In order to test the theory they analyzed whether their data fit the predictions of a well-known theoretical model of short-termism developed by Harvard economics professor Jeremy Stein, who was recently named to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
The burglary, one of a string of similar thefts that hit the Hyatt in September, was a real-world case of a theoretical intrusion technique researchers had warned about months earlier one that may still be effective on hundreds of thousands or millions of locks protecting hotel rooms around the world.
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This week, the McCain campaign put up an ad in the seacoast region of South Carolina that features a recent USA Today poll showing McCain beating Al Gore in a theoretical match-up this fall.
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The new antenna generates a signal 30 times stronger than on-chip rivals at an ultrawideband-grade 135GHz, and musters a theoretical peak speed of 20Gbps -- enough that 802.11ac WiFi's 1.3Gbps drags its heels by comparison.
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Or it could be a motion to punish the offender - Parliament has a theoretical power to jail people for contempt, and the building does contain a cell for this purpose.
Of course, it's pretty dang difficult to cram enough technology and precious materials into something this size to ever begin to justify that million dollar price tag, but the supposed Blu-ray, SSD and "full" upgradability specs have all piqued our interest in a theoretical sense -- much more fun than slapping some shiny stuff on the case and calling it good.
The duo were hit for 75 runs from 18 wicketless overs in the second innings as Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara (52 not out) ensured an entertaining finish after Australia's declaration had left the home side with just one session to bat - and a theoretical victory target of 516.
Most workplace problems, believers explain, stem from a clash of cognitive styles: when a visual manager sends a written memo to an "auditory" employee, for example, or when a pragmatic manager rejects as too pie-in-the-sky the contributions of a theoretical subordinate.
PCI-E buslines that are 16 lane aka 16x PCI-E have a theoretical maximum of 40 Gbps (Gigabits, not Gigabytes).
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This would be in addition to a much less theoretical short-term cooling caused by smoke from the fires and dust thrown into the atmosphere by the impact.
Jim was probably the only western correspondent to cover the entire affair from start to finish, though he had to re-base to Cyprus in 1980 after being put on a Syrian hit-list at a time when that was not a theoretical threat.
It was a 40-year-old American theoretical physicist, Michael Mattis, who discovered the truth.
With polling showing Republicans well-positioned to pick up Illinois, and with GOP challengers strengthening in South Carolina, Nevada and California, some Republican insiders are talking about the party making a run at 60 seats (a five-seat gain), which would give the GOP at least a theoretical ability to break Democratic filibusters.
Australia declared on their overnight score of 283-2, leaving West Indies a theoretical victory target of 509.
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Instead, when working alone you can treat the assignment as a theoretical exercise, like a B-school case study to turn in to the professor.
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"It clearly demonstrates that fast worms are not just a theoretical threat, but a reality - one that should be considered a standard tool in the arsenal of an attacker, " said the experts.
As a 16-year-old Dyson left behind his theoretical physicist father, Freeman Dyson, in Princeton, N.
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Given our dependence on the communication systems of our planet, both satellite- and ground-based, this is not simply a theoretical worry.
The index tracks the percentage of optimistic investors minus the percentage of pessimistic investors, and can swing between a theoretical maximum of 100 and minimum of -100.
We have a -- for many years, a missile defense shield for Europe and for the United States was a theoretical exercise.
In a cash-balance plan, the company contributes a set amount of salary for each worker every year to a theoretical account for him (even though the money is actually managed in one big pot), and then credits his account with some guaranteed annual return--typically the yield on 30-year Treasuries.
This produces a characteristic wiggle on a graph, a so-called power spectrum, which can then be matched against theoretical expectation.
One answer to all this, being pushed by education innovators, is to take teaching out of the theoretical realm and make the training a lot more hands-on.
Despite its theoretical appeal, preemption as an IW strategy represents a double-edged sword.
As he and other economists acknowledge in a symposium in the July Economic Journal, there is no clear-cut theoretical answer to the question of whether regional trade agreements are good or bad, and the empirical findings are hotly disputed.
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One purpose of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is to protect the technology of file sharing, and companies that use it, by inventing a theoretical "safe harbor" that shelters all sorts of user-powered platforms from the consequences of illegal actions by the users.
Assessment is by ongoing assignments, theoretical tasks, tests and a practical assessment, with a short-answer exam at the end.
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He has 12 honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982 and since 1979 has been at Cambridge University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, where he is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics -- a post once held by Isaac Newton.
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John Hannay, a theoretical physicist at Bristol University, believes he has come up with a three-line proof which shows beyond doubt that Dr Ardavan's mathematics must be flawed.
Still, the purely theoretical thought of over-the-air iTunes clipping along at HSDPA speeds is a tantalizing one, is it not?
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