Assuming the computer is operating, or when it is turned on, software in the laptop would then initiate a predetermined security response, either locking the display screen so nothing would appear, showing only the name and contact information of the owner or erasing the laptop's hard drive.
The computer is operated full time and for no pay by his 23-year-old, college-educated daughter, Azhalarasi, who used it to call up a list of area veterinarians.
"It tells us it got to the surface of Mars safely or in a reasonably safe configuration and that it's generating power, that its computers are operating, that it can hear us, and that it can use at least part of its UHF system.
If you talk to the founding teams at startups such as Zimride (which operates Lyft of pink mustache fame) and SideCar, they will tell you that one of the most exciting things about the ride-sharing space is the possibility that its core technology could ultimately be leveraged in a future time when computers are operating many of the vehicles on the roads.
In early days computers are operated by various interface devices, which are developed by the humans to interact with computers.
"The computer was portable, and for the first time a man was operating a computer.
Andrew Ramsey, X-Tek's computer-tomography specialist, who was operating the viewer, zoomed around inside the 3-D representation until he found the right slice.
Logan Hobson, one of the inventors of the CompuBox punch-counting system, was operating the computer.
Specialist Fernandez, a computer engineer in civilian life, was operating the radio.
One of the problems with that, however, is that as calculations move forward, the computer that is operating most slowly is always changing.
But the major A.T.M. computer networks were operating normally on backup power, preserving all records, said Jeremy Zuck, a spokesman for the NYCE network.
