We might have detected a hint of lagginess as compared to our Roku HD-XR here and there, but we were jumping out of channels and video pretty fast while we were testing -- when we slowed down to a more real-world usage pattern, things were quite responsive.

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We would need to imagine a world and market-place that would allow such a pattern to occur and I think it is safe to saythat this market-place would be quite different from the one we currently have.

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For example, the emergence of Pele in 1958 as a 17-year-old phenomenon set a pattern for many World Cups to come.

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He followed that up with a 78 and a 66, and the pattern continued after the mid-session interval as the two-time world champion rattled in breaks of 53 and 78 to go 6-0 up.

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As the Nature piece notes, a 2010 study found that reports of drought-related forest stress and destruction had risen steadily since 1985 in varied ecosystems around the world, and suggested the pattern was tied to climate change.

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