Word: cassiopeiae
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...this year's upgrade, the Palm III, is still going strong, buyers can now find comparable units from Casio, Everex and Philips that run Windows CE. The competition has brought great new features like wireless data transfer on the Palm III and a voice-memo feature on Casio's Cassiopeia. The research firm IDC predicts that by 2002, U.S. handheld sales will triple to 6.9 million units--about the same number of notebooks sold in the U.S. this year. Why are consumers so keen on handhelds? While failed products like the Apple Newton tried to handle too many tasks, says...
...evidence has been found that they saw an 1181 stellar explosion. It was not until November 1572 that Europe joined the fraternity of distinguished supernova recorders. Although Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe was not the first to spot the new star that appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia, he ensured that posterity would associate his name with it by writing a book titled De Nova Stella (Concerning the New Star...
...Middle Ages, Copernicus displaced earth from its position at the center of the solar system. But Aristotle's thinking continued to dominate astronomy until 1572, when Tycho Brahe observed a bright new star (which scientists now know was a supernova, or exploding star) near the constellation Cassiopeia. Beyond any doubt, it had not previously been visible. Other blows to Aristotelian cosmology followed swiftly. By early in the 17th century, Galileo had used his telescope to discover spots on the sun−demonstrating that the solar complexion was somewhat less than perfect−and to prove that...
...orbits of the outer planets. Still, the real test must be visual-a photograph of Planet X. At its great distance from the sun. however, Planet X would reflect only a modicum of light. Furthermore, Brady's calculations indicate that the planet is now located in the Constellation Cassiopeia, which is cluttered with so many stars that the planet would be hard to find. Nonetheless, Brady is hopeful that a sharp-eyed astronomer, scanning photographic plates, will some day detect a dim pinpoint of light reflected from far-off Planet...
Electrified by Gaby's disclosure, the great powers on earth forget old antagonisms and focus their attention on the distant civilization, hoping to learn from it the secrets of peace and abundance. Alas, the path toward Cassiopeia-and utopia-is made virtually impassable by man's follies. Oppenheimer-like and Teller-like scientists have a falling-out, Advise and Consent politicians undermine each other, the authenticity of the Cassiopeia message is questioned, and the powers again turn toward holocaust. The disillusioned Gaby dies, unaware that he will eventually be vindicated by none other than the Chinese Communists...