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The term "ansible" was coined by Ursula K. Le Guin in her 1966 novel Rocannon's World, [4] and refers to fictional instantaneous communication systems.[5] [6]The Ansible tool was developed by Michael DeHaan, the author of the provisioning server application Cobbler and co-author of the Fedora Unified Network Controller (Func) framework for remote administration.
Ursula K. Le Guin first used the word ansible in her 1966 novel Rocannon's World. [1] [4] Etymologically, the word was a contraction of answerable, as the device allowed its users to receive answers to their messages in a reasonable amount of time, even over interstellar distances.
Pip the Troll is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He made his live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), voiced by Patton Oswalt .
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was adapted into a science fiction comedy film directed by Garth Jennings and released on 28 April 2005 in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and on the following day in the United States and Canada. It was rolled out to cinemas worldwide during May, June, July, August and September.
The trading card game Magic: The Gathering has released a large number of sets since it was first published by Wizards of the Coast.After the 1993 release of Limited Edition, also known as Alpha and Beta, roughly 3-4 major sets have been released per year, in addition to various spin-off products.
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is a mobile collectible RPG game. The game received a soft launch in Australia during October 2015, and was formally released on November 24, 2015. [1] [2] [3] A Microsoft Windows port of the game was announced to be in development in the spring of 2024. [4]
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a recalled and discontinued Android-based phablet developed, produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics. Unveiled on 2 August 2016, [6] it was officially released on 19 August 2016 as a successor to the Galaxy Note 5. It is Samsung's first phone with a USB-C connector and to reintroduce the microSD slot.
A satellite galaxy is a smaller companion galaxy that travels on bound orbits within the gravitational potential of a more massive and luminous host galaxy (also known as the primary galaxy). [1] Satellite galaxies and their constituents are bound to their host galaxy, in the same way that planets within the Solar System are gravitationally ...