Well, I haven't been able to find much directly related to launch insurance but I know some of the concepts, for example: The shuttle has fully insured payloads (if it blows up there is a 100% payout for the satellite). But a booster such as the Arriranne 5 has only recently become insured (The first Mk5 booster was destroyed on launch and the payload literally went up in smoke).
The Boeing system is more than likely uninsured at the moment due to the fact that it is new - it usually takes 3 successful payload launches before you can get Lloyds or any other underwriter interested. Companies will still pay to send their payloads up on initial launches because the launch price is greatly reduced
As for parachutes on payloads; you would need a Saturn/Soyuz/Gemini style emergency egress system to get the payload far enough away from the LOX booster for your parachute to be any use to you: this sort of system doubles (or more) the cost of a rocket therefore is prohibitive. Also, the rocket was quite a way downrange and as such at a very high altitude; any returning payload would need a re-entry system. I think the Boeing/Sealaunch is designed to be a cheap (relatively) and chearful delivery system and nothing more.
As for spate of mishaps:) Its just the media interest changing the way things look, payload delivery is vastly more reliable to day that it has ever been since the first development of rockets: it only ever gets better:)
Yes I would shoot you but no doubt our geographical proximity precludes this; perhaps I could borrow a rocket off Boeing (see next story).
Seriously though, I do see your point; I think that Millenium, even Matrox don't (as terms) really do it for me. If someone asked me on the spot to name a major video card make, I would probably blurt out "Voodoo Graphics" even though that is only a chipset: now there is the real power of marketing (brainwashing):)
As for english literature classes; as I live in UK I could not avoid them and feel robbed of my teenage years by them - even though I had perfected the art of sleeping with my eyes open by age 14:)
Are u sure?: it was my understanding that Lloyds (the only office that is interested) only underwrite payloads on launch systems that have provided 3 successful, consecutive launches.
Have Matrox got stuck at this letter of the alphabet; nay this product name? The Millenium series seems to have run for a long time now as did the Mystique; it seems that video hardware manufacturers seem to get stuck with only one 'theme' for life:
Creative: Absolutely everything Blaster
ATI: Rage, Fury etc; anything to do with getting mad
Now Matrox: Any card you want so long as it starts with M!
I'm sure there are many more examples out there, can anybody think of them?
Hats off to Apple for making their iMAC look more interesting than anything else on the market.
However: How relevant is this copy-chasing legal brigade when you consider that the eONE, which may have looked almost identical to the iMAC when it was first shown (very little difference in fact) , was then revised to look as the product does now on their website compared to the iMAC (please spare me the 'Future of the Internet:)
It is clear that the eONE has been substatially restyled to avoid having the lines and general 'look' of the iMAC: How can Apple say that this is a copy violation? Compaq, Dell, Olivetti, IBM, Fujitsu etc all might as well start taking each other to court over who owns rights to the 'grey box on the desk' design.
At the end of the day though, it seems obvious that the eONE brought this upon itself, by setting out looking so much like the iMAC, a restyle late on wasn't going to save it in the eyes of the Apple lawyers.
My appologys for not being able to find a picture of the original eONE design:)
To encyrpt implies the possibility of decryption; unless this guy new that over a hundred years later, several thousand idiots would still be trying to solve that which never meant anything;)
I'll be blowed if im gonna be watched whatever I do!
How would we all like it if we each had an Mi5 (or CIA) followed us everywhere we went in the world, if we took this into comparative terms, it'd be like you private secret service guy following us in the loo, taking a bath with us and sleeping in our bed; every online operation we did would be covered
They could tell you exactly what you did, where you had been; who you had spoken to etc.
And what if there was a breach of all this stored information, especially corporate information which is often relayed over IP; as we have found out in recent weeks, the authorities have some of the worst security in the business.
Now, seriously, I don't mean to stirr it up, but who here will not stand up and fight for their basic rights?
Many moons ago we all learned that freedom is not something which you can count on, its something you must passionately fight to keep!
I did read the whole article and it states that tooling won't be available until 2002:
The alpha tool probably won't be completed until the end of 2002, Pfeiffer said.
What I am basically saying is that IBM will develop this technology, fail to realise its potential, wait for ages and then cry about it when someone else does it instead.
