Depending on how the devices are constructed (namely, how thick each layer is) they can last for hours, days, months or even years.
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So it is ditching prescriptive standards which say, for example, how thick a door must be rather than merely how long it should be able to withstand a fire.
When was the last time you were really bothered about exactly how thick or heavy your phone was, so long as it fit in your hand and pocket without making you strain or your clothes sag?
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Jurors were shown photographs and a short video detailing how the lethal fire spread with thick smoke pouring from the top of the building and the internal corridor filled with smoke.
Norris also figured out how to achieve his sound effect using only a dinner-plate-thick transducer instead of bulky speaker cones.
First, the instructions were precise about the ingredients and the objectives (the steak slices were to be a quarter of an inch thick, the presentation just so), but not about how to get there.
Elli Sharef, the co-founder of Y-Combinator-backed recruiting company HireArt has found herself in the thick of this employment revolution and has seen first-hand how it leads to a happier process and, more significantly, happier, better-qualified employees down the road.
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In this thick envelope was a letter from Steve Jobs speaking of his cancer fight and how he wished Rebecca a quick recovery.
The new Exilim Card EX-S10 (pictured) manages to pack a full 10 megapixels, 3X optical zoom, a 2.7-inch LCD, and stereo microphones into its 1-inch thick frame -- which means we're a little curious as to how noisy that sensor is, since it can't be very big.
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Dr Borra worked out just how viscous the liquid would need to be, and found that it had to be the consistency of thick honey.
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