Prime directive

Subject selection will, for us, be something of a short subject. Often a business presentation arises out of a particular organizational need, making subject selection something of a moot point however, there is some room even within the confines of a predetermined subject to choose among various aspects to be included in your presentation. There will also be times when you are in greater control and can choose your subject fairly freely—for example, when you choose to make a presentation at a technical conference or before a civic or church group. In any event, the prime directive of subject selection may be stated quite simply ... 

Through studies exemplified by those described above, Hund s rule as a prime directive predicting HS ground states in all non-Kekule molecules was eventually ruled out. The Ovchinnikov-Klein and Borden-Davidson approaches are now frequently used to predict ground spin states for... 

One of our brain s prime directives, apart ifom keeping us alive, is to seek meaning out of chaos. This instinctive desire and ability to put things into order is one of humanity s greatest skills. A scene from the movie Apollo 13 drives the point home. 

Finally, do not combine steps to save drawing out the structure again. Keep to the pathways to avoid the trap of merely rearranging the lines and dots of the structures on the page. Be as rigorous in your own practice as you would be on an exam you are trying to develop good intellectual habits. The prime directive is this ... 

There is a real possibility that microbes from Earth would find conditions on another heavenly body suitable for them to live. If so, is it ethical for planetary probes from Earth to infect the other world NASA personnel say no. Just as in the TV program Star Trek, the prime directive was to prevent interference with alien societies, especially those less advanced than the one that operated the starship Enterprise there should be no contamination of other places in space. Yet, in reality, there is the possibility that some errant microbe might hitchhike its way on a probe from Earth. So, to what degree should hardware from Earth be sterilized What level of assurance is acceptable (Greenberg and Tufts, 2001) ... 

Jeannie once talked with Jamie about the prime directive from Star Trek When you go back in time, you can t move a rock on a planet or you ll change its history forever. And Jamie said, "Well, you can move the rocks on my planet anytime you want."... 

Abstract In the literature on the study of engineers and engineering practice, the pursuit of efficiency is often claimed to be a prime directive for engineers. The objective of this chapter is to examine that claim. It starts with an exploration of the concept of efficiency, which has a multimde of meanings, some very technical and precise, and some more broad and equivocal. Some important philosophical distinctions are made, such as between the notions of efficiency as an instrument of conservation and efficiency as an instrument of growth, between efficiency at a micro-scale and efficiency at a macro-scale, and between efficiency and effectiveness. Questions of how the concept of efficiency relates among the arenas of technology, nature, and economics are also addressed. 

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