It was hard to talk about box office numbers for The Dark Knight Rises last week.

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Talk about black box economics!

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Basically, this lets the box and remote use Wi-Fi to talk to each other, without having to hook up to your router first.

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Much of the talk of this has revolved around which film will top the box office over Memorial Day weekend.

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Because tunnels block a radar signal, trains rely largely on hard-wired equipment like the box beside the track, which helps drivers and dispatchers talk to each other and controls a machinelike traffic signal, giving the drivers basic commands to stop and go.

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After a substantial marketing push, which had Clooney, the director and star, making the talk-show rounds and magazine covers, the period football comedy from Universal fumbled at the box office.

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