Word: signal
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...scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (J.P.L.) in Pasadena, California, where the Galileo probe was largely designed and built, the moment of highest drama during the Dec. 7 Jupiter encounter will occur at 3:04 p.m. (P.S.T.). At that instant, a signal that will have been sent from the spacecraft 52 minutes earlier will arrive at J.P.L., having traveled 600 million miles at the speed of light. "A positive signal means the probe has survived the most difficult entry ever and is transmitting to Galileo," explains William O'Neil, the Galileo project manager. "That pretty much says...
...cool things that you can do with their Explorer browser that you can't do in Netscape." Microsoft announced that it would license Sun Microsystems' Java software, hedging its bet that its competing publishing software won't gain wide acceptance on the Internet. Quittner says that both decisions signal Microsoft's acceptance of the Internet's trend toward an open exchange of information. "Everybody is moving toward opening up their sites and away from these sort of walled-off communities. It doesn't really make sense to wall things off unless your content is so extremely good that people will...
...political skills, and Cumpsty does a marvelous job of radiating dangerous certitude. He embodies the paradox of the sort of spiritual fervor that, while ostensibly surrendering itself to a Larger Power, borders on megalomania: every cloud in the sky, every leaf on the tree, serves as a personal signal corroborating his uncompromising judgments...
...last week, explains Slater, Mrs. Rabin ruled out the possibility of a run for the Knesset or accepting the U.S. ambassorship. "But she seemed not quite as sure about the job of President of the State. That's a ceremonial job and she seemed to be sending out a signal that she could do something like that. It's very unlikely that she will take on any political role, but some people think she may be dropping hints...
...problem today is that freedom of speech has been elevated to the status of a "sacred cow" not to be touched or challenged regardless of circumstances or consequences. However, recent events such as the Rabin assassination and the Oklahoma bombing are alarming occurrences which signal that there is something fundamentally wrong with this approach...