CentralNotice Bigelow Aerospace From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from BEAM (ISS module) ) Jump to: navigation , search Bigelow Aerospace Type Private Industry Aerospace Founded 1999 [ 1 ] Founder(s) Robert Bigelow (Founder and President) Headquarters North Las Vegas, Nevada , United States Products Orbital facilities, commercial space stations Employees 130 (May 2014) Website BigelowAerospace.com Bigelow Aerospace is an American space technology startup company , based in North Las Vegas, Nevada that is pioneering work on expandable space station modules. Bigelow Aerospace was founded by Robert Bigelow in 1998. [ 2 ] and is funded in large part by the fortune Bigelow gained through his ownership of the hotel chain Budget Suites of America . By 2013, Bigelow had invested US$250 million in the company. [ 3 ] Bigelow has...

CentralNotice BA 330 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search BA 330 Rendering of the BA 330 Station statistics Crew 6 [ 1 ] Launch no earlier than 2017 Mission status Developmental Mass 20,000 kilograms (43,000 lb) [ 2 ] Length 13.7 m (44.9 ft) [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Diameter 6.7 m (22.0 ft) [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ note 1 ] Pressurised volume 330 m 3 (11,654 cu ft) [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The BA 330 (previously known as the Nautilus space complex module ) is the complete, full-scale production model of Bigelow Aerospace 's expandable space habitation module program. It will have 330 cubic metres (12,000 cu ft) of internal space, hence its numeric designation. The craft will support zero-gravity research including scientific missions and manufacturing processes. Beyond its industrial and scientific purposes, however, it has potential as a ...

CentralNotice Bigelow Commercial Space Station From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2013) The Bigelow Next-Generation Commercial Space Station is a private orbital space complex currently under development by Bigelow Aerospace . The space station will be constructed of both Sundancer and BA 330 expandable spacecraft modules as well as a central docking node , propulsion , solar arrays , and attached crew capsules . Initial launch of space station components is planned for 2014, with portions of the station available for leased use as early as 2015. [ 1 ] 1 History 1.1 CSS Skywalker 1.2 Company challenges 1.3 Space transport 2 Space Complex Alpha 2....

CentralNotice Sub7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For the band, see Subseven . This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2014) Sub7 Original author(s) mobman Stable release Sub7 0.9 (2014) Written in Delphi Operating system Microsoft Windows Type remote administration / trojan License freeware Website SubSeven Site Sub7 , or SubSeven or Sub7Server , is a remote administration tool / trojan program (RAT—where the "T" can have a dual meaning in this case). [ 1 ] Its name was derived by spelling NetBus backwards ("suBteN") and swapping "ten" with "seven". Sub7 was created by Mobman and Mobman only. Mobman has not created or updated the software since 20...

CentralNotice Shintaro Kago From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Shintaro Kago Birth name 駕籠 真太郎; Kago Shintarō Born 1969 Tokyo, Japan Nationality Japanese Field Guro manga Shintaro Kago ( 駕籠 真太郎 , Kago Shintarō ? , born 1969 in Tokyo , Japan ) , is a Japanese guro manga artist. He debuted in 1988 on the magazine COMIC BOX . 1 Style 2 Trivia 3 List of works 4 References 5 External links Style [ edit ] Shintaro Kago's style has been called "fashionable paranoia". He has been published in several adult manga magazines, gaining him considerable popularity. Many of his manga have strongly satirical overtones, and deal with grotesque subjects such as extreme sex, scatology and body modification . He has also written Sci-Fi non-guro manga, most notably Super-Conductive Brains Parataxis (超伝脳パラタクシス Choutennou P...

CentralNotice Octal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Numeral systems by culture Hindu–Arabic numerals Western Arabic Eastern Arabic Indian family Bengali Tamil Telugu Burmese Khmer Lao Mongolian Sinhala Thai East Asian numerals Chinese Japanese Suzhou Korean Vietnamese Counting rods Alphabetic numerals Abjad Armenian Āryabhaṭa Cyrillic Ge'ez Greek Roman Georgian Hebrew Other historical systems Aegean Attic Babylonian Brahmi Egyptian Etruscan Inuit Kharosthi Mayan Quipu Positional systems by base 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 24 25 26 27 30 32 36 60 64 85 100 Non-standard positional numeral systems List of numeral systems v t e The octal numeral system , or oct for short, is the base -8 number system, and uses the digits 0 to 7. Octal numerals can be made from binary numerals ...

