In the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
What makes Wikipedia unreliable is that it can not be controlled. From Wordnik.com. [UberWikipedia « BuzzMachine] Reference
With Stella you have added to a literary history rich in unreliable narrators. From Wordnik.com. [Janni Visman discusses her first novel, Yellow] Reference
In Cooked Books, Tyler Cowen explains that the sad truth is that “non-fiction” has been unreliable from the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Cooked Books « Isegoria] Reference
What makes Wikipedia unreliable is that there are too many points at which sorrect material can be adjusted, edited, purged, spun, etc. From Wordnik.com. [UberWikipedia « BuzzMachine] Reference
The sad truth is that “non-fiction” has been unreliable from the beginning, no matter how finely grained a section of human knowledge we wish to consider. From Wordnik.com. [Cooked Books « Isegoria] Reference
Barclay was unreliable, which is why he was important. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Reasoning from derivation is unreliable, which is why I'm asking. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it] Reference
He's also selfish and completely unreliable, which is why Trish broke up with him. From Wordnik.com. [Icons of Fright News and Updates] Reference
What I'm reading is that people are saying such polls are unreliable, which is most probably an accurate observation. From Wordnik.com. [New Polls Show Bloomberg Candidacy Would Flip More States To Blue] Reference
Has Russia been "unreliable" over the past 14 years?. From Wordnik.com. [Not Closing the Gap - NASA Watch] Reference
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Tanker terror warning 'unreliable'. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Tanker terror warning 'unreliable'] Reference
But you might have to read the "unreliable" site for that information. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Get NC Front Page Coverage About Concern For Military -- Obama Gets Wright] Reference
This rule states that their testimony should be considered "unreliable". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Solidarity said this report was the most "unreliable" ever released by the commission. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Polls on the specific outcomes of Congressional races are kind of unreliable at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Carpe Diem] Reference
Which meant that he was an "unreliable," almost as much an outlaw as a techneer or a scientist. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Ours]
I'm trying to get some babysitting jobs; we'll see how those work out - it's kind of unreliable work. From Wordnik.com. [misspinkkate Diary Entry] Reference
And Dana Milbank is in bed with the Republicans and always has been – so taking his source is "unreliable". From Wordnik.com. [Reliable Sources: Journos spar over Obama presser question] Reference
Local water systems can also be unreliable, meaning a call center may have to build its own mini municipal government. From Wordnik.com. [Help From Far Away] Reference
After all, why not use such hearsay evidence against a criminal defendant if the judge finds that it is not "unreliable"?. From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey R. Stone: Bush's Military Tribunals: Beyond the Pale] Reference
I think it ` s kind of unreliable and certainly a 4-year-old needs to be corroborated in order to bring any kind of a case. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2009] Reference
Ruling against Wood, the judge described him as "unreliable" and "evasive" as a witness, and a "very hard and calculating man". From Wordnik.com. [Hedge fund boss gave Tories £500,000 during election] Reference
He links to the source of his news -- a Democratic leader's own press release, and he's "unreliable" and "lying" and "a distortion?". From Wordnik.com. [Democrat's vow...] Reference
I agree with you that there are numberous problems with the PC standard in general is unreliable which is why we added the 1/8 miniphone. From Wordnik.com. [Manual Flashes: Two Debuts and an Adoption] Reference
Metasploit's IE exploit 'unreliable' say developers. From Wordnik.com. [Techworld.com News] Reference
IP is what is known as an "unreliable" protocol. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Mr George said that the subsequent reading was therefore "unreliable". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The total excluded Strathclyde, whose figures were said to be "unreliable". From Wordnik.com. Reference
I see your point about the 'unreliable' type that restaurants tend to attract. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Still the same kind of unreliable air, I see, that we used to have a thousand years ago!". From Wordnik.com. [Darkness and Dawn] Reference
The mainstream media loves to tell the public about how "unreliable" the blogosphere is as an information source. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
She said rapid tests for the H1N1 flu were "unreliable" and doctor's should not "believe a negative rapid test result.". From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Supreme Court deemed the card-check process "unreliable," however, and by the '70s, elections by secret ballot became the norm. From Wordnik.com. [Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories] Reference
Left sources quoted Amar as telling Bardhan that though seat-sharing talks with the Congress were on, it could be "unreliable". From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
A difference of more than ten percent between the two figures renders the machine's speed estimate "unreliable" under UK guidelines. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Cars] Reference
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