Word: meter
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...perfect wi-fi world, you wouldn't have such a hard time spotting the 18-in. antenna on top of San Bruno--because it would be the only one there. Theoretically, given enough unlicensed radio bands and megabits too cheap to meter, you could transmit via wi-fi all of today's broadcast TV and radio programs and every phone call (cellular or wired) as well--most of it free. That may sound like a tin-can-and-string utopia, but if the past 50 years of technology have taught us anything, it is this: never underestimate what geeks with...
...clutching for the can of mace stored in her hand bag. Making a quick detour to the woman’s left, I proceeded to play off the mis-fired hello by pretending it was actually intended for the only figure on the street—a parking meter...
...game on a four-meter is a really tough way to lose,” sophomore goalie Robbie Burmeister said. “Four-meters are hard for goalies because we either guess a side or just come out and try to take it off the angle. I got a pretty good piece of the ball, but obviously not quite enough...
...water, Harvard struggled slightly in its 5000-meter head race, unable to maintain as clean and smooth a stroke as it had hoped and struggling to tame a tail wind nipping at its back...
Unlike Harvard, the women’s crew struggled on its sprint, lacking the crispness displayed in the longer race due to fatigue. With the 5000-meter race earlier in the day, the Black and White simply had less in the tank...