Um..".x-ray machines" don't use cesium. X-rays in an x-ray machine are created by applying an electrical current across an x-ray tube. No radioactive materials required.
Most likely, based upon how what this article described, this was a Gadolinium or a Germanium sources.
Um...actually they're the ONLY ones in the US that ship RAM. UPS and DHL no longer do it. But Fedex does ship explosives, corrosives, compressed gasses, biological specimens and toxins, etc.
We return used sealed sources to the manufacturer for our equipment ~ every 6 months. It's completely normal, appropriate and LEGAL to utilize Fedex to ship radioactive materials (RAM) so long as you comply with all DOT regulations. Assuming that these were used sealed sources being returned to manufacturer, they were most likely fairly well decayed and probably being shipped either as a Class I or in excepted packaging. And as they're SEALED SOURCES, there's no risk of contamination unless someone intercepted it to blow it up for various nefarious purposes.
You used to be able to ship via UPS and DHL but they pulled out of the hazardous material shipment business. RAM isn't the only hazardous material moving through fedex's shipment facilities. You have corrosives, flammables and biological specimens being shipped via Fedex all over the country and the world. So don't let a little bit of radioactivity scare you. There's a lot more dangerous stuff that can kill you a lot sooner than some sealed sources if you're gonna get all in a huff about using Fedex.
At least with Sprint, if they change your terms of service, you have a set period of time to cancel your contract with them without an early termination fee.
As already stated, you and the company have a contract. The company has changed their contract with you while the contract was still in effect. So, you have the ability to cancel w/o any type of fee if you do not agree with the unilateral changes that they made to your TOS. If you agree with the new TOS (or simply don't know that they changed), then they interpret your continuing to use their service as an acknowledgment of the changes they made to the contract and agreement to abide by the new requirements.
Many a Sprint customer has gotten out of a contract for free because of minor changes to the TOS. Not sure if anything similar happens w/ Verizon or AT&T.
The study's website includes a PDF indicating some of the issues/situations they will be faced with. It does say that over time, a communication lag of up to 20 minutes will develop between the participants and the outside world.
to think that global warming isn't impacted by man is to be just stupid at this point. Political mis interpetations of the facts in the media (including the blogosphere) not with standing it is happening.
Yes global climate is effected by repeating cycles La Nina, pacific cascadal, etc.
Response: Why? Because "scientific consensus" says it is so? Well, when climatologists and meteorologists are punished because they questions the **dogma**, then I seriously question the dogma. Being a scientists means being a skeptic and testing a hypothesis. The simple fact that "scientists" have so quickly, seemingly by vote, decided that global climate change is happening and that it is man-made brings serious doubts to me All I hear is, since the history of recorded weather patterns, our planet is the warmest it has ever been. Okay, but how long have we had records that can be considered accurate and precise? 100 years? 150 years? At most 200 years in a planetary history that spans millions of years? Are we sure those 150 years were an accurate representation of the Earth's normal climate? I mean, we only recently (relatively speaking) came out of an ice age. Sort of makes sense that we would be warming up...
Because Barack Obama and Al Gore say that the debate is over? They're **experts** on global climate change~ I understand this. But give me a break. The debate is NEVER over in science.
2) Yes, man could change it in either case, however I am not sure we should.
as a FYI,. the amount of light that hits the ground has lessened measurable over the last 50 years. So there are two things happening the effect global climate change.
No, these two factor don't 'balance' each other out, warming is stronger then the cooling effect caused by dimming.
I bring this up becasue adding a cooling 'terra forming' to this may be pretty catastrophic.
The only problem with Global climate change is that it's more complex then a post or media blurb can say , and more then most people are willing to try and grasp. AS has been shown conspiracies are generated from people who don't understand a complex subject, so the fall back on some 'invisible' entity as an explanation.
In any case, the most simple risk assessment shows we should be spending money on this. Even money spent on dealing with a non preventable global warming is needed to offset the Trillions of dollars of damage that will occur.
Response: If the damage is non-preventable then how are you offsetting damage that will unavoidably occur? Better to divert the money to things we can actually impact than waste it on something we can't.
You're making two assumptions:
1) Global warming is man-made.
2) Humans have the ability to reverse the warming that we are seeing.
