

Tracy spent the majority of the next two years at home with Hepburn, living what she described as a quiet life: reading, painting and listening to music.

The next two figures in the House Republican leadership hierarchy, majority leader Richard Armey and majority whip Tom DeLay, chose not to contest the Speaker's office.

The next important step in lobbying development was the Single European Act of 1986, which both created the qualified majority vote for taking decisions in the Council and enhanced the role of the Parliament, again making EU legislation more complex and lobbying further more important and attractive for stakeholders.

This was not a big enough margin to give Thatcher the 15 % majority necessary to win on the first ballot, but having finished in second place Heath immediately resigned and did not contest the next ballot.

In teleost fish ( which make up the great majority of existing species ), the forebrain is distorted in comparison to other types of vertebrates: most neuroanatomists believe that the teleost forebrain is essentially everted, like a sock turned inside-out, so that structures that lie in the interior, next to the ventricles, for most vertebrates, are found on the outside in teleost fish, and vice versa.

Charles Oman, believing that the cavalry were the majority of the Gothic force, interpreted the Battle of Adrianople as the beginning of the dominance of cavalry over infantry for the next thousand years.

In the fall of 1992, Keillor returned to the World Theater with ARC for the majority of the season, and the next year, the program officially reverted to the A Prairie Home Companion name and format.

The party's time in the National Assembly effectively came to an end when Jacques Chirac reinstated the two-round system of majority voting for the next election.

These territories were fairly arbitrary in their geographic extent as the vast majority of the Vietnamese regarded their country as a single land and minor resistance to French rule continued over the next 70 years to achieve an independent state.

McDyess would be the face of the franchise for the next few years, as Mutombo would leave after the 1995 – 96 season for the Atlanta Hawks, Ellis would miss the majority of the next few seasons due to recurring knee and leg injuries, and Abdul-Rauf was traded to the Sacramento Kings prior to the 1996 – 97 season.