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	Failure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Failure (or flop) in general refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective.
		The criteria for failure are heavily dependent on context of use, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system.
		As well, the degree of success or failure in a situation may be differently viewed by distinct observers or participants, such that a situation that one considers to be a failure, another might consider to be a success, a qualified success or a neutral situation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_product_failures (664 words)

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	FLOPS - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This is possible because 3D graphics operations are a classic example of a highly parallelizable problem which can easily be split between different execution units and pipelines, allowing a high speed gain to be obtained from scaling the number of logic gates, rather than clock speed alone.
		For commercial failures, see list of commercial failures.
		You can find it there under the keyword FLOPS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOPS)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FLOPSandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/FLOPS (994 words)

	1996 Country Commercial Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The economic reforms and commercial bank debt settlement were partly financed by the 1994 stand-by arrangement with IMF which opened up the doors to World Bank and Interamerican Development Bank lending.
		The Commercial Code basically indicates that the commissioned merchant or agent is obligated directly and personally for his/her own franchise as if the business were entirely theirs.
		Upon arrival of the merchandise, the importer presents the import license, the commercial invoice, the inspection certificate, the bill of lading and the self-liquidated customs declaration in the same customs office where the merchandise is located.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/economics/commercial_guides/ecuador.html (19431 words)

	FDIC: The Future of Banking: The Structure and Role of Commercial Affiliations
		But commercial banks and investment banks are wildly misled on who would take over the leadership of all of this.
		That is if a commercial firm can have the functional equivalent of a bank, it becomes pretty obvious that an investment bank is going to say we're going to take on the same powers.
		Commercial affiliates of banks may seek to shift losses to the bank, or financial difficulties at an affiliate could lead to a loss of confidence in the bank even where it does not try to tap the bank's resources.
	www.fdic.gov /news/conferences/future_transcript.html (20099 words)

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	www.biometricbits.com /biometrics_discussion_group.htm (1445 words)

	Commercial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Commercial art refers to art that is made for the purposes of commerce.
		An independent band that signs a contract with a major record label; a novelist recruited by a major publishing effort; a comic artist who begins merchandising his work may all be accused (depending on the circumstances) of selling out.
		Most of the items listed below are ones that had high expectations, large amounts of money or widespread publicity, but fell far short of success.
	www.jahsonic.com /Commercial.html (564 words)

	1996 Country Commercial Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Summary of Commercial and Major Project Opportunities: There are over 10 major infrastructure opportunities promoted by an interministerial commission which include enlarging major highways, designing and constructing new highways, designing and constructing the Tempisque Bridge, constructing additional piers and/or terminals at the country's three ports and constructing the proposed new international airport.
		Commercial activity, in all sectors, is supported by numerous, organized chambers and associations.
		The largest commercial bank, Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR), was created by the state in 1920, with a currency issuance department later separated to form the Central Bank in 1950, resulting from the Bretton Woods agreements soon after the conclusion of WWII.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/economics/commercial_guides/costa_Rica.html (19445 words)

	NASA Advisors Explain Mars Mission Failures to a Concerned Congress \| SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
		The tone taken by all of the committee members was balanced, but some clear exasperation by members at the sort of mistakes that were made was evident in the remarks of nearly all of the Committee.
		Since the failure of the mission Lockheed Martian has returned the remaining $2 million and, according to Casani "Lockheed Martin has not earned a penny" on this project.
		As the list of things that were risky began to mount during the investigation, they saw that there were some systemic things that were not readily apparent on first examination.
	www.spaceref.com /news/viewnews.html?id=115 (1738 words)

	Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hawkins reported that there were 12 licensed launches for FY 2000, down from 17 in the last fiscal year, primarily due to a number of launch failures and the failure of LEO communication systems to perform as expected in the world market.
		Propose alternative management structures to allow commercial and government users of the U.S. space launch bases and ranges adequate opportunity to communicate their requirements so they can be actively considered and factored into decisions on improvements and operations with the goals of providing greater user voice and improving operational flexibility.
		Mushaw explained that commercial requirements should consist of system and subsystem objectives, include key performance parameters and objective and threshhold requirements for meeting industry needs, and should show how it will benefit industry, how important it is to industry and how it will enhance international competitiveness.
	ast.faa.gov /comstac/archives/minutes/19oct00.htm (3746 words)

