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...Keck telescope, as it will be called, is the first of a new generation of extra-large telescopes designed to overcome construction problems that have dogged sky gazers since before the Hale was dedicated in 1948. Photons (massless particles that transmit light) from an ancient galaxy may travel billions of light years through space before they speed down a telescope tube. But unless enough of them are collected, astronomers will not be able to see the galaxy's image. Gathering sufficient photons to register an image is accomplished by either taking long-exposure photographs or using a larger mirror system...
Through Keck, the space telescope and other new devices, astronomers hope to get a closer look at a myriad of cosmic quandaries: quasars; pulsars, the spinning neutron stars that transmit precisely spaced radio pulses; and the dusty smudges around some stars, which could be the beginnings of planetary systems much like the sun's. And because light from space, traveling at 186,000 miles a second, takes time to reach the earth, the deeper into space astronomers can probe, the farther back into the past they can see. Says Schmidt: "By looking farther out in the universe, you are paging...
...however, asserted that this 1968 legislation, which forbids wiretapping without court authorization, does apply to cordless phones, since the statute defines a "wire communication" as any conversation that is carried "in whole or in part" by wire. Even cordless instruments must utilize regular phone lines at some point to transmit calls...
Translators bring us more than literary treasures. They transmit technology and make it possible to conduct business and diplomacy between nations. It is a shame their efforts, talents and dedication bring them so little in the way of recognition and financial reward...
While Oliphant searched for a better way to transmit, Lader and Lyng looked for funding beyond the University's initial investment. As executives of The Crimson, the two persuaded the paper to loan the station money for its daily operations...