As shocking as this utter failure may be to the nearly 1 billion faithful Facebook users around the world, it's no surprise to anyone who read the initial public offering (IPO) prospectus.

对于全球近10亿忠实的 Facebook 用户来说，这个彻底失败可能令人震惊，但对于看过首次公开募股（IPO）招股说明书的人来说，这没有什么可惊讶的。

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However, that runs counter to the thinking behind the waterfall approach: Many design teams would view modifying the design after Stage 1 as a failure of their initial design or requirements process.

然而，使用瀑布型开发方法的执行与想象是相反的：很多设计团队把在阶段1之后的修改设计视为他们的最初设计或者需求过程的失败。

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Together with the US economic downturn and a shortage of initial public offerings, the failure has damped the mood in Internet start-up circles.

这方面的失败加上美国经济低迷及首次公开发行的短缺，打压了互联网创业圈内的情绪。

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"It was a failure with regards to its initial mission, a success to the triumph of the people that suddenly were thrust upon a problem that they never anticipated, they never planned for, they never trained for, and were able to pull off successfully a successful recovery."

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So, we argue, that initial failure is actually something you should embrace.

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After its initial failure to convict anyone for the Lawrence murder, the Met ordered an internal inquiry into the way the investigation was conducted.

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But Ford's chief, Henry Ford II, was incensed at the initial failure of the car that bore his father's name, and the Edsel division was destroyed.

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