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...People argued at the time that it would be crazy to rely on computers because they might fail," recalls Mountain, whose Gemini telescopes in Hawaii and Chile were built on the European model. "But when you think about it, planes are controlled by onboard computers, and those computers essentially never fail...
...SINGH MALIK and AJAIB SINGH BAGRI, 53 and 51, suspected terrorists; in Canada, outside Vancouver, B.C. The two men are accused of plotting two bombings that occurred on June 23, 1985. One exploded on Air India Flight 182, en route from Montreal to New Delhi, killing all 329 people onboard in what is believed to be the deadliest terrorist bombing of an airplane in history; the other was apparently intended to crash an Air India plane leaving Tokyo, but it went off prematurely and killed two baggage handlers...
...discussions led by the prime minister, and I had to lead discussions to prepare the discussions at the prime-ministerial level. I got home in Tel Aviv at 3 a.m., and I had to wake up at 5:15 a.m. At 6:30 we were at the airport. Even onboard the airplane the schedule of the summit was not yet fixed. I had talked all night long with the Americans from the White House and with [U.S. ambassador to Israel] Martin Indyk. We had to arrange everything on the move. After the frustrations we had in [a meeting with Arafat...
...hello" message is sent to a computer that's already on the network, which forwards it to seven others, letting them know that the first computer is onboard. They, in turn, forward it to six more, which forward it to five more...
...smaller safety concerns as well. Only iron-based metals can be ground on a submarine's grinding machine because other metals can leave a residue on the wheel, triggering imbalances that could lead to its dangerous disintegration. Only Navy-approved multi-outlet power strips are supposed to be brought onboard. Every clothes iron must have a three-prong plug...