The combination of smartphones and home Wi-Fi networks has taken the concept of a truly wireless connected home from a pipe dream to a reality.
"It's a pipe dream to think that a country can secure its cyber-borders, " says Schneier.
What has for years been a pipe dream is quickly becoming a reality.
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Though Fu was eager to host the festival, it was a pipe dream for five years because the cost of renting out a venue was just too high.
You might think this is a little bit of a pipe dream: but it does actually work in the UK. Our tax system is a little different from the US one: you can escape it just by going and living in another country.
What was once a pipe dream for Spinner and his team has become reality.
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Right now, the goal of limiting warming to 2 degrees by 2100 seems like a pipe dream.
The notion that entire communities and countries could be completely powered by renewable energy still seems like a pipe dream to many.
An award-winning creative director sometimes holds the promise of a quick fix, but this can turn out to be a pipe dream.
Without this kind of two-way communication, engagement is just a pipe dream.
The simple arithmetic calculation does not have to be a pipe dream.
And with median family incomes still down from a few years ago, high markups on items are still a pipe dream in many cases.
The result is that for the affluent and spa-addicted, the idea of a home spa is becoming less a pipe dream and more an indulgent reality.
Yet this situation seemed a pipe dream not so long ago: Iraq's security forces, serving an elected government, assume primary responsibility for the good order of their own country.
And although such a phone is at least a decade away from actually becoming reality, those working on the project believe it is far more than just a pipe dream.
To be sure, with intermediate-term munis earning 4% and Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) not doing so well, the 7% return may be a pipe dream.
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It is a pipe dream to think that manufacturing jobs will come back to the USA. Our labor force is simply too expensive (and really too skilled) to produce high-volume, low-end (genericized) items.
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Perhaps my idea is just a pipe dream.
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Think it sounds like a pipe dream?
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But, like the idea of having a government agency that actually looks out for people like me instead of guys (and gals) who made millions in bonuses while crashing the economy, that is probably a bit of a pipe dream.
Over the last two decades an incredible two billion people have gained access to clean drinking water for the first time, so it's not such a pipe dream to argue that we should reach the remaining 783 million by this date.
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But it wasn't until the 2010 installment of the Games in Vancouver that Williams, who was born and raised by his West Indian mother in Canada, was spurred on to transform his pipe dream into a reality, as another pair of underdogs took on the establishment.
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With each hour that passes in 2013, this becomes more and more of a pipe-dream.
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