	The Washington Monthly
		FEMA, in is failure, probably still did better than the mayor in his failure or the governor in failure.
		There has been a lot of talk about FEMA's failure, but I think it can be boiled down to the failure of the leadership at FEMA and in the Administration to immediately comprehend that this was a true catastrophic disaster of the kind that had swamped the state and local governments.
		She said in her opinion the failure was that FEMA did not deploy resources in advance, when it was perfectly clear that the hurricane was getting stronger and headed in the NOLA direction.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /archives/individual/2005_09/007104.php (14087 words)

	list of product failures
		Both were commercial disasters as they only offered five-abreast seating, and were easily out-competed on price by the Boeing 720 which was based on an existing aircraft type.
		Notorious for attempting to sell its customer list in an attempt to ward off bankruptcy, despite its TRUSTe-certified privacy statement promising that "We do not sell, rent, loan or transfer any personal information regarding our customers or their kids to any unrelated third parties.
		A Dutch brand of non-alcoholic beer sold by Heineken, became a commercial disaster after stand-up comedian Youp van het Hek stereotyped the Buckler drinker in one of his shows.
	www.archaeologics.com /Business-JtoM/list_of_product_failures.php (4612 words)

	power-pedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Saturn was successful in Japan but a failure in North America, leaving Sega outside of the main competition.
		Due to gaming's relatively short history, technical limitations, and the commercial pressures currently affecting the North American and Japanese markets, electronic games are ensconced in a period of extreme formalism.
		Developers such as id, Valve, and Epic ship their games with the very development tools used to make the game in the first place, along with documentation to assist mod developers, which allows for the kind of success seen by popular mods such as Counter-Strike.
	en.power-pedia.com /pedia/Videogame (4571 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The oldest listed Wikimedian is CoppBob, born in 1921.
		The youngest listed is SuperNoddy, born in 1992.
		Much of it could be legitimately refactored as a list of significant commercial failures, but "major flops" hardly seems encyclopedic.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Ireland_Information_Guide:Village_Pump (7059 words)

	Broadband Failures
		Their broadband utility is a screaming success, unlike the source in Crain's who cited this town as an example of a failure.
		As for some of the other cities listed by Verizon, Fiber For Our Future has listed many of those cities on our web site for years because SBC and Comcast first tried to discredit them as being failures (http://www.tricitybroadband.com/failures.htm)during our Tri-City Broadband Referendums of April 2003.
		That simply means those folks lose out on municipal broadband competition, a wonderful economic development tool, a choice for services, a chance for local service accountability, and a chance to develop a sense of community pride about their "hometown utility".
	www.tricitybroadband.com /failures.htm (4947 words)

	Cover Story : Help prevent commercial startup failures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		If last summer’s experience is any guide, many commercial air conditioning systems will again be at risk of failure this cooling season.
		Most air conditioning problems result from electrical failure of the driving motor or mechanical parts breaking in the compressor.
		Many of these failures could have been prevented with a thorough inspection at start-up and regular maintenance throughout the cooling season.
	www.achrnews.com /CDA/ArticleInformation/coverstory/BNPCoverStoryItem/0,6152,10569,00.html (650 words)

	Grid Computing Planet: A Wish List For Commercial Grid Systems
		The paper, "OGSA Fundamental Services: Requirements for Commercial GRID Systems," was authored by Hiro Kishimoto and Andreas Savva of Fujitsu Laboratories and David Snelling of Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe.
		Commercial IT systems need support for at least three kinds of job requests, the paper said.
		In case of application failure, jobs are retried based on applicable policy.
	www.gridcomputingplanet.com /features/article.php/1573391 (1205 words)

	The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982)
		Paradoxically, commercial and trade ties have long existed between the islands and the Argentine mainland and these keep expanding with time as long as politics are kept aside.
		Those interested in the long stories and the complete list of small details can find them in the bibliography.
		For the record, I think Hastings and Jenkins' The Battle for the Falklands is a good overall summary of the war from a British perspective.
	www.yendor.com /vanished/falklands-war.html (3069 words)

	Unclassified/Commerical Mind Control Technology
		It is hoped that government and media, who have shied away from this topic for decades, preferring the warm fuzzy feelings that "this can't be true", will read about the unclassified and commercial devices and understand the implications of continued turning the other way.
		Bizarre court decisions in which the target is forced into involuntary mental health treatment and a criminal spouse (for example, a pedophile father discovered "doing" his own child) clearly show that gang stalking and electronic harassment are heavily protected by all levels of government and the medical establishment.
		The Iraqi troops were then forced to use commercial FM radio stations to carry encoded commands, which were broadcast on the 100 MHz frequency.
	www.raven1.net /uncom.htm (15803 words)

