It took me surprisingly long to realize how distracting the Internet had become, because the problem was intermittent.

我用了很长时间才发现互联网是多么让人分心，因为这个问题是断断续续的。

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Intermittent - Intermittent errors show up on an irregular basis and can be indicative of a nascent problem, such as when a hard disk logs a series of write errors, showing that the drive may fail.

间歇错误的出现很不规律，可以由初期问题推断，比如若硬盘记录了一系列写入错误时，往往表明此驱动器可能会出现故障。

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For now, it still works and the problem is intermittent.

现在，它仍然有效，问题是间歇性的。

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Vodafone says the problem seems to be intermittent, and as far as it can see only affects iPhone 4S users.

BBC: Apple on update issue - no comment

The problem always seems to be that the remote unit first becomes intermittent, then starts to randomly change tracks, then finally dies completely.

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