In the UK, minimum third party cover has been the law for years and it certainly hasn't reduced premuims.
Not so long ago, I was quoted 2,400GBP for third party cover on a 100bhp, 1100kg, ten-year-old car and I'm not even in the 'high-risk' insurance categories!
I can see a new essential device market opening up!
Lead lined wallets for your DVD purchases along with designer lead-lined satchels for larger items (comes complete with a free weight-lifting course at a local gymnasium)
And for all your non-rf/em sensitive purchases; the one and only Portable BIG-ASS ElectroMagnet (just don't wear a watch)
It suprises me that products like these haven't yet reached the market.....
Or how about something far-more sinister: An RFID scanner which can take any existing chip and clone it. - Now all potential terrorists can walk around emmiting the RFIDs of a peaceful citizen. - I'd like to see someone prove wrongful arrest for this in the States!
This is possibly the best 'coaster in the entire world.
I mean, 'coasters are all about causing exhilleration though fear induced adrenalin rushes.
The think that always spoils rollercoaster rides for me is the safety. Theres little or no chance of even getting injured on mordern 'coasters so the whole thing seems less scary; whereas this guys creation is a whole different story.
If you take a look at this image you realise that if you really were riding this; you'd have just worked out that there was an even chance of you not living to regret climbing aboard!
File sharing technologies which facilitate the direct infringement of copyright have the potential to destroy important areas of creative, cultural activity: shrinking rosters of creative talent in the music industry bear compelling witness to this fact.
Notice that last line there: shrinking rosters of creative talent in the music industry bear compelling witness to this fact. - This is the only 'fact' it seems in the document which isn't backed up by various statistics. Its worrying how government documents can make hard statements like this with no presented evidence (I'll be contacting them on Monday to ask for some).
Notable the evidence involving statistics is geared up to attack the file-sharing networks ie: Kazaa currently running at 2.5m downloads/week.
I believe that the BSG is a Government advisory group started by Patricia Hewitt, I'm worndering, being as they 'advise', what gives this group so much expertise in the matter?
The report is Authored by Nick Garnett of the Simkins Partnership (Media&Entertainment Lawyers) - He reveales few if any sources of information in the document so we have to assume that he is the oracle of all things P2P and Internet.
I dislike the way our govenment tries to 'Blind with statistics' especially when only the statistics of convenience are shown. Clearly the government is attempting to scare the UK broadband stakeholders into co-operation.
They have scheduled September 2003 for initial talks; I'm yet to discover if any discussions will be public. I would suggest that if there are public talks, members of the general UK IT community should be in attendance before we get our legs cut out from under us by DRM side-effects.
In the area where I live, your mobile is kept in your pocket next to your MAC10, Uzi or.44Cal pistol.
Games are frequent with many blood-spattering frags; CTT (Capture the Turf) games are increasingly popular. If what was handed-in at a local police station during a recent gun-amnesty is anything to go by, there'll soon be some Rocket Arena matches going on!
Unfortunately the abusive language is just as bad as virtual doom and the local Hospital A&E departments are having a little trouble perfecting the respawn
I just listen to oldskool tunes on 12" vinyl or dubplate.
I just dread the day when the RIAA pops out of its mouth (after its long excursion up its ass) and introduces ARM (Analogue Rights Management) That will probably be the day I go Postal.
The original shuttle concept was a 2 stage to orbit system, the first stage being an aerodynamic lifting body carrying the shuttle atop to high altitude. Then the shuttle would launch using a large contained cryo system. It woukd still be more efficient than a ballistic launch.
AFAIK This still qualifies as a Ho.T.O.L system.
I entirely agree that re-usable systems (currently) are not neccesarily the bast way to go.
The fact that I am getting at is that the Energia assembly plant still exists, is tooled and functional; therefore the Energia system is in 'production' (funded in conjunction from OKD) - The line just needs something to build.
I would suggest that the Saturn Booster system is about as viable as the N1 system as the assembly plant is now defunct and the tooling gone.
Another point is that the ISS has its own 'crawling' arm for recieved installations now.
