This makes it very easy to reference the current time of the program, the name of the show, how big your buffer is and how much time is left -- perfect for those late nights when you want to check the time and determine if it is too late to finish what you've started.

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If we consider a virus to be the transport mechanism only, we will likely see payloads that we would identify as time and logic bombs, buffer overflow exploits, and Trojan horses.

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Additionally, digital consumers find advertising the largest single source of frustration (53 percent), but the time required to download or buffer content (51 percent) and the quality of the picture (45 percent) are near rivals for their dissatisfaction.

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Sexton tagged on the tricky conversion for a 10-point buffer at half-time, and it was his half-break that ignited Leinster's attack again for their bonus point try.

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The first time Bernie Madoff called me, the grinding sounds of a floor buffer in the background nearly drowned him out.

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Direct investment serves as a buffer against rapid portfolio outflows, since it operates on a longer time horizon.

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What Buffer certainly has going for them is the tight integration of real time analytics for every update posted.

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On that view, it is a good time for the world's big consuming nations (including developing countries such as China) to build up buffer stocks, which provide the only real protection against short-term supply disruptions caused by embargoes, wars and the like.

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