When they are not being blamed for recording poor results, they are being blamed for not recording poor results.

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Mikey Digital is equipped with an LED clipping indicator that flashes whenever volume levels are producing distortion, providing immediate feedback to adjust sensitivity for best recording results.

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Watson has already been put to work in health care, analyzing thousands of pages of the latest medical research, checking patient conditions, suggesting diagnoses and treatments to physicians and recording results.

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But the most significant type of electoral misdemeanor has been physical stuffing of ballots and false recording of results by temporary election workers.

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Speaking of range, you'll want to make sure you stay an arm's length or so away from the Tiki when recording for the best results.

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Magnetic tape in professional recording has taken a nose dive while flash memory is the rising video storage format according the survey results.

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