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point of no return

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point of no return [′pȯint əv ¦nō ri′tərn]
(navigation)
A point along an aircraft track beyond which the aircraft's fuel supply will not permit it to return to its own or some other associated base but must continue in attempt to reach its destination.


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With hard drives exceeding 500GBs in capacity and even larger drives on the horizon, the impact of a single drive failing and the resulting intensive XOR rebuild has reached the point of no return.
Just before the point of no return, stylishly tail skid to a halt.
In every disagreement there is a point of no return that you cross only at your own peril.
 
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