This is one of the basic tasks of a GPS navigation device, so it should be effortless.
It would seem one of the basic tasks of any disk jockey: tell listeners the name of the song they just heard.
Even some of the most frequently used websites out there fail at the very basic task of explaining what an image is.
The basic task of sampling is to draw a representative sample from a universe of possible observations.
In Turing's day, this was merely an effete philosophical question, but these days it's a basic task of everyday life, equal parts humdrum and surreal.
But Congressional appropriators — known for handling the most basic task of the legislative branch in a centrist manner — did their jobs this week.
Next to providing functional prediction for experimental design, the functional annotation of entire proteomes is nowadays a basic task of genome database providers.
The basic task of the systems engineer in such a situation is relatively straightforward; it is essentially a matter of reoptimizing the existing design to meet the new conditions.
