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Posted by: jojomataketa
The catch of the day!
From the Island of Nauru
http://www.janeresture.com/nauru_pi...llery/catch.jpg
In her hand she holds an implement for grating coconut.
Posted by: jojomataketa
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Posted by: darcieP
They don`t look much different to today`s roller skates.
Posted by: jojomataketa
"In the Beginning, ARPA created the ARPANET.
And the ARPANET was without form and void.
And darkness was upon the deep.
And the spirit of ARPA moved upon the face of the network and ARPA said, 'Let there be a protocol,' and there was a protocol. And ARPA saw that it was good.
And ARPA said, 'Let there be more protocols,' and it was so. And ARPA saw that it was good. And ARPA said, 'Let there be more networks,' and it was so."-- Danny Cohen
This Internet Timeline begins in 1962, before the word ‘Internet’ is invented. The world’s 10,000 computers are primitive, although they cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have only a few thousand words of magnetic core memory, and programming them is far from easy. Domestically, data communication over the phone lines is an AT&T monopoly. The ‘Picturephone’ of 1939, shown again at the New York World’s Fair in 1964, is still AT&T’s answer to the future of worldwide communications.
But the four-year old Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, a future-oriented funder of ‘high-risk, high-gain’ research, lays the groundwork for what becomes the ARPANET and, much later, the Internet.
By 1992, when this timeline ends,- the Internet has one million hosts
- the ARPANET has ceased to exist
- computers are nine orders of magnitude faster
- network bandwidth is twenty million times greater.
SEE HERE FOR MORE INFO:
>>> http://www.computerhistory.org/exhi...ternet_history/
Posted by: jojomataketa
He argued that motion is impossible: I agree!..Don't you?
"If a body moves from A to B then before it reaches B it passes through the mid-point, say B1 of AB. Now to move to B1 it must first reach the mid-point B2 of AB1 . Continue this argument to see that A must move through an infinite number of distances and so cannot move"
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/...eno_of_Elea.jpg
Zeno of Elea
Posted by: jojomataketa
Queen Mary 2
It is the greatest ocean liner of our time. The largest, longest, tallest, greatest, widest, and grandest ocean liner in the world.
http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg..._Bm_x_lwlytrQ--
EXPERIENCE this virtual tour: http://www.qm2-uk.co.uk/virtual_tour.php
Length:
1,132 feet
Beam:
135 feet
Beam at Bridge Wings:
147.5 feet
Draft:
32 feet 10 inches
Height (Keel to Funnel):
236.2 feet
Gross Tonnage:
Approximately 150,000 gross tons Passengers:
2,620 Crew:
1,253 Top Speed:
Approximately 30 knots (34.5 mph) Power:
157,000 horsepower, environmentally friendly, gas turbine/diesel electric plant
Propulsion:
Four pods of 21.5 MW each; 2 fixed and 2 azimuthing
Strength:
Extra thick steel hull for strength and stability for Atlantic crossings
Stabilizers:
Two sets Cost:
Estimated $800 million dollars Some comparisons:
<LI>QM2 is five times longer than Cunard's first ship, Britannia (230 ft.)
<LI>QM2 is 113 feet longer than the original Queen Mary
<LI>QM2 is more than twice as long as the Washington Monument is tall (550 ft.)
<LI>QM2 is 147 feet longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall (984 ft.)
<LI>QM2 is more than 3 ˝ times as long as Westminster Tower (Big Ben) is high (310 ft.)
<LI>QM2 is only 117 feet shorter than the Empire State Building is tall (1248 ft.)
<LI>QM2 is more than three times as long as St. Paul's Cathedral is tall (366 ft.)
<LI>QM2 is as long as 41 double-decker London buses (31 ˝ ft. each)
<LI>QM2's whistle will be audible for 10 miles
<LI>Also see www.cunard-uk.com
http://www.qm2-uk.co.uk/showimage.p...QM2 image 2.jpg
http://www.qm2-uk.co.uk/showimage.p...in dock 3_0.jpg
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