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American alternative rock band
Useless Keys are an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, composed of Michael Regilio (guitar, keyboards) and Michael Bauer (guitar
Useless_Keys
Cluster of keys on a computer keyboard
The arrow keys (↑ Up, ↓ Down, ← Left, and → Right) are the four keys on a computer keyboard labelled with directional arrows, typically found in an inverted-T
Arrow_keys
Useless structure now preserved as art
named by the Japanese artist Akasegawa Genpei in the 1980s. It refers to a useless relic or structure that has been preserved as part of a building or the
Hyperart_Thomasson
English social media personality (born 1999)
entertainment, gaming, vlog and reaction videos, he began co-hosting The Useless Hotline podcast in 2022 which ended in 2026. In 2025, he was a runner up
George Clarke (internet personality)
George_Clarke_(internet_personality)
Specific software-based key for a computer program
Product keys also present new ways for distribution to go wrong. If a product is shipped with missing or invalid keys, then the product itself is useless. For
Product_key
1996 studio album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions
All This Useless Beauty is the seventeenth studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released in 1996 by Warner Bros. Records. It
All_This_Useless_Beauty
Management of cryptographic keys
Key management is the management of cryptographic keys in a cryptosystem. This includes the lifecycle management of keys, such as the generation, exchange
Key_management
Nightclub in Los Angeles, California
Band Stew (musician) Throwing Muses Totimoshi (Monday, May 5, 2003) Useless Keys V3 Velouria Visionaries VLA Ween Weezer The White Stripes Will Haven
Spaceland
First Minister of Scotland from 2023 to 2024
1 August 2023. "Nicola Sturgeon's new Scottish independence paper – the key points". The Independent. 17 October 2022. Archived from the original on
Humza_Yousaf
Controversy regarding copyright
volume key support. On January 12, 2007, other forum members detailed how to find other title and volume keys, stating they had also found the keys of several
AACS encryption key controversy
AACS_encryption_key_controversy
(Inquiry and Settlement Committee). Unnütze Esser – (lit. "useless eaters" or "useless mouths") Similar to life unworthy of life, a designation for
Glossary_of_Nazi_Germany
Contamination of information supply
misinformation, disinformation, junk e-mail, and media violence. The spread of useless and undesirable information can have a detrimental effect on human activities
Information_pollution
Practice and study of secure communication techniques
ciphers without variable keys can be trivially broken with only the knowledge of the cipher used and are therefore useless (or even counter-productive)
Cryptography
EEPROM chip
536 bits, or 8 KiB), enough to store multiple encryption keys. Most frequently it was used in key-splitting applications: either the encryption device or
KSD-64
Canadian businessman and author (born 1954)
skepticism about cryptocurrency, describing bitcoin as "a digital game" and "useless currency" in 2019. He illustrated his thinking with the following example
Kevin_O'Leary
One-time password system
single-use password. Because each password is only used once, they are useless to password sniffers. Because the short set of characters does not change
S/KEY
Keyboard instrument
when its keys are pressed, activating an action mechanism where hammers strike strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys—with the exception
Piano
Standard for content distribution and digital rights management
one or more title keys using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Title keys are decrypted using a media key (encoded in a Media Key Block) and the Volume
Advanced Access Content System
Advanced_Access_Content_System
Final season of television series The Boys
22, 2026. Sohail, Hassan (May 20, 2026). "'The Boys' Ending: 'Gen V Was Useless in Finale'". The News International. Retrieved May 22, 2026. McLeod, Kyle
The_Boys_season_5
2026 Indian film by Aditya Dhar
several key operatives, including a panicked terror financier and fake Indian currency maker Javed Khanani, whose fake currency became useless due to demonetisation
Dhurandhar:_The_Revenge
Measurement that evaluates the success of an organization
improvement. A similar problem arises when a footballer kicks a ball uselessly to build up their statistics. Here are some potential problems, examples
Performance_indicator
When Sam says she already got Aunt Hagatha to babysit, Esmeralda feels useless. Larry comes by and says that the dinner is off as client Elliott Norton
List_of_Bewitched_episodes
2009 studio album by Andrew Bird
