"I know they got some Brazil boom in because it came in meters instead of being measured by the domestic boom makers' standard of 100-foot sections," said Mr. Parker, who has worked on spill-response efforts for more than 25 years.
This approach to problem-solving is often too time consuming by policy-maker standards and, while intellectually rigorous, may fail to incorporate important political, economic, and intangible factors.
Elpida Memory said it would get 81.5 billion yen ($685 million) in extra financing by the year-end, giving Japan's last big maker of standard computer memory chips much-needed funds to boost production.
China Mobile has an immense amount of consumer buying power backing it, so it's possible even the immense amount of clout Apple brings to bear wasn't enough to get them to just agree to the iPhone maker's standard carrier terms.
Valve designer Brian Coomer says the company is "days away" from releasing a VR software development kit that will give game makers a standard way to provide an interface for VR controllers.
Save the – very tense – plane crash sequence, Flight was minimal by the film-maker's standards, and successful with it: sparse treatment suiting the strong performances and powerful story.
LCD makers setting standards, for instance, seem to have agreed not to improve their displays or lower prices too quickly.
Naturally, fastidious historical accuracy doesn't come cheap; in the US, the 1922 Truck Driver Jacket runs $175 – a hefty $130 more than the apparel-maker's standard-issue twill number.
In that time, it has evolved rapidly from a tight, company based, attributional tool to one that is being more commonly used by policy makers and standards bodies for broad and interrelated effects beyond the project, for example, to help design large scale energy solutions.
Programs like iMovie and Windows Movie Maker, which come standard on many computers, are adequate.
Dr. Varshneya then helped the maker of a standard sniper rifle, the Iron Brigade Armory, a closely held company in Jacksonville, N.C., reduce the weight of its XM-3 rifle.
