This is going to be pretty close to the final list of nominees for the Best Director Oscar, too, which will be announced this Thursday.

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To human eyes, other solar systems may be incomprehensibly distant, but cosmically, they are pretty close by.

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That would be less preferable to Andreessen as CEO but still a pretty close second.

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It may not be entirely soccer-specific, but it's pretty darn close.

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So, there may never be a Windows 7 Phone tablet, but that device above looks pretty darn close to what one may have looked like.

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Also, even if you're not close to where the eye of the storm reaches land, they could be pretty large, too.

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The time lag of Android app release to iOS appears to be compressing (according to some discussions with early stage investors), and many popular apps are developed simultaneously or pretty close.

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It's basic, but it represents pretty much what all these new operating systems are supposed to be: ways of getting functionality that is at least close to Android but without all the licensing costs associated with running Google services.

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