pre-programmed

• “Once these calendar-related hurdles have been overcome, a renewed spike in volatility must be almost pre-programmed.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Yawning Gulf Between EU's Rich and Poor

• “Another serious downside risk is that no action will be agreed upon to counter the pre-programmed fiscal tightening in the U.S., which could tip the economy into a recession that monetary policy can do little to counter," Mr. Padoan said.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Economic Outlook Slows for the Global Economy

• “Some of the responses appear to be pre-programmed.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Are Smartphones Becoming Smart Alecks?

• “Pitting machine intelligence against human gullibility, researchers at the Web Ecology Project in San Francisco are using Twitter as a proving ground for advanced pre-programmed personalities called "socialbots" that can engage in extended conversations via Twitter by imitating the behavior of real people sending and receiving messages.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Decoding Our Chatter

• “So the company, which typically pays 100% of an employee's E.M.B.A. tuition, scrutinizes international trips closely to make sure they aren't too pre-programmed or routine, says Rob Hums, senior analyst of learning and development.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Foreign Policies

• “How deep religion goes, and how much we ourselves are pre-programmed for it, ultimately touches on the sickening question and how religions respond to it.”

  Simon & Schuster: In the Valley of the Shadow

• “Oppose the President basically like a pre-programmed computer, the loser's are the American public ...”

  Obama to unveil new Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving, source says

• “In particular, we're looking for written descriptions of methods that allow a user to download pre-programmed episodic media like audio files or video files from a remote publisher, with the download occurring after the user subscribes to the episodes, and with the user continuing to automatically receive new episodes.”

  Boing Boing

• “A simple computer chip can be pre-programmed so the chainring/cog combinations can be ordered properly.”

  Ask Nick: Tire disaster, the wheel behind the sticker, sequential shifts

• “Would that pre-programmed Apple have forecast "a striking start for a nervy party" from Steve Richards in the Indy?”

  The Guardian: Ed Miliband is ahead of the pack while pundits are stuck in Gridlock Gulch

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