I'd be interested to see any proof that supports both of those assumptions, because if either one of those assumptions is incorrect, then all we're doing is wasting money and energy solving a problem that doesn't exists or that we can't fix.
When you use more energy to produce a biofuel than the amount of energy that would be provided to the end user, then it is hard to argue that the fuel was ever economically feasible.
When corn that could be used to feed hungry people is instead used to prevent a **possible** catastrophe that **might or might not** be caused by humans, then I say that is an irresponsible use of our resources.
In addition, I also think that the OS HP chose is not a good OS for any individual making the migration from Windows to Linux. After literally spending 2 hours trying to do something as simple as upgrade Firefox to version 3, I ended up SOMEHOW disabling the GUI on bootup. Nobody migrating from windows wants to even think about dealing with a non-GUI OS. I wiped that baby and replaced SUSE with Ubuntu and its been all good ever since. More time need be spent choosing an appropriate distro for your target market.
My wife just purchased an HP mini-note. I've dabbled a bit with Ubuntu but Suse was new to me. The system comes completely uncustomized for easy use by the general consumer. For instance, it still has the OS set to search the optical drive for installable software...but there is NO OPTICAL drive in the computer. NONE of the online repositories for software are already added to the OS. There is absolutely NO documentation included with the system to help a new Windows XP -> Linux individual navigate their self around or teach them how to do something as simple as installing a piece of software or adding a software repository. Yeah, Google is there but to the Average Joe, you shouldn't have to search Google for every simple answer and then risk messing up your computer if you input a typo into one of your Terminal commands.
I'm not arguing that your position is flawed...simply that your definition of common law is incorrect. The problem is with technologically illiterate individuals in the justice system and the fact that most people you'll find on juries will also be relatively computer illiterate. Unfortunately our law's aren't keeping up with the times.
Yeah, that's not what's meant by "common law." Common law is law that is created from the bench, based upon the rulings of judges. This is in contrast to legislative laws that are created by our elected representatives. Common law has nothing to do with how something is seen by a "common person".
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UPS doesn't accept radioactive materials. Neither does DHL.
Um..".x-ray machines" don't use cesium. X-rays in an x-ray machine are created by applying an electrical current across an x-ray tube. No radioactive materials required. Most likely, based upon how what this article described, this was a Gadolinium or a Germanium sources.
Um...actually they're the ONLY ones in the US that ship RAM. UPS and DHL no longer do it. But Fedex does ship explosives, corrosives, compressed gasses, biological specimens and toxins, etc.
We return used sealed sources to the manufacturer for our equipment ~ every 6 months. It's completely normal, appropriate and LEGAL to utilize Fedex to ship radioactive materials (RAM) so long as you comply with all DOT regulations. Assuming that these were used sealed sources being returned to manufacturer, they were most likely fairly well decayed and probably being shipped either as a Class I or in excepted packaging. And as they're SEALED SOURCES, there's no risk of contamination unless someone intercepted it to blow it up for various nefarious purposes. You used to be able to ship via UPS and DHL but they pulled out of the hazardous material shipment business. RAM isn't the only hazardous material moving through fedex's shipment facilities. You have corrosives, flammables and biological specimens being shipped via Fedex all over the country and the world. So don't let a little bit of radioactivity scare you. There's a lot more dangerous stuff that can kill you a lot sooner than some sealed sources if you're gonna get all in a huff about using Fedex.
At least with Sprint, if they change your terms of service, you have a set period of time to cancel your contract with them without an early termination fee. As already stated, you and the company have a contract. The company has changed their contract with you while the contract was still in effect. So, you have the ability to cancel w/o any type of fee if you do not agree with the unilateral changes that they made to your TOS. If you agree with the new TOS (or simply don't know that they changed), then they interpret your continuing to use their service as an acknowledgment of the changes they made to the contract and agreement to abide by the new requirements. Many a Sprint customer has gotten out of a contract for free because of minor changes to the TOS. Not sure if anything similar happens w/ Verizon or AT&T.
The study's website includes a PDF indicating some of the issues/situations they will be faced with. It does say that over time, a communication lag of up to 20 minutes will develop between the participants and the outside world.
