However, after a bit of time -- about a day or two -- we got used to the fact that it's really just a regular mouse that not only sways in all different directions, but also floats your hand in the air a bit.
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"Our car works well in wet conditions and it throws it up in air a little bit, " the 30-year-old said.
"Fresh air, a bit of danger, scratches and a 'look at the state of you' rollicking from my mum, " says one Londoner who works in the City, James Stay.
The haunting truth that a web-based universe can be zapped into your home through the air is a little bit spooky.
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The look on his face was priceless when his Home Energy Evaluation team broke the news that he had quite a bit of air leakage, or draftiness, throughout his home.
Here's how it works: A small amount of diesel fuel is injected into the canister, where it is mixed with a tiny bit of air and ignited by an electrical spark.
"I was standing outside having a bit of fresh air and as I turned round I saw this very bright blue light which was dimming, " he said.
"I think a federal air marshal might find that a bit confusing, " Wallace said.
Maybe not the Ten Million of the lead character in the movie Up In The Air, but still quite a bit.
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On both sides of the Atlantic, the ubiquity of fast internet connection that can support HD streaming, along with antiquated rules around free-to-air offerings, is creating a bit of a wild west feel.
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Americans may put children in the back, but Chinese companies put their bosses there, so the rear seats were raised, given their own radio and air-conditioning controls and a bit more leg room.
Okay, so this week it all seems to be a bit up in the air, so to speak, and it continues -- in a round about manner -- with this story relating to a redesign of the NASA logo.
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We had considered making a cannon that used ignited hair spray as a propellant but after a bit of research discovered that air pressure was far more effective.
Of course, you can also navigate the various panels and screens with the usual hand waves and air pinches, should you feel a bit silly talking to your console.
Entertainment industry analyst Hal Vogel thinks it took some of the air out of a stock that had gotten a bit overvalued.
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He said the amount should be even higher, but the world's oceans are absorbing quite a bit, keeping it out of the air.
Up against the MacBook Air the X360 is significantly thicker, but actually a tiny bit (3 ounces) lighter.
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From the users' viewpoint, Facebook can feel a bit like a liberal polity: a space in which people air opinions, rally support and right wrongs.
While temperatures were down a bit Wednesday, high-based thunderstorms will be fed by rising air, wind and low humidity, he said.
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"Hey, that Japan Air may know it but they have fuel spewing out the leftward wing quite a bit, " the pilot of another plane told the control tower, which radioed the JAL crew and halted takeoff.
Color Red is no substitute for an Iron Dome defense system, but with as little as 15 seconds between an air defense warning and a rocket striking its target, Color Red offers a little bit of extra time for users to find shelter.
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But to exploit the fullest security allowed by the peculiar rules of quantum mechanics, each "bit" of information in the key should be encoded onto exactly one photon, sent through air or down a fibre.
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