Beyond some point (trouble is, no one knows what) they begin to hit harder.

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Tizen's mostly likely rival will be Ubuntu, at least once that other Linux-based OS progresses beyond entry-level phones at some point in 2014.

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Before we declare this a preview of what we'll see in Barcelona, though, we'd do well to point out some of the more glaring uncertainties beyond just the lack of internal hardware details.

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At some point, the pool of influencers will be expanded beyond the initial 150.

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For humanity to evolve further, the free sharing of ideas had to pass beyond the circle of immediate family, or kin, at some crucial point.

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Whereas Microsoft regularly discontinues support for its out-dated Windows versions, some durable goods like a washing machines may last maybe twenty years beyond the point where the manufacturer is still in business or any cloud services they had will still be running, he said.

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But they also point out that some of the biggest problems with the service are beyond their control, like the placement of cellular towers and the fact that so many users are all vying for the same service.

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But at some point the advertisers will insist on some precise performance measurements, going far beyond the circulation figures and Nielsen ratings they are getting now on the old media.

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In an unruly capitalistic playground like the Internet, the concept of "ownership" will get stretched beyond the breaking point and replaced with rules that allow creative works to be produced at a cost of some royalties going uncollected.

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On legalization beyond medical use, we may be some years away, or we may find that we suddenly reach a tipping point, much like the end of alcohol prohibition in the last century.

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