Mr. Gates described the ability of the new version of Word to recognize an address, or a United Parcel Service shipping number, or even a United Airlines flight number and perform a function like looking up shipping or flight information.
And since she didn't elaborate further, I'd have to guess that the real sales are "quite" dismal, perhaps around 10% of the shipping number.
As cruise ship numbers grow, pollution is becoming more troublesome, environmentalists say.
However, many historians believe that ship numbers in old naval campaign accounts are exaggerated.
Two more unnamed ships, Numbers 11 and 12, were assigned to Kawasaki in Kobe and Mitsubishi in Nagasaki, respectively.
This nascent arms race was prevented by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, where the major naval powers agreed to limits on capital ship numbers.
Using ship numbers to debate an appropriate size for a navy, outside of the context of capability and requirement, is like arguing the effectiveness of an army is based on its number of tanks.
According to a December study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, India's navy has 66 combat ships in active service, including one carrier and 16 submarines, while Pakistan's active combat ships number 23, including 10 submarines.
"For example, many people try to be clever with passwords like ncc1701 or thx1138, but these are the ship number for the starship Enterprise and George Lucas's first film respectively, and they're incredibly common.
