I had never considered this theory before, that ice was a riddle whose origin demanded to be solved, a potential form of drink pollution.

我之前从没想到还会有这样的理论—冰居然被看作一种来历不明的会对饮料造成潜在污染的东西！

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For me, innovating technologically something that has commercial potential is my form of creativity.

对我而言，从技术上变革具有商业潜力的东西就是我的创造。

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This process introduces latent defects and vulnerabilities into our implementations, which accumulate in the form of growing potential risk.

此过程在我们的实现中引入了潜在缺陷和漏洞，并以不断增加的潜在风险的形式积累。

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So that's 9 potential final projects that can live on in telephone form toward semester's end.

就电话这一主题我们就有9个,潜在的项目可以去做。

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That being said, this glimpse at a potential future form factor has us intrigued.

ENGADGET

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