Mr Pfeffer starts by rubbishing the notion that the world is just-that the best way to win power is to be good at your job. The relationship between rewards and competence is loose at best.

菲佛先生先开篇说道，“世界是公平的”这种观念完全是胡说八道——赢得权力的最佳方法就是要善于工作，能力和回报之间没什么必然的关系。

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If you loose 5% of a processor power every time you add a CPU to your system, then your "scalability factor" is 0.95.

如果每添加一个CPU到系统，都会失去5%的处理器功率，那么您的可扩展性系数为0.95。

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You need to plop a coin in the Power-Piggy to activate electricity flow, so kids can use their allowance to turn on the TV or video games by feeding the Power-Hog with loose change.

只需朝电力小猪里仍一枚硬币，就能接通电流。孩子们用他们的零用钱“喂养”这只电力小猪，就可以看电视和玩电子游戏。

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The Tea Party movement is not a political party, but a loose grouping of conservative grass roots activists who oppose the health care bill and taxes and who want to reduce the power of the federal government.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

All of this is symptomatic of a game of trade-offs and compromises made in hopes of tightening a loose grip on power.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Daniel Ortega's Role in the Bolivarian Revolution

All of this is symptomatic of a game of trade offs and compromises made in hopes of tightening a loose grip on power.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Daniel Ortega and the ��Bolivarian Revolution��

Intel previewed its quad-core Tigerton processor way back in October of last year, but the company has just now let all that server-specific power loose on the general populace, with a couple of slightly scaled back versions also thrown in for good measure.

ENGADGET: Intel rolls out quad-core Tigerton processors