Jack was manager of a cutting-edge computer programme division in a media technology company before he was made a scapegoat for someone else's corruption and fired.
When first met in THE PIZZA HOUSE CRASH (Orion/Trafalgar Square, paper, $7.95), slaving away as a staff writer for a cutting-edge computer trade journal run by a martinet in a wheelchair, the 25-year-old heroine makes no apologies for her pursuit of life's little pleasures -- like drinking, smoking and picking up cabdrivers.
Buying a hybrid car, or a cutting-edge computer or communication system, or changing investment choices, or even trying out a nontraditional style of sexual relationship, are often unconscious substitutes for the inner signals urging you to change something about your life.
There was a time, he recalls thinking, when a cutting-edge computer-generated fantasy could be conceived, written, tested and packaged for distribution in a few months, just through the part-time efforts of a small group of friends.
John Lasseter, in full John Alan Lasseter (born January 12 , 1957 Hollywood, California, U.S.) American animator widely credited with engineering the success of Pixar Animation Studios through a synthesis of cutting-edge computer animation and classic storytelling.
January 12 , 1957Los Angeles, California John Lasseter, in full John Alan Lasseter (born January 12 , 1957 Hollywood, California, U.S.) American animator widely credited with engineering the success of Pixar Animation Studios through a synthesis of cutting-edge computer animation and classic storytelling.
John Lasseter, in full John Alan Lasseter, (born January 12 , 1957 Hollywood, California, U.S ., American animator widely credited with engineering the success of Pixar Animation Studios through a synthesis of cutting-edge computer animation and classic storytelling.
In a BBC interview, Mr. Gates said cutting-edge computer technology -- particularly greater use of the Internet -- could broaden the appeal of the lottery.
He is currently leading efforts to advance astronomy through cutting-edge computer science and parallel computing.
Trippe plans to pursue a Ph.D. in computational biology, conducting research in biology using cutting-edge computer science, and ultimately hopes to work in an academic position at a research university.
He told me his authority had invested in a top-class planning team with cutting-edge computer software to boot.