Noble Beast shipped with a companion disc of instrumental songs, entitled Useless Creatures. This collection was made available on Bird's website in early
Noble_Beast
1759 pamphlet by Laurence Sterne
Sterne's comically useless "key" mirrors the similarly facetious "key" in Pope's satirical mock-epic The Rape of the Lock (1712). Pope's key also presents
A_Political_Romance
Major League Baseball franchise
Jack Taylor, Ed Reulbach, Jack Pfiester, and Orval Overall were several key pitchers for the Cubs during this time period. With Chance acting as player-manager
Chicago_Cubs
Global conflict (1939-1945)
accused Hitler of planning world conquest and ruled out any negotiations as useless, calling for the United States to become an "arsenal of democracy" and
World_War_II
Type of polyalphabetic substitution cipher
without the key. As the number of running keys grows, the modulo-26 sum tends to a random sequence, giving a one-time tape. When the same running key is used
Running_key_cipher
Decentralized distributed system with lookup service
nodes can be added or removed with minimum work around re-distributing keys. Keys are unique identifiers which map to particular values, which in turn can
Distributed_hash_table
Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 1896
The 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that devastated much of the East Coast of the United States, starting with
1896_Cedar_Keys_hurricane
Michelle cries on the floor, upset at being an alternate now, and how "useless" she looks on the throne. Stephanie is pushed to approach Michelle and
List of The Next Step episodes
List_of_The_Next_Step_episodes
List of characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Retrieved November 18, 2019. "Marvel Cinematic Universe characters who are useless". Looper.com. December 5, 2017. Archived from the original on December
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z
Characters_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_M–Z
Intelligence of machines
Asimov's laws through popular culture, they generally consider the laws useless for many reasons, one of which is their ambiguity. Several works use AI
Artificial_intelligence
British trade union
members. This attitude has earned the union the pejorative backronym of Useless Seven Days A Week amongst workers and trade unionists. Usdaw organises
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
Union_of_Shop,_Distributive_and_Allied_Workers
Type of automobile
SUV?". J.D. Power. Retrieved 30 August 2022. "New registrations of SUVs in key car markets, 2010-2021 – Charts – Data & Statistics". iea.org. 21 December
SUV
relegated to minor support work that looks good on camera, they are at best useless and at worst compound the problem when faced with a genuine emergency.
List_of_The_Boys_characters
1980 children's fantasy novel by Lynne Reid Banks
returns the original car key and gives them the copy, but the scale difference means that the key is too small to see and is useless. They decide to go camping
The_Indian_in_the_Cupboard
2022 German mystery science fiction television series
and hands him the key. Henry tells Maura she is the Creator. Henry uses the key with the tetrahedron, but Daniel has made them useless. The simulation ends
1899_(TV_series)
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
economy could no longer supply. The Confederate cotton crop became nearly useless, which cut off the Confederacy's primary income source. Critical imports
American_Civil_War
2014-08-12. Pamela Andriotakis, "At 57, Simone Signoret Decides 'It Is Useless to Hang Onto the Branches of Youth'". People, vol 9, #23, 12 June 1978
List of people who adopted matrilineal surnames
List_of_people_who_adopted_matrilineal_surnames
Game cartridge used on some Nintendo video game consoles
If the games are not available remotely, the Game-Key Cards are no longer usable and become useless.[citation needed] Ni no Kuni was the first DS game
Nintendo_Game_Card
American actress and comedian (born 1961)
left-hand corner of the screen, which many critics panned, claiming it was useless and "did nothing for the show." Overall, the show received mixed reviews
Julia_Louis-Dreyfus
ISO standard unique string identifier for a digital object
If they fail to do so, the DOI resolves to a dead link, leaving the DOI useless. The developer and administrator of the DOI system is the International
Digital_object_identifier
Wildlife documentary television series
something far out of his element – the anaconda. With his usual methods useless to track down this monster, Wade must trek into the anaconda's lair himself
River_Monsters
American personal growth author (1921–1995)
involved in many activities to overcome the feeling of dependence and uselessness brought on by his disability. He wrote a book on mental techniques for
Ken_Keyes_Jr.
