Sentences with phrase «be a false alarm because»

Whereas technically the potential threats detected by the system in the past were not false positives — they did accurately pick up tiny, background amounts of DNA from organisms naturally present in the environment — in effect, they were false alarms because they signaled the potential occurrence of a terrorist attack when none had occurred.

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If yes then they were removed because it failed the test and made passenger waiting line longer since it gave false alarm as to sweat and metal buttons such as those you find on jeans trousers... It was Germany who first rejected that and returned it to the American Producers.

In an October 2015 Sports Illustrated article, a number of experts said that, while impact sensors showed enormous potential for research, and as a second set of eyes, and believed such promise would grow as the technology improved, they were skeptical about their current value, especially because of their cost, and vulnerability to false alarms.

Because a quake's strength isn't clear at first rupture, emergency response managers face a choice when issuing warnings: Issue alerts early and often (left), which could provide as much as 48 seconds of warning that light shaking might occur but risk false alarms; or wait to issue alerts until the size of the quake is better known (right) but risk the warnings arriving too late — providing an 8 - second warning in this hypothetical case.

«The software first checks if a signal is an earthquake, because noise can give false alarms.

But in excess, omega - 6 fatty acids are like overzealous fire - fighters, chopping down your door because of a chronic false fire alarm.

* 1/2 / **** DVD - Image B Sound A Extras B - BD - Image B Sound A Extras B - starring Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbins screenplay by Christopher Kyle directed by Kathryn Bigelow by Walter Chaw The film opens with a false alarm because drills are how all cookie - cutter closed - vehicle thrillers begin.

While she is trying to find out who the killer is the film looses so steam as the false alarms because a little predictable but overall.

Overjoyed at having got rid of it after 27 months of problems and very poor service from Nissan My car suffered from most of the common and well documented problems Parking senors giving false alarms or not working because of water ingress (nine montjs to fix by drilling holes in them) Chassis control false warning causing the car to stop False brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out of the 27 months I ownedfalse alarms or not working because of water ingress (nine montjs to fix by drilling holes in them) Chassis control false warning causing the car to stop False brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out of the 27 months I ownedfalse warning causing the car to stop False brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out of the 27 months I ownedFalse brake failure warning Battery failed at 24 months Rear shock absorber leaks at 26 months I believe the car was off the road for 21 days out of the 27 months I owned it B

Extremely hypersensitive pattern detection was vital, because there was little cost for frequent false alarms but a great risk of becoming a snack by missing detecting a real leopard.

Nest Wave was one of the prime selling points of the Nest Protect because it allowed users to turn off false alarms raised by, say, a burning toast simply by waving the hand in front of the device.

These are prone to false alarms, because they may be triggered by wind or rain.

I think it was a false alarm, but I couldn't quite tell because I appear to have become very short - sighted recently.