Not to be picky, but I don't believe gravitational slingshots work that way. They are basically elastic collisions (mediated by gravity) with a planet, and therefore only give you an increase in velocity if you "recoil" in the direction of motion of the planet. In a nutshell, you borrow a tiny bit of a planet's or moon's forward momentum to come out travelling at twice its speed relative to the Sun.
Yes, they can do that. It is essentially an elastic collision as you say, but it doesn't have to result in the gained momentum being in the same direction as the planet's motion. Extrapolating your analogy, if you had an elastic collision between the probe and a high-latitude region of the planet (rather than at the equator) then your resulting trajectory would have a 'vertical' (meaning perpendicular to the ecliptic) component. This can be done by having your encounter with the planet you are using to gain the gravitational assist happen at a high inclination. Take a look at Voyager 2. From a quick wiki search, it's currently travelling on a trajectory 30 below the ecliptic after it's encounter with Neptune and Triton.
The starting salary for the GC10 position is £25,446. The starting salary for the GC9 position is £31,152.
Ha!
$35-40k? With maths like that, sincerely doubt that 'you solved it':
£25,446 = $39,963
£31,152 = $48,924
(Using current exchange rates). Or are you one of those people who finds it easier to just lie and make up figures to prove a point and hope that no-one checks the facts themselves?
In fact, there is not any alternative at all if you receive visio files. You can even open them to look at them.
I'm assuming you meant "You can't even open them...", otherwise your post doesn't make sense. Anyway, there is a free viewer to open them and view them. Runs inside IE, which isn't ideal, but works fine. I used to use it all the time.
I also never understood why they sell the noisiest possible food (crisps and popcorn) at cinemas, people munching away on this stuff is noisy and detracts from the movie!
I also don't understand why they think you'll consume an entire litre of fizzy drink during a single movie. I've never seen anywhere else selling that much beverage at one time outside the Oktoberfest
An Ada exception is when a routine gets in trouble and says 'Beam me up, Scotty'.