Although a few people have very high (or very low) levels of self-control, two-thirds of us lie somewhere near the middle: sometimes finding it easy to resist temptation, other times not.

尽管有些人有或高或低的自制力，三分之二的人能力一般：有时候很容易抵制诱惑，有时候却很难。

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In the mean time, more and more major firms are likely to find the technology's flexibility and low costs too tantalizing to resist.

与此同时，越来越多的大公司可能会发现这种技术的灵活性和低廉的成本让人难以抵抗。

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Dell, which tried to resist cutting its prices, has already seen slower sales growth as low-cost competitor Acer Inc. has stepped up.

随着奉行低价战略的竞争对手宏碁步步紧逼，一直试图坚持不降价的戴尔销售增幅已经放缓。

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Both are rated to pass the MIL-STD-810F standards, which are a suite of tests encompassing the device's ability to operate under high temperatures, low temperatures, and resist dust -- even how susceptible its circuitry is to cause an explosions in a flammable environment.

ENGADGET: Durable faceoff and torture test: Panasonic's Toughbook 30 vs. GammaTech's Durabook D15RP

If your tolerance for Brooklyn preciousness is low, limit yourself to dinner and resist the urge to check out the hotel rooms upstairs: they are lovely in a reclaimed-wood-and-exposed-brick kind of way, but the twee factor is pretty intense.

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The good news is that low inflation gives central banks less reason to resist cutting interest rates.

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