Doesn't seem that far fetched that it could be a single column from a larger database referencing oodles of more data allowing one to spy on and track any individual at anytime using such a device.
It takes thousands of grams of potassium 40 to produce the same biological effect as 1 gram of Cs 137. gamma decay for C137 @1.175 MeV vs K40 @ 1.461 keV
I'm glad you brought that up, because my solution would work with aircraft pilots as well. You see, it's about aligning the goals of owners and management to that of the public's good. In this case, owners/managers would be highly motivated to ensure all reasonable safety considerations were followed if they didn't have insurance, corporate golden parachutes, etc. to protect them and instead faced personal financial devastation and/or jail time.
And having a regulating agency with zero conflict of interests would be necessary. Unlike the nuclear agency that was in bed with Tepco in the Fukushima case. All cases of corruption should result in financial devastation, jail time, or death.
Individual actions such as drunk drivers and lone pilots are not the concern. It's the wide ranging effects of corporate greed and stupidity this would solve like the BP oil spill, Challenger disaster, Too big to fail, Nuclear meltdowns, etc. Hey, want to run a nuclear facility? Then you are personally liable for damage and cleanup in case of an accident and must prepare and practice emergency procedures. Cut costs while violating safety standards and hide it from the people? Goto jail and get financially devastated. If people die from your stupidity? You die.
When your ass is on the line, you act differently. Corporate shields remove accountability and responsibility.
*It takes thousands of grams of potassium 40 to produce the same biological effect as 1 gram of Cs 137.*
"The fundamental error implicit in the industry argument re K40 and Cs ** is this : We are not talking, in the first instance, of radiation as normally thought of (eg x, CAT scan type stuff) We are talking radio-chemicals. And this means, because each specific radio chemical differs in rate of radioactivity, the weight of each substance required to produce a given biological impact is key the argument. But nuclear industry, portraying itself as zero emission, does not want us to think in terms of Lbs or kilograms. It takes thousands of grams of potassium 40 to produce the same biological effect as 1 gram of Cs 137. What is the curie a measure of ? The mass - the weight of a radio chemical required to deliver a given number of radiation tracks per second. or: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curie " 1 Ci = 3.7 × 1010 decays per second. Its continued use is discouraged" I don't wonder why. Using it forces the thought that weight of subsance is part of the equation. And nuke industry claims to be zero emission. So they want us to think in terms of Sieverts. There are many problems with that."
Not all radioactive isotopes are equally toxic because of types of radiation and their half lives. (Alpha, beta, and gamma). Cesium-137 alone and it's by-products produce beta and gamma (more damaging) along with a half life that is 30X longer. And it's even more dangerous when ingested and keeps accumulating from everything you eat, breathe and drink on top of the K-40 already in your body.
You are incorrect along with the author and the others trivializing the problem.
It's not about the radiation. It's about the bioaccumulation.
To compare the radiation from radon gas to the insanely toxic radioactive isotopes that were released into the air, water, and soil is retarded. (e.g.: Caesium, Plutonium, Strontium, Iodine, etc) It has gotten into the food they eat, the water they drink, and the air they breathe. And when it gets into the body, it will cause cancer. BTW, Radon has a half life of 4 days. Caesium-137, 30 years.
Fellow Slashdotters, swallow your pride, accept your ignorance, and think before you type and moderate like fools perpetuating fallacies.
BTW, I am pro nuclear power. But Fukushima was a failure in accountability coupled with a corrupt regulating agency. Nuclear power will only work when management and owners are held directly responsible with their lives. Both physical and financial.
Warren Buffett suggested a 100% short term capital gains tax to eliminate all market volatility to foster real growth and investment. So simple, it's genius. Short term capital gains is all investments less than 1 year old. We could start off with just securities.
Occupy Wall Street should make this their top goal.
I just watched the first episode, and wouldn't even put in the same ballpark as Fireflies. Can't stomach the over the top action sequences. I'm sure it's a very sweet and touching show, but strictly for kids. I'm more inclined to watch Naruto. Thanks for the suggestion though.
That reminds me, Galaxy Express 999 is another great and old anime series that is like Twilight Zone with a Sci Fi twist for kids.
And Robotech is another great one. A cartoon ahead of it's time with feminist themes and gritty depictions of global war and alien invasions. First cartoon I watched as a kid where a main character actually died from battle! (Roy Fokker) Meanwhile on the other channel GI Joe characters were shooting lasers and missiles all over and not one fatality. Bleh
On a slightly different note, guess how old Mary was when she gave birth to Jesus!
