When I plugged a Linksys unit into an outlet near three light dimmers and a hair dryer, file transfer speed was cut in half, but dimmers or dryer alone brought the speed down just 25%, to roughly Wi-Fi rates.

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"At nearly every stage of the collection process, defendants cut corners in the name of speed, cost savings, and their own convenience, providing only the thinnest veneer of legitimacy to their lawsuits, " the complaint says.

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They have recently come up with their own proposals which intend to cut motoring costs and bring in other pro-car policies such as increasing speed limits on motorways.

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But that comes a distant second in irritation level to spending money on items that will cut the wait time down, or in other words, paying to have the game speed up in order to actually play it.

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However, in the spring of 2011 the authority turned off about 40 speed cameras to cut costs and the Casualty Reduction Partnership was dissolved.

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Well, Tactus has been sampling some new coating materials attempting to reduce glare -- and succeeding -- and to cut down on the controller's size by 70 percent and in so doing also doubled up the speed that the keyboard activates.

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Each of two 75-foot max trucks can hold up to eight average dump trucks' worth of debris and has a high-speed crane with interchangeable heads that can lift, crush and cut its way through collapsed buildings in 20 minutes to an hour.

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