2018年9月30日 星期日

Technicolor



As much as the finely orchestrated plot, the joy of the story lies in its perfect period detail, the exquisitely sketched settings and a cast of supporting characters who spring to technicolour life


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Technicolor is a series of color motion picture processes, the first version dating from 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades. It was the second major color process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952.

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2018年9月21日 星期五

VHS-or-Betamax

The Auto Industry’s VHS-or-Betamax Moment

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The Auto Industry’s VHS-or-Betamax Moment
By MARK GARDINER
After nearly 20 years, the language that cars will speak when they talk to one another is still undecided. Critics say the delay is endangering lives.

2018年9月1日 星期六

Taper Tantrum


Taper tantrum is the term used for the 2013 surge in U.S. Treasury yields, which resulted from the Federal Reserve's use of tapering to gradually reduce the amount of money it was feeding into the economy.


taper
ˈteɪpə/
verb
gerund or present participle: tapering
  1. diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end.
    "the tail tapers to a rounded tip"

    • gradually lessen.
      "the impact of the dollar's depreciation started to taper off"

tantrum
ˈtantrəm/
noun
  1. an uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration, typically in a young child.
    "he has temper tantrums if he can't get his own way"
    synonyms:fit of temper, fit of rage, fit of pique, fitoutburstflare-upblow-uppetparoxysmfrenzybad moodmoodhuffsceneMore