12-14! Does that make God a pedo? Of course girls were usually married off by 12 or 13 then. Imagine an ethereal force impregnating underage girls... Anyway, I suppose we were all born from pedophiles and all Christians worship a pedophile deity by your logic. Oh, and a jealous mass murderer too! (Noah's ark and all that) Anyway, I digress...:)
Hey, if God were an alien (any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic/miracles of course), then I suppose you could argue that the Bible is a work of SciFi. And definitely depressing too! *ducks*:)
I must have been around 12-14 when I read it, but left a pretty deep impression. And I thought the idea of a gravity lens was neat. One of my most favorite authors.
Hmmm. On a similar note, some movies/anime that come to mind are Akira, Aliens, Bladerunner, Naussica Valley of the Wind, etc. Also, Grave of the Fireflies is just the plan saddest and most moving anime/film period.
At the risk of causing bitter jealously while smacking down your comment, I'll have u know that it was posted after a morning surf session in Malpais, Costa Rica from a beach front bungalow. Plenty of sunshine, waves, and bikini clad women. As Charlie Sheen would say, "Winning!" B)
(no tv or phone. But I get a weak wifi signal fortunately.)
We can lump them together because they have a common solution. Legalize and regulate everything and the profit motive for the criminals go away. Pouring money/resources into a technology war is another waste. As long as they are illegal and money is to made ($billions$), people will get hurt.
No. I was only responding to the parent. You really need to stop jumping on false assumptions. The parent stated that in a hypothetical scenario that if anyone setup a video camera, that person would have been thrown out. But in fact the "artist" *did* setup a video camera and got permission to record people in the store which indicates he did not RTFA. You need to relax and stop over analyzing and misreading simple things.
Please read the response I was replying to. He setup a video camera and took some video with permission and did not get thrown out. Reading comprehension is getting out of hand...
"We got situated in the store, double checked with an employee that it was ok to shoot video, and I triggered the slideshow by visiting a webpage from my iPod."
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How about I contaminate you with HIV/STD's? I think we can argue a biological weapon point. And then there's always the psychological point.
Doesn't seem that far fetched that it could be a single column from a larger database referencing oodles of more data allowing one to spy on and track any individual at anytime using such a device.
In case you didn't see this response.
It takes thousands of grams of potassium 40 to produce the same biological effect as 1 gram of Cs 137.
gamma decay for C137 @1.175 MeV vs K40 @ 1.461 keV
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3057855&cid=41044905
Sorry. That K response was meant for another thread:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3057855&cid=41043675
I'm glad you brought that up, because my solution would work with aircraft pilots as well. You see, it's about aligning the goals of owners and management to that of the public's good. In this case, owners/managers would be highly motivated to ensure all reasonable safety considerations were followed if they didn't have insurance, corporate golden parachutes, etc. to protect them and instead faced personal financial devastation and/or jail time.
And having a regulating agency with zero conflict of interests would be necessary. Unlike the nuclear agency that was in bed with Tepco in the Fukushima case. All cases of corruption should result in financial devastation, jail time, or death.
Individual actions such as drunk drivers and lone pilots are not the concern. It's the wide ranging effects of corporate greed and stupidity this would solve like the BP oil spill, Challenger disaster, Too big to fail, Nuclear meltdowns, etc. Hey, want to run a nuclear facility? Then you are personally liable for damage and cleanup in case of an accident and must prepare and practice emergency procedures. Cut costs while violating safety standards and hide it from the people? Goto jail and get financially devastated. If people die from your stupidity? You die.
When your ass is on the line, you act differently. Corporate shields remove accountability and responsibility.
"North - US says they I bad, I really don't know for sure though."
North Korea is a country held hostage ala 1984. Here's a Canadian's perspective:
North Korean Labor Camps -Sneaking into North Korea's Secret Russian Labor Camp (think conflict wood from the likes of IKEA).
http://www.vice.com/vice-news/north-korean-labor-camps-part-1
The Vice Guide to North Korea.
http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3
You are wrong on all three counts.
