As this is a proof of concept -- and one we couldn't test out, at that -- it's unclear how well these features work, and it's unlikely that we'll ever see the prototype make it to market.
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The iPhone was also a solid runner-up with this test -- it didn't perform as well in even dimmer light, as we experienced when capturing images from a dark rooftop late at night, but it did yield decent shots in the lab.
Pyongyang's announcement came just two weeks after it promised the U.S. it wouldn't test long-range missiles, a deal that had raised hopes for progress on North Korean disarmament.
North Korea on Feb. 29 said it wouldn't test long-range missiles as part of an agreement with the U.S., but that pact said nothing about other types of rockets.
We didn't quite pass the test in Copenhagen because we couldn't get an agreement on a long-term treaty - in other words everybody feeling bound in to a common strategy that would last for ten years.
He said that the reason the government "no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt, is that even on this measure - the central test they set themselves - the plan isn't working".
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In reality, the scans are more likely to pick up "incidentalomas"--blips that don't necessarily mean anything but require a follow-up test, says Dr. Roseanne Leipzig, professor of clinical and geriatric medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Mr. Johnson said 338 of the district's 1, 650 third- through eighth-graders didn't take the test.
At my first test location, the T-Mobile Rocket drove the ThinkPad to an average download speed of 4.88 megabits per second, versus just 1.36 megabits per second for the Verizon data modem.
To appease the angry health gods, PepsiCo is this month launching new versions of Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos without trans fatty acids in the U.S. The urgency is such that the company hasn't bothered to test-market the products.
The last time we heard from Steorn, the company had just joined a long line of optimistic but doomed people and companies unable to actually demo free-energy tech when put the test -- and although the Orbo didn't actually do anything, CEO Sean McCarthy promised us that we'd eventually get a working demo with physical access to the device.
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Researchers note that the only way to stay safe is to check those URLs and only visit sites that you trust (which isn't very reassuring) and "may or may not be exploitable" from Mac and PC versions of Safari -- the same vulnerability exists only they haven't written the proof-of-concept exploit to test it yet.
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And you can't--and their legal test for what insanity is, is extremely narrow.
Brazilian regulators don't have their own crash-test facility to verify automakers' claims about vehicle performance, nor are there independent labs in the country.
Alexandre Cordeiro, the top government minister overseeing auto safety laws, acknowledged that the government doesn't have its own crash-test center but said Brazil will monitor crash tests conducted outside the country.
For instance, O'Connell and Simon Shaw in the second row is a possible one, but I'm not sure we'll see Saturday's back row of Joe Worsley, Martyn Williams and Andy Powell in the first Test - it doesn't look right to me.
We wouldn't buy a car without test-driving it, and we ought not to rely on the flash of mirrors for our take on reality.
Most footraces, including the ING New York Marathon, don't test amateurs, including age-group winners, unless they finish at or near the top of the overall field.
My test model was running on the T-Mobile network and even indicated that it was using super-fast LTE, which T-Mobile is still building out, in some areas.
While it stands up to rainfall, spillages and the obligatory throw-the-phone-into-a-bowl-of-water test, the device won't function underwater.
Jesse Cozean, vice president of research and development at Innovative BioDefense, says it is true the company's test doesn't translate directly to real-life benefits but it does show the product is more likely to provide lasting protection than alcohol-based sanitizers.
"A few injuries intervened in the series which kind of pushed us onto the back foot, but the guys stepped up and did well with the bat - Shiv (Chanderpaul) didn't play this Test match but Narsingh Deonarine chipped in well and Brendan Nash, " he commented.
Obviously, if you do an 800-hour test and stop, it won't prove that.
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Now that doesn't mean just a single high-stakes standardized test.
As hinted by the self-centered name, the Egoista Concept is built to let the company toot its own horn, and won't be sold -- anyone who gets a test drive will be part of a very exclusive (and likely ecstatic) club, as you might gather from the video after the break.
But in test-tube experiments the mock DNA couldn't pierce the membrane of human cells.
The weather forecast for Nardo--strong winds and showers as a front approached--didn't bode well for high speeds on our scheduled test day.
"A lot of times people are diagnosed with HSV-2 by an antibody test and they don't know what to do with that information, " Johnston says.
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