Wave Gliders collect enormous amounts of data and crunch the numbers distilling 4 gigabytes of raw data to a kilobyte of relevant information a client wants, for instance and then activate their Iridium satellite link to beam the result to servers on land.

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Both sides have big wide-open fields and they have been here for months and months spending tremendous amounts of time, money, huge numbers of staff, volunteers, thousands of ads, it's just incredibly intense.

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Second, although Russian strategic warheads are well-guarded, large numbers of small tactical nuclear warheads and huge amounts of fissionable material usable for bombs are not, and these create a serious stockpile security problem.

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He says some would white out income numbers on W2s and bank statements and fill in bigger amounts basically to qualify people for loans that they couldn't afford.

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But while these are warning signs, it is not clear that the harm in absolute numbers will be great even if the worst should happen and significant amounts of radioactive waste are spewed into the air or the ground.

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