IBM may well be making leaps and bounds with regard to advancing microprocessor technology but what they need to be doing is developing the technology neccesary to produce these chips for market
If just one manufacturer would put chips of this nature into production within 12 months; computer technology would gain another five years worth of development in as little a 6 months, Intel would instantly go bust, IBM would make a fortune and AMD would make a lesser know: probably superior but ultimately cheaper clone:)
I honestly don't think that I could be bothered to cue up 80 hours of music; in fact, I don't think I even have 80 hours of music that I would want to listen to.....
What would be nice if someone made the portable PSX that was being rumoured a while back: PSX on the back seat of the bus; now that would be cool;)
Could this be one of the first times that the authorities have picked out a scapegoat to quell the paranoid industry on their security issues. It seems to happen all the time now; The authorities wade into something they seem to know little or nothing about and attempt illegal prosecutions.
When oh when will they go out and hire some real experts?
I wonder what the chances are that the universities are recieving a little bit of persuasion from the record industry on this one?
It may of course be the case that they are just worried about their bandwidth getting chewed but in my experience many Phd's (computer science) are in on the game and do it themselves so there must be high-up influences involved here....
With respect to research: much of the time research use of education networks tends to take up tiny ammounts of bandwidth so why not use up the rest:)
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Well, I haven't been able to find much directly related to launch insurance but I know some of the concepts, for example: The shuttle has fully insured payloads (if it blows up there is a 100% payout for the satellite). But a booster such as the Arriranne 5 has only recently become insured (The first Mk5 booster was destroyed on launch and the payload literally went up in smoke).
:) Its just the media interest changing the way things look, payload delivery is vastly more reliable to day that it has ever been since the first development of rockets: it only ever gets better :)
The Boeing system is more than likely uninsured at the moment due to the fact that it is new - it usually takes 3 successful payload launches before you can get Lloyds or any other underwriter interested. Companies will still pay to send their payloads up on initial launches because the launch price is greatly reduced
As for parachutes on payloads; you would need a Saturn/Soyuz/Gemini style emergency egress system to get the payload far enough away from the LOX booster for your parachute to be any use to you: this sort of system doubles (or more) the cost of a rocket therefore is prohibitive. Also, the rocket was quite a way downrange and as such at a very high altitude; any returning payload would need a re-entry system. I think the Boeing/Sealaunch is designed to be a cheap (relatively) and chearful delivery system and nothing more.
As for spate of mishaps
Yes I would shoot you but no doubt our geographical proximity precludes this; perhaps I could borrow a rocket off Boeing (see next story).
:)
:)
Seriously though, I do see your point; I think that Millenium, even Matrox don't (as terms) really do it for me.
If someone asked me on the spot to name a major video card make, I would probably blurt out "Voodoo Graphics" even though that is only a chipset: now there is the real power of marketing (brainwashing)
As for english literature classes; as I live in UK I could not avoid them and feel robbed of my teenage years by them - even though I had perfected the art of sleeping with my eyes open by age 14
Are u sure?: it was my understanding that Lloyds (the only office that is interested) only underwrite payloads on launch systems that have provided 3 successful, consecutive launches.
This where they discover that the 2600mile downrange was actually in the inland direction: :)
(everybody find that satelite
I wonder if Boeing pays salvage?
Im sure its 3.552567853 (My early Pentium tells me so :)
It seems then that we can only make conclusive deductions about Creative, 3dfx and ATI.
Creative use the word 'Blaster' like Rollerbladers use 'Extreme'
3DFX use Voodoo because their marketing team smoke crack at meetings.
ATI just have a bad attitude about it all.
But where does that leave us with Matrox is it: "an unnerving preoccupation with the letter M"?
Have Matrox got stuck at this letter of the alphabet; nay this product name? The Millenium series seems to have run for a long time now as did the Mystique; it seems that video hardware manufacturers seem to get stuck with only one 'theme' for life:
Creative: Absolutely everything Blaster
ATI: Rage, Fury etc; anything to do with getting mad
Now Matrox: Any card you want so long as it starts with M!
I'm sure there are many more examples out there, can anybody think of them?
You can already save your Real Audio with Streambox Ripper so I suppose you can say it has already been 'rev-enged' :)
To a corporation; they commit theft
To a government; they collect information.
