What is the term used to describe early computer systems where programmers would submit their program to a computer operator?
Batch-oriented computing
Neurons of the LGN leave the thalamus to go where?
The true social value of a positive externality is
above and to the right of the market equilibrium
What is happening to the San Francisco Bay in the climate of the early realities?
The water is rising and covering the land.
What genres did Spielberg’s E.T. blend to create a blockbuster film?
Science fiction, adventure, children's film
“Good balance, see. And it works fast. They usually make the wires too taut, or too heavy, except in France.” What is Orr referring to?
An egg whisk
What is the distance between the origin and (12, 5)?
13
One approach to solving the problem of externalities is
internalization of the externality
Define Coase Theorem.
Theorem created by Ronald Coase stating, inefficiencies created by externalities should be able to be resolved so long as the parties involved can negotiate with each other
When Orr was married to his full-time wife, what color was her skin?
Gray
Explain the situation between the beekeeper and the apple grower.
Increases value of apples, beekeeper gets no effect
Who wrote The Mythical Man-Month?
Fred Brooks
Define Public goods
Goods where it's impossible for private property rights
What is the name for a small, bell-like keyboard instrument?
Celesta
What new medium solidified illusion of reality with linear perspective?
Oii Paint
What was Judge Earl Larson's decision in 1973?
Strike down ENIAC patent
What did Forrester realize about his system?
That only digital circuits (like in the ENIAC) would provide the speed his system demanded
Haber says “They’re all over the western half of the state. They’re reported to be slow-moving.” Referring to WHAT?
Alien Spaceships
What is gesso?
A paint binder primed over woven fabric stretched over a wooden frame
Pyramidal cells are structured to do what?
To send signals longer distances
The visual cortex has how many layers of neurons?
6 or more
V1 is also called what?
The striate cortex
What is the distance between (1, 5) and (−2, 1)?
5
In the E.T. soundtrack, what function does the celesta serve?
It reduces tension.
What is the true social cost of a firm’s production equal to?
Marginal cost + cost of externality