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...ess of buying, selling, developing and monetizing Internet domain names. On the Internet, the Domain Name System (DNS) associates various sorts of information with so-called domain names; most importantly, it serves as the “phone book” for the Internet: it translates human-readable computer hostnames. Domaining is the business of buying, selling, developing and monetizi...

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... THE AIR FORCE . . . . xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . xv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . xvii 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 A Vision for Air Force Science and Technology 2010–30 . . . . 1 Lessons Learned from Prior Air Force Science and Technology Visions . . . . 5 Organization and Conduct of Technology Horizons . . . . . 8 Organization of Results from Technology Horizons . . . ...

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...During my research period in the Summer of 2012 at the Research Institute of Extenics and Innovation Methods, from Guangdong University of Technology, in Guangzhou, China, I have introduced the Linear and Non-Linear Attraction Point Principle and the Network of Attraction Curves, have generalized the 1D Extension Distance and the 1D Dependent Function to 2D, 3D,...

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...Romanian], by Florentin Smarandache, Tudor Păroiu: 79 7. Extension Communication for Solving the Ontological Contradiction between Communication and Information, by Florentin Smarandache, Ştefan Vlăduţescu: 99-112...

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...ul for the aviators climbing into their jets during future deployments deserves pursuit and further investigation. Unfortunately, a great deal of the information available for the operational aircrews is either underemphasized at best or totally ignored by the personnel that the data is intended to support, the aviators. Typically, fatigue and circadian rhythm disruption a...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 15 The C3I Triad: Programs . . . . . . . . . . .281 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 16 WWMCCS Information System . . . . . . .301 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 17 Defense Centralization . . . . . . . . . . . .315 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 18 Defense Communication...

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