The bits are still there, much like bits are still left when you erase a file on your hard disk but they're forgotten about.

二进制数还在那里，就像你在硬盘上删除一个文件,二进制还在那里,但是它们被遗忘了。

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Until recently however, the left had forgotten the importance of solidarity.

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And, in another few weeks, half of the people left will have forgotten all about it as well.

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The left had never forgotten the bitter battles between Murdoch and the print unions during the Wapping dispute in the 1980s.

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