1976 book by Wayne Dyer
are classified as "useless" by Dyer. Dyer places them on a continuum. Guilt is useless in regard to changing past events, worry useless in regard to the
Your_Erroneous_Zones
bad mortgages in the valley. That will make the Cannonball's services useless. The Shady Rest is going to host a Monte Carlo night as a modest fundraiser
List of Petticoat Junction episodes
List_of_Petticoat_Junction_episodes
deal with the Soviet Communists to ensure the guns on the train will be useless, which would negate their need to blow up the train (carrying the weapons
List of Peaky Blinders episodes
List_of_Peaky_Blinders_episodes
Restore a system to a previous stable state
2018). "The Keys That Might Fix Your Mac". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2023. Holding down the Shift, Control and Option keys while pressing
Reset_(computing)
Punctuation and accent mark (~, ◌̃)
typically have a dedicated key for Ñ/ñ but, as Portuguese uses Ã/ã and Õ/õ, a single dead-key (rather than take two keys to dedicate) is the most practical
Tilde
and So Help Me Todd Season Premieres Give CBS Prime Time Victory in All Key Figures". Programming Insider. Retrieved February 16, 2024. Pucci, Douglas
List of Ghosts (American TV series) episodes
List_of_Ghosts_(American_TV_series)_episodes
Major World War II battle in the Pacific Theater
Operations William V. Pratt stating that the island was useless to the Army as a staging base and useless to the Navy as a fleet base. The island's airfield
Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
to be a weak spot on Killer Droid's chest. In the end it proves to be useless. Killer Droid causes the team to retreat because of his guns and blades
List of Danball Senki episodes
List_of_Danball_Senki_episodes
1992 film by Phil Alden Robinson
attractive NSA agent. After the agents depart, Martin reveals the box is useless; he has removed its core component. A news report announces the sudden
Sneakers_(1992_film)
Battle in 1572 between Russians and Crimeans
amount of close-in fighting made the Tatars' famed skill in archery quite useless: The battle was fought principally with sabers and spears. Artillery and
Battle_of_Molodi
some Japanese. McHale is not thrilled with Harley because he would be useless in a real fight. In order to get rid of Harley, McHale plans to disguise
List of McHale's Navy episodes
List_of_McHale's_Navy_episodes
Religious conversion of Hungarians
Wittenberg University. His studies convinced him that indulgence grants were useless and summarized his views in his Ninety-five Theses on 31 October 1517.
Reformation in the Kingdom of Hungary
Reformation_in_the_Kingdom_of_Hungary
Collection of character sketches
then is the draw-back to so many shining qualities, that has made them useless, or even hurtful to their owner? His crime is, to have been Editor of the
The_Spirit_of_the_Age
American live action children's television series
Rangers' Zords fail in stomping it, and even Tommy's powerful Dragonzord is useless in wilting this flower. 25 25 "Life's a Masquerade" Robert Hughes Cheryl
Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers
2016 video game
but ensured that Joker would fail to prove that living with ambition is useless. Yaldabaoth offers Joker to return the world to its previous state at the
Persona_5
Composer and musician (1756–1791)
need for a composer or of useless people. ... What I say is intended only to prevent you from burdening yourself with useless people and giving titles
Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
American filmmaker (born 1946)
July 6, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2022. Johnston, Robert K. (2004). Useless Beauty: Ecclesiastes Through the Lens of Contemporary Film. Michigan: Baker
Steven_Spielberg
Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)
truths so evident, so much a part of people's knowledge, that it is now useless to discuss them. One ought to be Marxist with the same naturalness with
Che_Guevara
2017 fraudulent music festival
their credit card (despite warnings that such digital bracelets would be useless because of the poor Wi-Fi connection at the site). In order to raise quick
Fyre_Festival
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
always be sent to all eight injectors, basically rendering them just as useless as the destroyed pump. On occasion, an injector may become stuck open and
Ford_Power_Stroke_engine
CIA program involving illegal experimentation on human test subjects (1953–1973)
Gottlieb dismissed his entire effort for the CIA's MKUltra program as useless. Files discovered in 1977 containing 700 pages of new information showed
MKUltra
Indian hindi television series
post-graduate. His entire day is spent whiling away time with the rich, useless boys in his colony. Despite his mother repeatedly pleading with him to
Rishtey_(TV_series)
Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006
AEC Secretary Kaewsan Atibodhi claimed that "evidence and witnesses are useless", when an AEC panel recommended legal action without hearing 300 witnesses
Thaksin_Shinawatra
Cryptographic algorithm for digital signatures
allowed hackers to recover private keys giving them the same control over bitcoin transactions as legitimate keys' owners had, using the same exploit
Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
Elliptic_Curve_Digital_Signature_Algorithm
17th election of the Philippine president
One PH, Marcos equated bias with being "anti-Marcos," adding that it was useless as he was not going to answer issues about his father's presidency. On
2022 Philippine presidential election
