He spent the afternoon listening idly to his Ink Spots records in an attempt to escape the grinding frustration of not being able to find a donor, which would allow him to make medical history - and save Washkansky.
Fraction of time on, defined as the percentage of time that sensor nodes remain awake on average, regardless of whether they are transmitting, receiving or listening idly.
His head is a mass of dark, wayward curls, and a young woman leans into him, listening and idly tugging on his Harry Potter-esque scarf.
Idly listening, he nods while hearing the patient's fear: that he'll be irrelevant by the time his son is grown.
England's performances were far from inspiring, so the theory goes, because the players were cooped in sleepy Rustenburg, idly listening to the ticking of clocks.
(2) In addition, it has been observed that low-power sensors consume a significant amount of energy while idly listening in addition to the energy consumed during transmission and reception [2].
This topic is something I've thought about for a while, but it was recently brought to the front of my mind while idly listening to music on my way to work.
I wasn't having any serious problems 'cause I was accustomed to sub-human treatment by then so I was staring at the wall thinking about how I've ruined my life, idly listening to Spanish guys talk about how much crack they had in the buttpocket to trade for some methadone.
While she was convalescing from her injuries, she began to idly telephone the local "Dial-A-Racist" hotline and listen to the recorded messages: "The international corporations and Jews and banks control America, and they're out to enslave and destroy the white race".
I tuned in idly, not knowing what I was listening to nor who was reading and had to drop what I was doing and sit down and listen until she had finished.
