The task going forward will be to extend this modus operandi to more traditional challenges, including those of peace and security, development and human rights.
As I look at my team at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, and at a handful of other SETI teams around the globe, I see very clever individuals who have been willing to forgo the traditional challenges and rewards of academic research to work on a program of immense potential -- to do work that can literally change the world.
By radically changing the information technology business model, cloud computing also challenges the traditional federal acquisition process.
It challenges our traditional reliance on a model of human behavior that presupposes a rational person capable of being deterred by the threat of punishment.
Challenges to the traditional dominance of the champagne houses are already emerging.
With the same wit and precision he brings to his lyrics, he fielded questions about the challenges of rhyming traditional Chinese characters (complete with a demonstration), why living in Los Angeles hasn't influenced his aesthetic (but Bali might), and his progress on a stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline.
While we have had success on traditional pollutants, there are other challenges to face in protecting America's waters today.
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Over time, the lab plans to compare their traditional development efforts with those that incorporate challenges.
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The GAO recently testified before the House of Representatives that hedge funds and private equity investments pose a number of risks and challenges beyond those posed by traditional investments.
But it is clear we have passed a watershed and that the Politics of Debt challenges our politicians to abandon their traditional discourse and replace it with something more relevant and realistic.
We have a set of challenges that require NATO to shift from the 20th century to the 21st century -- issues of terrorism, failed states, nuclear proliferation -- a whole host of new challenges, as well as the traditional role that NATO has played in preserving the territorial integrity of NATO members.
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Now these non-traditional partners will be working together to solve the difficult challenges of urban mobility on an overcrowded planet.
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Measurement challenges, however, still exist in more traditional applications.
Traditional learning mechanisms are insufficient for addressing the pervasive and deep-rooted challenges of good team decisions.
We hear from companies all the time that traditional enterprise systems are not addressing many of the fundamental communication and collaboration challenges they are facing, such as connecting and aligning employees and teams across locations, enabling mobile workers, and improving responsiveness and support for customers regardless of location.
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This is not to say that the growth of the Internet has not raised important questions and challenges, as well as opportunities, for governments, individuals, traditional companies and their business models, and industry.
Windsor, which challenges the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that uses the traditional definition for federal law and says one state's definition cannot bind another's.
The business challenges and opportunities of today and tomorrow are simply too demanding, too complex, and too dynamic for traditional systems.
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