These investments included Nordstrom.com and a perpetual inventory system that allowed Nordstrom to offer a consistent multi-channel experience by 2002.
As Packard's helicopters near their target, punch through a "perpetual storm system" that girdles the island, and discover a paradise of unravished greenery, the movie lays out its credentials.
From Ouroboros (a team focused on a "perpetual nutrition system" or a mechanism that would turn organic human waste into compost that can be used to grow crops) to S.A.R.A. (safe word activated mobile app designed to stop sexual assault by notifying the police) the level of professionalism and passion exhibited by these students was impressive.
Final Fantasy IV introduced the "Active Time Battle" (ATB) system that augmented the turn-based nature with a perpetual time-keeping system.
It doesn't have a nocturnal sky chart, a perpetual calendar or a chime system that exactly replicates the tone and rhythm of the bells of Big Ben, the way the Patek Philippe Star Caliber 2000 watch does.
It's almost as if the media, the corporate Golems who wreak havoc on the mushy minds and sodden wills of the overstuffed masses actually want this sort of thing so they can pump it back into the system, like a perpetual motion machine powered by bile.
And in complex organizations like aircraft carriers and nuclear power plants, system failure is a perpetual risk.
Thus, the oral tradition added a dynamic dimension to the written code, making it a perpetual process rather than a closed system.
Infosys thinks that there will be many other applications it can develop for the system, such as a "perpetual checkout" service that would let shoppers ring up their goods as they put them in their carts, allowing them to walk out of the store when they are finished shopping.
But such a system would be required on a perpetual basis, and conservatives so far are unwilling to appropriate more than a few years' worth of funding.
The immune defense system, in turn, exists in a perpetual state of co-evolution with the pathogens to limit infectious disease, a circumstance often likened to an "arms race".
