In more down-to-earth terms, it's impossible to know with any certainty whether you will live or die tomorrow.

更现实的说法是不可能明确知道明天你会活着还是会死。

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Whether closed source or open source, development systems live and die by their documentation.

不管选择开源还是闭源的形式，开发系统成败的关键就是文档。

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"If you ask a patient whether he or she wants to live or die, and the answer is die, would you be convinced that that answer was sufficient?"

如果你问一个病人，他是求生还是求死，得到的答案是想死。

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which former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on the Internet would decide whether terminally ill senior citizens would live or die.

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They top our list of health experts who may decide whether you live or die.

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Taxes you might think live or die according to whether they raise revenue for the Exchequer.

BBC: The UK's 50p rate: Tax or symbol?

The idea alarms many China-based businesses, which live or die based on whether they get the fastest, most accurate financial data and expert analysis.

CNN: INFORMATION