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Hamilton was a couple of seconds off the pace, but believes he will be in a position to challenge when the team touches down in Melbourne.
Dr Arias said it was looking increasingly likely that leap seconds may be voted out in January, but that the meeting at the Royal Society could help to thrash out ideas that could offset any problems this loss could cause.
But it should not be allowed to start the next race a few seconds before its competitors, or to tie their legs together.
But microscopic bubbles of gas have a tendency to collapse within a few seconds, and so must be injected close to the site of interest.
With just under 10km to the finish line -- and a handy time advantage of 50 seconds -- the leading pack looked to be preparing for a sprint finish, but Uran made a break for it, and surprisingly Vinokourov was the only rider to respond.
But the Norwegian was not to be denied and he battled back to finish in six minutes 49.3 seconds.
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Okay, so JMA's newest pre-quake warning system doesn't cover as much ground as SMS alerts, but with only 10 to 20 seconds of available panic time before an earthquake hits, we'd probably be toppling over one another before we could even find our cellphone anyway.
ENGADGET: Japan Meteorological Agency develops earthquake warning system
The BeagleBone might be just the piece of kit for the DIY set itching to boot Linux in 10 seconds, but the freshly unveiled BeagleBone Black packs an even greater punch -- and the same speedy start times -- at just half the price of its predecessor.
According to DARPA's research description, the robot should be about the size of a softball but capable of squeezing through a one centimeter hole and reconfiguring itself within 15 seconds.
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