As the other reply says, the stuff would not glow. Its at takeoff that they're worried about, the shuttle is travelling at subsonic speed when it clears the gantry, nothing is going to be glowing appart from the rockets.
As for having anything on radar, the gantry must make a pretty big return on its own and I doubt you could differentiate.
Basically, they want to spot anything coming away with the range telescopes, shuttle cameras and gantry cameras; for this they need daylight.
If your talking of Energia, the system was of course designed to launch the Buran shuttle into LEO, so think of it now as the US shuttle's LOX tank & SRBs only on a bigger scale without the weight of the orbiter.
Fairings for payloads (along with stock Russian orbital positioning/docking systems) are designed on a per-job basis but are comaparatively very simple when compared to an orbiter. After all, the fairings don't have to make a re-entry.
The Russian Energia Booster (in current production) can lift 100 ton modules into LEO - this against the shuttles 30 ton payload.
Russia has already launched the major modules Zarya and Zvesda using the Proton launch system.
ESA is also in the future slated to launch a private module using the Arianne 5 launcher
It is feasable (but undesirable) that the ISS could be completed without further use of the Shuttle (Although this would require a gigant re-think) Perhaps US modules could be sent to Baikonur with HeavyLift
All I ask is that if the America Government wants to put brave astronauts into space merely as a political device, they give maximum support to NASA, funding and otherwise.
They must give future astronauts the best chance possible; money should be no object. After all, space-flight is not safe and Astronauts should not be treated as expendable.
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Embassy packets make better roaches cos the cardboard doesn't go soggy as fast.
They wouldn't gag people, they know full-well if they gagged people they would just reverse-engineer the gags and remove them
What is actually going to happen is that in order to buy a ticket you will be forced to sign an NDA.
(To that tune by 'Heart') Everybody sing!: "All I wanna do - is sue the pants of you-oo....."
I just shat myself laughing.....
In the UK, minimum third party cover has been the law for years and it certainly hasn't reduced premuims.
Not so long ago, I was quoted 2,400GBP for third party cover on a 100bhp, 1100kg, ten-year-old car and I'm not even in the 'high-risk' insurance categories!
I'm going to live in France, they respect the motorist there..... they even give the death-penalty to trees that get in the way of cars!
Sounds like an attempt to define something which could quite possibly be infinite as being finite
Thats not to say it isn't worthwhile research; the Universe may very well be of finite existance, It just means that it is bloody difficult research.
I can see a new essential device market opening up!
Lead lined wallets for your DVD purchases along with designer lead-lined satchels for larger items (comes complete with a free weight-lifting course at a local gymnasium)
And for all your non-rf/em sensitive purchases; the one and only Portable BIG-ASS ElectroMagnet (just don't wear a watch)
It suprises me that products like these haven't yet reached the market.....
Or how about something far-more sinister: An RFID scanner which can take any existing chip and clone it. - Now all potential terrorists can walk around emmiting the RFIDs of a peaceful citizen. - I'd like to see someone prove wrongful arrest for this in the States!
They only sold 5000 of the 12000 production run at 399GBP back in the day.
I think Clive has cleverly held-on to as many C5s as he could and is now flogging them one by one on eBay for a massive markup.
No.
This is possibly the best 'coaster in the entire world.
;)
I mean, 'coasters are all about causing exhilleration though fear induced adrenalin rushes.
The think that always spoils rollercoaster rides for me is the safety. Theres little or no chance of even getting injured on mordern 'coasters so the whole thing seems less scary; whereas this guys creation is a whole different story.
If you take a look at this image you realise that if you really were riding this; you'd have just worked out that there was an even chance of you not living to regret climbing aboard!
What a rush!!
Take the Amiga back into the house.
File sharing technologies which facilitate the direct infringement of copyright have the potential to destroy important areas of creative, cultural activity: shrinking rosters of creative talent in the music industry bear compelling witness to this fact.
Notice that last line there: shrinking rosters of creative talent in the music industry bear compelling witness to this fact. - This is the only 'fact' it seems in the document which isn't backed up by various statistics. Its worrying how government documents can make hard statements like this with no presented evidence (I'll be contacting them on Monday to ask for some).
