While AMD did score well in specific usage models, Intel performed a better, particularly in modes where the system was idle or in sleep mode.

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In effect, these efforts had diluted the effect of quantitative easing, by increasing the chance that the extra cash the Bank had injected into the system would sit idle on bank balance sheets instead of being re-lent.

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By reducing the need to idle and accelerate from a standstill, the system purports to save gas: In tests conducted in Cambridge, Mass.

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Heavy HDD use gave us 40dB, while accessing HDD and spinning up a Blu-ray took this to a deafening 50dBA. Luckily, once a disc was loaded and running, sounds from the drive ceased almost completely and overall system noise remained close to the idle level while actually playing a movie -- the Samsung SH-123L was impressive in that respect.

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Emotion UI is also pre-installed with a smartphone housekeeper function to support real-time data traffic tracking, automatic blacklisting and blocking, periodical system cleaning, and spontaneous exiting of idle programs and cache cleanup, in addition to anti-virus, energy saving, privacy protection, software management, and more.

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Wing-Kovarik has had his two boys, Chris and Shawn, since 2002, and he can't imagine sitting idle while there are so many other foster children who are still stuck in the system.

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The Occupy Wall Street protesters imply that the 1% is mostly Wall Street traders and their big-CEO and idle-rich customers, and they claim that the 1% benefit from an economic system rigged in their favor.

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That system led to the discovery that most lead time was being dissipated as parts sat idle on a dock somewhere.

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