Failures

What NASA Says About Russia's Unreliable Rockets

AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 02.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- NASA says it still has confidence in the quality of Russia's manned rockets, despite an embarrassing series of glitches and failures in ...

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2011, The Lesson I Learned: Be Proud of Your Failures

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 03.06.2012

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Hayley Rose Horzepa

Failing is part of life. You will be dumped, hurt, betrayed, rejected and disappointed. That doesn't matter. It is what you do next that counts. Will you go back to bed and stay there for a week? Or will you say "their loss," and try again?

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When Complex Systems Fail

Tom Loughlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Loughlin

It's precisely because of the success and vigor of complex systems that we often take their reliability for granted. Most of us rarely consider the safety of an oil rig until something goes awry.

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To Lefties: How Does Obama Disappoint?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

While the major fallout from Gibbs' "the professional left" flap has died down a bit, a second round of examination seems to have begun -- one much more introspective and much less knee-jerk than the first round.

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Brett King: Banks are Losing the Customer and Innovation Battle

Brett King | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brett King

Banks are just too slow at innovating the customer experience, leaving social media and mobile internet banking to third-parties, telecoms operators, device manufacturers, and tech start-ups.

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Tracking Rep. Lynn Jenkins' Many Failures -- JenkinsFail.com

Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Nellis

Laughing Lynn Jenkins is safely back in Washington this month after a string of nationally embarrassing stories, headlines, and videos.

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