Stuffing the management of all of this information into a single action, or even a chain of actions, quickly becomes a maintenance nightmare.

如果将对所有这些信息的管理全部放入一个动作或者一个动作链中，那么势必给维护带来极大的困扰。

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Since there is no chain of command, the particular action of any single spring diffuses into the whole, making it easier for the sum of the whole to overwhelm the parts of the whole.

由于不存在指令链，任意一根发条的某个特定动作都会传递到整个系统，而系统的局部表现也更容易被系统的整体表现所掩盖。

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Each chain can have a policy that defines "a default target", i.e. a default action to perform, if a packet doesn't match any rule in that chain.

每个链都可以有一个策略，它定义“缺省目标”，也就是要执行的缺省操作，当信息包与链中的任何规则都不匹配时，执行此操作。

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Or the device could have been tampered with in the industrial supply chain or even damaged in action.

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After a frenzied pickup in call volume and volatility a couple of weeks back on buyout news that ultimately fizzled, options action in department store chain Macy's (nyse: M) also picked up late this week, with a skew to the call side and no sign of a corporate announcement.

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McDonald's, which won't comment on Davis' specific action, says that the chain's 2% yearly options giveaway links employee pay with shareholder wealth.

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