"Not bloated" means runs acceptable on a i486, or at least a (currently) 5 y.o. laptop if it has to be heavy, at least in any self-respecting nerd's book (i.e. most of slashdot).
And I know I am an insensitive clod, you self-despising nerds!
Whoa! That's some crappy power you got there! UPS manufacturers are probably rejoicing, drug dealers and alcohol brewers as well, coz' the el. engineers must be druggies and alcoholics!
In to a non-shitty battery, a decent case (i.e. something that won't disintegrate on the spot, like the high school dropout), efficient LEDs that are calibrated not to need the efficiency killing resistor. Just off the top of my head.
Bah. The most "dangerous" incidents in the country have hurt how many people? Compare this to ANY other significant form of power. Not to mention the illnesses and deaths due to pollution, including release of radioactive particles (particularly from coal).
Well Shawn, should I consider the mining, and enrichment process?
What about it? Consider how much uranium has to mined to produce a given amount of energy, and the amount of coal it takes for the equivalent? Not to mention that uranium ore is usually obtained by strip mining, which is much safer than tunneling to the center of the Earth (figuratively speaking, of course).
What about containment (or lack of)? or are you talking about a narrow 'just the day to day running of the plant' type incident? But since nuclear powers externalities and pollutants persist well beyond a run of the mill power plant and accumulate up the food chain, how do we know how many people Chernobyl or TMI
[snip]
what about Three Mile Island? Was there any contamination, at any point, anywhere? No.
IOW, nice straw man.
are *still* killing? It's not as if the isotope has a little flag on it saying "this strontium 90 was brought to you by an accidental venting that occured[sic] from a reactor half way across the country"
Accidental venting? What do you think this is, the Manhattan project? Every single coal plant in the country is gonna have it's boiler split before anything is released accidentally from a nuclear plant, and are going to be followed by the coal plants in the whole world, if what is released is actually remotely dangerous.
I'm talking about cancer Shawn. Isotopes analogue elements that our bodies seek from food producing different cancers, radon 220 that causes lung cancer, or radium 226 that causes bone cancers. Care to describe what xenon, argon or krypton decay into and the health side effects of those elements once ingested? What about iodine 131 or ceasium 137?
WTF, are you doing so as to get a meaningful exposure to those elements, snorting nuclear waste?
Over what timescale Shawn? a minute, a day, a week a year. If, of the 7 million deaths from cancer this year, a million of them came from nuclear industry externalities, is it less of a disaster because it took those people 15 years to die? Of course conveniently there is no data available. Radioactive isotopoes [sic] escape from *whatever* part of the nuclear industry (could be mining, DU dust) who knows?
Unless thee is a tornado in the strip mines, this is a non-issue.
and it's injested [sic], hey it's an alpha emmiter [sic], bingo, cancer. What percentage of yearly cancer deaths will you attribute to the Nuclear industry, 10%, 5% 1%, pick a number Shawn because we can be certain that it's above 0%.
There is also a non-zero number of people who died from lightning strike from a clear sky, what do you propose should be done?
If of the millions of people that die from cancer each year (worldwide 58 Million this year), is it somehow less because they didn't actually have anything to do with the nuclear industry at all?
Bah it's ok, it's a future generations problem isn't it Shawn? NIMG. One hunder [sic]years after all these reactors stop functioning how radioactive wil [sic] they be? What containment will still function? What about two hundred or three hundred years, four five, six hundred years? Even at 1% of today's numbers for cancer, every year how big are those numbers?
Bah, it's all speculation though isn't it Shawn, it's ok, go back to your affluent lifestyle, it's ok to tax future generations, don't have any concerns for your kids, they will be fine. They will sort the problems out, they won't blame you.
I believe he is worried about the gyroscopic effect slowing the Earth's rotation. But the effect will be spread over time, so there will be plenty of possibility for adaptation, humans, plants, and animals alike. Besides, I could do with a few more hours in the day.
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You want a programming language like English? Hate to brake it to ya', but COBOL has been around for a loooooong time.
*meducks*
And how are those TPS reports coming? *ducks low*
I will.
Vacuum Fluorescent Light
"Not bloated" means runs acceptable on a i486, or at least a (currently) 5 y.o. laptop if it has to be heavy, at least in any self-respecting nerd's book (i.e. most of slashdot).
And I know I am an insensitive clod, you self-despising nerds!
Can you say jump the meme?
