But crystal fibres push the range of single-mode wavelengths right into the visible part of the spectrum, opening up huge new tracts of wavelength for telecommunications.
Such a single-mode profile is desirable for telecommunications.
Modders have already enabled single-player mode for the game (or, rather, disabled always-online.) In fact, it appears that the game could run in a very similar fashion with a very similar vision while offline in single-player.
Lucy Bradshaw, head of SimCity creator Maxis, said an offline, single-player mode did not fit with its "vision" for the urban-planning game.
Often, the lack of any possible single-player mode was a deal breaker.
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The X-5 lets the user quickly and effortlessly select the desired shooting mode - from a total of 10 modes including the hands-off Auto Picture, Scene, Program, Manual, Landscape, and Handheld Night Snap - with a single turn of the mode dial, without having to access the on-screen menu.
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Initially split up into four distinct screens, a toggle allows users to swap between dual-screen mode for convenient multi-tasking and a single screen for uninterrupted viewing of applications and content.
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Convenient Pass-Through Mode - Both Joey and the user's device can be charged from a single wall outlet cable.
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Offers 2-player split screen with Atlas controllers, or single player with touch mode.
In photo mode you'll get single shot, burst and time-lapse modes with a top resolution of 4, 096 x 2, 048.
Also controversial was the suggestion that there would be a multiplayer mode, and that this multiplayer would have an impact on the single-player story which had so far defined Mass Effect.
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For the title's single-player campaign, the game makers at Swedish developer DICE took a cue from the popular multiplayer mode of 2011's "Battlefield 3, " focusing more on open environments, allowing players tactical freedom and giving them more ways to command squad mates.
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The demo will also provide access to the cooperative multiplayer mode, which has been the source of considerable anxiety by devotees of the traditional BioWare single-player experience, but not until February 17.
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For beginners with Digital Single Lens Mirrorless cameras, iA (Intelligent Auto) mode supports capturing images with a variety of shooting-assist functions including AF Tracking, Intelligent D-range Control, Intelligent Scene Selector, Face Recognition and Intelligent ISO Control.
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