Notable the evidence involving statistics is geared up to attack the file-sharing networks ie: Kazaa currently running at 2.5m downloads/week.
I believe that the BSG is a Government advisory group started by Patricia Hewitt, I'm worndering, being as they 'advise', what gives this group so much expertise in the matter?
The report is Authored by Nick Garnett of the Simkins Partnership (Media&Entertainment Lawyers) - He reveales few if any sources of information in the document so we have to assume that he is the oracle of all things P2P and Internet.
I dislike the way our govenment tries to 'Blind with statistics' especially when only the statistics of convenience are shown. Clearly the government is attempting to scare the UK broadband stakeholders into co-operation.
They have scheduled September 2003 for initial talks; I'm yet to discover if any discussions will be public. I would suggest that if there are public talks, members of the general UK IT community should be in attendance before we get our legs cut out from under us by DRM side-effects.
Forget Ecstasy; they'll all be taking:
Edible Information (tm)
For when you really do have to swallow an encyclopedia
This will, of course, lead to an increase in powers for the Information Police who will be entasked to curb such hedonism.
The Microsoft collective will become Self-Aware on the 1st of September 2003......
In the area where I live, your mobile is kept in your pocket next to your MAC10, Uzi or
Games are frequent with many blood-spattering frags; CTT (Capture the Turf) games are increasingly popular. If what was handed-in at a local police station during a recent gun-amnesty is anything to go by, there'll soon be some Rocket Arena matches going on!
Unfortunately the abusive language is just as bad as virtual doom and the local Hospital A&E departments are having a little trouble perfecting the respawn
I just listen to oldskool tunes on 12" vinyl or dubplate.
I just dread the day when the RIAA pops out of its mouth (after its long excursion up its ass) and introduces ARM (Analogue Rights Management) That will probably be the day I go Postal.
Why not liberate LEO? :)
The original shuttle concept was a 2 stage to orbit system, the first stage being an aerodynamic lifting body carrying the shuttle atop to high altitude. Then the shuttle would launch using a large contained cryo system. It woukd still be more efficient than a ballistic launch.
AFAIK This still qualifies as a Ho.T.O.L system.
I entirely agree that re-usable systems (currently) are not neccesarily the bast way to go.
The fact that I am getting at is that the Energia assembly plant still exists, is tooled and functional; therefore the Energia system is in 'production' (funded in conjunction from OKD) - The line just needs something to build.
I would suggest that the Saturn Booster system is about as viable as the N1 system as the assembly plant is now defunct and the tooling gone.
Another point is that the ISS has its own 'crawling' arm for recieved installations now.
As the other reply says, the stuff would not glow. Its at takeoff that they're worried about, the shuttle is travelling at subsonic speed when it clears the gantry, nothing is going to be glowing appart from the rockets.
As for having anything on radar, the gantry must make a pretty big return on its own and I doubt you could differentiate.
Basically, they want to spot anything coming away with the range telescopes, shuttle cameras and gantry cameras; for this they need daylight.
If your talking of Energia, the system was of course designed to launch the Buran shuttle into LEO, so think of it now as the US shuttle's LOX tank & SRBs only on a bigger scale without the weight of the orbiter.
Fairings for payloads (along with stock Russian orbital positioning/docking systems) are designed on a per-job basis but are comaparatively very simple when compared to an orbiter. After all, the fairings don't have to make a re-entry.
Yes, I was using the word Taxi very metaphorically. :)
The Russian Energia Booster (in current production) can lift 100 ton modules into LEO - this against the shuttles 30 ton payload.
Russia has already launched the major modules Zarya and Zvesda using the Proton launch system.
ESA is also in the future slated to launch a private module using the Arianne 5 launcher
It is feasable (but undesirable) that the ISS could be completed without further use of the Shuttle (Although this would require a gigant re-think) Perhaps US modules could be sent to Baikonur with HeavyLift
Perhaps the U.S. treasury needs the kick in the ass....
All I ask is that if the America Government wants to put brave astronauts into space merely as a political device, they give maximum support to NASA, funding and otherwise.
They must give future astronauts the best chance possible; money should be no object. After all, space-flight is not safe and Astronauts should not be treated as expendable.