If that’s the question, my answer is Bay Photo. Be sure to download the BayRoes ap and ICC profile if want to do soft proofing and save on color correction.

The Federal mandate is that EV batteries must be warranted for eight years.

I agree the life is limited by the ability to read them. That projected lifetime number comes from extensive DOD testing. It’s no different from calculated MTBF numbers. Last I looked, the MTBF of a typical enterprise spinning drive is in excess of 1 million hours (!)

I believe that in general, cargo vessels are on shore power while at the dock so that they don’t need to keep diesel engines running. I hadn’t read of those outages (how long?), but if so, wondering if it might have been a shore power failure or a blackout while the shore power was being connected and disconnected and the associated switchover.

Just speculating, but the two things I can think of offhand that would take down power from all the main generators plus the emergency would be bad fuel or failed electrical switchboard(s)/switchgear. Eventually, we’ll hear from the NTSB…

Yes, that’s the problem. History shows that you need to migrate your data to new media every 20 years or so.

Exactly my thought - I think its 2” thickness may be enough.

And thank you for your long and careful response. We will agree to disagree. You feel that the vessel was being operated carelessly and that the windage was not a significant factor. As a serious sailor for almost 5 decades with experience offshore and in the area in question, I disagree.

Cheers.

A very good, informative answer in all respects. I have an archive of MDisks, and as long as you can purchase them (and a drive to read them) they are the best archive media currently available. Of course, I also have a copy of my data in the cloud (Amazon S3). The chances of an MDisk surviving a fire, even in a “fireproof” container, are not good.

If the OP doesn’t need PC/Mac compatibility, I’d choose NTFS (more robust than ExFAT)

Still waiting for the OP to provide info. On his external interface so I can recommend an appropriate external drive.

Most of my trips are just a few miles any more, which isn’t great for the car (transmission, starter, battery, exhaust, etc), so an EV or plug in hybrid would work well for me (and I have another ICE car for trips) but after seeing one Lithium fire up close and personal, I’d never charge an EV in my garage.

Mac or PC? What type/speed external ports (USB 2,3…, Thunderbolt, etc)?

Yep, my son will get mine - I feel really good about that. So far, all my grandchildren are girls, so can’t predict about the next generation.

Many of my large power tools are Delta, and some parts are getting hard to find. Had a pulley break on the variable speed drive for my larger lathe, and had a hell of a time finding one (and it wasn’t cheap)

You don’t imagine maybe the digest change had any effect on all of the sections (that I read at least) slowly diminishing since then do you?

I understand completely. I don’t have as many trees to cut down as you (just 2-1/2 acres in the city), but my garage is full of stickered lumber and all the racks in my shop are as well - Black Walnut, White Oak and Maple mostly. My son had a large stock of white Oak drying for the last 10 years, and after realizing there wasn’t much he wanted to do with it, he sold off 2,700 bd feet. Like you, I’ve got a well outfitted wood shop, but nothing really left to build, so my son uses it - we recently did a father-son project of a good sized Black Walnut Nakashima style table, and I’m guessing the chairs are next (chairs are harder). I too have looked at a portable tree mill, but kinda pricey unless you have a large operation or rent it out.

Cheers

Wallin, I appreciate your aircraft credentials, but you’ve made so many incorrect statements about boats in the general and the accident in particular, that you haven’t demonstrated knowledge about ships or information about this particular incident or the effect of wind age on large slab sided vessels. You have implied that the boat was operating at an unsafe speed, that the design of the vessel was foolish, that the boat made a sharp turn, that the crew may have been at fault and that wind doesn’t blow boats around. None of these things are correct or jibe with the facts. You said:

“As previously mentioned, 8 knots may be the limit operating speed for that area. If that is the case, then operating on the limit at reduced visibility and decreasing space is indeed "pushing it".

8 knots is not “pushing it” - it’s the proper speed to maintain steerageway when leaving port and transiting to open waters.

“But reports says they lost control, meaning the redundancy was not there, or the redundancy were all broken too, meaning they were operating a very unsafe vessel.”

The vessel was inspected before leaving port

“Makes one think. Who in his right mind would make a multi million dollar boat that can't be steered once the power is out, and make the steering worked only by one engine? That would be gross negligence on the designer, or gross negligence on the operator/owner of the ship, if they allowed it to travel with only one its system working”

As previously mentioned, and from information readily available, in addition to the main engine, large vessels of this size typically have 3 engines for generating electricity and one spare generator

“As for the captain to overrule the pilot who was managing the emergency, well, the pilot was there for a reason. He was the captain at that moment”

No, he was not. The Captain is the master of the vessel and AlWAYS has the final authority and responsibility. The pilot is there to aid in navigation.

“There is the human factor that can not be put aside. Sometimes, the routine makes one complacent, pushing things to their limit because nothing bad happened. He might have done that speed many times, unsafely and the dice roll just caught up with him. Who knows? Maybe he was under pressure to get to the shore as fast as possible or just getting a bad case of "gethometitis" that he disregard some safety buffers”

“One thing I know, A true professional equipment operator always take many things in consideration, topmost of which is safety. There is always a preparation or adjustments to the prevailing condition. A highway may be marked 100mph, but would you drive that fast in icy road conditions? Did the Pilot knew the ship is being operated without any safety backups for its system? If he knew, would he still run it at the allowed speed limit or would he creep that hulk into the harbor so that an anchor drop could stop it on time?”

Nothing was pushed to the limit, the speed was reasonable and appropriate and no one was going home - the vessel was LEAVING port. No safety buffers were disregarded and from the videos, we know visibility was good. The vessel lost electrical power due to an as yet unknown cause, and as a result lost propulsion and steering control. The vessel was being operated safely - safety and not running aground (staying within the marked channel) and avoiding collisions are always of paramount importance when leaving or entering a harbor.

“Not discussing the wind as it happened at dead of the night which normally have still air,”

As you will see from the images below, the wind at the vessel was 6.4 knots at the time.

“ I do not think the wind was not that strong on that night to veer the ship suddenly to the pillar if that is what happened."
The point there is the sudden course change just seconds to impact.”

Vessels this size do not “suddenly veer”. If you look at the images below of the vessel’s course, you won’t see any sudden “veering” what you are seeing are a number of recorded positions, so what appears to you as a sudden change in position is actually a gentle turn or drift. You’ll notice from the course chart that the course only deviated a few degrees after losing power - consistent with the effects od wind age and current.

“Ships do not necessarily gets blown about by the wind. Sailboats won't tack if that is true”

Ships of ALL sizes are influenced by the wind, especially tall, slab sided vessels like the Dali, and I don’t understand your comment about tacking. Wind is often changing and that goes for tacking as well. Modern sailboats are not blown forward by the wind except when running before the wind. On other points of sail, they are “lifted” by the sail, much like a vertical airplane wing, with the lateral force resisted by the keel.

And finally, since you have aeronautical experience, you should be familiar with this formula which calculates the force generated by the wind against a flat object (which the cargo stack on the Dali is):

The force of wind on a flat object can be calculated using the formula F = 0.5 x ρ x A x V2, where F is the force in Newtons, ρ is the density of air in kg/m3, A is the surface area of the object in square meters, and V is the wind speed in meters per second.

P=1.222. A =16,257 V=2.68. F= 26,600 newtons = 5,958 lbs

The movie you’re thinking of is “5 Million Years to Earth”. Yep, “Village of the Damned” is classic as is “Children of the Damned”