Russia has successfully launched a rocket, carrying the last three satellites to complete a navigation system to rival America's GPS, from Baikonur cosmodrome on the steppes of neighbouring Kazakhstan, where Russia rents the facility. The military-run Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) works over most of Russia and is expected to cover the globe by the end of 2009, once all its 24 navigational satellites are operating. Work on GLONASS began in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s to give its armed forces exact bearings around the world. Officials said the mapping system would mainly be used alongside the U.S. global positioning system, which Washington can switch off for civilian subscribers, as it did during recent military operations in Iraq.
News source: Reuters
News source: Reuters
What in the world are you talking about? First invalidation of your point... ever hear of Intel or AMD?...
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What in the world are you talking about? First invalidation of your point... ever hear of Intel or AMD?...
Look at who comprises the employee's - I can assure you that it isn't Joe and Jane American - its Mr and Mrs Immigrant.
What in the world are you talking about? First invalidation of your point... ever hear of Intel or AMD?...
Look at who comprises the employee's - I can assure you that it isn't Joe and Jane American - its Mr and Mrs Immigrant.
ATI is/was canadian, not sure if they also employed Mr and Mrs Immigrant though
What in the world are you talking about? First invalidation of your point... ever hear of Intel or AMD?...
Look at who comprises the employee's - I can assure you that it isn't Joe and Jane American - its Mr and Mrs Immigrant.
ATI is/was canadian, not sure if they also employed Mr and Mrs Immigrant though
They all ultimately do; the average westerner would rather spend time learning "business" at university than taking difficult subjects like engineering, medicine etc. because he would sooner hang out with "chicks, beer and rugby!" than doing study. I see it in New Zealand, its pathetic.
Except the first mass-produced digital audio player was created in 1997 by SaeHan Information Systems, which domestically sold its “MPMan” player in the middle of 1998. The South Korean company then licensed the players to Eiger Labs which distributed them to the North American market during the summer of 1998. So, Apple didn't so much invent the iPod as much as they meerly re-invented the MP3 player.
Apple wasn't even the first to make a hard-drive based MP3 player. That was Compaq.
LOL.
Of course you are missing Ipod 1st and 2nd Generation, specially 1st generation with the "battery" problems.
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I would rather drink "aftershave" than the "****" you call alcohol in America.
I would rather drink "aftershave" than the "****" you call alcohol in America.
And most of the stuff we drink in America was imported from Europe or the Carribiean... so whats your point? Besids beer which is made here mostly
Doubt most US Government officials want people knowing we had a hand in this, just more big brother spy propaganda.
It simply means that you can use both GPS and GLONASS in Russia at the same time. There will be navigation devices that will support both systems for maximum coverage.
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Ah..haha...HAHAHAHAHA.
Funniest thing I heard all day.
Most Americans seem to think everythings made in Japan....
basically Americans think of the idea, outsource, profit...repeate
Japan still does a lot of cool stuff. Their robotics industry is now the best in the world. Then there's this...
Toshiba has developed a new class of micro size Nuclear Reactors that is designed to power individual apartment buildings or city blocks. The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over their energy needs.
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-e...ear-12.17b.html
Now look at that compared to the lies we hear from US politicians about energy problems. American oil companies and telecom monopolies are major reason for America's decline. Japan, China, Russia, and even parts of "Old Europe" are going to be using next-gen energy sources and have 100Mbit broadband, while Americans will still be debating whether or not global warming exists. It doesn't matter if it exists or not, it's time to get out of the dark ages. Fossil fuels are for barbarians.
Hmm...sounds like the beginning of star wars.
Global Locating of Nice Ass
The word for ass is zopa in Russian, god you people are immature.
god you people are immature.
lol. I thought it was a lil funny, can't we all just let loose sometimes?
Burning Steppes, Kharazan... Im really sorry for this.
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Doubt most US Government officials want people knowing we had a hand in this, just more big brother spy propaganda.
And you ask why people bash America.
Doubt most US Government officials want people knowing we had a hand in this, just more big brother spy propaganda.
And you ask why people bash America.
Really, thats it? You gotta do better than that.
Russia just accomplished something we accomplished decades ago and there is thread after thread saying how technologically retarded we are. We had this decades ago...hello.
Personally I'm ecstatic about this news and about all the other advances Russia is making again. The best thing for America is competition. We became as strong as we are because of WWII and the cold war, in part because of all the technological breakthroughs that were happening trying to beat our very worthy opponents. So as far as I'm concerned, Go Russia!
Chicago.
At least this way, if one system does go down, we can backup to the other one, and vice versa!
Anyone know how accurate this will be in comparison to GPS?
Clearly you haven't been watching South Park. The Ethiopians are dominating.
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