	The Center for Food Safety - A Failed Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The tomato was withdrawn from the market by 1997 out of safety concerns (studies showed the GM tomato potentially caused stomach lesions), flavor (not better than conventional tomatoes), and their tendency to bruise.
		Monsanto's NewLeaf Bt potatoes were planted in Georgia despite protests--but the crop failed, leading to commercial losses and debts for the farmers who cultivated them.
		Some 70% of the 4,438 farmers growing Bt cotton were unable to repay their credit after the first year of planting.
	www.centerforfoodsafety.org /page302.cfm (1324 words)

	FAA Says Fixes Will Prevent Repeat Of Radio System Failure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		FAA officials say they are moving quickly to ensure there is no repeat of the radio communication failure that disrupted hundreds of flights in Southern California this week.
		A five-hour shutdown of the voice communications system Tuesday at the en route ATC center in Palmdale, Calif., meant flights had to be grounded or diverted to other airports.
		The agency said it is "aggressively investigating" the shutdown, and although its systems generally have greater than 99% reliability, any failure "is unacceptable because of the inconvenience to air travelers and cost to the airlines."
	www.aviationnow.com /avnow/news/channel_aviationdaily_story.jsp?id=news/faa09164.xml (416 words)

	Agents: I don’t think it means, what you think it means
		For instance, usually Alice is not willing to release her zip code, but the movie listing service of this web site is quite compelling and she agrees.
		User's are likely to be dissatisfied if (1) the user doesn't know what they want and are ambiguous in their preference expression, (2) if the user knows what they want but the preferences are not captured well, or (3) if the agent operated upon well expressed preferences with poor results.
		The proxy protocol design discussion relevant to this problem is beyond the scope of this paper, however one can state that there is a burden on the application designers and end users to ensure that no meaning or ambiguity is introduced into their communication.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /people/reagle/agents-19990524.html (5423 words)

	"Trailer Safety"
		Failure of the brakes to lock up on their own signifies a dead emergency brake battery or wiring problem.
		It should be the proper size for the trailer, be smooth and be firmly attached to the hitch.
		Failures can be tragic and are usually preventable.
	www.whmentors.org /saf/trailer.html (1975 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Most trailer lighting failures can be traced to corroded connectors and/or poor grounds.
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	www.autozone.com /servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/18/df/6b/0900823d8018df6b.jsp (467 words)

	CommercialSoftware: Linux HA
		It also reacts to failures during the recovery process, adapting its in flight recovery to maintain your most critical applications.
		Similarly, the protocol recognizes failure in standby database instances, resulting in termination of the SI's connection to the MI database and notification to the application so that corrective measures can be taken.
		ShaoLin HA Cluster is an affordable and easy-to-use high-availability solution with the simplest management for elimination of system disruptions in the event of server failures.
	linux-ha.org /CommercialSoftware (1218 words)

	Oxymora: The List
		The list below is comprised mainly of two-word expressions, but occasionally I'll present one-word examples, like bittersweet, butthead, warlord, the musical expression pianoforte (which literally means "soft-loud"), and sophomore (which literally means "wise fool").
		The list is presented in alphabetical order, but you still may have to search for some expressions (e.g., "A fine mess" is included in the "F" section, not the "A" section).
		If you have a favorite oxymoron that is not listed, please drop me a line and let me know about it.
	www.oxymoronica.com /oxymoralist.shtml (2431 words)

	维基百科数据 - Tables - 英语 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		users edited List of famous women in history
		users edited List of male movie actors (A-K)
		users edited List of city listings by country
	stats.wikimedia.org /ZH/TablesWikipediaEN.htm (281 words)

	In Praise of Commercial Culture: Working Chapter
		The text presents a number of counterexamples, including the failure of the modern world to support contemporary classical composers, the declining quality of the bestseller lists, and the dubious quality of much of American television, among many others.
		A commercial society is a prosperous and comfortable society, and offers a rich variety of niches in which artists can find the means to satisfy their creative desires.
		They produced for profit, wrote commercial contracts, and did not hesitate to walk away from a job if the remuneration was not sufficient.
	www.gmu.edu /departments/economics/Tyler/Chapter1.htm (15725 words)

	The State and the Flood by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
		It was the failure of the public infrastructure and the response to it that brought down civilization.
		The levees could not be repaired in a timely manner because roads and bridges built and maintained by government could not withstand the pressure from the flood.
		Now, in the coming weeks, as it becomes ever more obvious that the real problem was not the hurricane but the failure of the infrastructure to work properly, the political left is going to have a heyday (here too).
	www.lewrockwell.com /rockwell/flood.html (1819 words)

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