You have your original Escort, but Ford has lost a potential customer.
I know the argument that most people who copy software wouldn't have bought it anyway, so what's the harm? But there has got to be some percentage of people who pirate software who otherwise would have bought it. That's revenue the software company is entitled to get for its effort in putting the software out there in the first place.
and of course, the server isn't responding. Since slashdot seems to be immune from the "slashdot effect", how about whenever a story is posted, keep a copy of the referred-to page(s) on slashdot somewhere, say for a couple of days?
There's a difference between geosynchronous (orbit period same as the earth's rotational period) and geostationary (orbit period same as earth's rotational period AND orbit plane is the same as the plane of the earth's equator).
The orbit plane of a satellite passes through the center of the earth. So a geostationary satellite will appear to sit over the same spot at the equator. A geosynchronous satellite would move up and down in latitude over the course of an orbit.
That's why orbital "real estate" over the equator is so valuable.
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You have your original Escort, but Ford has lost a potential customer.
I know the argument that most people who copy software wouldn't have bought it anyway, so what's the harm? But there has got to be some percentage of people who pirate software who otherwise would have bought it. That's revenue the software company is entitled to get for its effort in putting the software out there in the first place.
People DO have to eat, you know.
I just tried to take a look at
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http://www.warnertechnology.com/Computers/Artic
and of course, the server isn't responding. Since slashdot seems to be immune from the "slashdot effect", how about whenever a story is posted, keep a copy of the referred-to page(s) on slashdot somewhere, say for a couple of days?
There's a difference between geosynchronous (orbit period same as the earth's rotational period) and geostationary (orbit period same as earth's rotational period AND orbit plane is the same as the plane of the earth's equator).
The orbit plane of a satellite passes through the center of the earth. So a geostationary satellite will appear to sit over the same spot at the equator. A geosynchronous satellite would move up and down in latitude over the course of an orbit.
That's why orbital "real estate" over the equator is so valuable.