Send a certain amount of electricity through a wire long enough, and nothing arrives at the other end.
Oh, and that crazy long wire is thankfully detachable!
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They want to wire the block-long park with electricity so they could run a lawnmower, maybe bring out a band on a hot summer night, or install a few power outlets so residents could recharge an iPad while they hang out.
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In the late 1960s microwave replaced copper wire as the mainstay of long-distance phone traffic: more volume at lower cost.
In the early days of FORBES magazine, which was founded 90 years ago, "network" referred to a chain of radio stations hooked up by wire--and, long before that, to intersecting roads, canals, railways and telegraph lines.
Broadcast on BBC Radio Lancashire, On the Wire will have a month-long birthday bash with an extravaganza of specially extended shows and guests from both Lancashire and across the globe.
The burden would be borne mostly by financial institutions that wire money back and forth all day long.
Sure, it's got an unbelievably long, non-detachable wire sticking out of it, but its build quality is top notch and its ultra-clicky face buttons are a pleasure to use.
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The proton makes its way to the cathode through the electrolyte, while the electron goes there the long way round via a wire that leads into whatever the fuel cell is powering, and back again.
Looking at the ease with which we now capture colour pictures and transmit them around the world in seconds it's easy to forget that it was not that long ago news agencies were transmitting their wire photographs as colour separations, usually cyan, magenta and yellow - a process that relied on Clerk Maxwell's discovery.
"We wanted to wire for the future, and do it once for the long-term, " says Steven Russell, CIO at Christie's.
The government is keen for its diaspora to invest in long-term ventures, rather than just sending wire transfers and short-term remittances.
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The long hair, Fu Man Chu mustache, gold wire rim glasses, and the last Nehru jacket sold retail no doubt were a negative to some people.
They trail the powerful Vancouver Canucks two games to none, though a pair of down-to-the-wire losses suggests that Boston has a chance to make it a long series as they head to home ice for the next two games.
To an extent, long-form TV series like "The Sopranos" and "The Wire" have raised the bar by exploring this kind of material in the depth a mere movie can only hint at, and "American Gangster" bites off more than it chews.
Not long after the bobbing booster was fished out of the Atlantic, a team of troubleshooters determined the wire broke away from a connector.
In his dress blue uniform and wire-rimmed eye glasses, the slightly built Manning followed a slide show of the prosecutor's hour-long opening statement, watching on a laptop computer at the defense table.
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