2022_Philippine_presidential_election
Province in Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile
Cerro Sombrero, and a number of small villages. A key geographical feature is Bahía Inútil ("Useless Bay"), so named by British geographers in the late
Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile
Tierra_del_Fuego_Province,_Chile
Password that can only be used once
access for one time period or login, but it becomes useless once that period expires. The S/KEY one-time password system and its derivative OTP are based
One-time_password
Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)
his army replace their own spears with longer ones, as short spears were useless. The way spears were used in those days was for miscellaneous soldiers
Oda_Nobunaga
Interplay between observation, experiment, and theory in science
characterizes the first postulate of Euclid's Optics as 'superfluous and useless' (Book I, [6.54] —thereby overturning Euclid's, Ptolemy's, and Galen's
Scientific_method
Semiconductor light source
above the knee. Nitride-based LEDs have a fairly steep I/V curve and are useless for this purpose. Although LED forward voltage is far more current-dependent
Light-emitting_diode
South Korean actress (born 1986)
Survivor: 60 Days (2019) and Dinner Mate (2020). She also appeared in movies Keys to the Heart (2018), Tazza: One Eyed Jack (2019) and #Alive (2020). "DSPmedia"
Oh_Hye-won
comforted by Sandor after saying that they are all going to die and that it is useless to hide. Katarina is Number Six's Cêpan. She is more cool-headed than Six
List of Lorien Legacies characters
List_of_Lorien_Legacies_characters
the state's institutions, which might make reporting of assaults appear useless. Disrupted healthcare sectors is a term the World Health Organization describes
Wartime_sexual_violence
American diplomat and politician (1923–2023)
public relations disaster for Kissinger as he agreed that Vietnam was a "useless war", implied that he preferred to have dinner with Lê Đức Thọ over Nguyễn
Henry_Kissinger
Iranian-made drone
researcher of the Center for Security Studies called the weapon tactically useless, and said that its role is as a weapon of terror against civilians.[excessive
HESA_Shahed_136
British mechanical and civil engineer (1806–1859)
the ship he wrote: The finest ship in the world [...] is lying like a useless saucepan kicking about on the most exposed shore that you can imagine,
Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
also controversies over some of these biases as to whether they count as useless or irrational, or whether they result in useful attitudes or behavior.
List_of_cognitive_biases
South Korean singer and actor (born 1990)
January 8, 2011. 이준호 "쓸모없는 사람이구나, 생각한 적 있어" (유퀴즈 온더블럭) [Lee Jun-ho: "I'm a useless person, I've ever thought about it"]. iMBC (in Korean). June 29, 2022.
Lee_Jun-ho
Child 1998 "Until U Love U" Nicole Scherzinger —N/a Doll Domination 2008 "Useless" Greta's Bakery —N/a The Edge of Everything 2010 "The Voice of My Heart"
List of songs written by Diane Warren
List_of_songs_written_by_Diane_Warren
using a poisonous technique to immobilize them. Even Gentoku's Dragon was useless to defeat him, but before he could brand her, he was stopped by Kan'u.
List of Ikki Tousen characters
List_of_Ikki_Tousen_characters
Decentralized digital cryptocurrency
2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023. "Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are useless". The Economist. 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 September
Bitcoin
Taxonomic group of semi-aquatic mammals
North America. In this publication, he traced the history of names, gave keys to families and genera, described North American species and provided synopses
Pinniped
Gold rush from 1848 to 1855
is loaded down with every conceivable appliance, much of which would be useless in California. The prospector says (in a caption on some versions): "I
California_gold_rush
Digital copy protection
master key that allows for the generation of valid device keys was released to the public, rendering the key revocation feature of HDCP useless. Intel
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection
1905 naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War
bottleneck in speed, and the range of guns would not render some ships useless within a group in extended-range combat. At the end of the Argentine–Chilean
Battle_of_Tsushima
Japanese baseball player (born 1994)
and 2020 campaigns led to Ohtani describing feeling "frustrated" and "useless". He went on to say that while his 2019 had been disappointing, his 2020
Shohei_Ohtani
2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021. Ghosh, Poulomi (30 September 2021). "'Useless': Taliban say Amrullah Saleh's 'govt in exile' won't be able to deceive
List_of_wars:_2020–present
1997 studio album by Radiohead
ISBN 978-1-4678-8710-6. Clarke, Martin (2010). Radiohead: Hysterical and Useless. London: Plexus. ISBN 978-0-85965-439-5. Footman, Tim (2007). Welcome to
OK_Computer
American domestic terrorist (1942–2023)
discovering the keys, grids, notebooks, and instructions in Kaczynski's cabin. FBI cryptanalyst Michael Birch decoded the journals, which served as key evidence
Ted_Kaczynski
British musician (born 1941)
wasn't very good. It was me who said to [producer] George Martin he's useless. We've got to change this drummer." Martin said, "[Best] couldn't play
Pete_Best
Pliny the Elder declared that "a sacrifice without prayer is thought to be useless and not a proper consultation of the gods." Prayer by itself, however,
Religion_in_ancient_Rome
Computer button
