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  1. Re:Energy positive sources on Amazon Still Lags Behind Apple, Google in Greenpeace Renewable Energy Report (greenpeace.org) · · Score: 1

    I suppose the fact I'm an EE in the energy business means nothing to your crap links.

    BY 2020, PROJECTED, WOW YOU TOLD ME! SOMEONE PROJECTS BREAK EVEN IN 3 YEARS. STOP THE PRESSES, so does BREAK EVEN energy work? NO, you're wrong you shill.

    I understand your a paid shill or an evangelist, either way. WRONG WRONG WRONG, read your own crap links. You proved me right, but you lack the comprehension to understand that.

  2. The only positive "renewable" energy source on Amazon Still Lags Behind Apple, Google in Greenpeace Renewable Energy Report (greenpeace.org) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Look, a solar panel never makes in it's usable life the amount of energy it takes to produce, the same with wind power. Do the math with cost of production and construction. It NEVER works.

    What does work:

    HYDRO
    NUCLEAR

    A coal plant returns the power it took to build with all parts in less than a month. Solar is around 25 years (a panel is good for 10, plus it needs cleaning etc.)

  3. Re:Replicated Studies on Scientists Study How Non-Scientists Deny Climate Change (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Didn't they recently say that many scientific papers/studies cannot be replicated? I've also heard that many of the global warming studies don't include the solar cycles the sun goes through as well.

    You got a 0 because you won't support the false narrative. I'm with you, solar cycles and other major energy inputs play a big role in the climate of the solar system. Apparently being pragmatic isn't on the agenda anymore, the global warming people treat it like a religion and refuse any discussion or debate.

  4. State colleges give garbage degrees on ITT Tech Is Officially Closing (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    I'm sorry but state colleges give garbage degrees. My brother just graduated from the University of Maine degree with a liberal arts degree and is sweeping floors at a gas station. Most schools offer shit degrees, and shit people take shit degrees. Then they end up with a shit load of debt and a shitty life. It's the cycle of shit.

    The problem is that we loan them our money, so they can be stupid shits and continue the cycle of shit. This shit needs to stop.

  5. Re: The whole idea is stupid on 'Social Media ID, Please?' Proposed US Law Greeted With Anger (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Anyone who blows themselves up to kill children isn't very sophisticated.

  6. You have no rights when applying for entry to any on 'Social Media ID, Please?' Proposed US Law Greeted With Anger (computerworld.com) · · Score: -1

    Seems reasonable to me as a security engineer. People with terrorist friends on Facebook are probably terrorists or close to conversion. You have 0 rights when you are asking to visit a foreign country. USA constitutional rights apply to citizens only.

  7. False flag / deflection / etc on 'DNC Hacker' Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 0

    First of all, whoever proved the head of the DNC was corrupt did the world a favor.

    Second, I also have a VPN service that has a Russian server that I use to browse the internet with anonymity. I figure if Snowden survives there then I should be fine to browse the web with some degree of NSA protection.

      This correlation is nonsense, more propaganda from the DNC to try to control the masses via emotion and without logic.

  8. Do not reward "karma" with more points on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? · · Score: 1

    The comment cap is good. Slashdot is good because it isn't a runaway echo chamber like Reddit. Reddit uses its system to oppress and squelch opposing views. Don't make slash dot a shitty Reddit rewrite.

  9. Re:If the system has been gamed... on EPA To Overhaul Emissions Testing In the Wake of VW Cheating · · Score: -1, Troll

    this is factual and it's labeled as flame bait. SJW communist slashdot, don't ever change.

  10. Re:That's not the reason you're being ignored. on Flight Attendants Want Stricter Gadget Rules Reinstated · · Score: 2

    I'm not flying the plane. There is no instruction they could give which would require me to remove my earbuds during take off or landing to assist in the take off or landing.

    I've outsourced the flying to the airline. That is why I pay them.

  11. I work in the energy sector on Environmentalists Propose $50 Billion Buyout of Coal Industry - To Shut It Down · · Score: 1

    It takes around 9 billion to build a replacement Nuke for a Coal plant. Solar, yeah right -- no base load on solar! There are hundreds of coal plants. Even if you switched to natural gas it would cost around 1-2 billion apiece! 50 BILLION is enough to fund the closing of maybe 5% of the coal plants in the country without human factors.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

  12. Re:Cheap architecture + short cuts = DOOM on Target Confirms Point-of-Sale Malware Was Used In Attack · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm sure it all looked great, until this happened, then they get 200% more wise.

    Seems everywhere I go these cheap systems are in place and the malware may already be chugging along for years without detection.

    I worked for a MAJOR retailer that was involved with a credit card crisis. The only reason the registers didn't get raped was the fact they ran linux. The actual POS servers ran Windows 2000 so that is what got cracked. Management was working hard to get away from these solid state linux computers for the "cost savings" in administration of the Windows platform. I can tell you that a multipurpose platform is not appropriate for a specialized task.