1) Global warming is man-made.
to think that global warming isn't impacted by man is to be just stupid at this point. Political mis interpetations of the facts in the media (including the blogosphere) not with standing it is happening. Yes global climate is effected by repeating cycles La Nina, pacific cascadal, etc.
Response: Why? Because "scientific consensus" says it is so? Well, when climatologists and meteorologists are punished because they questions the **dogma**, then I seriously question the dogma. Being a scientists means being a skeptic and testing a hypothesis. The simple fact that "scientists" have so quickly, seemingly by vote, decided that global climate change is happening and that it is man-made brings serious doubts to me All I hear is, since the history of recorded weather patterns, our planet is the warmest it has ever been. Okay, but how long have we had records that can be considered accurate and precise? 100 years? 150 years? At most 200 years in a planetary history that spans millions of years? Are we sure those 150 years were an accurate representation of the Earth's normal climate? I mean, we only recently (relatively speaking) came out of an ice age. Sort of makes sense that we would be warming up...
Because Barack Obama and Al Gore say that the debate is over? They're **experts** on global climate change~ I understand this. But give me a break. The debate is NEVER over in science.
2) Yes, man could change it in either case, however I am not sure we should.
as a FYI,. the amount of light that hits the ground has lessened measurable over the last 50 years. So there are two things happening the effect global climate change. No, these two factor don't 'balance' each other out, warming is stronger then the cooling effect caused by dimming. I bring this up becasue adding a cooling 'terra forming' to this may be pretty catastrophic.
The only problem with Global climate change is that it's more complex then a post or media blurb can say , and more then most people are willing to try and grasp. AS has been shown conspiracies are generated from people who don't understand a complex subject, so the fall back on some 'invisible' entity as an explanation.
In any case, the most simple risk assessment shows we should be spending money on this. Even money spent on dealing with a non preventable global warming is needed to offset the Trillions of dollars of damage that will occur.
Response: If the damage is non-preventable then how are you offsetting damage that will unavoidably occur? Better to divert the money to things we can actually impact than waste it on something we can't.
You're making two assumptions: 1) Global warming is man-made. 2) Humans have the ability to reverse the warming that we are seeing. I'd be interested to see any proof that supports both of those assumptions, because if either one of those assumptions is incorrect, then all we're doing is wasting money and energy solving a problem that doesn't exists or that we can't fix.
When you use more energy to produce a biofuel than the amount of energy that would be provided to the end user, then it is hard to argue that the fuel was ever economically feasible. When corn that could be used to feed hungry people is instead used to prevent a **possible** catastrophe that **might or might not** be caused by humans, then I say that is an irresponsible use of our resources.
...for trying to engulf the planet in a black hole.
Employers are not allowed to use age as a determinate when it comes to who they should hire. I hope you enjoy being sued.
...a change of underwear after seeing that. :-D
In addition, I also think that the OS HP chose is not a good OS for any individual making the migration from Windows to Linux. After literally spending 2 hours trying to do something as simple as upgrade Firefox to version 3, I ended up SOMEHOW disabling the GUI on bootup. Nobody migrating from windows wants to even think about dealing with a non-GUI OS. I wiped that baby and replaced SUSE with Ubuntu and its been all good ever since. More time need be spent choosing an appropriate distro for your target market.
My wife just purchased an HP mini-note. I've dabbled a bit with Ubuntu but Suse was new to me. The system comes completely uncustomized for easy use by the general consumer. For instance, it still has the OS set to search the optical drive for installable software...but there is NO OPTICAL drive in the computer. NONE of the online repositories for software are already added to the OS. There is absolutely NO documentation included with the system to help a new Windows XP -> Linux individual navigate their self around or teach them how to do something as simple as installing a piece of software or adding a software repository. Yeah, Google is there but to the Average Joe, you shouldn't have to search Google for every simple answer and then risk messing up your computer if you input a typo into one of your Terminal commands.
I'm not arguing that your position is flawed...simply that your definition of common law is incorrect. The problem is with technologically illiterate individuals in the justice system and the fact that most people you'll find on juries will also be relatively computer illiterate. Unfortunately our law's aren't keeping up with the times.
Yeah, that's not what's meant by "common law." Common law is law that is created from the bench, based upon the rulings of judges. This is in contrast to legislative laws that are created by our elected representatives. Common law has nothing to do with how something is seen by a "common person".