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5 unusual facts about HeliOS


Astronomy and religion

His beliefs that the heavenly bodies were the result of an evolutionary process and that the sun was a great burning stone (rather than the deity Helios), resulted in his arrest.

Coronal radiative losses

Before the first rocket missions, the corona could be observed only in white light during the eclipses, while in the last fifty years the solar corona has been photographed in the EUV and X-rays by many satellites (Pioneer 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Helios, Skylab, SMM, NIXT, Yohkoh, SOHO, TRACE, Hinode).

HeliOS

Others include the keyboard, mouse, RS232 and Centronics servers (built into the host I/O server), the null server (like Unix's /dev/null), and the logger server (like Unix's syslog).

It was most commonly used on various Transputer systems, but also supported other architectures.

In 1986, King left MetaComCo to found Perihelion Software, and began development of a parallel operating system, initially targeted at the INMOS Transputer series of processors.


Dažbog

Boris Rybakov compared Hors and Dažbog to Helios and Apollo, respectively, concluding that both of them were solar gods, but while Hors represented the Sun itself, Dažbog, as deus dator, rather symbolised the life-giving power of the Sun.

Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

In 1965 she became associated with Walter Ernest Butler, and with Gareth Knight and the Helios Course in Practical Qabalah which, in 1971, became the foundation of Servants of the Light School.

Paean

Such songs were originally addressed to Apollo, and afterwards to other gods, Dionysus, Helios, Asclepius.

Phaeton body

The term phaeton had earlier referred to a light, open four-wheeled carriage, which again referred to the disastrous ride of the mythical Phaëton, son of Helios, who set the earth on fire while attempting to drive the chariot of the sun.

Project Strato-Lab

These balloons were developed during the earlier Projects Helios and Skyhook by Jean Piccard and Otto C. Winzen.

Sebastián Ribas

Sebastián César Helios Ribas Barbato (born 11 March 1988 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Barcelona Sporting Club on loan from Serie A club Genoa.

Södertelje Verkstäder

In 1901 the builder of electric cars Harald Håkansson managed to agree a contract so that Södertelje Verkstäder got access to experience, blueprints and engines from Kühlstein, NAG and Protos that they sold under the name "Helios".

Terayon

After Helios was sold to Cadence Design Systems, Zaki moved to the US, and urged his brother to join him and set up the company.

Winzen Research

Winzen Research Inc created balloons in the 1950s and 1960s that were used by the United States Navy in its Projects Helios, Skyhook, and Strato-Lab.

Your Choice Records

Helios Creed (1993) - Line up: HELIOS CREED-GUIT.


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