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Programming in Tongues

Programming in Tongues

20 episodes

The podcast of the Universal Translator Assistant Project - the who, what and why of programming alien languages - and words and phrases from Wookie, Klingon, Romulan and more!

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Kaltxi! New Words from a New World!

Published: Jan. 18, 2010, 10:04 p.m.
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Back to the Shipyards.....

Published: April 20, 2008, 6:40 p.m.
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Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With

Published: Feb. 22, 2008, 3:47 p.m.
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Action!

Published: Oct. 23, 2007, 2:25 p.m.
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Empire!

Published: Sept. 30, 2007, 2:14 a.m.
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Hacking Your Way Into Space!

Published: Sept. 28, 2007, 3 p.m.
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The Wheel Turns

Published: Sept. 17, 2007, 11:08 p.m.
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Attention all Wermos!

Published: March 9, 2007, 9:40 p.m.
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Back to the Cantina!

Published: Feb. 24, 2007, 8:58 p.m.
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Taking Leave!

Published: Nov. 26, 2006, 9:43 p.m.
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zha riest'n, Mr. Ford!

Published: Oct. 2, 2006, 1:26 a.m.
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Remember!

Published: Sept. 22, 2006, 7:36 p.m.
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A BIBLE for Boba?

Published: Aug. 5, 2006, 4:49 p.m.
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1632 and all that!

Published: July 30, 2006, 7:45 p.m.
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Star Wars on Trial!

Published: July 22, 2006, 9:30 p.m.
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The MiitKad Project

Published: July 9, 2006, 2:10 a.m.
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New Worlds and Old

Published: July 2, 2006, 9:57 p.m.
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Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon

James J. Harford

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An amazing book:

A mysterious figure, virtually unknown even in his own country, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev masterminded not only the historic launch of Sputnik and the first intercontinental ballistic missile, but Yuri Gagarin's epochal space flight, and, ultimately, the Soviet attempt to beat America to the moon. Who was Korolev? Where did he come from? Why is so little known about him?


This is a great entry into the world of the Soviet space program, a fascinating history and an amazing man - recommended!

While it is common to consider the "Space Race" in terms of "US won, USSR lost," The Soviet space program was filled with triumphs. I think my favorite is their exploration of Venus -

Read about it HERE: http://mentallandscape.com/V_Venus.htm

Venus Launches To Venus

http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Venus

NASA's free WorldWind program lets you expore Venus!
http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Venus
http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/NASA_World_Wind_Download



To learn more about the Russian/Soviet Space program - past and future, visit this excellent site: http://russianspaceweb.com/

If you'd like to build your own "table of languages," or "translator" take a look at this page for material in many many languages:

http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/
Welcome

Jennifer's Language Page!

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Music: Russian kamarinskaja


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Completely Unofficial

Published: June 24, 2006, 2:47 a.m.
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Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal

Aaron Allston

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When a mission to uncover an illegal
missile factory on the planet Adumar
ends in a violent ambush -- from which
Jedi Knight Jacen Solo and his protégé
and cousin, Ben Skywalker, narrowly
escape with their lives -- it’s the most
alarming evidence yet that sparks of
political unrest are threatening to
ignite into total rebellion. The
governments of numerous worlds are
chafing under the strict regulations of
the Galactic Alliance, and diplomatic
efforts to enforce compliance are
failing. Fearing the worst, the Alliance
readies a preemptive display of military
might in a bid to bring the rogue worlds
in line before an uprising erupts. The
designated target of this exercise:
planet Corellia -- renowned for the
brash independence and renegade spirit
that have made its favorite son, Han
Solo, a legend.


! Very good! I'm impressed (as I noted in Triple Zero) how the SW books manage to deal with contemporary themes, without being literally ABOUT Iraq and such.

Lots of interesting plot lines, and action (Allston is good at that). Like the Return of the Jedi, there are many quick cuts between scenes and locations. A very good SF story, that just happened to be a Star Wars book!

Following that in the series will be Karen Traviss's entrant - guaranteed to have more Mando'a!

See her pages at www.karentraviss.com for Mando'a!

NEXT UP:

LEGACY OF THE FORCE: BLOODLINES - US/ UK September


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Surfing the Waves!

Published: May 27, 2006, 5:38 p.m.
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New Horizons!

Published: May 21, 2006, 9:34 p.m.
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