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  • I looked over at Jackie and that†™ s the last linear-time memory I have except three other things.

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • The notional difference is that lists are explicitly made of two-element cons cells, so can be improper lists, while vectors are restricted to being sequences of elements, with no expectations about their representation other than that they're more likely to have characteristics like a contiguous array in memory eg, constant-time indexing, but possibly linear-time concatenation.

    Snell-Pym » Designing a general data model 2009

  • - God is the same, true, but His acts enter into this linear-time universe.

    Evolution and Liberal Christianity James F. McGrath 2009

  • Humans who realize they are not completely bound to linear-time restrictions are learning to consciously open doorways into alternative realities through dreams and meditative visualization.

    Arcturian Songs of the Masters of Light Patricia L. Pereira 1999

  • Humans who realize they are not completely bound to linear-time restrictions are learning to consciously open doorways into alternative realities through dreams and meditative visualization.

    Arcturian Songs of the Masters of Light Patricia L. Pereira 1999

  • "... because radio is an audio-based linear-time medium, the conventions that exist in current 'traditional' radio are there like the conventions of typography, and the medium lead type vs. laser printer didn't really change the basic rules"

    turn off the radio Bill Kerr 2006

  • "... because radio is an audio-based linear-time medium, the conventions that exist in current 'traditional' radio are there like the conventions of typography, and the medium lead type vs. laser printer didn't really change the basic rules"

    Archive 2006-04-01 Bill Kerr 2006

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