The expansionary social web consists of a myriad array of digital social products, jostling for fractions of our finite time and attention.
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The House has introduced legislation and held a hearing in the new congressional session to find a solution that would continue the federal operation of the reserve beyond this point, ensuring stability and predictability in the helium market for a short, finite time until known plants in development start operation.
The deficit they create now is finite and can be paid for later, just as homeowners borrow now for a one-time payment, incurring a finite debt they pay off over time.
"It's important to note that there is a finite amount of time available for voting, " said Taylor.
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Users have a finite amount of time to spend leisurely online.
"Let's face it, the bank was in a state of catharsis, and I wanted to be chief executive within a finite period of time", he says frankly.
Or maybe Germany will sign up, after all, to some variation of the "Redemption Fund" proposal from Germany's own "wise men", which would involve guaranteeing only a proportion of each government's debt, for a finite period of time.
Information is infinite and time is very finite.
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Eventually, though, and this might take a long time, but it is finite, everyone will have tried Facebook ads and know that they are useless.
Most successful small businesses face a problem when they need to grow because they are overly dependent on one finite resource - for instance, the time and expertise of the lone baker who starts her own business.
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Remember that there is a finite supply of homes available at any given time, and it takes a substantial investment of time and (usually borrowed) money to produce new homes.
Tournaments are closed sets, with a finite buy in, a prescribed payout, and concrete start time.
Because light moves at finite speed, looking farther into the Universe means looking back in time.
Add to the modern mindset the practical needs of a mobile workforce that will have more than 40% of its members telecommuting at least part-time by 2016, and the very idea of segregating work and home devices is a finite solution at best.
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Another issue is that our insatiable demand for more storage leads to denser storage technologies on media that has a finite life and also leads to our using data and hardware formats that may last for an even shorter time than the media.
As more people use the currency, demand for Bitcoins will grow beyond the finite supply and force up the value of each one, which will force the prices of goods to fall over time.
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