CentralNotice Rubik From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Rubik or Rubiks may refer to: People Alfrēds Rubiks (born 1935), Latvian politician Anja Rubik (born 1983), Polish fashion model Ernő Rubik (born 1944), Hungarian professor and inventor, son of Ernő Rubik (aircraft designer) Rubik's Cube , his most famous invention Ernő Rubik (1910-1997), Hungarian aircraft designer, father of Ernő Rubik Piotr Rubik (born 1968), Polish composer Silvia Rubik ( de ) (born 1960), Austrian politician (SPÖ) Other Rubik, Albania , mining town Rubik (band) , Finnish pop/rock band See also [ edit ] Rubric (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. NewPP limit report Parsed by mw1186 CPU ti...

CentralNotice Twente From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For the Eredivisie football club, see FC Twente . This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2011) Twente Flag Location of Twente ( Yellow ) Capital Enschede Official languages Dutch Ethnic groups predominantly north European Population - 2006 estimate 617.682 Currency Euro 3 ( EUR ) Time zone GMT+1 Drives on the right Calling code +31 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:Twente . Twente (English: Twenthe, Dutch : Twente , Dutch Low Saxon : Twente / Tweante ) is a non-administrative region in the eastern Netherlands . It encompasses the most urban...

CentralNotice Sriracha sauce From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "Sriracha" redirects here. For the American brand of hot sauce, see Sriracha sauce (Huy Fong Foods) . For other uses, see Si Racha (disambiguation) . Sriracha Horseshoe crab served with sriracha sauce in the town of Si Racha Heat Medium Scoville scale 1,000-2,500 Sriracha ( Thai : ศรีราชา , Thai pronunciation: [sǐː.rāː.tɕʰāː] ) is a type of hot sauce made from a paste of chili peppers , distilled vinegar , garlic, sugar, and salt. [ 1 ] It is named after the coastal city of Si Racha , in the Chonburi Province of Eastern Thailand , where it was possibly first produced for dishes served at local seafood restaurants. [ 2 ] 1 Use 2 Thailand 3 United States 4 See also 5 References Use [ edit ] Sriraja Panich chili sauce by Thai Theparos Food ...

CentralNotice SpaceX CRS-3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article contains information about a rocket launch which is scheduled to occur in the next 55 minutes . Details may change rapidly as the countdown and ascent progress. Details: SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 v1.1 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral carrying the SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station for SpaceX & NASA . 5 cubesats will be launched as secondary payloads. • Webcast Launch is scheduled to occur at 20:58 UTC on April 14, 2014 (4:58 p.m. EDT ). For more information, please see 2014 in spaceflight and the spaceflight portal edit this notice · purge cache SpaceX CRS-3 Artist rendering of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft being berthed to ISS Mission type ISS resupply Operator NASA Spacecraft properties Spa...

CentralNotice List of government space agencies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from List of space agencies ) Jump to: navigation , search Russian Space Station Mir , back-dropped against the Earth, taken from the NASA 's Space Shuttle Atlantis following undocking from the station at the end of STS-71 on the 4th of July, 1995. On the 29th of June, 1995, STS-71 became the first Shuttle mission ever to dock with the station. This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration . The name given is the English version, with the native language version below. The acronym given is the most common acronym: this can either be the acronym of the English version (e.g. JAXA ), or the acronym in the native language. Where there are multiple acronyms in common use, the English one is given first. The date o...

CentralNotice Compare-and-swap From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search In computer science , compare-and-swap ( CAS ) is an atomic instruction used in multithreading to achieve synchronization . It compares the contents of a memory location to a given value and, only if they are the same, modifies the contents of that memory location to a given new value. This is done as a single atomic operation. The atomicity guarantees that the new value is calculated based on up-to-date information; if the value had been updated by another thread in the meantime, the write would fail. The result of the operation must indicate whether it performed the substitution; this can be done either with a simple Boolean response (this variant is often called compare-and-set ), or by returning the value read from the memory location ( not the value written to it). ...

CentralNotice Tears in rain soliloquy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "c-beam" redirects here. For steel beams with a c-shaped cross-section, see structural channel . Roy Batty, as played by Rutger Hauer after the "Tears in Rain" monologue in Blade Runner . " Tears in Rain " is the final monologue of the Ridley Scott film Blade Runner , delivered by the replicant Roy Batty, portrayed by Rutger Hauer . The final form, altered from the scripted lines and much improvised by Hauer on the eve of filming, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] has entered popular culture as "perhaps the most moving death soliloquy in cinematic history" [ 3 ] and is an often quoted piece of science fiction writing. [ 4 ] 1 Script and improvisation 2 Score 3 Critical reception 4 Tannhauser Gate 5 References in other media 6 References Script and improvisation [ edit ...