=Smidge
Because those are totally safe...
Everclear isn't good for drinking? Next you'll tell me that window cleaner fluid isn't fit as well...
Please hand over your nerd license at the exit. Thank you.
Second, removable for fill-ups, gas tank anyone?
All the better, 'far as I'm concerned. *ducks*
Yes, thank you.
Whoa! That's some crappy power you got there! UPS manufacturers are probably rejoicing, drug dealers and alcohol brewers as well, coz' the el. engineers must be druggies and alcoholics!
In to a non-shitty battery, a decent case (i.e. something that won't disintegrate on the spot, like the high school dropout), efficient LEDs that are calibrated not to need the efficiency killing resistor. Just off the top of my head.
+1 Sadly Insightful
*ducks from bullets*
+1 Interesting *ducks*
RE:.sig
[SemanticNazi] Grammar Nazis don't care about spelling. [/SemanticNazi]
*ducks really low*
Well Shawn, should I consider the mining, and enrichment process?
What about it? Consider how much uranium has to mined to produce a given amount of energy, and the amount of coal it takes for the equivalent? Not to mention that uranium ore is usually obtained by strip mining, which is much safer than tunneling to the center of the Earth (figuratively speaking, of course).
What about containment (or lack of)? or are you talking about a narrow 'just the day to day running of the plant' type incident? But since nuclear powers externalities and pollutants persist well beyond a run of the mill power plant and accumulate up the food chain, how do we know how many people Chernobyl or TMI
[snip]
what about Three Mile Island? Was there any contamination, at any point, anywhere? No.
IOW, nice straw man.
are *still* killing? It's not as if the isotope has a little flag on it saying "this strontium 90 was brought to you by an accidental venting that occured[sic] from a reactor half way across the country"
Accidental venting? What do you think this is, the Manhattan project? Every single coal plant in the country is gonna have it's boiler split before anything is released accidentally from a nuclear plant, and are going to be followed by the coal plants in the whole world, if what is released is actually remotely dangerous.
I'm talking about cancer Shawn. Isotopes analogue elements that our bodies seek from food producing different cancers, radon 220 that causes lung cancer, or radium 226 that causes bone cancers. Care to describe what xenon, argon or krypton decay into and the health side effects of those elements once ingested? What about iodine 131 or ceasium 137?
WTF, are you doing so as to get a meaningful exposure to those elements, snorting nuclear waste?
Over what timescale Shawn? a minute, a day, a week a year. If, of the 7 million deaths from cancer this year, a million of them came from nuclear industry externalities, is it less of a disaster because it took those people 15 years to die? Of course conveniently there is no data available. Radioactive isotopoes [sic] escape from *whatever* part of the nuclear industry (could be mining, DU dust) who knows?
Unless thee is a tornado in the strip mines, this is a non-issue.
and it's injested [sic], hey it's an alpha emmiter [sic], bingo, cancer. What percentage of yearly cancer deaths will you attribute to the Nuclear industry, 10%, 5% 1%, pick a number Shawn because we can be certain that it's above 0%.
There is also a non-zero number of people who died from lightning strike from a clear sky, what do you propose should be done?
If of the millions of people that die from cancer each year (worldwide 58 Million this year), is it somehow less because they didn't actually have anything to do with the nuclear industry at all?
Bah it's ok, it's a future generations problem isn't it Shawn? NIMG. One hunder [sic]years after all these reactors stop functioning how radioactive wil [sic] they be? What containment will still function? What about two hundred or three hundred years, four five, six hundred years? Even at 1% of today's numbers for cancer, every year how big are those numbers?
Bah, it's all speculation though isn't it Shawn, it's ok, go back to your affluent lifestyle, it's ok to tax future generations, don't have any concerns for your kids, they will be fine. They will sort the problems out, they won't blame you.
Here you go!
How about sshfs? *meducks*
I believe he is worried about the gyroscopic effect slowing the Earth's rotation. But the effect will be spread over time, so there will be plenty of possibility for adaptation, humans, plants, and animals alike. Besides, I could do with a few more hours in the day.
Doubtful. VIA is already in cahoots with S3, who fit heir target market much better.
Whoa! I was just kidding dude! Chill out!
*facepalm*
C'mon then. We won't miss you. BTW, I was taking about implementations on full scale PCs, not iPhones and the like. Just saying.
+1 Obscure Terry Pratchet Novel Reference