... towards us. Their metal bodies shone in the sun as they moved forwards to the guns. One on the left, the furthest away, held a large case high in the air, and the terrible Heat-Ray shone towards ... light ofthe dawn. Destruction had never been so total in the history of war. And, shining in the morning light, three ofthe tripods stood on the common, their tops turning as they examined the ... to the gate ofthe next house. I helped my servant into the back ofthe cart, then jumped up into the driver's seat beside my wife. In another moment we were clear ofthe smoke and the...
... suggested the necessity for prompt action on the part ofthe State authorities. On the 10th of September, the Governor, acting under the direction ofthe President ofthe United States, issuedanother ... thousand ofthe freemen of Pennsylvania, under the terms of the proclamation ofthe previous day, to repel the rebel invasion.Immediately after the publication ofthe proclamation of Wednesday, ... appreciation of, and gratitude for, the services ofthe braveveterans oftheWarofthe Rebellion, to whose heroic deeds we are indebted for the preservation of ourliberties, and the blessings of a...
... the stamina of authors, the patience of readers and the economics of the publishing industry conspire to keep this account at the level of grandtheme or contour rather than of exacting detail. It is therefore ... conceptions ofwar as such, rather than on the substantive ortechnical aspects ofthe law of war. It tells the story, in narrative form, of the interplay through the centuriesbetween,ontheonehand,legalideasaboutwarand,ontheotherhand,statepracticeinwarfare.Neffcovers ... doctrine of the Middle Ages. He then traces the decline of this conception of war in favour of a view ofwar as an instrument of statecraft, culmina-ting in the evolution of what became known as the...
... 2 ■ A QUICK TOUROFTHE C++/CLI LANGUAGE FEATURESWhile we could have listed these in the order they appear in the Tom Lehrer song The Elements” (a classic sung to the tune of “Major-General’s ... method, either beta decay or alpha decay. These decay methods ofthe RadioactiveAtom class will update the atomic number and isotope number ofthe atom according to the new isotope that the atom ... class like the one in the upcoming listing, choosing to reflect the atomic number the number of protons, which determines what type of element it is; and the isotope number the number of protons...
... 136CHAPTER 21 ■ A BRIEF TOUROFTHE X DISPLAY ENVIRONMENTvia ssh. After that, when you log into any other system in the environment, you then sim-ply gather these settings from the configuration ... ■ A BRIEF TOUROFTHE X DISPLAY ENVIRONMENTYou start the xterm via the -ls and -T switches. The -ls switch qualifies the shell within the window as a login shell and thus gives the full root ... in that the DISPLAY variable is set to Machine B instead of Machine A, where the X server is running. This is because you are attaching to one end of the ssh tunnel. The other end ofthe tunnel...
... Imagine, then, that you are the manager of a claims adjusting office, sitting with your partner, another claims office manager, in front of a personal computer screen displaying the status ofthe ... become one ofthe significant business trends ofthe 1990s. Microworlds like that at Hanover offer a unique way to break out of the trance imposed by unquestioned industry standards. They do ... quences of our decisions are in the future and in distant parts ofthe organization. While the computer-based microworlds described below are new, the principle of learning through microworlds...
... to follow the same rules as the rest ofthe market. If there is a demand for their music or sculpture, then they will be rich. Secondly, politicians generally do not have good taste. They will ... to influence the government and direction ofthe country. A further reason why many countries help poorer ones is for economic reasons. The donors may want to control the supply of commodities ... dramatically. Offices may become smaller, as fewer desks are needed. There will be greater need for high-bandwidth connections to link the office and the home, and even homes to other homes, as other...
... resources needed by the group, they spit the water, pollen, or nectar they've col-lected into the faces ofthe other bees waiting at the entrance of the hive. What they spit to their fellows ... through the sense of smell. The odor of butyric acid, which is given off by the skin glands of all mam-mals, gives the tick the signal to leave its watch post and leap off. If it then falls ... Uexkull gives the lie to the idea of scientific objectivity divorced from the perspectival, perceptual subjectivity ofthe observers them-selves and the signs they use. The idea of an independently...
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... Joecarry the ball."It's a complex world, Harry. A lot of people never adjust to it. Some of them turn the tables and try to adjust the world to them, which makes alot of other people ... in the 1970s, Robinson, who is gay, was aspeechwriter for gay politician Harvey Milk; he also has a small role in the film Milk. As of 2008, he is the author of 16 books, the editor of twoothers, ... over the countrythere wouldn't be a soul left in the United States after a month had goneby."12 Joe and Wally Claus rigged up three ofthe machines and installedthem on some of the...