After tightening the connection and then measuring the time it takes data to travel the length of the fiber, researchers found that the data arrive 60 nanoseconds earlier than assumed.
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They calculated the birdy bandwidth by dividing data capacity by the length of the last pigeon's flight--a slowpoke at 3 hours, 51 minutes.
Analyst Mike Zarembski notes that CFTC data shows speculators have cut their net length in gold futures.
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The data included all residential land transfers and all arms length transfers--a sale where the buyer and seller are not the same and price is greater than 3, 000.
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Why bother analyzing economic indicators or fundamental data when the outcome of a sporting event, the length of women's skirts or astrological signs can be used to predict the movement of the stock market?
Considering gold sold off during the latter part of last week and hit a six-month low on Friday, analysts with both Commerzbank and UBS pointed out that the next round of CFTC data is likely to show a further contraction in speculative gold net length, although that in turn ultimately could end up offering some support for the market.
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The optical fibre network at the heart of the effort makes use of the same types of fibres that transmit data to homes and across oceans, in which light bounces along the fibres' length.
Milton Packer of the University of Texas, Southwestern, pointed out that if the available data on Simdax is pooled, the drug appears to have a neutral effect on the length of patients lives, and may actually extend them.
The most recent data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed that as of July 26, the net length of the non-commercial accounts often referred to as the funds stood at 269, 489 contracts for futures and options combined, which was the most since October.
Large speculators trimmed their net length in gold futures on long liquidation during the most recent reporting week, late-Friday data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission show.
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The length of the average day shortens during August, meaning less sunlight, said Angel Corona, chief of data acquisition at the National Weather Service in Anchorage, Alaska.
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