Its a fine line but you can't sue a government as easily
A Linux version of AOL Instant Messenger?!
:P
Do you realise there is a free upgrade available?
There is a free upgrade available for this software?
There is yet another free upgrade available?
Do you realise you haven't been to the AOL Instant Messenger Update Page in the past x hours?
AOL - Its knowledge; Its power; IT SUCKS!
Absolutely but the point is the new eONE is also illegal (because of the case against the original)
:)
Go figure
Hats off to Apple for making their iMAC look more interesting than anything else on the market.
:)
:)
However:
How relevant is this copy-chasing legal brigade when you consider that the eONE, which may have looked almost identical to the iMAC when it was first shown (very little difference in fact) , was then revised to look as the product does now on their website compared to the iMAC (please spare me the 'Future of the Internet
It is clear that the eONE has been substatially restyled to avoid having the lines and general 'look' of the iMAC: How can Apple say that this is a copy violation? Compaq, Dell, Olivetti, IBM, Fujitsu etc all might as well start taking each other to court over who owns rights to the 'grey box on the desk' design.
At the end of the day though, it seems obvious that the eONE brought this upon itself, by setting out looking so much like the iMAC, a restyle late on wasn't going to save it in the eyes of the Apple lawyers.
My appologys for not being able to find a picture of the original eONE design
To encyrpt implies the possibility of decryption; unless this guy new that over a hundred years later, several thousand idiots would still be trying to solve that which never meant anything ;)
I'll be blowed if im gonna be watched whatever I do!
How would we all like it if we each had an Mi5 (or CIA) followed us everywhere we went in the world, if we took this into comparative terms, it'd be like you private secret service guy following us in the loo, taking a bath with us and sleeping in our bed; every online operation we did would be covered
They could tell you exactly what you did, where you had been; who you had spoken to etc.
And what if there was a breach of all this stored information, especially corporate information which is often relayed over IP; as we have found out in recent weeks, the authorities have some of the worst security in the business.
Now, seriously, I don't mean to stirr it up, but who here will not stand up and fight for their basic rights?
Many moons ago we all learned that freedom is not something which you can count on, its something you must passionately fight to keep!
Yeah :)
Its such a race; if you blink you might miss it.....er.....or not...;)
We tried to control the day
;)
We don't control the day
The man controls the day
But we WILL control the night.......
You'll be lucky :) you been reading 'Fountains of Paradise' (Arthur C. Clarke)
:(
I read something a the net about a sub-orbital tether platform which would be quite a bit easier. Sorry, I can never remember the URL
Space Race? Doesn't this require someone to race against?
;)
China?
I suppose its all dependant on one's concept of a short period of time: different things to different people......
I did read the whole article and it states that tooling won't be available until 2002:
The alpha tool probably won't be completed until the end of 2002, Pfeiffer said.
What I am basically saying is that IBM will develop this technology, fail to realise its potential, wait for ages and then cry about it when someone else does it instead.
IBM may well be making leaps and bounds with regard to advancing microprocessor technology but what they need to be doing is developing the technology neccesary to produce these chips for market
:)
If just one manufacturer would put chips of this nature into production within 12 months; computer technology would gain another five years worth of development in as little a 6 months, Intel would instantly go bust, IBM would make a fortune and AMD would make a lesser know: probably superior but ultimately cheaper clone
Roll on the 21st century!
I honestly don't think that I could be bothered to cue up 80 hours of music; in fact, I don't think I even have 80 hours of music that I would want to listen to.....
;)
What would be nice if someone made the portable PSX that was being rumoured a while back: PSX on the back seat of the bus; now that would be cool
I know the feeling, believe me I know :)
Could this be one of the first times that the authorities have picked out a scapegoat to quell the paranoid industry on their security issues. It seems to happen all the time now; The authorities wade into something they seem to know little or nothing about and attempt illegal prosecutions.
When oh when will they go out and hire some real experts?
I wonder what the chances are that the universities are recieving a little bit of persuasion from the record industry on this one?
:)
It may of course be the case that they are just worried about their bandwidth getting chewed but in my experience many Phd's (computer science) are in on the game and do it themselves so there must be high-up influences involved here....
With respect to research: much of the time research use of education networks tends to take up tiny ammounts of bandwidth so why not use up the rest