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anything that gets us closer to capturing... Explanation: The difficulty is in your parsing of the sentence, albeit written poorly. More succintly put, it reads: Wij zeggen: alles wat ons dichterbij HET HEBBEN VAN onze eigen alien op de hand is de moiete waard. het hebben van iets op de hand = getting ahold of or getting a hand on something (i.e. capturing) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2011-09-30 16:29:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Alternative interpretation: anything that gets us closer to getting our hands on our own alien will be 2 billion dollars well spent. |
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Reference: The original text Reference information: Science, Alt SKA radio telescope to pump out more data than the internet in 2020, spot ALF before he lands By Christopher Trout posted Jul 12th 2011 7:22PM SKA radio telescope to pump out more data than the internet in 2020, spot ALF before he lands Unfortunately for Desmond Dekker fans, this SKA telescope has nothing to do with the Jamaican music sensation. No, the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescope has much more otherworldly concerns, and according to the director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Peter Quinn, it should have the internet beat in terms of data when it goes online in 2020. The telescope, which will end up in either Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa, is aimed at searching for Earth-like planets, extraterrestrial life, dark matter, and black holes, and will require a central supercomputer with "the processing power of one billion PCs." What's more, it is expected to be 10,000 times more powerful than any telescope in existence and "generate the same amount of data in a day as the entire planet does in a year." We say anything that gets us closer to having our very own hairy, Hawaiian-shirt sporting alien on hand is well worth the $2.1 billion it will cost to create. http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/12/ska-radio-telescope-to-pu... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 59 mins (2011-09-30 17:17:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- just for ref, here's the Dutch: Helaas voor Desmond Dekker fans, dit SKA telescoop heeft niets te maken met de Jamaicaanse muziek sensatie. Nee, de Square Kilometer Array (SKA) radio telescoop heeft veel meer buitenaardse zorgen, en volgens de directeur van het Internationaal Centrum voor Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Peter Quinn, moet het internet sloeg in termen van gegevens wanneer het gaat online in 2020. De telescoop, die zal eindigen in een van beide Australië, Nieuw Zeeland, of Zuid-Afrika, is gericht op zoek naar aarde-achtige planeten, buitenaards leven, donkere materie en zwarte gaten, en zal een centrale supercomputer met “de verwerkingscapaciteit van vereisen een miljard pc’s. ” Wat meer is, is het naar verwachting 10.000 keer krachtiger dan welke telescoop in het bestaan en “het genereren van dezelfde hoeveelheid data in een dag als de hele planeet doet “We zeggen alles wat ons dichter bij het hebben van onze eigen harige, Hawaii-shirt sportieve alien op de hand is de moeite waard om de 2,1 miljard dollar zal kosten om te maken. http://www.gadgetnu.nl/gadget/ska-radiotelescoop-te-pompen-m... |
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