Intruders might invade your systems for one of two reasons: to gain access to information that they should not have or to alter the behavior of a system.

入侵者入侵您的系统可能是出于这两个原因之一：为了获取他们本不应该拥有的信息，或者为了改变系统的行为。

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Many other processes may alter the shell of a clam or snail and enhance its chances for preservation.

许多其他的过程可能改变蛤蜊或蜗牛的外壳，增加其保存的可能性。

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Additionally, you can temporarily alter the value of an environment variable for a single command.

此外，您可以为单个命令临时地修改一个环境变量的值。

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You will find that, even if you succeed in discounting the attitudes of others to you and your life, you must wrestle with yourself most of all, fight with yourself, for there will surge up in you a strong desire to alter facts, to dress up your feelings.

你会发现，即使你可以忽略,其他人对你及你的生活的态度，你还得和自己战斗，几乎是和自己抗争，这样你就会有种强烈的欲望，要扭曲事实来添油加醋地描述你的感觉。

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Experts are looking for ways to alter a water fountain in Northampton to prevent it becoming infected with bacteria, the borough council said.

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Sophisticated video features help to increase the production value on any project, including full manual control of exposure, and the ability to switch between FX and DX-format (1.5X) at Full HD for a telephoto boost and alter depth of field.

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An interesting precedent will be provided by the outcome of a pending Nintendo patent application regarding methods for MMOG players to collectively alter a virtual environment without directly interacting with each other. (In filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office during 2012, Nintendo has substantially narrowed the claims with respect to those in the original 2010 application.) Nintendo, of course, is a game company, not an individual player.

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