Naturally they are err-ing on the safe side. The restrictions placed on exposure are no where near the fatality rate. Light radiation sickness begins at about 50â"100 rad (0.5â"1 gray (Gy), 0.5â"1 Sv, 50â"100 rem, 50,000â"100,000 mrem). High fatality rates occur at ~400 rems.* The EPA sets a 25 to 75 rad restriction on workers involved in emergencies (such as these). They do not want to go past light radiation sickness.
The plants did spike to a rather high amount on the initial day (~700 mrem). However, that has come down extremely quickly. This morning it was measured at 75mrems just outside the front gate. Used fuel storage typically emits 2mrems per hour. While the lack of water is a concern, it is not nearly as bad as the claims make. The average dose on workers has been high enough to push them into the EPA restrictions, the public dose has been significantly smaller. While it is cause for concern, it really isn't that bad.
http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/factsheet/faq---japanese-nuclear-energy-situation/
* http://www.ornl.gov/sci/env_rpt/aser95/tb-a-2.pdf
While the summary tends to allude to such future possibilities, this robot is a long ways away. It is a "human-robot project." Meaning that a human is required to perform the tasks, and that they are not automated. The Canadian Space Agency provides information on the robot. http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/missions/sts-123/dextre.asp
Doing operations with these robotics requires a communication link, which would first have to be built by automated robotics (which this is not) or humans; I for one believe we will visit mars personally by the time we have automated robotics that could perform the necessary tasks to create this type of comm-link.
While Blizzard will most likely make the argument based on the TOS, don't be too quick to assume courts and legislation are rational. This is a hot topic issue currently, ever since RAM storage was ruled a copyright infringement for Mai v Peak.
Paragraph 27 from Cornell: "MAI software licenses allow MAI customers to use the software for their own internal information processing.[n3] This allowed use necessarily includes the loading of the software into the computer's random access memory ("RAM") by a MAI customer. However, MAI software licenses do not allow for the use or copying of MAI software by third parties such as Peak. Therefore, any "copying" done by Peak is "beyond the scope" of the license."
This same argument can easily be applied by Blizzard without even including TOS. I'd say they have a really good case, but IANAL.
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Naturally they are err-ing on the safe side. The restrictions placed on exposure are no where near the fatality rate. Light radiation sickness begins at about 50â"100 rad (0.5â"1 gray (Gy), 0.5â"1 Sv, 50â"100 rem, 50,000â"100,000 mrem). High fatality rates occur at ~400 rems.* The EPA sets a 25 to 75 rad restriction on workers involved in emergencies (such as these). They do not want to go past light radiation sickness. The plants did spike to a rather high amount on the initial day (~700 mrem). However, that has come down extremely quickly. This morning it was measured at 75mrems just outside the front gate. Used fuel storage typically emits 2mrems per hour. While the lack of water is a concern, it is not nearly as bad as the claims make. The average dose on workers has been high enough to push them into the EPA restrictions, the public dose has been significantly smaller. While it is cause for concern, it really isn't that bad. http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/factsheet/faq---japanese-nuclear-energy-situation/ * http://www.ornl.gov/sci/env_rpt/aser95/tb-a-2.pdf
Learn how to drive. On a more serious note, the actual formula is 4d{+2}/k-d{+2}. He's done a bunch of theoretical math. Kudos to him http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-03-05/news/28661918_1_graphing-calculator-international-math-olympiad-stanford-university-math
While the summary tends to allude to such future possibilities, this robot is a long ways away. It is a "human-robot project." Meaning that a human is required to perform the tasks, and that they are not automated. The Canadian Space Agency provides information on the robot. http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/missions/sts-123/dextre.asp
Doing operations with these robotics requires a communication link, which would first have to be built by automated robotics (which this is not) or humans; I for one believe we will visit mars personally by the time we have automated robotics that could perform the necessary tasks to create this type of comm-link.
While Blizzard will most likely make the argument based on the TOS, don't be too quick to assume courts and legislation are rational. This is a hot topic issue currently, ever since RAM storage was ruled a copyright infringement for Mai v Peak.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAI_Systems_Corp._v._Peak_Computer,_Inc. http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/991_F2d_511.htm
Paragraph 27 from Cornell: "MAI software licenses allow MAI customers to use the software for their own internal information processing.[n3] This allowed use necessarily includes the loading of the software into the computer's random access memory ("RAM") by a MAI customer. However, MAI software licenses do not allow for the use or copying of MAI software by third parties such as Peak. Therefore, any "copying" done by Peak is "beyond the scope" of the license."
This same argument can easily be applied by Blizzard without even including TOS. I'd say they have a really good case, but IANAL.
We are all too excited to get all the government secrets to care about our rights.
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