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On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.

First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.

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On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.

First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.

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On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.

First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.

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On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.

First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.

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On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.

First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.

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On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.

First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.

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On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.

First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.

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On August 7, 1996, NASA announced a startling discovery - by examining a meteorite that originated on Mars, they found what they believe is evidence for a primitive form of life that may have existed on Mars 3.6 billion years ago. More work needs to be done to confirm this preliminary result, and many scientists remain unconvinced by the present evidence. But if this preliminary result is confirmed, if the structures inside the meteorite turn out to be fossil evidence for cellular organisms, then some important steps can be taken.

First, we would need to launch a mission to Mars, manned or unmanned, to secure and return to earth core samples that might provide evidence for or against DNA as the organizing scheme for the Mars life form. Having accomplished the return of a biological sample and determined the presence or absence of DNA, we are then faced with a quandary.

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I'm sure that a mature student such as yourself knows to use LaTeX for the advanced math formulas you're no-doubt creating. LaTeX is the only real answer for complicated math equations and such. Check out LaTeX: Math into LaTeX Short Course.

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I'm sure that a mature student such as yourself knows to use LaTeX for the advanced math formulas you're no-doubt creating. LaTeX is the only real answer for complicated math equations and such. Check out LaTeX: Math into LaTeX Short Course.

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IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made? Ford: "No doubt about it." IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4? Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left. IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4? Ford: "At least some of them."

Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.

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IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made? Ford: "No doubt about it." IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4? Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left. IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4? Ford: "At least some of them."

Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.

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IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made? Ford: "No doubt about it." IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4? Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left. IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4? Ford: "At least some of them."

Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.

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IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made? Ford: "No doubt about it." IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4? Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left. IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4? Ford: "At least some of them."

Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.

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IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made? Ford: "No doubt about it." IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4? Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left. IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4? Ford: "At least some of them."

Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.

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IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made? Ford: "No doubt about it." IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4? Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left. IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4? Ford: "At least some of them."

Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.

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IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made? Ford: "No doubt about it." IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4? Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left. IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4? Ford: "At least some of them."

Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.

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IESB.net: Is Indy 4 still going to be made? Ford: "No doubt about it." IESB.net: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy 4? Ford: "No problem, but Indy IV is mine." Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left. IESB.net: Will you be doing your own stunts for Indiana Jones 4? Ford: "At least some of them."

Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.

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From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.

Is IBM about to become the poor man's PC?

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From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.

Is IBM about to become the poor man's PC?

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From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.

Is IBM about to become the poor man's PC?

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From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.

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From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.

Is IBM about to become the poor man's PC?

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From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.

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From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.

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From the TFA: Based in Beijing and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Lenovo has made its mark by producing a line of low-cost PC's, some selling here in China for as little as $360.

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From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.

This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.

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From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.

This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.

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From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.

This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.

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From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.

This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.

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From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.

This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.

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From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.

This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.

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From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.

This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.

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From TFA: To what extent, and for how long, Lenovo or another buyer of I.B.M.'s PC business would be able to make use of the I.B.M. name would be a crucial question in any negotiations.

This is going to be interesting. It wasn't long ago that all PCs were 'IBM Compatible'. Thus the brand name IBM has tremendous value. However, once IBM jettisons the PC unit, and a new company takes over it, they will surely want to hang on to the Brand name.

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N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA. 1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!

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N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA. 1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!

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N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA. 1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!

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N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA. 1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!

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N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA. 1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!

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N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA. 1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!

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N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA. 1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!

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N.B. Everything in italics is from TFA. 1. Despite all the buzz about X-Prize, the X-prize was only for sub-orbital flights. No private entrepreneur has come up with a privately funded spacecraft that can do a full orbit around the earth.
2. The NASA contract awarding process is flawed as is. There's rampant corruption and favouritism. These factors directly contributed to the Challenge disaster, as the Faynmen report outlined. The Super X-Prize is not going to solve that.
3. Winners will be determined by actual achievements, not proposals, So they need money to build it in the first place. But prize competitors will have to produce some results first before NASA will fork out any cash. So unless you have a co-founder of M$ backing you to the hilt, you ain't gonna reach orbital velocity buddy!

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From TFA: "As much as I don't like what's been said about our company and our industry, I recognize that at the heart of the matter is a core truth," Reuff admits in the memo. "The work is getting harder, the tasks are more complex and the hours needed to accomplish them have become a burden. We haven't yet cracked the code on how to fully minimize the crunches in the development and production process. Net, there are things we just need to fix."

Umm in that case, hire more people

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