• So now for something completely different: advanced technology for the last sixty years has meant computing power and its application but the interface with much of the 3 dimensional world is still extremely feeble because mechanical technology has been mostly overlooked since the mindset has been that mechanical has all been done plus it was never and will never be flashy.

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  • They will never be as flashy as the Redskins Dan Snyder or the Cowboys Jerry Jones.

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  • Though its games may be less flashy than many of the Internet games and consoles on the market, GameCam provides real physical activity -- a plus for inactive game addicts or busy executives needing stress relief.

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  • In Japan's high-tech future, flashy software engineers may not be as important as those anonymous Ota craftsmen who quietly make good ideas come true.

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  • Now, his shirts aren't as flashy as they used to be -- I noticed you're buttoned up all the way to the top there. (Laughter.) Neil can still -- (laughter) -- (inaudible) -- (laughter) -- Neil can still put a generation of fans in their seats.

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  • Create London's Hadrian Garrard said it would be a "counterpart to the big, flashy, flag-waving expensive ticket offers that we've seen previously".

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  • The obvious quip here would be one about accidents caused by drivers distracted by flashy advertisements, but the plan is to only show ads when a vehicle has been stationary for more than four consecutive seconds.

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  • Most of the girls, even those too young to be considered for marriage, wear gobs of mascara, flashy jewelry and towering high-heels.

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  • You might expect them to be living the high life of swanky penthouse suites, flashy sports cars, private jets, and lavish parties on the weekends.

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  • It is the older generation's spending, on more health care and travel but fewer flashy gadgets, that will create jobs and be the impetus of the new economy.

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  • "The flashy guy with the curl on his forehead turned out to be one tough ---, " says Farhood.

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  • Malverde, believed to have been a sympathetic bandit killed by the authorities, is revered as a Robin Hood figure in the drug world. (One of the many shrines to this unlikely saint is even displayed in the military's El Museo de Enervantes.) Watchavato's stickers, prints and paintings, which also depict AK-47s, flashy cars and other by-products of narcotrafficking, can be seen throughout Mexico's capital.

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  • The cost of living in some remote areas, where almost all goods must travel a long way, can be as high as in the U.S. But quieter, less flashy places are easier on the wallet.

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  • The play, which is clearly based on the Jayson Blair scandal at the Times, has enough good, cheap stuff in it emotional cliffhangers based on deceit, race, and other flashy tropes to disguise its more serious aim: to be a thriller about language.

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  • O'Quinn had noticed the young man seemed to be living outside his means--weekends in Las Vegas, sporty duds, flashy girls.

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  • He avoids time-consuming features like introductory screens and tutorials and flashy details like cut-scenes, noting that the games need to be easily viewable from all angles so users can position themselves around a single iPad.

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  • The cost of living in some remote areas like Cabo San Lucas, where almost all goods must travel a long way, can be just as high as in the U.S. But quieter and less flashy places like the Lake Chapala area, home to maybe 10, 000 American and Canadian retirees, are easier on the wallet.

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  • Italy's fighter pilots, after all, are often described by their counterparts in terms familiar from the world of sport: flashy, skilful, sometimes a bit reckless, and lacking the patience to be solid team players.

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  • Today tourists encounter a gauntlet of flashy jewellery shops, but back then the bridge was occupied with butchers and tanners who needed to be close to the river for their businesses.

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