Off The Shelf

Buying an off-the-shelf solution from the Yanks would be a lot cheaper than our usual plan of designing and building our own more expensive and less capable equipment. on April 16, 2010 at 6: 04 am MPS Probie ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

NRDC has already outlined how simple barriers, with off-the-shelf technology, can effectively shut down the invasive species threat permanentlywith a reasonable price tag. ❋ Henry Henderson (2011)

Other rifles are prettier, but I'm utilitarian and I think this will exceed my expectations for an off-the-shelf gun. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The ingenious Mr. Yokoi summed up his engineering philosophy as "lateral thinking of seasoned technology"—that is, avoid expensive hardware and instead use off-the-shelf parts in inventive, original ways. ❋ James Kennedy (2011)

The ceiling fluorescent lights are an off-the-shelf brand, but they've been installed artfully, with customized attention, flush with the white ceiling. ❋ Julie V. Iovine (2011)

Dubbing the trend "Generation C" for Content, Trendwatching also noted that "customer-made" goods require much more than off-the-shelf customization. ❋ Curtis Arnold (2011)

Those differences mean any hack can throw together off-the-shelf desktop parts that blow away notebooks costing twice as much. ❋ Unknown (2009)

SRBs - Jupiter uses off-the-shelf SRBs from the shuttle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This was despite the fact that the car was available off-the-shelf in at least 10 major states across the country. ❋ Ashish K. Mishra (2011)

Look at the idea of a buyer's monopoly -- the USGovt being the only buyer of health care (parts and labor) as the single 'registered agent' buying on behalf of We, the People Americans, and to stock in inventory of cure/remedy/treatment 'devices' available off-the-shelf 'for free' to dues-paying (public) membership-cardholders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

NSXA would select the technology it needs and, if it is not already available off-the-shelf, contract through proper government bidding processes to the appropriate companies to assemble the tools and infrastructure it needs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tyson was asked to give a 5 minute "welcome and hello" and instead gave an off-the-shelf 1 hour talk about how great the museum was. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If feature creep and payload growth make it questionable if your existing off-the-shelf design will work, redesign the architecture, not the LV so that it will work (be willing to move from 1. 5-launch to 2-launch in order to restrict payload growth in any one launch); ❋ Unknown (2009)

[No more] off-the-shelf water [filters] [for me]. ❋ The Return Of Light Joker (2010)

Person 1: Yo big man, I haven't seen you with [Cadillac Pimpin] in a while. Reply: He was [taken off the shelf] in a drive by. Person 1: Do they know who did it? Reply: Yeah it was Trevor and he's in the joint for his murder cuz one of his cronies went to the [po pos] and wrote on his ass. ❋ Smoking Hot 1966 Cadillac (2016)