The problem is that the engines might be so cold after 11 months in space that they will not respond with the split-second accuracy required.

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The phone's clock is continually updated to within a second's accuracy, so I no longer use my bedside clock or wristwatch.

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Intense competition in the media and the pressure of 24 hour news meant the media was so driven by impact that accuracy took second place.

BBC: Analysis

Matches can then be found in databases in under a second, although 100% accuracy is not yet guaranteed.

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He rejects the notion that hunches are second best, trading off accuracy for effort to achieve decisions that are "good enough" but not perfect.

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This means being second to none in speed, accuracy, relevance, and fairness but also and crucially in enterprise, insight, analysis, and originality.

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MyCyberTwin, which has developed an avatar-based virtual agent for financial institutions that boasts a three-second response time and an astonishing 94% accuracy rate (better than many human reps), is moving downstream.

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Second, several gurus may have had motives other than accuracy in publishing forecasts.

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America is planning to improve its satellite-navigation system further: next year, it will start launching a second generation of GPS satellites, which will offer greater accuracy for civilian users and, for military purposes, greater protection against the signal being jammed by an enemy.

ECONOMIST: Space race | The

Jones added sensors that, by monitoring the air temperature above and below the heli ten times a second, can keep the chopper at a fixed altitude with more accuracy than a human on the ground can.

FORBES: Eye in the Sky