MOSCOW, June 15 (Itar-Tass) -- A fivefold over-voltage resultant from the unfolding of extra U.S. solar batteries caused a computer failure at the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), a source at the Energia Aerospace Corporation told Itar-Tass on Friday.
"The power units of six computers of the Russian segment had a breakdown because of the over-voltage. The American partners unfolded new solar batteries on June 11," the source said.
The German-made computers withstood the 2.5-time over-voltage last September, when the first segments of solar batteries were unfolded. The June 11 over-voltage hit the computers hard, he said.
While experts are trying to reanimate the computers, new power units will be delivered to the ISS onboard a Progress freighter, Energia General Director Nikolai Sevastyanov told a Friday press conference. He said the new power units would be better protected.
The Progress will be launched two weeks earlier than planned because of the ISS situation. Initially, the launch was scheduled for August 6. The U.S. segment of the ISS will provide for the station's orientation in the meantime, and engines of the docked Progress will be used if necessary.
The ISS crew evacuation is not on the agenda, although a relevant plan has been drafted. Some of the computers of the Russian segment are still operational.
Yahoo appears to report more hits that it has. For example, try out "dorani". I do not know what it means, but it's a good choice as it shows ~20000 hits. Clicking on the next result page, we can see the full results.
I have seen this pattern consistently for terms bringing between 15,000 to 100,000 results in Yahoo. When Yahoo is asked to show the results, they diminish.
Googlebomb "HTTP" as well, now shows Microsoft :(
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If you search for "HTTP", you get as first choice the Microsoft Website, which is a bit of an irony. The proper result should be http://www.w3.org/
Why this matters?
Because when you just type "http" in the address bar of Firefox and press enter, it takes you directly to Microsoft!
In addition, if a URL is malformed, such as "http://http://www.slashdot.org/", it tries to resolv "http" and takes you to Microsoft. Try with Slashdot.org.
MOD UP this response. You CAN reply to original poster through Google Groups (BETA).
I would personally not care to receive an e-mail after two years from someone who wants to ask me something about a post that would be obsolete by then. And in return I get reminded everyday by spam that in two years time someone will passingly thank me for THAT e-mail.
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MOSCOW, June 15 (Itar-Tass) -- A fivefold over-voltage resultant from the unfolding of extra U.S. solar batteries caused a computer failure at the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), a source at the Energia Aerospace Corporation told Itar-Tass on Friday.
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"The power units of six computers of the Russian segment had a breakdown because of the over-voltage. The American partners unfolded new solar batteries on June 11," the source said.
The German-made computers withstood the 2.5-time over-voltage last September, when the first segments of solar batteries were unfolded. The June 11 over-voltage hit the computers hard, he said.
While experts are trying to reanimate the computers, new power units will be delivered to the ISS onboard a Progress freighter, Energia General Director Nikolai Sevastyanov told a Friday press conference. He said the new power units would be better protected.
The Progress will be launched two weeks earlier than planned because of the ISS situation. Initially, the launch was scheduled for August 6. The U.S. segment of the ISS will provide for the station's orientation in the meantime, and engines of the docked Progress will be used if necessary.
The ISS crew evacuation is not on the agenda, although a relevant plan has been drafted. Some of the computers of the Russian segment are still operational.
Source: http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1
Microsoft has more traffic than Slashdot?
Yahoo appears to report more hits that it has.
For example, try out "dorani". I do not know what it means, but it's a good choice as it shows ~20000 hits. Clicking on the next result page, we can see the full results.
Yahoo(dorani), 1st page: 17,000
Yahoo(dorani), 6th page: 16,800
Yahoo(dorani), 90th page: 4,220
Google(dorani), 4,330
I have seen this pattern consistently for terms bringing between 15,000 to 100,000 results in Yahoo.
When Yahoo is asked to show the results, they diminish.
An advice to our Japanese friends:
RUN LIKE HELL if the ping times get exceptionally better!!!
MOD UP PARENT AS "FUNNY"!! :)
If you search for "HTTP", you get as first choice the Microsoft Website, which is a bit of an irony. The proper result should be http://www.w3.org/
Why this matters?
Because when you just type "http" in the address bar of Firefox and press enter, it takes you directly to Microsoft!
In addition, if a URL is malformed, such as "http://http://www.slashdot.org/", it tries to resolv "http" and takes you to Microsoft. Try with Slashdot.org.
I clicked on the OSDL link as soon as the item appeared on Slashdot (1 comment submitted) and the page gives out Zope error messages!
Wow!
MOD UP this response. You CAN reply to original poster through Google Groups (BETA).
I would personally not care to receive an e-mail after two years from someone who wants to ask me something about a post that would be obsolete by then. And in return I get reminded everyday by spam that in two years time someone will passingly thank me for THAT e-mail.