Will I be able to retrieve files from my computer from a distance by using the Internet?
The excessive-complexity fault: I am at my office, it is almost noon, and I discover with considerable panic that I forgot to retrieve from my home computer the crucial overheads I need for an imminent lunch meeting.
The Java programming on your computer goes out to the Internet to retrieve bits of computer code from other computers to do specific tasks.
Only Lam Wing-kee has jumped bail while on a visit to Hong Kong in June to retrieve a computer database.
The officer declined to comment about his activity, but when asked if this was the best way the military could retrieve stolen computer material, he nodded.
Only a few days after the four men visited Gui's apartment — ostensibly to retrieve the computer they never picked up — Cambodia deported 168 Chinese suspects it said were involved in an internet and phone scam back to China on two planes sent from Beijing.
The Northridge earthquake of January 1994 damaged the building housing Sue's Secretarial Service so badly that owner Sue Clamage was never allowed inside to retrieve important computer files, customer records or completed assignments.
Stazione Fiumicino Aeroporto, with what really seems like far too much luggage — the big blue, the "carryon" fra virgolette, and my computer, all easily retrieved and immediately — and now we've just left for Fara Sabina and Orte.
Cartel del Norte del Valle breaks up and Varela's lieutenant "Beto" Marin takes over splintered operations. 1 March 2008: Colombian authorities retrieve computer files of the Farc leader Raul Reyes during a military operation in Ecuador, in which Reyes is killed.
Employees of the Campaign Finance Board were more fortunate: at 40 Rector, one elevator now works, thanks to a generator, so several employees returned last week to retrieve computer mice, surge protectors and other equipment.
This vision of the coming computer/communicator has more than a touch of Star Trek about it: a handheld gadget that can effortlessly send and receive messages and faxes, store and retrieve computer documents, recognize handwriting and someday even respond to voice commands.
