But weapons experts said that in a closed, crowded setting like a movie theater, any of the weapons could have been extremely deadly, even in the hands of an inexperienced or inaccurate gunman.
The word "market" doesn't really convey the wood-fired goodness — bread, pizza, sandwiches — on display in a casual, comfy but deservedly crowded setting.
And as the dancers rush from task to task they're also navigating a route through a perilously crowded set, a forest of giant cactuses, some of which are many metres high.
In order to provide empirical data for the conceptual framework, this study developed a crowd computing system prototype, named event-driven social media (EDSM), which supports idioculture emergence and sharing in a crowd setting.
Then, after the marines abandoned the vehicle, a crowd set it on fire in a scene reminiscent of the blazing vehicles on Wednesday.
To make sure, small boys brought jugs of petrol and a crowd set the bodies alight.
Or, in a crowd setting: imagine a version of Siri's voice recognition software giving the hearing aid user a way to focus on one speaker and mute everything, and everyone, else.
Once they expect losses, though, a run becomes inevitable: they rush for repayment to beat the crowd, setting off a panic that might hurt them even more.
Velastin is working on behavioral-recognition technology for the London underground that can look for unusual movements in crowds, setting off an alarm, for example, when people appear to be fighting or trying to jump on the tracks.
