"People are getting more proficient because they have to, not because they want to," said Steve Cousins, manager of the Advanced Systems Development Laboratory at the Palo Alto Research Center, known as PARC, a subsidiary of Xerox.
I don't know about a great player, but anyone can become proficient because there's so much knowledge out there now.
Gordon, the most philosophical of the group, thinks the linebackers are proficient because most of them are seeking redemption after difficult times earlier in their careers.
There is nothing worse than working alongside an arrogant 21 year old who thinks he's way smarter than you because he's proficient at taking exams and getting an A in computer lab but has never been with a girl before.
Swimmers can compensate for the body's decline mostly because the water rewards those who are more technically proficient, and because the sport is non-weight-bearing and enables prolonged participation.
Even when playing against the computer, you might feel as though you have a live opponent -- not because of the intelligence of the playing, although your computer opponents are frighteningly proficient, but because of those moments when they shake their heads after bad shots or pump their arms in excitement after good ones.
Several mothers complained to the Beijing Morning Post this month that their children were coming home hungry because they were unable to eat enough at lunch because they weren't proficient with chopsticks.
This is not because girls are not proficient users of the technology, Professor Palfrey said.
Mr. Malpass's career was, in a sense, an uncomplicated straight line, because he became more proficient and more inventive with the rugged techniques of forging and welding.
Recent flu outbreaks among poultry in Britain and Hungary are not particularly worrying, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said, because those countries are proficient at eliminating veterinary diseases.
