Flash was originally a Macromedia product. Adobe acquired it when they bought Macromedia. Steve Jobs is just miffed that Adobe bought out Apple's Quicktime competitor. While Apple may use open standards, Apple software is not open. Try to get OS-X for free (w/o pirating it).rstevenson wrote:Thoughts On Flash, by Steve Jobs.
APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Thank you for making my point.rstevenson wrote:Thoughts On Flash, by Steve Jobs.Chris Peterson wrote:... Flash is ubiquitous; any device or OS worth anything supports it, ...
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
no, it's the Spider/Wasp/insect/arachnid/BUG TO MARS, that's how we're going to invade.Gumby Guincho wrote:Spiders From Mars ?
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
This was an amazing leap forward this rocket has a recurring cost per launch @ 45 million as opposed to the 1 billion dollar per launch for previous launches...happy b-day ann
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I think this Falcon 9 launch is a gigantic bailout to a private corporation. It is hideous that the US space program us using its facilities for the benefit of a private venture. And on earth an unemployed person struggles to get an unemployment insurance check. Bailouts for the rich only seems to be the rule.
Manned space missions are an utter waste of money and damaging to the environment. They will undoubtedly make space less and less safe for future uses of space because of all the junk they generate. Spacetravel is incredibly polluting because of the rocket fuel. It should be ILLEGAL to do a private launch. We should also get rid of the space station. It has hardly any scientific value. It is just a showboat for politicians. We need robotic missions for true exploration.
Spacex is obviously well connected politically because it can use government facilities for a launch. The Democratic party is a huge disappointment. From BP to Spacex, they are sold out to corporations, From Iraq to Afganistan from Guantanamo to Bagram they are similar to the Republicans. The Democrats care a bit more about appearances.
Manned space missions are an utter waste of money and damaging to the environment. They will undoubtedly make space less and less safe for future uses of space because of all the junk they generate. Spacetravel is incredibly polluting because of the rocket fuel. It should be ILLEGAL to do a private launch. We should also get rid of the space station. It has hardly any scientific value. It is just a showboat for politicians. We need robotic missions for true exploration.
Spacex is obviously well connected politically because it can use government facilities for a launch. The Democratic party is a huge disappointment. From BP to Spacex, they are sold out to corporations, From Iraq to Afganistan from Guantanamo to Bagram they are similar to the Republicans. The Democrats care a bit more about appearances.
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This cost per launch isn't radically different from other launches by similar vehicles. Your billion dollar value is about what a shuttle launch costs, and you can hardly compare the two in term of capability.Mike Ortiz wrote:This was an amazing leap forward this rocket has a recurring cost per launch @ 45 million as opposed to the 1 billion dollar per launch for previous launches...happy b-day ann
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
fidelityrevo get over it hahaha
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
chris, I see your point and yes the capacities are varying but the advantages of refueling and resupplying as opposed to the prior methods I still believe they are a great step the dragoon will be an interesting addition to the rocket...
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
What about the insect crawling around on the "onboard" camera at about 18:45:55:19? looks spidery.geckzilla wrote:bystander wrote:An arachnid with wings? Hmmm, I'm not a rocket scientist, but ...tneuschatz wrote:Apparently insect identification is rocket science. It was an arachnid.Looks to be a member of hymenoptera, to me.
edit: and actually, probably at least one other smaller insect flying around too. They like the camera.
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Looks like some kind of debris to me.GOLTHAR wrote:
What about the insect crawling around on the "onboard" camera at about 18:45:55:19? looks spidery.
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
I thought it was a fly; but I'll take your word for it.orin stepanek wrote:tneuschatz wrote:Apparently insect identification is rocket science. It was an arachnid.
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Stick with rocket science gang; that insect was a wasp of the family sphecidae, most likely a Florida hunting wasp (Palmodes dimidiatus).
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
I stopped the video with the insect showing. It has 6 legs, 2 antennae and long wings. I couldn't see it's mouth well, but it seems consistent with a wasp or dragonfly.
Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
stop the video at the point at which the insect Flies in front of the camera and you can clearly see it's a wasp or mud dobber hard to tell with no color. it was almost as big as the Falcon 9. ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
GIANT INSECT ALIEN TRIES TO KIDNAP ROCKET!!!
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Whatever the insect is it scared the daylights out of me. Maybe the waste matter collected from that alone could power a flight!
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Insect usualy have a life of a few days. So now show respect to that probably defunt (mean now dead) insect we saw. R.I.P.
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
The linked video of the launch is rather bad in the linked video, it seems to be a recording of a stream.
This video is much better quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP2WbMz4 ... re=related
This video is much better quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP2WbMz4 ... re=related
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Re: APOD: Falcon 9 Launches to Orbit (2010 Jun 08)
Yeah, at T - 3 seconds, and it was traveling backwards...the guy wrote:it was a wasp, like a black one...
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