Successful communication gives us new information, but works within the framework of the receiver's assumptions.

Yet human perception and communication doesn't work like that in reality.

This means that the communication between them does not work at all, until the interpreter arrives.

During the attack on September 11, 2001, common communications (such as telephones) did not work well, because so many people were using them.

The communication works on "request codes" that are owned by the service.

Internal communication works over a mailing list, which is open for everyone to listen in.

Last time I checked, our communications systems were working just fine.

"I have no evidence that communications are working," Kira said.

She still couldn't tell if long-range communications were working.

But communication between parents and children doesn't work like that.