As you are laughed out of the office, you can see the wage lag in action.

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Rhodium prices are well down from their peak, but Rannestad said there tends to be a lag between price action and new technology.

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But any behavioral psychologist will tell you that the longer the time lag between the action and the consequence, the weaker the conditioned reponse.

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Of course, as a technical analyst, I would also argue that not only does fundamental analysis lag the price action, but too can be quite subjective.

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The much larger sensor and superior processing gives you massively better image quality, they're much faster (with little or no lag) so better for action, there's a lot more creative control over things like depth of field, the option to change lenses, add flashguns etc add to creative possibilities and also increase image quality.

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Effect any of the hard Android navigation keys on the bottom and you'll notice a bit of lag before the OS kicks into action.

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While playing, there's minimal, though noticeable lag between input on the controller and action on the screen.

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The SSRIs' more indirect method of action is likely the reason why there is a lag time before patients feel relief from depressive symptoms, says Ronald S. Duman, professor of psychiatry and neurobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.

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Both series also include a gaming mode that cuts the lag between a remote control button press and the resulting on-screen action, making these sets perfect PC or console gaming TVs.

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