One zaps the passenger with a tiny amount of X-rays that penetrate the clothes, but stop at the skin.

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ThermaCool zaps the skin with a combination of a cooling spray and radiofrequency energy administered through a handheld device.

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Unlike DSL, an "always on" service that sends bits continuously, EtherLoop zaps data in bursts, just like Ethernet office networks.

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TeraGrid's partner sites are connected by a dedicated optical network that zaps data around at ten to 30 gigabits per second.

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Uunet alone zaps perhaps half of the world's Net bits, and 30% of all websites transmit their pages on Uunet's 480, 000 kilometers of fiber.

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It's beyond this that the resistance levels become truly exotic: the cards are also built to survive zaps of electricity, proximity to magnets and exposure to X-rays.

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James White's four-color monthly, the Payson Patriot, zaps the town's government for overspending, crusades against domestic violence and ferrets out the cheapest supermarkets (a comparison-shopping article found Wal-Mart beat competitors like Safeway for a basket of staple items).

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Nothing zings or whirs or zaps.

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