CentralNotice MurmurHash From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search MurmurHash is a non- cryptographic hash function suitable for general hash-based lookup. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was created by Austin Appleby in 2008, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and exists in a number of variants, [ 6 ] all of which have been released into the public domain. When compared to other popular hash functions, MurmurHash performed well in a random distribution of regular keys. [ 7 ] 1 Variants 2 Implementations 3 Algorithm 4 See also 5 References Variants [ edit ] The current version is MurmurHash3, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] which yields a 32-bit or 128-bit hash value. The older MurmurHash2 [ 10 ] yields a 32-bit or 64-bit value. Slower versions of MurmurHash2 are available for big-endian and aligned-only machines. The MurmurHash2A variant adds the Merkle–Damgård construction so that ...

CentralNotice Flatulist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Le Pétomane was a professional flatulist around the start of the 20th century in France. A flatulist , fartist , or professional farter is an entertainer (sometimes considered a comedian ) whose routine consists solely or primarily of farting in a creative, musical, or amusing manner. [ 1 ] 1 History 2 Popular culture 3 Notable flatulists 4 References 4.1 Notes 4.2 Further reading 5 External links History [ edit ] In the Innu mythology of Canada, Matshishkapeu (literally the "Fart Man") is the most powerful spirit, a legendary shaman capable of inflicting gastrointestinal pain or relief. There are also a number of scattered references to ancient and medieval flatulists, who could produce various rhythms and pitches with their intestinal wind . Saint August...

CentralNotice COBOL From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the compiled programming language. For other uses, see COBOL (disambiguation) . COBOL Paradigm(s) procedural , imperative , object-oriented Appeared in 1959 ( 1959 ) Designed by Grace Hopper , William Selden, Gertrude Tierney, Howard Bromberg, Howard Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet Stable release ISO/IEC 1989:2002 (2002) Typing discipline strong , static Major implementations GNU Cobol , Micro Focus International (e.g. the Eclipse -plug-in Micro Focus Net Express ) Dialects HP3000 COBOL/II, COBOL/2, IBM OS/VS COBOL, IBM COBOL/II, IBM COBOL SAA, IBM Enterprise COBOL, IBM COBOL/400, IBM ILE COBOL, Unix COBOL X/Open, Micro Focus COBOL, Microsoft COBOL, Ryan McFarland RM/COBOL, Ryan McFarland RM/COBOL-85, DOSVS COBOL, UNIVAC COBOL,...

CentralNotice Hanlon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Hanlon is a surname often associated with, but not necessarily tied to, the O'Hanlon Sept . The name may denote: Darren Hanlon , Australian folk musician George Hanlon , British-born acrobat (see Hanlon-Lees ) Glen Hanlon , Canadian ice hockey player and coach John Hanlon (record producer) , American record producer and recording engineer The Reverend John J. Hanlon , chancellor of the Diocese of Albany John Hanlon (singer) , New Zealand singer-songwriter Ned Hanlon , American baseball manager Richie Hanlon , fictional character from Oz Ritchie Hanlon , English football player and manager Tommy Hanlon Jr , Australian television personality See also [ edit ] Hannon O'Hanlon Hanlon's razor References [ edit ] 'The O'Hanlons of Orior 1558-1691:Part II , Joseph Canning, Seanchas Ard M...

CentralNotice Zhang Ziyi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This is a Chinese name ; the family name is Zhang . Zhang Ziyi Zhang Ziyi in May 2011 Chinese name 章子怡 Pinyin Zhāng Zǐyí ( Mandarin ) Born ( 1979-02-09 ) 9 February 1979 (age 35) Beijing, China Occupation Actress, model Years active 1996–present Parents Zhang Yuanxiao (father) Li Zhousheng (mother) Official Website www.ziyitoday.com Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress 2005 2046 Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Supporting Actress 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress 2005 2046 2013 The Grandmaster Golden Horse Awards Best Actress 2013 The Grandmaster Golden Rooster Awards Best Actress 2004 Jasmine Women Hundred Flowers Awards Best Actress 2000 The Road Hom...

