Sentences with phrase «less reliable»

Together, these two types of policies create a much less reliable grid and increase the chances of a major blackout.

So, what you claim in the OP — that the warming trend increase in the adjusted data is a result from adjusting more reliable (and cooler) data to less reliable (and warmer) data — is false.

Yes, it heralds yet another study that confirms what toxicologists increasingly know: the plethora of chemicals in our environment and consumer products do stay in the body, from whence the once reassuring blood - brain barrier or placental barrier effects have proven less reliable than hoped.

So an average calculated from those records is less reliable.

They will also force NASA to evaluate the best balance between use of small less reliable but less expensive rockets, versus larger more reliable but more expensive rockets.

Therefore, the less reliable the models, the greater the risk - weighted cost of allowing the perturbation to continue to increase.

First observation: The test is modestly less reliable than flipping a coin if it is reported fairly, year after year.

First of all, the internet seems to me to becoming less reliable; your comment may simply not have even reached the spam filter.

This information is less reliable in the past, and so these reconstructions are not used directly in such calculations (although Crowley (2000) is an attempt).

Answer: It's substantially less reliable than flipping a fair coin.

Under this description, if you were to take a cut across a hardiness zone, you'd find regions where the hardiness description is less reliable owing to increased spatial variability.

We know that a press release is less reliable than a paper.

We know that a talking head is less reliable than a press release.

Quixeramobin is the nearest rural station with more or less reliable data over a longer time span, and shows very different trends than Salvador.

This work is not new, but it is timeless and may serve as a reference point when moving on into less reliable territory.

Vuong works with a combination of oil and water based inks as he creates each repeated image, encouraging nuances and less reliable outcomes.

They are, however, a more or less reliable clue as to what is going on.

It lost the rumble of the previous DualShock 2, feels almost eerily light and, in our experience at least, is less reliable than most first - party controllers.

Pressing the share button (to the left of the home button) will achieve the same thing, but reportedly this is a slightly less reliable method.

-- Are consoles becoming less reliable when compared to PCs?

Bankruptcy is pretty much a non-existent threat, and while in the Challenge Mode (like Sandbox, but with financial restrictions and optional objectives) you can increase the difficulty to make guests more pissy and rides less reliable, that simply scales the challenge rather than deepening it.

The cover system also functions differently and is slightly less reliable so you'll need to make good use of the new movement mechanics.

I'm grateful, of course, that people who love games this much are out there... but it does make the location tests less reliable.

On the whole I find the WiiWare reviews to be much less reliable than the Virtual Console reviews, they seem to be going all over the place, overrated in general and that one severely underrated.

An issue that caused chainsaw interruption when a player is shot to be less reliable in some body positions than in others.

Other cards issued by Bank of America have been reported to issue their card numbers instantly, but it's a bit more sporadic and less reliable.

Flight time is roughly the same, but Mactan airport is less reliable and delays are common.

Tattoos that are humanely administered by qualified personnel causing little or no discomfort or distress to the animal are an acceptable, but less reliable, method of identification.

In English Cocker Spaniels, Australian Cattle Dogs, Tollers and American Eskimo Dogs, ERG's have been less reliable.

Another, less reliable, state of hydration test is to stick your finger into the pet's mouth and feel for saliva.

For this reason, fecal examination may be less reliable in very young puppies than in adult dogs.

This is the self - flushing mechanism that is reliable, though a tiny less reliable than the first two when it comes to litter tracking control and it also requires a deep maintenance.

Electroencephalograms (EEG's) can be abnormal in PES, but are less reliable in dogs than people because they won't stay still or need to be anesthetized to have an EEG performed.

Thus making them a less reliable method for accurately diagnosing food allergies via these methods.

While these tests are useful if a dog has been ill for fewer than 4 days, the results are less reliable after that time.

A less reliable method is through the use of a Wood's lamp.

However, these are much less reliable and some may even say a useless waste of money.

This is compared to the older less reliable technique that can not be performed until the dog reaches two years of age.

Telling your dog to «go lay down» in a variety of situations only confuses him and can make his response to the down command less reliable.

Skin turgor, commonly used in adult cats and dogs, is less reliable in neonates owing to their increased water content and decreased subcutaneous fat.

If the very people most frequently called on to identify breed are unable to do so consistently or accurately, then IDs by newspaper reporters, HOA board members, or members of the public should be considered even less reliable.

And the storehouses — the cryptocurrency trading exchanges — are far less reliable and trustworthy than ordinary banks and brokers.

Timing in and out of «the market» is, for most of us, far less reliable and far less rewarding than finding a manager who is disciplined and who is willing to sacrifice assets rather than sacrifice you.

This review shows that projections outside of the range in the database become less and less reliable as they move farther from the database.

Doing this is likely to be a foolish strategy, since historical mutual fund return data tends to be much less reliable than picking much lower cost no load index investing funds with passive management, low turnover, and low fees.

The more widely publicised forecast, the less reliable it is.

It should be pointed out that not many trading systems can make sure term price predictions with that kind of degree of accuracy, many traditional trading systems are much less reliable but overcome their unreliability through proper risk management.

Most studies show that exercise has a limited effect on weight loss, and it's far less reliable than watching your diet.

And home equity lines - a source of college borrowings for as many as a third of parents, estimates James Boyle, president of College Parents of America - also are going to be less reliable this year.

Divergences on shorter time frames will occur more frequently but are less reliable.