莫爾斯電碼和asci_極客歷史的本週：莫爾斯電碼，火星漫遊者，JRR托爾金誕辰...
莫爾斯電碼和asci
Every week we bring you interesting facts from the history of Geekdom. This week in Geek History witnessed the first successful demonstration of the electric telegraph, the safe landing of the Spirit rover on the surface of Mars, and the birth of famed fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien.
每週我們都會帶給您Geekdom歷史上有趣的事實。 在《極客歷史》的這一週，見證了電報的首次成功演示，聖火漫遊者在火星表面的安全降落以及著名的幻想作家JRR托爾金的誕生。
電報的首次成功演示 (First Successful Demonstration of the Electric Telegraph)
In 1838, Samuel Morse gave the first successful demonstration of the electric telegraph. Although the original telegraph and the Morse Code tapped out upon it was extremely primitive by today’s communication standards it laid the backbone for modern communication. Because of Samuel Morse the idea of communication at a distance over networks of wires was inserted into the popular imagination and other inventors built upon his idea until what started as a series of long electric taps, over more than a century, slowly transformed into pulses of light over cables that spanned the globe.
1838年，塞繆爾·摩爾斯(Samuel Morse)首次成功演示了電報機。 儘管從今天的通訊標準來看，最初的電報和莫爾斯電碼是極其原始的，但它為現代通訊奠定了基礎。 由於塞繆爾·莫爾斯(Samuel Morse)，通過電線網路進行遠距離通訊的想法被插入了流行的想象中，其他發明家也基於他的想法，直到一個多世紀以來一系列長的電動抽頭開始逐漸轉變為脈衝點亮遍佈全球的電纜。
One interesting and lesser known aspect of the development of the telegraph is why Morse invented it. Classically educated at Yale he supported himself by painting the portraits of wealthy benefactors. While away on a painting assignment his wife fell ill and died during the time it took the letter from his home to reach the distant city he was in. It was because of the heartbreak over not even knowing his wife was dying that he sought to develop a fast means of communication over distances.
莫爾斯發明了電報的原因之一是它有趣而鮮為人知。 他在耶魯大學受過經典教育，他通過畫有錢人的肖像來養活自己。 在去做繪畫作業時，他的妻子在從家中帶信到達他所居住的遙遠城市的過程中病倒並去世。正是由於心碎，他才知道自己的妻子正在死去，甚至不知道他的妻子正在死。一種遠距離通訊的快速方式。
精神登陸火星
(Spirit Lands on Mars)
This week in 2004 the first rover in the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Mission touched down. Formally designated as Mars Exploration Rover A it was referred to more informally as Spirit. Spirit defied all expectations by surviving longer and traveling farther than NASA had ever intended. Spirit covered more than 10 times the distance across the Martian surface than NASA had believe possible thanks to favorable conditions that extended the active life of the probe nearly 22 times longer than they had originally calculated. Spirit roamed the surface of Mars for over 6 years before becoming stuck in soft soil. It continued to send data back even then, though it has been silent since March of 2010—NASA hopes to establish contact again during the Martian summer of 2011.
2004年的這個星期，美國國家航空航天局(NASA)火星探測車任務中的第一輛火星車著陸了。 正式名稱為“火星探索漫遊者A”，在非正式上更稱為“精神”。 Spirit超越了NASA的預期生存時間並走得更遠，超出了所有人的期望。 由於有利的條件，Spirit覆蓋火星表面的距離是NASA認為可能的10倍以上，這使探測器的有效壽命延長了將近22倍。 在被卡在軟土地上之前，Spirit在漫遊火星表面超過6年。 儘管自2010年3月以來一直保持沉默，但它一直在向後傳送資料。NASA希望在2011年火星夏季再次建立聯絡。
JRR Tolkien的誕生 (Birth of J.R.R. Tolkien)
Although not geeky in the technological sense the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy are deeply intertwined with geek culture. If ever there was an iconic figure in the realm of fantasy literature it is J.R.R Tolkien. Born in what is now South Africa (in an area that was under British rule) Tolkien went on to write some of the most famous fantasy novels the 20th century would offer, including The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and The Silmarillion. The world of Arda and the Middle Earth set within it, is one of the most recognized fantasy worlds around thanks to countless reprints of the original books, a series of animated movies, and a series of live action movies that raked in massive sales at the box office.
儘管從技術意義上講不是怪異的，但科幻小說和奇幻小說的種類與怪胎文化息息相關。 如果在幻想文學領域曾經有過一個標誌性人物，那就是JRR Tolkien。 托爾金出生於現在的南非(在英國統治下的一個地區)，他繼續寫了20世紀將提供的一些最著名的幻想小說，包括《霍位元人》，《指環王》三部曲和《 The Silmarillion》。 阿達(Arda)和中土世界位於其中，是世界上最廣為人知的幻想世界之一，這要歸功於原版書籍的無數再版，一系列動畫電影以及一系列實景電影，這些電影在該市場大受歡迎。票房。
莫爾斯電碼和asci