CentralNotice LCARS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search "PADD" redirects here. For the American WWII term, see Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts . LCARS LCARS screens, as seen in Star Trek Nemesis Plot element from the Star Trek franchise First appearance Star Trek: The Next Generation Created by Michael Okuda [ 1 ] Genre Science fiction In-story information Type Computer operating system In the Star Trek fictional universe , LCARS ( / ˈ ɛ l k ɑr z / ; an acronym for Library Computer Access/Retrieval System ) is a computer operating system . Within Star Trek chronology, the term was first used in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in subsequent shows. In a real-world context, "LCARS" is frequently used to describe the style of the computer displays of the LCARS system, especially the screens fro...

CentralNotice Xpra From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for products and services . Please help to establish notability by adding reliable, secondary sources about the topic. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged , redirected , or deleted . Find sources: "Xpra" – news · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images (September 2011) This article relies on references to primary sources . Please add references to secondary or tertiary sources . (September 2011) Xpra Original author(s) Nathaniel Smith Developer(s) Nathaniel Smith, Antoine Martin Initial release February 20, 2008 ( 2008-02-20 ) ...

CentralNotice Pinhole camera From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture , a pinhole – effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box. Up to a certain point, the smaller the hole, the sharper the image, but the dimmer the projected image. Optimally, the size of the aperture should be 1/100 or less of the distance between it and the projected image. Because a pinhole camera requires a lengthy exposure, its shutter may be manually operated, as with a flap made of light-proof material to cover and uncover the pinhole. Typical exposures range from 5 seconds to several hours. A common use of the pinhole camera is to capture the movement of th...

CentralNotice Gimli Glider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Air Canada Flight 143 Flight 143 after landing at Gimli, Manitoba. Accident summary Date July 23, 1983 Summary Fuel exhaustion due to maintenance error Site Emergency landing at Gimli Industrial Park Airport , Gimli, Manitoba 50°37′44″N 97°02′38″W  /  50.62889°N 97.04389°W  / 50.62889; -97.04389 Coordinates : 50°37′44″N 97°02′38″W  /  50.62889°N 97.04389°W  / 50.62889; -97.04389 Passengers 61 Crew 8 Injuries (non-fatal) 10 Fatalities 0 Survivors 69 (all) Aircraft type Boeing 767-233 Operator Air Canada Registration C-GAUN Flight origin Montreal-Dorval International Airport Stopover Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Destination Edmonton International Airport The Gimli Glider is the nickname of...

CentralNotice Al Jazeera From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the television network and channel. For the English-language channel, see Al Jazeera English . For the unrelated magazine, see Aljazeera Publishing . For other uses, see Jazira . Al Jazeera Type Satellite television network Country Qatar Availability Worldwide Owner Al Jazeera Media Network Key people Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani , Chairman Sheikh Ahmad bin Jassim al-Thani, [ 1 ] Aljazeera Satellite Channel Launched 1 November 1996 Owned by Al Jazeera Media Network Country Qatar Broadcast area Qatar Headquarters Doha , Qatar Availability Terrestrial Nilesat UHF service Freeview HD (UK) Channel 84 Satellite Arabsat 12034 H - 27500 - 3/4 Cable Virgin Media (UK) Channel 831 ...

CentralNotice Muda (Japanese term) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (January 2008) Muda ( 無駄 ? ) is a Japanese word meaning "futility; uselessness; idleness; superfluity; waste; wastage; wastefulness", [ 1 ] and is a key concept in the Toyota Production System (TPS) as one of the three types of variation ( muda , mura , muri ). [ 2 ] Waste reduction is an effective way to increase profitability. Toyota merely picked up these three words beginning with the prefix mu- , [ 3 ] which in Japan are widely recognized as a reference to a product improvement program or campaign. A process adds value by producing goods or providing a service that a ...

CentralNotice Revolution in Military Affairs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The military concept of Revolution in Military Affairs ( RMA ) is a theory about the future of warfare , often connected to technological and organizational recommendations for change in the United States military and others. Especially tied to modern information, communications , and space technology , RMA is often linked to current discussions under the label of Transformation and total systems integration in the U.S. military. 1 History 1.1 Renewed interest 2 Areas of focus 3 Scholarly work 3.1 International relations 4 Criticism 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links History [ edit ] The original theorizing was done by the Soviet Armed Forces in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly by Marshal Nikolai Ogarkov . [ 1 ]...