Back in 1998, when the firm opened a new mine called Yandicoogina, planners expected a slow expansion in output to 15m tonnes a year in the remote future.
We know that the general theory of relativity is compatible with the existence of space-times in which travel to the past or remote future is possible.
The government emphasises that the risk of a large asteroid impact in the near future is remote.
Unfortunately, the prospects for serious spectrum reform in the near future are remote.
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That kind of remote storage is being viewed as the future of computing by companies like Apple, Google and Amazon, all of whom offer cloud-storage features.
First, privatisation in any form feels a fairly remote prospect at the moment, with the future structure of British banking yet to be decided by the Treasury, subject to final recommendations from the Independent Commission on Banking in September.
Past and future are distant and remote as the present moment expands to dominate everything.
So if you're single (or would like to be), have no friends whatsoever, and don't even mind personal humiliation, keep an eye out for the Remote Wrangler to hit electronics prank departments sometime in the distant future.
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TVs of the future will respond to voice commands, allowing viewers to chuck the remote.
In Wolk's vision of the near future, cable companies will focus on using tablets that act as remote controls and TV guide replacements with baked-in second screen experiences.
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Developed using widely adopted European open standards for hybrid TV including elements of OIPF, HbbTV and HTML 5 browser technology, will offer additional services and features in the future, including a companion app for smartphones and tablets to create remote control and remote record capability away from the traditional remote.
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Rather, think Big Thoughts about the future of Europe while wearing slippers, wrapped up in blankets in a remote log cabin.
There is little political upside for the agency to approve an obesity drug with marginal efficacy if there is any chance, even a remote one, that it will be linked to increased cancer rates in the future.
They've managed to do so by issuing bonds that are backed by future settlement revenues but, with the exception of some from New York and California, are bankruptcy remote--meaning the states offer no additional backstops.
So no big surprises on the automation front, but at least now you'll be able to use one of those nifty SideShow controls built into your future laptop, desktop or remote instead of having to dedicate an entire PC interface to dimming the lights for those romantic dinner dates you've been having with your Wii.
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