O-rings. It was a stupid/deadly management decision.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/roger-boisjoly-73-dies-warned-of-shuttle-danger.html
Fukushima. “They completely ignored me in order to save Tepco money,” said Mr. Shimazaki, 65
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/world/asia/critics-say-japan-ignored-warnings-of-nuclear-disaster.html?pagewanted=all
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2920525&cid=40351611
WSJ article author is retarded and doesn't take into account bio-accumulation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster
Do you just make this stuff up? Read up on my other responses in this thread and learn a thing or two.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3057855&cid=41041571
Here's a better quote:
*It takes thousands of grams of potassium 40 to produce the same biological effect as 1 gram of Cs 137.*
"The fundamental error implicit in the industry argument re K40 and Cs ** is
this : We are not talking, in the first instance, of radiation as normally thought of (eg x, CAT
scan type stuff) We are talking radio-chemicals. And this means, because each specific radio
chemical differs in rate of radioactivity, the weight of each substance required to produce a
given biological impact is key the argument. But nuclear industry, portraying itself as zero
emission, does not want us to think in terms of Lbs or kilograms. It takes thousands of grams
of potassium 40 to produce the same biological effect as 1 gram of Cs 137. What is the curie
a measure of ? The mass - the weight of a radio chemical required to deliver a given number
of radiation tracks per second. or: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curie " 1 Ci = 3.7 × 1010
decays per second.
Its continued use is discouraged" I don't wonder why. Using it forces the thought that weight
of subsance is part of the equation. And nuke industry claims to be zero emission. So they
want us to think in terms of Sieverts. There are many problems with that."
http://www.fukushima311watchdogs.org/biblio/36/Debunking%20the%20potassium%20(K40)%20vs%20Cesium%20137%20%E2%80%9Eargument%E2%80%9C.pdf
I am referring to the radioactive isotopes of caesium, strontium, iodine that were released.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster#Isotopes_of_concern
*sigh* Not all radioactive isotopes are equal.
gamma decay for C137 @1.175 MeV vs K40 @ 1.461 keV
Debunking K-40 to Cs137
http://www.fukushima311watchdogs.org/biblio/36/Debunking%20the%20potassium%20(K40)%20vs%20Cesium%20137%20%E2%80%9Eargument%E2%80%9C.pdf
As for the plutonium...
1.2 trillion Becquerels of Plutonium is almost none? Hey, with a half life of 24 thousand years and being the worst as an Alpha emitter, no big deal. None of that for sure will get ingested or inhaled. Right?
http://enenews.com/leaked-tepco-report-120-billion-becquerels-of-plutonium-7-6-trillion-becquerels-of-neptunium-released-in-first-100-hours-media-concealed-risk-to-public/comment-page-1
And remember all this is in ADDITION to the K-40 ALREADY in our systems causing cancer along with the other isotopes *ACCUMULATING* in the food chain. Read the damn link for chrissakes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster#Agricultural_products
Not all radioactive isotopes are equally toxic because of types of radiation and their half lives. (Alpha, beta, and gamma). Cesium-137 alone and it's by-products produce beta and gamma (more damaging) along with a half life that is 30X longer. And it's even more dangerous when ingested and keeps accumulating from everything you eat, breathe and drink on top of the K-40 already in your body.
"March 2012 up to 18,700 becquerels per kilogram radioactive cesium was detected in yamame, or landlocked masu salmon, caught in the Niida river near the town Iitate, which was over 37 times the legal limit of 500 becquerels/kg."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster#Agricultural_products
Click the link to learn about the other radioactive materials:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster#Isotopes_of_concern
And you are correct. Not everyone will get cancer. Others will suffer from crippling genetic mutations.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/fukushima-radiation-causes-insect-mutations-researchers-20120817-24cy2.html
In this case, someone really should think of the children.
http://chernobyl.typepad.com/chernobyl_childrens_proje/people_their_stories/
You are incorrect along with the author and the others trivializing the problem.
It's not about the radiation. It's about the bioaccumulation.
To compare the radiation from radon gas to the insanely toxic radioactive isotopes that were released into the air, water, and soil is retarded. (e.g.: Caesium, Plutonium, Strontium, Iodine, etc) It has gotten into the food they eat, the water they drink, and the air they breathe. And when it gets into the body, it will cause cancer. BTW, Radon has a half life of 4 days. Caesium-137, 30 years.
How it's poisoned the food supply, etc. Scroll down to the table of contents and learn something:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_effects_from_Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster
Fellow Slashdotters, swallow your pride, accept your ignorance, and think before you type and moderate like fools perpetuating fallacies.