  13. Most Americans will never travel on Poll Finds Americans Think the TSA Is 'Doing a Good Job' · · Score: 1

    To have an opinion of the TSA one must actually travel. As Walmart pays 7.75 an hour and the average American wage is 35k, MANY people seldom travel and may never travel. People with 0 TSA experience have no reason to not like the TSA.

    Not liking the TSA is more of an "elite" issue.

  14. Re:Log the Minneapolis Police on Minneapolis Police Catalog License Plates and Location Data · · Score: 1

    They tend to object to being video taped.

    Example
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROwtAk6Q_Rk

  15. Haters Gonna Hate on Windows 8 Release Date: October 26th · · Score: 1

    Windows 8 looks cool to me. Decreased memory footprint, UI options.... Microsoft Surface. Not sure what you guys are complaining about. Microsoft is offering Windows 7 users an upgrade for $15!!!!!!!!!! I don't recall Apples last Major OS Revision being free.

    I understand people here hate Microsoft, but the hate for Windows 8 on this forum is just over the top. It's an OS, it runs software, the price is good for Windows 7 users. If you run XP then you got the 10 years out of your license key.

    http://windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-US/Home/ProgramInfo

  16. The first step... on Could Google Fiber Save Network Neutrality? · · Score: 1

    Really the first step it to just buy a cellphone company and build out the 4g and use that. Google could buy a lame wireless company like Sprint and totally use the spectrum for good. A quick cash infusion for a low end wireless provider could result in a major tower build out that would beat verizon.

    Fiber is SOOOO expensive, I don't see how build a terrestrial fiber network could ever have the impact of wireless anchored by fiber (as far as reaching customers.)

  17. Re:Correct on World Is Ignoring Most Important Lesson From Fukushima · · Score: 1

    In a PWR the rods are held out by electric magnets. When the system loses power the rods drop. When the rods drop and pressure begins to rise the RPS and the ATWS system will engage to start EFIC (emergency feed water). This is for a 30 year old B&W Plants like Oconee or Crystal River.

    The RPS(reactor protection system) system has multiple trains, so there are literally 2 backups for each backup.

    An AP1000 plant has modernized versions of this.

    NO OPERATION REACTION IS REQUIRED FOR CORE PROTECTION.

  18. 3) There's no way radiation levels can be large enough to cause significant irradiation in several minutes. Absolutely none at all - primary cooling water is radioactive, but not that much (it's continuously monitored).

    This is mostly true. Spent fuel pools can be pretty hot near new and old fuel. Also, the resin in demineralizers can be very raidioactive.

  19. Re:Well, on Russia Set To Extend Life of Nuclear Reactors Past Engineered Life Span · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most metals become brittle when irradiated.

    Someone will be along with more details then I can recall offhand.

    I would just design the plant to run with brittle metals from day one. Nothing that can't be solved with thicker walls (in many cases anyhow).

    Modern reactors use a neutron shield that goes with the fuel basket. It can be replaced and greatly decreases vessel embrittlement by becoming the sacrificial element to first absorb/slow the errant neutrons.

    The problem is with shutdown and startup. This needs to be done with control as things become harder and have less flex.

  20. Re:Too bad on Bill Gates To Help China Build Traveling Wave Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I work at a nuclear plant, we use NT4 for our Plant Process Computer. Service pack 5 btw.

  21. Re:Why is some random guy's blog on Slashdot? on Calling BS On Unpaid Internships · · Score: 2

    We have a minimum wage law in the USA, it should be used for all labor. Internships should have the same rules as any other temporary job.

  22. Re:Sounds like there will be a baby boom in 9 mont on Electricity Rationing Starting Monday In Tokyo · · Score: 1

    News Flash: Those generations paid into the fund huge sums of money, many of whom like my grandparents didn't even live long enough to collect a single penny.

    It maybe interesting for you to know that most people they collect well beyond what they pay in. After 8-10 years people collect everything they've paid in. This is ONLY a count of retires, not including slugs who collect because they have phantom back pain or are "disabled" by an alcohol problem.

    The argument isn't "right wing" as so much as facts. Please use facts.

    http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/research_strategies/market_insight/retirement_strategies/planning/when_should_you_take_social_security.html

  23. Re:Sad but smart on The Decline and Fall of System Administration · · Score: 1

    Re-imaging is completely rational from a business perspective.

    So is treating cancer vs curing it.

  24. NVIDIA Chipsets are Looking good to intel now on Intel Resumes Shipping of Faulty Sandy Bridge Chip · · Score: 1

    This makes me laugh. I'm sure the INTEL shareholders sure wish NVIDIA and VIA were making chipsets now, but since INTEL is the ONLY chipset maker for their CPUs they can't sell any CPUs right now. Intel is a CPU company that can't sell CPUs.

    Hey INTEL, I went to a business school.... you now know about the risks of vertical integration. If you control all of your requirements and channels you better do a damn good job or you can hang yourself. This is a wonderful cautionary tale for all businesses.

  25. Poorly Designed Things Cause Problems on Firewalls Make DDoS Attacks Worse · · Score: 1

    Wow, POORLY designed system have issues under pressure. I can't believe it?!

    This guy must be a highly paid consultant.