simultaneously with one of the first seven Function keys, you can increase or decrease the speed of repeated keys. Oisin, Anthoni (July 6, 2025). "What Was the
Turbo_button
Soviet medium tank, Second World War
2.36-inch bazookas initially used by the US troops in South Korea were useless against the KPA's T-34 tanks, as were the 75 mm main guns of the M24 Chaffee
T-34
Italian football player and manager (born 1979)
"profit" for both clubs, but this actually manifested itself in terms of useless registration rights. It was at Milan, in particular under manager Carlo
Andrea_Pirlo
Grapheme which represents a word or a morpheme
characters as provided by the radical-phonetic compounds are sometimes useless and may be misleading in modern usage. As an example, based on 每 'each'
Logogram
American link management platform
App". Techcrunch.com. "Bitly's Big Mistake: Why Their Free Plan Is Now Useless". SkyeLine Studio. Retrieved 22 April 2025. "Goodbye Bitly... New Preview
Bitly
USELESS KEYS
USELESS KEYS
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Clavinger, status name for the keeper of the keys in a great household, Latin clavigerus, from clavis ‘key’.George Clevenger was born in Yonkers, NY, in 1654, the son of John Clevenger (born 1633), who probably came from Devon, England.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Tie, Connection, Young, Youth, Ageless
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Ageless
Boy/Male
Hindu
Rejoiced, Happy, Pure, Clear, From of katherine, Virginal, Keeper of the keys, Elder sister
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant spelling of Keyes.
Girl/Female
English American
and Kayla. Keeper of the keys; pure.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Tie, Connection, Young, Youth, Ageless
Girl/Female
English American
and Kayla. Keeper of the keys; pure.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Causeless
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : from the Welsh personal name Ith(a)el, Old Welsh Iudhail ‘bountiful lord’.English : habitational name from a place in West Yorkshire, which is probably named with a derivative of Old English īdel ‘unused ground’, ‘patch of waste land’.English : derogatory nickname from Middle English idel ‘idle’, ‘indolent’, ‘useless’, ‘worthless’, ‘devoid of good works’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name from Old French clavier ‘doorkeeper’ (from Latin clavis ‘key’).Catalan : from claver ‘keeper of the keys’, ‘doorkeeper’, Latin clavarius.
Boy/Male
Indian
Tie, Connection, Young, Youth, Ageless
Boy/Male
Hindu
Tie, Connection, Young, Youth, Ageless
Girl/Female
English American
and Kayla. Keeper of the keys; pure.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It is first attested in Norwich in 1259 as Ringerose, and later forms show no significant variantion. Unless it had already been drastically altered by folk etymology at that early date, it is probably from Middle English ring ‘ring’ + rose ‘rose’, but if so the original meaning is far from clear.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Keisha, KEYSHA means "cassia," a bark similar to cinnamon.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rejoiced, Happy, Pure, Clear, From of katherine, Virginal, Keeper of the keys, Elder sister
Girl/Female
English American
and Kayla. Keeper of the keys; pure.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English busard, bosard ‘buzzard’ (Old French busart), hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird in some way. The buzzard was considered an inferior bird of prey, useless for falconry, and the nickname was therefore probably a derogatory one.Americanized spelling of Swiss German Bosshart or any of its variants.
Girl/Female
English American
and Kayla. Keeper of the keys; pure.
USELESS KEYS
USELESS KEYS
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Like Nightingale
Girl/Female
Tamil
Third finger
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places called Brierl(e)y, in the West Midlands, West and South Yorkshire, and elsewhere, all of which are named with Old English brǣr ‘briar’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Boy/Male
Indian
One who Surender Himself
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Hibiscus
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Lotus; Queen
Girl/Female
Indian
Island
Boy/Male
Australian, Greek
Honoring God; Form of Timothy
Girl/Female
English American
Based on Natasha meaning birthday.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Coral, Strong, Powerful
USELESS KEYS
USELESS KEYS
USELESS KEYS
USELESS KEYS
USELESS KEYS
a.
Without dust; as a dustless path.
n.
Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
a.
Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical.
a.
Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth.
n.
Dead trees or branches; useless material.
a.
Vain; useless; unprofitable.
a.
Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
a.
Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless.
a.
Of no value; rejected; useless.
a.
Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.
a.
Useless; unprofitable.
a.
Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer.
n.
One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
conj.
Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.
v. t.
To deprive of utility; to render useless.
n.
That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
v. t.
To disable; to render useless.
a.
Not employed in making music; as, tuneless harps.
a.
Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity.
a.
Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.