Using a checklist is far more efficient than going by a resolution because there is an instant sense of accomplishment when you check off what you finished.
It can sense your location, so you can set your lights to turn on when you enter, turn off when you leave, or light your path as you walk down the hall, and so on.
When you come off the field after a defeat and are able to hold you head up high you know you've done a good job, but our heads were down and we knew we hadn't done a good job.
It's also unclear why RIM bothered using fancy piezoelectric switches rather than simple mechanical ones, because they're not doing anything with the technology other than letting you click -- when you turn off the phone, the switches "harden" and prevent you from pressing the screen, but there's no option to keep that effect going when the device is on.
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And I think Jake wished you good luck when you ticked off all the various items.
The number of cars that leave, for instance, when you drive off -- there are a lot more.
Instead of being triggered by the brake pedal, it only kicks in when you lift off the accelerator.
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But in the future, when you drop off a prescription in the morning...
Downing Street won't be the same when you head off to California.
When you take off and land, you double your chances of encountering delays due to weather or air traffic control.
If you thought you had seen the last of Millennium madness when you shook off your New Year's Day hangover, think again.
When you ease off the accelerator, the car is able to use its rolling energy to pump charge back into its battery.
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But mostly, you get the front line feel, strongly tinged by deja vu, when you troop off to see some of the congregating former rebel commanders from the 1980s.
Or again, later, when you face off against Hoyt?
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They accomplish this by synching the the news sources you follow, so that the content is on your mobile device when you are off the grid, perhaps on a plane or a train.
With the exception of a couple of early seasons (when those at the top learned what happens when you go off-brand) the show has hit the mark, its consistently high ratings as solid evidence.
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If your company is acquired for stock, as was Netscape, then any gains up until the acquisition--but not additional gains (which Andreessen didn't have on this particular block of AOL)--will continue to qualify for rollover treatment when you sell off the acquirer's stock.
One answer is to plug clusters of equipment (for instance, computers, monitors, printers, modems and routers) into a proper surge protector that not only guards against nasty electrical spikes coming down the line, but also shuts down all the equipment completely when you switch off.
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If so, how much sleep do you get, and when do you turn off the light?
What happens when you get cut off in traffic or someone you are meeting with starts checking her email?
You lost your health care insurance when you were laid off and your daughter needs medication you can no longer afford.
We could set up systems so that everybody in each house have their own smart meters that will tell you when to turn off the lights, when the peak hours are, can help you sell back energy that you've generated in your home through a solar panel or through other mechanisms.
The game will indicate which shot you should play by lighting up the correct number, but you can switch this hint off when you are confident enough!
When you have to dash off to a meeting, you just go, without worrying about pulling out cords.
"You don't want to come off when you're playing for your amateur team, never mind when it's your country, " he said.
In fact, there is plenty of evidence that it will leave you even worse off than when you started.
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Why, after all, bother to create, build or produce when you can live off the dole?
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"There's that time between when you can't use your laptop when you're taking off and landing, so that's prime SkyMall time, " Nainan said.
In a sense it is enabling us to reimagine the very categories of home and work, in ways that are stressful yet also liberating (when do you switch off?).
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