"It's clear that we have plenty of machines that are working," Mr. Friedman said.
But plenty of machines in the lobby, as well as the postal store there, can sell stamps.
In suburban and rural areas, there were plenty of machines, but in urban precincts, where many African-Americans voted, and in other Democratic-leaning precincts, such as those around college campuses, people had to stand in line for as long as ten hours, and many of them just gave up.
Besides, if you do any sort of Web commerce, you get plenty of machine-generated mail in the form of receipts, shipping notices and the like.
And, on the other side of the market, there are plenty of machines that sit unused for extended periods of time.
Google notes that it may not have any of these instances available during peak usage (but hints that plenty of machines are typically available during nights and weekends).
There are plenty of other drum machine apps out there, but most are either semi-professional tools that cost a few bucks (DM1), are too complex for novices (Molten), or focus on pre-made instrument sounds (iDrum) rather than letting you make your own.
Bonus View became an industry standard in November, although the market still has plenty of Profile 1.0 machines unable to access these features.
Eran Creevy is the British director who made the very good urban drama Shifty in 2008, and this is his step up to a big commercial picture – a London crime thriller with plenty of hardware: handguns, machine-pistols, automatic rifles, the lot.
Portable Handheld Emulator: Starting at around $30. Nothing gets a nostalgic gamer excited like the idea of taking old school games everywhere and, thankfully, there are plenty of portable emulation machines on the market.