BTW, I am pro nuclear power. But Fukushima was a failure in accountability coupled with a corrupt regulating agency. Nuclear power will only work when management and owners are held directly responsible with their lives. Both physical and financial.
If you throw in a pair of "D cups of Justice", it makes you a comic genius in my book.
Sealab 2021: Learn it. Love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTFHUbwtieg
Warren Buffett suggested a 100% short term capital gains tax to eliminate all market volatility to foster real growth and investment. So simple, it's genius. Short term capital gains is all investments less than 1 year old. We could start off with just securities.
Occupy Wall Street should make this their top goal.
I just watched the first episode, and wouldn't even put in the same ballpark as Fireflies. Can't stomach the over the top action sequences. I'm sure it's a very sweet and touching show, but strictly for kids. I'm more inclined to watch Naruto. Thanks for the suggestion though.
That reminds me, Galaxy Express 999 is another great and old anime series that is like Twilight Zone with a Sci Fi twist for kids.
And Robotech is another great one. A cartoon ahead of it's time with feminist themes and gritty depictions of global war and alien invasions. First cartoon I watched as a kid where a main character actually died from battle! (Roy Fokker) Meanwhile on the other channel GI Joe characters were shooting lasers and missiles all over and not one fatality. Bleh
Me too. But it raises a good question. How many people out there use illegal stimulants to help them code?
Then you definitely don't want to read Firefly by him as well. (sexually molested 5 year old)
http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-Piers-Anthony/dp/0380759500/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344435434&sr=8-1&keywords=firefly+piers
And avoid Nabokov's Lolita. (Pedophile and 12 year old)
http://www.amazon.com/Lolita-50th-Anniversary-Vladimir-Nabokov/dp/0679723161/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344435597&sr=1-1&keywords=lolita
On a slightly different note, guess how old Mary was when she gave birth to Jesus!
12-14! Does that make God a pedo? Of course girls were usually married off by 12 or 13 then. Imagine an ethereal force impregnating underage girls... Anyway, I suppose we were all born from pedophiles and all Christians worship a pedophile deity by your logic. Oh, and a jealous mass murderer too! (Noah's ark and all that) Anyway, I digress... :)
Hey, if God were an alien (any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic/miracles of course), then I suppose you could argue that the Bible is a work of SciFi. And definitely depressing too! *ducks* :)
I must have been around 12-14 when I read it, but left a pretty deep impression. And I thought the idea of a gravity lens was neat. One of my most favorite authors.
http://www.amazon.com/Space-Tyrant-Vol-Refugee-ebook/dp/B004P8K530/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1344388563&sr=8-2&keywords=bio+of+a+space+tyrant
Hmmm. On a similar note, some movies/anime that come to mind are Akira, Aliens, Bladerunner, Naussica Valley of the Wind, etc. Also, Grave of the Fireflies is just the plan saddest and most moving anime/film period.
Beware of the second system effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect
Rewriting code can kill you in the short term.
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
Or help you in the long term.
http://notes-on-haskell.blogspot.com/2007/08/rewriting-software.html
I recall another similar article about a rewrite of MS Office, and what a mistake it was...
At the risk of causing bitter jealously while smacking down your comment, I'll have u know that it was posted after a morning surf session in Malpais, Costa Rica from a beach front bungalow. Plenty of sunshine, waves, and bikini clad women. As Charlie Sheen would say, "Winning!" B)
(no tv or phone. But I get a weak wifi signal fortunately.)
Pokemon championships? You're already lost.
We can lump them together because they have a common solution. Legalize and regulate everything and the profit motive for the criminals go away. Pouring money/resources into a technology war is another waste. As long as they are illegal and money is to made ($billions$), people will get hurt.
No. I was only responding to the parent. You really need to stop jumping on false assumptions. The parent stated that in a hypothetical scenario that if anyone setup a video camera, that person would have been thrown out. But in fact the "artist" *did* setup a video camera and got permission to record people in the store which indicates he did not RTFA. You need to relax and stop over analyzing and misreading simple things.
Please read the response I was replying to. He setup a video camera and took some video with permission and did not get thrown out. Reading comprehension is getting out of hand...
"We got situated in the store, double checked with an employee that it was ok to shoot video, and I triggered the slideshow by visiting a webpage from my iPod."
He asked permission and they allowed him to do this. RTFA.