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Tipping Point (other)
Tipping point or TippingPoint or The Tipping Point may refer to: Science and technology * Tipping point (physics), a threshold in a sharp hysteresis loop; once reached, the system rapidly changes its state * Tipping point (sociology), an event when a previously rare phenomenon becomes rapidly and dramatically more common * Tipping point, in catastrophe theory, the value of the parameter in which the set of equilibria abruptly changes * Tipping points in the climate system, thresholds that, when exceeded, can lead to large changes in the state of the system As a proper name Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''The Tipping Point'', a 2000 book by Malcolm Gladwell Music * Tipping Point (band), an experimental contemporary jazz quartet from England, founded in 2013 * The Tipping Point (Authority Zero album), ''The Tipping Point'' (Authority Zero album), 2013 * The Tipping Point (The Roots album), ''The Tipping Point'' (The Roots album), 2004 * The Tipping Point (Tears for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipping Point (physics)
Hysteresis is the dependence of the state of a system on its history. For example, a magnet may have more than one possible magnetic moment in a given magnetic field, depending on how the field changed in the past. Plots of a single component of the moment often form a loop or hysteresis curve, where there are different values of one variable depending on the direction of change of another variable. This history dependence is the basis of memory in a hard disk drive and the remanence that retains a record of the Earth's magnetic field magnitude in the past. Hysteresis occurs in ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, as well as in the deformation of rubber bands and shape-memory alloys and many other natural phenomena. In natural systems, it is often associated with irreversible thermodynamic change such as phase transitions and with internal friction; and dissipation is a common side effect. Hysteresis can be found in physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, and economics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tipping Point (The Outer Limits)
This page is a list of the episodes of ''The Outer Limits'', a 1995 science fiction/dark fantasy television series. The series was broadcast on Showtime from 1995 to 2000, and on the Sci Fi Channel in its final year (2001–2002). Background Showtime's head of programming, Jeffrey Offsay, said the show "found a home at Showtime because MGM, which produced the original series, supplies feature films to both Showtime and The Movie Channel. At the time we were making our deal to get into business with them, they were restarting their TV operation as well. They had the idea of wanting to make ''The Outer Limits'' and they thought it was the kind of thing that would work very well for us". Executive producer Pen Densham noted how anthologies can be "risky". He explained that "every week no stories are the same, no actors are the same, we don't have an easy path of an ongoing character, we have to make sure the stories are so strong, and not resort to remaking original ''Outer Limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inflection Point
In differential calculus and differential geometry, an inflection point, point of inflection, flex, or inflection (rarely inflexion) is a point on a smooth plane curve at which the curvature changes sign. In particular, in the case of the graph of a function, it is a point where the function changes from being concave (concave downward) to convex (concave upward), or vice versa. For the graph of a function of differentiability class (its first derivative , and its second derivative , exist and are continuous), the condition can also be used to find an inflection point since a point of must be passed to change from a positive value (concave upward) to a negative value (concave downward) or vice versa as is continuous; an inflection point of the curve is where and changes its sign at the point (from positive to negative or from negative to positive). A point where the second derivative vanishes but does not change its sign is sometimes called a point of undulation or und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TippingPoint
TippingPoint Technologies was an American computer hardware and software company active between 1999 and 2015. Its focus was on network security products, particularly intrusion prevention systems for networks. In 2015, it was acquired by Trend Micro. History The company was founded in January 1999 under the name Shbang! in Texas. Its co-founders were John F. McHale, Kent A. Savage (first chief executive), and Kenneth A. Kalinoski. Its business was to develop and sell Internet appliances. In May 1999, the company changed its name to Netpliance and in November they released the i-Opener, a low-cost computer intended for browsing the World Wide Web. The hardware was sold at a loss, and costs were recouped through a subscription service plan. When the device was found to be easily modded to avoid the service plan, Netpliance changed the terms of sale to charge a termination fee. In 2001, the Federal Trade Commission fined the company $100,000 for inaccurate advertising and unfai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipping Point Community
Tipping Point Community is a grant-making anti-poverty nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by Daniel Lurie in 2005. In 2017, Tipping Point committed $100 million to cut chronic homelessness in San Francisco in half by 2022. This initiative, in partnership with the City and County of San Francisco, aims to create housing, improve public systems like criminal justice and child welfare to reduce the rate of homelessness, and help the city leverage more state and federal funding. Tipping Point is modeled after the Robin Hood Foundation in New York, and has been described as "an organization that aims to not only help the poor, but actively change the systems that put them there in the first place." In June 2017, Tipping Point raised over $25 million. Its board is composed of local philanthropists, including former San Francisco 49ers player Ronnie Lott. The board underwrites all fundraising and operating costs. On November 16, 2019, Tipping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipping Points
'' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, and CGCG Inc. The debut film was released in theaters on August 15, 2008; it served as the introduction of the series. The series made its debut on the American Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional ''Star Wars'' galaxy during the three-year interim between '' Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' and '' Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (the same time period as the previous 2003 ''Clone Wars'' series). Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes, filling a half-hour time slot. In March 2013, following the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney, the series was cancelled. The unreleased episodes that had already been produced were referred to at the time as "bonus content". The German television network Super RTL began to air these episodes as a sixth season, which consisted of 13 episodes in Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Simpsons Season 35
The thirty-fifth season of the American animated sitcom ''The Simpsons'' aired on Fox between October 1, 2023 and May 19, 2024. The thirty-fifth season was the first of two seasons ordered by Fox. It was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Television Animation. The primary showrunner for the season was Matt Selman. Work from episodes from the season was nominated for two Emmy Awards, four Writers Guild of America Awards, and one Humanitas Prize. Voice cast and characters Main cast * Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Hans Moleman, Gil Gunderson, Barney Gumble, Mayor Quimby, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Arnie Pye, Sideshow Mel, Yes Guy, Grampa Simpson, Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II, Groundskeeper Willie and various others * Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson, Jacqueline Bouvier, Patty Bouvier and Selma Bouvier * Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Database, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Todd Flanders and various others * Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipping Point (sociology)
In sociology, a tipping point is a point in time when a group—or many group members—rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice. History The phrase was first used in sociology by Morton Grodzins when he adopted the phrase from physics where it referred to the adding a small amount of weight to a balanced object until the additional weight caused the object to suddenly and completely topple, or tip. Grodzins studied integrating American neighborhoods in the early 1960s. He discovered that most of the white families remained in the neighborhood as long as the comparative number of black families remained very small. But, at a certain point, when "one too many" black families arrived, the remaining white families would move out ''en masse'' in a process known as white flight. He called that moment the "tipping point". The idea was expanded and built upon by Nobel Prize-winner Thomas Schelling in 1971. A similar idea underlies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipping Point (game Show)
''Tipping Point'' is a British quiz show that has aired on ITV since 2 July 2012. The show also airs repeats on ITV Quiz, which is owned by the same company of the ITV network, U&W, which is owned by the UKTV network, and Really, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. In South Africa, this programme is also on BBC Brit. The programme is presented by Ben Shephard and features three players (four players in Series 1–11) answering questions on the subject of general knowledge in order to win counters, which they use on a large coin pusher arcade-style machine in order to win cash and prizes. Gameplay The machine consists of two shelves filled with flat circular counters; the upper shelf slowly extends and retracts, whilst the lower one is stationary. The rear face of the machine is divided into four drop zones, each of which contains a pegboard similar to those found in pachinko machines. Contestants answer questions to win counters, then choose a drop zone and press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
