# Предварительный анализ и перевод специального текста. Княжева Е.А - 22 стр.

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Earth Simulator.
In 1997 a team of Japanese engineers dared to imagine a computer so powerful
that it could keep track of everything in the world at once steaming rain forests in
Bolivia? Factories in Mexico belching smoke, the jet stream, the Gulf stream, the
works. Whats more, they dared to build it. On March 11, 2002, when they turned it
on, the engineers did something no mere mortal had ever done before: they created
the Earth.
Or at least the next best thing. The Earth Simulator, the most powerful
supercomputer ever built, was designed for a single purpose: to create a virtual twin
of our home planet. Before the Earth simulator arrived, the fastest computer in the
world was an American military machine that can perform 7.2 trillion calculations
per second. The Earth Simulator runs at more than 35 trillion calculations per second,
almost five times faster. In fact, its as powerful as the next 12 fastest supercomputers
in the world put together. Located at a vast, newly built facility in Yokohama, the
Earth Simulator is the size of four tennis courts. The price tag? Around $350 million. It was worth every penny. By plugging real-life climate data from satellites and ocean buoys into the Earth Simulator, researchers can create a computer model of the entire planet, then scroll it forward in time to see what will happen to our environment. Scientists have already completed a forecast of global ocean temperatures for the next 50 years, and a full set of climate predictions will be ready by years end. Soon, instead of speculating about the possible environmental impact of, say, the Kyoto accord, policymakers will be able to plug its parameters into the virtual Earth, then skip ahead 1,000 years to get a handle on what effect those policies might have. That kind of concrete data could revolutionize environmental science. By digitally cloning the Earth, we might just be able to save it. Text B Rated XHTML Being a web developer is a tough job. Not only do you have to steer clear of the traps and pitfalls the popular browsers think up for you on a daily basis, you also have to keep at least half an eye on all kinds of developments that may (or may not) have an impact on your job. Having hardly mastered style sheets and DHTML, new techniques clamor for attention. Which ones are important right away? Which ones can you dismiss for now? This article gives my view on the language the W3C has developed to succeed HTML: XHTML. Agree or disagree with me, at least youll have something to think about and to help you decide. First Ill explain what HTML is, then Ill give the four rules of writing correct XHTML and finally Ill add some words about why you should use XHTML. What is XHTML, Anyway?  22 Text A Earth Simulator. In 1997 a team of Japanese engineers dared to imagine a computer so powerful that it could keep track of everything in the world at once – steaming rain forests in Bolivia? Factories in Mexico belching smoke, the jet stream, the Gulf stream, the works. What’s more, they dared to build it. On March 11, 2002, when they turned it on, the engineers did something no mere mortal had ever done before: they created the Earth. Or at least the next best thing. The Earth Simulator, the most powerful supercomputer ever built, was designed for a single purpose: to create a virtual twin of our home planet. Before the Earth simulator arrived, the fastest computer in the world was an American military machine that can perform 7.2 trillion calculations per second. The Earth Simulator runs at more than 35 trillion calculations per second, almost five times faster. In fact, it’s as powerful as the next 12 fastest supercomputers in the world put together. Located at a vast, newly built facility in Yokohama, the Earth Simulator is the size of four tennis courts. The price tag? Around$350 million.

It was worth every penny. By plugging real-life climate data from satellites and
ocean buoys into the Earth Simulator, researchers can create a computer model of the
entire planet, then scroll it forward in time to see what will happen to our
environment. Scientists have already completed a forecast of global ocean
temperatures for the next 50 years, and a full set of climate predictions will be ready
by year’s end. Soon, instead of speculating about the possible environmental impact
of, say, the Kyoto accord, policymakers will be able to plug its parameters into the
virtual Earth, then skip ahead 1,000 years to get a handle on what effect those policies
might have. That kind of concrete data could revolutionize environmental science. By
digitally cloning the Earth, we might just be able to save it.

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Rated XHTML
Being a web developer is a tough job. Not only do you have to steer clear of
the traps and pitfalls the popular browsers think up for you on a daily basis, you also
have to keep at least half an eye on all kinds of developments that may (or may not)
have an impact on your job. Having hardly mastered style sheets and DHTML, new
techniques clamor for attention. Which ones are important right away? Which ones
can you dismiss for now?
This article gives my view on the language the W3C has developed to succeed
HTML: XHTML. Agree or disagree with me, at least you’ll have something to think