And we'll see if we can get you hooked up with one of them.

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Sure, it'll be far less than if you were hooked up to Spotify and Netflix all day, but it will likely be more than if most of your applications were installed locally.

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Imagine, if you could be hooked up to a machine and it could scan your whole body in one short visit?

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Levels of phosphates in fresh waterways can be much higher than normal because of contamination from municipal and domestic wastewater, whether you're hooked up to a sewer or have a septic system, says Helen Suh MacIntosh, an associate professor in environmental health at Harvard University.

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At Vassar College, in the 1980s, the argument was usually framed with a thought-experiment: Imagine that you wake up in a hospital bed, hooked up to a machine and soon realize that if you disconnect yourself from the machine, the person in the next bed will die.

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Airplay allows you to wirelessly control music hooked up to speakers anywhere in your home.

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Until recently, to get tested you'd spend the night in a lab hooked up to some 20 sensors.

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But which can also be hooked up to a keyboard, mouse and larger monitor if you so wish.

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Thankfully, unlimited pricing options arrived soon after or else this would be the part where I tell you I ran up thousand dollar phone bills because I was hooked.

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If that someone has made the same move you're facing, he or she can help you navigate the many practical challenges ahead, from how to get cable TV hooked up to the local dining scene.

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