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  3. ThinkPad X series - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the CPU model, the change resulted in a 10%–20% reduction in CPU performance compared to the older, but higher power Ivy Bridge generation CPUs. [74] This was the first X-series laptop to forgo the classic TrackPoint buttons in favor of a touchpad that can also be pushed.

  4. Usage share of operating systems - Wikipedia

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    In June 2016, Microsoft claimed Windows 10 had half the market share of all Windows installations in the US and UK, as quoted by BetaNews: Microsoft's Windows trends page [shows] Windows 10 hit 50 percent in the US (51 percent in the UK, 39 percent globally), while ... Windows 7 was on 38 percent (36 percent in the UK, 46 percent globally).

  5. Melvin Purvis - Wikipedia

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    Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his military career which saw him directly involved with General George Patton, Hermann Göring, and the Nuremberg Trials.

  6. Kursk submarine disaster - Wikipedia

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    Kursk was a Project 949A Antey (Oscar II-class) submarine, twice the length of a 747 jumbo jet, and one of the largest submarines in the Russian Navy.. On the morning of 12 August 2000, Kursk was in the Barents Sea, participating in the "Summer-X" exercise, the first large-scale naval exercise planned by the Russian Navy in more than a decade, and also its first since the dissolution of the ...

  7. Error bar - Wikipedia

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    A bar chart with confidence intervals (shown as red lines) ... This page was last edited on 10 April 2024, at 08:30 (UTC).

  8. List of Ig Nobel Prize winners - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day. [1]A parody of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in mid-September, around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced, for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think".

  9. Piper Alpha - Wikipedia

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    Date: 6 and 7 July 1988: Time: Approximately 22:00 (first explosion)Location: Piper Alpha platform, Piper oilfield, North Sea (UK sector) Coordinates: 1]: Type: Explosion and fire: Cause: – Startup of a condensate pump that had not been mechanically isolated due to ongoing maintenance – Lack of protection by design of gas risers: Filmed by: Scottish Television: Deaths: 167: Property damage ...