hopper, courtesy, discourtesy, Mister International. laser printer 雷射系統Twelve inspiring quotes about reading: 1. " A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

Joel來談日本

未來的作戰系統，越來越有星戰的味道。日本防衛省在2024年9月宣布，為應對小型無人機的威脅，將從明年起展開「艦載用雷射系統」的研究試作，並公開了相關的概念圖。

近年來無人機技術飛速發展，不僅能用於偵察，還能進行自殺式攻擊。此外，未來可能出現大量無人機協同攻擊的「蜂群攻擊」，這被視為重大威脅。由於無人機製造成本低廉，若以傳統的飛彈攔截，成本效益會很低。

針對這種新威脅，防衛省提出開發「艦載用雷射系統」作為解決方案。此系統初期開發具有「軟殺」功能的雷射系統，通過光學干擾等方式削弱敵方無人機，而非進行物理破壞。雷射能連續發射，能有效應對大批無人機的來襲，僅需電力支援，不需額外補給彈藥。

防衛省指出，這套高功率雷射系統比傳統導彈成本低得多，並且有潛力成為應對大量小型無人機攻擊的「改變遊戲規則」的武器。此系統的設計將考慮到艦艇空間的限制，重點是模組化和小型化，未來不僅會裝載於新建艦艇，還計劃適用於現有艦艇。預計2025至2029年度進行研究試作，2027至2030年度進行試驗，並驗證其成果。

資料來源：日本防衛省

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The nearest he approached discourtesy was a faint hint of irony, but on the whole he preferred to be alone, working, reading and accumulating ever more details about the lives of the native Americans whom he so admired.

Twelve inspiring quotes about reading:

1. " A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."

George R.R. Martin

2. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

Dr. Seuss

3. “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

Joseph Addison

4. “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book."

Dr. Seuss

5. “ Books are a uniquely portable magic."

Stephen King

6. “There is no friend as loyal as a book."

Ernest Hemingway

7. “ The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries."

René Descartes

8. “To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting."

Edmund Burke

9. “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are."

Mason Cooley

10. “A room without books is like a body without a soul."

Cicero

11. “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."

Groucho Marx

12. “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

hopper
n.

1. One that hops.
2. 1. A usually funnel-shaped container in which materials, such as grain or coal, are stored in readiness for dispensation.
   2. A freight car with a door in the floor through which materials are unloaded.
   3. A box in which a bill is placed pending formal introduction before a legislature.
   4. Informal. A place in which something is held in readiness: a studio with many potential blockbusters in the hopper.

[Sense 2, from the shaking or hopping motion of grain hoppers as grain passed through them to the mill.]

A tray, or chute, that accepts input to a mechanical device, such as a disk duplicator or printer. In the days of punch cards, millions of cards were numerically or alphabetically organized by placing them into the hopper of a card sorter, taking them out of all the stackers and putting them back into the hopper for the next card column.

In the 1940s and 1950s, millions of punch cards were placed into hoppers on IBM sorters such as this one. The hoppers were also fitted with two-foot extensions that held more cards. (Image courtesy of The Computer History Museum, www.computerhistory.org)

This Dataproducts laser printer holds 250 sheets of paper in the top hopper and 2,000 in the bottom. (Image courtesy of Hitachi Koki Imaging Solutions, Inc.)


Mister International
30か国から集まった男たちが男性美を競う国際コンテスト「ミスター・インターナショナル （Mister International）」の2009年大会が19日、台湾の台中（Taichung）で行われ、ボリビア代表のブルーノ・ケトルス（Bruno Kettels）さんが優勝した。主催者によると、美しさの判定方法は女性のミス・コンテストと同じ。

　大会は2006年、エイズの子どもたちを支援する目的でシンガポールで始まったもので、今年で4回目。ケトルスさんには賞金5000ドル（約45万円）のほか、約4万5000ドル（約405万円）相当のCM契約などが贈られる。

　写真は、スーツ姿で審査に臨む各国代表たち（2009年12月19日撮影）。(c)AFP/Sam YEH

mister
n.

1. Used as a courtesy title before the surname, full name, or professional title of a man, usually written in its abbreviated form: Mr. Jones; Mr. Secretary.
2. Used as the official term of address for certain U.S. military personnel, such as warrant officers.
3. mister Informal. Used as a form of address for a man: Watch your step, mister.
4. Informal. Used as a term of reference by a woman of her husband.

[Alteration of MASTER.]

discourtesy

音節

dis • cour • te • sy

発音

diskə'ːrtəsi

discourtesyの変化形

discourtesies (複数形)

[名]((形式))

1 [U]無礼, 失礼, 無作法, 粗野.

2 無礼な行為, 失礼な言動.

courtesy[cour・te・sy]

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• 発音記号[kə'ːrtəsi, 4でまたkə'ːrtsi]
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[名]（複-sies）

1 [U][C]（挙止が）礼儀正しいこと, 丁寧, いんぎん, 丁重；親切；いんぎんな行い；((-sies))丁寧な言葉［あいさつ］

as a matter of common courtesy
当然の礼儀として

do ［show］ a person (a) courtesy
人に親切を尽くす

to return the courtesy
返礼として

Do me the courtesy of calling before you drop in.
家に来る前に電話だけでもしてください

Courtesy costs nothing.
((ことわざ)) 礼儀に金はかからぬ.

2 一般の同意；慣例.

3 [U]好意, 寛大さ；[U][C]優遇

by courtesy of the author
((米))著者の好意により

Courtesy Time Magazine
タイム誌の好意により（▼さし絵・記事などの転載許可を示す文句；((英))ではby favour of ...）.

4 ((古))＝curtsy.

(by) courtesy of ...

…の好意［許可］で；…のおかげで.

━━[形]儀礼上の；優待の, 優遇の, サービスの；名目上の

a courtesy visit ［call］
表敬訪問

a courtesy car ［bus］
（ホテルなどの）送迎用自動車［バス］

courtesy rates
サービス料金

a courtesy telephone
（ホテルなどの）無料電話.