Signs you are running out of space with the spreadsheet when Excel takes 20 minutes to refresh, runs out of memory, takes minutes to add a row, of when users start slicing data to make it fit, such as looking at a month rather than a quarter.

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Naturally, the usefulness of the slicing and dicing of data depends on the availability of contextual information, even for a discrete current event like a 90-minute debate.

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Essentially, it allows for better slicing and dicing of Facebook user data.

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One of the most recent companies to get an infusion of cash from the U.S. spy bureau's investment fund is Cleversafe, a Chicago-based startup that offers software to keep data stored in cloud networks secure by slicing it up and storing it in different locations.

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Non-commercials in the legacy data mimicked the action in the disaggregated report, slicing gross longs and raising gross shorts, lowering the net-long position to 20, 248 contracts.

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Non-commercials in the legacy data mimicked the overall action in the disaggregated report, slicing gross longs and raising gross shorts, lowering the net-long position to 18, 828 contracts.

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Non-commercials in the legacy data mimicked the action in the disaggregated report, adding gross longs and slicing gross shorts, raising the net-long position to 28, 524 contracts.

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