On a chance die, if the roll is a 1, then it is a Dramatic Failure, which is usually worse than a normal failure of the action, and is regulated by the Storyteller ( although examples of Dramatic Failures in certain situations are occasionally given ).

It sets out to achieve these goals by Gap Analysis of previous historical records of Product Defects, Equipment Failures and Accidents.

Failures typically corrupt the DB, typically to the extent that it is impossible to repair it without special measures.

In the satirical magazine Private Eye, the column on railway issues, " Signal Failures ", is written under the pseudonym " Dr. B. Ching " as a reference to the report.

Dramatic Failures are now only possible on " chance " die rolls ; when a dice pool is reduced by penalties to zero or less, a single chance die is rolled.

Service life is different from a predicted life, or MTTF / MTBF ( Mean Time to Failure / Mean Time Between Failures )/ MFOP ( maintenance-free operating period ).

As a result of the overhaul, the fleet's reliability has vastly improved ; the R46's Mean Distance Between Failures rate is much lower than the system average as of May 2011, and it is no longer considered to be the lemon that it once was.

This point is brought up in a profile of HPHS alum Stephen Glass in Handbook of Frauds, Scams, and Swindles: Failures of Ethics in Leadership, in which Lawrence-Lightfoot's profile of the school is summed up as: ( Lawrence-Lightfoot ) was impressed with the school's stunning academic programs, but noted that values such as character and morality were sometimes little more than brushstrokes against the relentlessness of achievement.

It is important to note that Failures are recorded at the system boundary.

Failures are traditionally recorded over time and it is useful to understand how their frequency is measured so that the effectiveness of means can be assessed.

The Book of Heroic Failures, written by Stephen Pile in 1979, is a book written in celebration of human inadequacy in all its forms.

This block ensures that there is no metastability for a target MTBF i. e., Mean Time Between Failures

There is also the optional rule of Critical Successes and Critical Failures.

The Failures In Time ( FIT ) rate of a device is the number of failures that can be expected in one billion ( 10 < sup > 9 </ sup >) device-hours of operation.

Failures in the control system could theoretically cause a runaway vehicle, although this is no different from the throttle return spring snapping on a traditional mechanical throttle vehicle.

He is also currently in the hardcore " super group " Failures.

He is one of the speakers of Hong Kong Bible Conference 2012 held on August 1 to August 10, 2012, responsible for morning sermon sessions with title Successes and Failures of Reformation-A Biblical Study of Nehemiah.

Failures to require driver abstinence or limitation of consumption is another problem.

Failures which occur that can be left or maintained in an unrepaired condition, and do not place the system out of service, are not considered failures under this definition.

Failures in several vehicles owned by GM and one external user led it to discover that using regular fuel and driving hard could cause possible internal engine damages including connecting rod failures.

-Faults & Failures October 2000 IEEE Spectrum-about some failures in the autoclock system in 2000

She lists her political interests as criminal justice, foreign affairs, human rights, international development, penal reform, and prisons, and has written several books, including Creating Criminals: prisons and people in a market society ; Bricks of Shame: Britain's prisons ; Failures in Penal Policy ; Imprisoned by Our Prisons: a programme for reform ( Fabian Series ); The Prisons We Deserve and A Sin Against the Future: imprisonment in the world.

Failures of the enormous, multi-lobe composite material fuel cells during pressure testing ultimately led to the cancellation of the program as a federal program in 2001, but Lockheed Martin has conducted related testing, and has had successes as recently as 2009.

TPM has basically 3 goals-Zero Product Defects, Zero Equipment Unplanned Failures and Zero Accidents.

Failures of fibreglass bows commercially produced are not unknown, and careful inspection of the broken limbs usually indicates that the bow has failed in shear.

Failures that occur early in the life of a new product are vital information for the manufacturer to improve the product.

Failures and successes came and went, but it should be noted that after Yongle's second personal campaign against the Mongols, the Ming Dynasty was at peace for over seven years.

* Protection Strategies for Cascading Grid Failures — A Shortcut Approach

The report, " Management and Oversight Failures Caused Major Cost Overruns and Schedule Delays ," identified management problems for the overruns, and also criticized the program for failing to include a considerable amount of money dedicated to target fabrication in the budget, including it in operational costs instead of development.

* The Four Failures of the New Deal, by Damian Green, 1998, Centre for Policy Studies ISBN 1-897969-84-8

He also authored The First Hundred Years A. D. 1-100: Failures and Successes of Christianity's Beginning and Thirst for Independence: The San Diego Water Story.

Failures in cells can be life threatening for technical divers and in particular, rebreather divers.

Failures to supply forward units led to unofficial arrangements, with pressed units " diverting " supplies intended for elsewhere.

Later, they were picked up by Metal Blade Records and released the three succeeding albums through them: Here in After, Failures for Gods, and Close to a World Below.

* Failures for Gods ( 1999 )

Reliability can be increased here by using a 2oo2 ( 2 out of 2 ) redundancy on part or system level, but this does in turn lower the safety levels ( more possibilities for Wrong Side and undetected dangerous Failures ).

In 2002, Ray and Abe Laboriel Jr. composed the score for the independent film The Failures.

Failures can range from slight errors ( slight over or under extraction – too bitter or too weak ; or uneven extraction – some parts over-extracted, some parts under-extracted ) to significant errors ( undrinkably harsh or watery ) to complete failure ( espresso does not brew successfully, water sprays everywhere, etc.

Failures at the pouch end are safest, as they result in the band rebounding away from the user.

Failures at the fork end, however, send the band back towards the shooter's face, which can cause severe injuries.

* U. S. Senate Press Release: Hearings Announced on Computer Security Failures in Government

Failures in control systems may cause a series of events resulting in loss of cooling.

" The World's Worst Aircraft: From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters.

Bands such as Whirl, COD, Hands In, Shoot to Kill, Scurvy, Chuck Brunswick, Give ' Em Hell, Failures, Ampere, Orchid, Rat Clone Communal Suicide, Throwing Aces, Bloodwar and many others are constantly playing in and out of the area.

Failures in peer review are sometimes scandalous.

Failures in therapy may be due to overdosage or too frequent dosage.

*" Failures of the Sept. 11 Commission " Washington Post, Monday, July 26, 2004 ; Page A11

* Pile, Stephen, The Return of Heroic Failures, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1988.

Failures in VentureStar's technology demonstrator, the X-33, in particular with the composite LH2 ( liquid hydrogen ) tank, led to program cancellation as a federal undertaking on February, 2001.