It make it less dependable on other platforms (which was part of the undoing for an earlier startup in the same space, Soundrop, which lost the wind in its sails when Spotify changed its terms for apps on its platform).
In contrast, the iPhone does not synchronize calendar and contact information wirelessly, which makes it less dependable for information ultimately stored on a server.
Should the dependable Steve Stricker make it - and he's got the putting chops required to win a US Open - he'll become the second-oldest major winner of all time, beating Jack Nicklaus at the 1986 Masters by a couple of months, but still trailing Julius Boros at the 1968 PGA by a couple of years.
But as automakers perfected the automatic transmission, and learned to make it less expensive and more dependable, drivers became accustomed to the relative ease of leaving the shifting to the car.
A person gets a reputation as dependable or undependable by either doing "well to make it work or happen" or not quite dependable enough... "You tried!" could mean: "You were fairly successful -- but still not quite good enough".
I understand the stigma that is attached with a felony and will make it my mission to prove that I am trustworthy, dependable and hard-working".
The hard part about it that doesn't make it so cut and dry is that a lot of "traditional 9-5" jobs are also not that dependable either.
By granting exemptions to laws and regulations that act as a deterrent to securities fraud, the S.E.C. has let financial giants like JPMorganChase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America continue to have advantages reserved for the most dependable companies, making it easier for them to raise money from investors, for example, and to avoid liability...
Although UD was significantly correlated with Uosm, the wide dispersion makes it impossible to use UD as a dependable clinical estimate of Uosm.
The availability of easy-to-use, dependable and freely available computer programs has made it easier to identify optimal normalizers.
