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...minutes to cover the 119 million miles between Earth and Mars, it's impossible for controllers to stop Sojourner from running into an obstacle or over a cliff. The car thus moves excruciatingly slowly--just 2 ft. per minute--reducing the likelihood that it will stumble into trouble. Built-in gyroscopes serve as a sort of on-board vestibular system, helping the rover feel for bumps and potholes; a tracery of five laser beams helps it feel for obstructions. In addition, when Sojourner ventures out it will transmit a regular, pulselike signal back to the lander, which will serve...
...very personable guy," Santizi says. "He had a good built-in sense of public relations...
...barbecue books, accessories and top-of-the-line grills that really make you earn that "World's Greatest Chef" apron. Viking, for example, offers high-end gas grills up to 65 in. wide (in case you're entertaining the U.S. Army), fully equipped with side burners, wok ring and built-in smoker system, for a cool $4,500. Another nifty piece of equipment (for less than $400) is a smoker called the Big Green Egg. This ceramic oval, based on the traditional Japanese cooker called a kamado, uses no water yet keeps food moist and can smoke a turkey...
...Dutch claim their system has built-in safeguards. For one, most people still rely on a family doctor,which reduces the risk of routinized euthanasia by an impersonal system. For another, Holland's welfare state is alive and well. Nursing care for the chronically ill is good, and everyone's medical expenses are covered, so finances are not a factor...
Whether biting or benign, what these supposedly trenchant comebacks have in common is the roar of a phantom crowd; they always speak of other people having spoken them. It's as if they come with a built-in laugh track. And keeping us on track, they provoke in us click responses, the sort of electronic-entertainment reaction we twitch and jerk to more often lately. We hear Not even close, He's history or What's wrong with this picture?, and we immediately sense the power structure of the moment. In fact, we may subconsciously applaud such speakers because they...