And so if how we're gauging where a particular regulation is smart or not, part of what we're trying to do is at least apply rigorous cost-benefit analysis.
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Limiting beliefs, such as 'I'm not smart enough' or 'I'm not good at math, ' can keep people from attempting more complex challenges.
"Obama's statement was not smart or strategic, " said Wissam Tarif, a Lebanon-based activist with Avaaz, an international group providing humanitarian aid to besieged Syrian communities.
On their own, the opening of this new solar plant or the installation of new smart meters or the investment in grid modernization will not be enough to meet the challenges posed by our dependence on fossil fuels.
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Depending on how many devices you have, the plan may or may not be smart.
As these examples demonstrate, technology does not make us smart or stupid.
Based on what I've seen and heard from fellow CEOs and business leaders, if organizations with more than 1, 000 smartphones or smart devices in use do not enforce mobility audit and cost management strategies and solutions, they can be sure their mobile communications costs will rise sharply, and so will the risks associated with device and data losses.
Not a phone, smart or otherwise.
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"I'm not as smart as you are, or anyone else, " he said, in tears.
Normally progressive CA is not as smart about this as Colorado or Montana.
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And I'm fully willing to say that I'm not smart enough to do things all or nothing.
Although, as one correspondent reminded me, that does not mean trying to be too smart or taking too much Dutch courage.
The reality is that Blackberry handsets are only smartphones in a technical sense, but not near as smart as the iPhone or Androids.
Unlike the now much-faded GreyBerrys from Canada which clearly mark a jaded man or woman, iPad not only marks a man or woman of distinction, but a very hip hot smart up-to-the-second executive material with a keen taste for originality, clearly a leader not a follower, and heaven forbid, not a sponsor for clones like the upcoming PlayBook, or Xoom, LePad, etc.
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Silly studies that market will always be there and just be the smart consumer to figure out if it works for you or not.
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It is not smart to wait until some disaster happens or all the money in the bank disappears before transferring power over finances to another responsible person.
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But I prefer that to rigid values that blind and deafen, or individual visions that might not be as smart as the person offering them thinks (lunar base, anyone?).
"They might jam a smart device to make systems not available in the airport, or play with the bar code of flight tickets, so that you can have access to a space you shouldn't have access to, " he says, while admitting that these scenarios are extreme.
We're not far away from Smartphoniacs Anonymous or Mothers Against Smart Phones.
Fear of failing, fear of success, fear of rejection, fear of ruffling feathers, fear of looking foolish, or fear that we will be exposed for not being as smart as people think we are.
They have not grown up with smart phones, usernames, passwords, email, or even computers.
The Web is not about making ugly people pretty, the dull smart, drunks sober or liars honest.
Consumers can interrogate this server from a PC or iPhone to see not only the consumption pattern of various appliances attached to smart plugs around the home, but also to send instructions back to switch them on or off.
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Girls need to know from women and men that being the boss, being a leader and being in charge are choices that they actively make, not something that happens because they are smart, pretty, sexy, perfect or good enough.
Take care if you happen to travel through downtown San Francisco this week: The sidewalks are full of people walking with their heads down, eyes locked on their smart phone, Nintendo DS or Sony PlayStation Portable, deeply engrossed in a video game and not necessarily watching where they are going.
And since Bluetooth is compatible with just about every computer, tablet and mobile phone (not only the smart ones) these days, it's easy for friends or business associates to connect to the speakers, too.
Applied to the same organization or field, smart grants can leverage investments many times over, as long as they do not carry pointless restrictions, and are part of a larger plan creating other unrestricted, long term sources of income.
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Spectators cheered not just for family members but for every "Dan" or "Alan" smart enough to write his name on his shirt.
Smart solutions: Since the partner who is doing the picking may not even be aware of his or her behavior, the onus in this situation is on the person who feels disrespected.
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She does not decide cases on the basis of high or fancy theory - though she's smart enough to do any of that - but she just decides a case before her on the basis of what makes sense in that case.
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