Its initial explanation was terse and vague: equipment failure due to a lightning strike.

最初的报告简单且模棱两可：闪电引发的设备故障。

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These facts make a code failure due to double-checked locking very difficult to track down.

这些事实将导致代码失败，原因是双重检查锁定难于跟踪。

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Stronger supervision of money market funds to avert the risk of failure due to rapid withdrawals.

加强监管货币市场基金，以避免迅速撤资造成市场崩溃的风险。

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should we conclude therefore, given that we've got the premise, "If you can't picture it or imagine it, then you can't believe in it," since I've just said, look, you can't imagine being dead, but that's not due to any failure of imagination, that's because there's nothing there to imagine or picture.

于是我们就应该基于这个前提，想象不了的东西就不能相信，得出结论吗“,我刚才已经说过，人不能想象自己的死亡，不是因为想象的失败，而是本来就没有东西可以想象。

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Damage to the grid: Power surges and electrical system failure due to high loads can cause power outages and damage to BC Hydro equipment and infrastructure, including the premature failure of distribution transformers.

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Is mturk a failure due to this observation?

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All failure in communication is due to failure caused by one word only: expectations.

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