Failure
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
In science
Wired Magazine editor Kevin Kelly likewise explains that a great deal can be learned from things going unexpectedly, and that part of science's success comes from keeping blunders "small, manageable, constant, and trackable". He uses the example of engineers and programmers who push systems to their limits, breaking them to learn about them. Kelly also warns against creating a culture (e.g. school system) that punishes failure harshly, because this inhibits a creative process, and risks teaching people not to communicate important failures with others (e.g. Null results).
Criteria
The criteria for failure are heavily dependent on context of use, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. A situation considered to be a failure by one might be considered a success by another, particularly in cases of direct competition or a zero-sum game. Similarly, 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.
Failure (disambiguation)
Failure is not meeting a desirable or intended objective.
Failure may also refer to:
Fail may refer to:
See also
Failure (Sevendust song)
Failure is a song by the alternative metal band Sevendust from their fifth studio album Next. It was released as a single in 2006.
Song meaning
While everyone might think that the song's a downer, it's far from it. It actually conveys an enlightening message and encourages fans to look at the brighter side of life. "The message in it is really positive," explains guitarist Sonny Mayo. "It's about living life thinking you're gonna be a failure, and basing your whole existence on what other people or what another person told you about yourself, and finally coming out and realizing that it's all about inner strength and it doesn't matter what other people think about you. You could shed all the shame and all the guilt that you ever felt about things you did or things you didn't do, and you could truly find the positivity even if you always thought you were going to be a failure."
Chart Position
The song peaked #28 in the Mainstream Rock Chart Billboard 200.
Singles
Billboard (North America)
Podcasts:
Failure
ALBUMS
- Fantastic Planet released: 2010
- Essentials released: 2006
- Golden: Unreleased Sounds and Images released: 2004
- Magnified released: 2000
- Comfort released: 1992
Failure
ALBUMS
- For the Sake of Ghosts released: 2013
Alternative Video Results
- Religious Failure
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Salt Wound
by: FailureI was thinking that
You would stay (the/to)day
Something tells me that
You'll show up to say
Bye...good....bye
Salt wound
Too soon
(if I push you gone)
You'd just let it stand
Your brain (for spray) good one
Full of rocks and sand
Grasping both confused
I (couldn't love you) more
Always (talking me but did she know the sure)
Bye...good...bye
Breathe hard
(chips start) falling down
(head/high hopes) crawling down
Please
Bye..good..bye
Salt wound
Too soon
Falling down
Breathe hard
Crawling now
(chips fall splits too deep)
(head hopes)
Bye good bye
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