But those who sip from Twitter's fire hose can get much more information, including a sender's location, the biography on his profile page and how many people have subscribed to his messages (see blog post on the map of a tweet).
Twitter followed suit: Its private accounts are rare, meaning Twitter's fire-hose of updates is becoming an invaluable stream of the world's consciousness (incidentally, this month saw that stream licensed to both Microsoft and Google to bolster their search efforts).
So we learn of the sleeping bat in the cleaning cupboard, the garden hose and Mr Havel's own temper both of which he tells us were too short.
Topsy uses Twitter's high-volume fire hose of data to look at every tweet in the world, and establish a neutral baseline.
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Our travel highlights included hotel stays during which she remained awake until sunrise and a road trip diaper blowout so spectacular, we had to hose her down in a McDonald's parking lot.
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"We're drinking from a fire hose, " says the venture arm's Rieschel.
Honda's system includes nozzle accessories and a hose that can reach every corner of the vehicle.
"Imagine driving a convertible car with a fireman standing on the bonnet and a hose pointed at your face -- that's what it's like on deck, " said Alex Thomson, one of Britain's top yachtsmen.
The hose is connected to a machine that lowers the air's oxygen content, thereby simulating a mountaintop environment.
Brawn opted for a three-stop strategy for Button and Barrichello at the Nurburgring, but the Brazilian's race was disrupted by a problem with the fuel hose during his second stop.
Adding to the level of difficulty was the fuel hose itself, which adds additional forces that tend to pull Dextre's hands.
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Earlier, Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon presented Rivera with a mounted fire hose nozzle, and New York City Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano gave the game's greatest closer a mounted call box during a brief ceremony inside the ballpark.
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