"So what happens when China is able to do that,and worse, what happens when the United States may not be able to for quite a while?."

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They don't sit in the box for a while and mull it over and then figure out how to do it.

它们并不会坐在迷笼里,思索问题，然后找到解决的方法。

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I thought London gives me enough to do for the next four years while I am studying to have a life.

我觉得在我学会在这里生活的时候，伦敦给予了我足够在未来四年里可以做的事情。

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In case you missed it, reader Patrick Purcell suggested something you could do while waiting for a stable version of Windows NT 5.0 to ship: Stand at the New York Harbor and watch continental drift cause the coast of France to come crashing in.

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He's had the legal authority to do it for quite a while now, for some time.

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It also serves as the only full game playable using the Rift at launch, giving eager non-dev backers something to do while they wait for more content.

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