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Shocker! PC repairmen aren't to be trusted {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2009 3:02PM This is why I always save all my important data and files on a secondary drive, not the boot drive. The only thing I put on my boot drive are games and applications.
If I run into a problem I can't fix myself and have to bring it to a repair shop, I will just simply pull out the other HDDs and only leave the boot drive in it.
Engadget's recession antidote: win an OCZ Summit Series 60GB SSD! {Engadget}
Jul 17th 2009 12:12PM Winning this HDD would be fantastic! My old HDD died 2 weeks ago, and I need a new one now...
Engadget Rules :)
Verizon ramps up for 100Mbps FiOS internet in 2009 {Engadget HD}
Dec 8th 2008 4:45AM It's about time 100mbps is available from FiOS! Other countries have already started providing 1gbps to the home, and for only around $50 a month. We are still way behind here in the USA....
Full Earthrise over the moon captured from space in HD {Engadget HD}
Apr 27th 2008 6:41PM So does anyone have the video for download in full 1920x1080 somewhere? The jaxa archives only has it in extremely low resolution (480X270)...
Video proof of the renegade satellite's destruction {Engadget}
Feb 22nd 2008 12:29PM sorry, i meant to say it was in Polar Orbit, and not GEO. Still the same idea, though.
Video proof of the renegade satellite's destruction {Engadget}
Feb 22nd 2008 12:22PM tony3182: You obviously fail to notice that the target China shot down was in GEO. The debris from the China shootdown will take a very long time to reenter earth's atmosphere, and have to cross paths with a whole lot of other satellites to get there. The sat that the US Navy shot down was in LEO, so the debris will burn up in the atmosphere soon after, and not effect any other satellites.
Video proof of the renegade satellite's destruction {Engadget}
Feb 22nd 2008 12:17PM I don't think anyone here realizes that the camera systems on those observation aircraft (HALO I and HALO II) are state of the art. They have onboard thermal imaging systems, powerful telescopic lens, etc. The navy doesn't want to give out crystal-clear imagery because they don't want anyone (China) analyzing the exact details of how an SM-3 intercepts a satellite.
Also, I don't think anyone else here realizes that intercepting a LEO satellite at 150 miles above the earth is hundreds of times more difficult than intercepting a target in GEO 500 miles above the earth. The GEO sat (the one china shot down) has a relative speed of 0mph compared to a fixed point on the earth. It is a target that is standing still, and extremely easy to kill with pretty much any rocket capable of reaching GEO orbit or beyond. A LEO sat is traveling at over 20000mph compared to a fixed point on the earth, so you have to hit a moving target that is moving EXTREMELY fast. I mean, shooting down LEO and GEO targets shouldn't even be comparable, it is like comparing a toddler putting together a block puzzle and a doctor doing brain surgery.
