See the second definition: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perpetual http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perpetual occurring continually : ind

See the second definition: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perpetual http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perpetual occurring continually : indefinitely long-continued As in, every time I install Linux on a new laptop, as I have several times over the past 5 years or so, problems with WiFi continue to reoccur, and require some level of googling around to resolve. Yet, years later, with an updated distribution on a new computer, they occur again, perpetually. The problem can remain perpetually unfixed at the distribution level if everyone who installs it is willing to spend time tinkering around to get things to work right.