Pakistan is probably the scariest, because there are actual nukes in the country, an unstable government, and (so we're told) terrorist types hiding out.
And yet i am far more afraid of my government than Pakistan.
We had a few mobile units. However these where older, so where not just the size of a truck. It was a truck. This included a antenna, generator, cell site and microwave link. Otherwise the other poster is correct, fiber or even older cable back haul was often as expensive and time consuming to get installed as the site itself.
I was installing something similar when working for NZ telecom mobile back in about 2000. It was a bit bigger (50cmX50cmX25cm IIRC) and we were using them as "main" towers. Not supplements. I am not surprised that they are than much smaller now.
As i said in other posts this is one area where the field is divided. One thing we do know. The flu shot has a very low risk (I would say more than below acceptable risk) that taking it is not going to be a bad thing. But honestly, the data doesn't show its a good thing either.
Newer forms of vaccines for flu are being developed that should give a wider range of "strain" resistance, and hence be better at protecting people. It should also be noted that some of the effectiveness is related to the way the next seasons flu shot "strain" is decided.
This is not always enough. Since only smallpox is eliminated, while the others have not. Consider the "spore" stage some diseases have for example. Or latent storage of viruses.
Regardless of GP links or sources. It is largely correct. The medical community is divided about flu shots. The data is decidedly no effect at best.
Seriously, why would you expect all diseases and virus to behave the same? Smallpox has been eradicated, while almost no other disease has.
I was at a conference about this not so long ago. Basically flu shots don't really work. The data just says they don't. There are some new vaccine that have gone through phase II trials and should start phase III some time at the end of this year. But there is no evidence that they work (phase I & II are to determine that the side effects are acceptable).
WHO are investigating the H1N1 debacle and other governments have been pretty sharp about the issues (WHO have lost credibility). Its not just a few conspiracy theories. Hell in NZ they didn't even test you. If you had flu symptoms then they reported that you had H1N1 "cus its all H1N1 this year".
This does not work for influenza. Each virus behaves differently. Herd immunity does not apply to them all. The current recommendations are don't bother if you are health with a flu shot. However the data is even less encouraging. It doesn't really matter no matter who you are. You are just as likely to get the flu anyway.
There are many reasons for this. Most importantly is that influenza mutates too fast, and there is almost never a single strain per season.
I have a lot of good things to say about vaccines in general. But really, the data suggests you are at best wasting your time with flu vaccines. I was at a conference just last month about this, basically the flu mutates too fast and is really mostly harmless.
The H1N1 debacle was laughable. Even WHO has and ongoing investigation about the released info, its legitimacy and the fact that a few companies made a enormous amount of money where also involved in the "recommendations".
Maybe the interaction is too small to have an effect on one's health, but nobody proved that yet.
So all the studies done to date all have shown no detectable effect. How can that mean anything other than the effect must *at worst* be very very small.
People have and do work in very high EM environments for a large part of their lives. They don't have a higher rate of anything outside expected norms. What does that show?
But very very poorly. Since we are talking about audio frequencies which is at most 20kHz (15km wavelength), the ear pieces are just too small to be a efficient radiator.
Do you seriously believe a minimum wage worker will do a better job? As someone who worked at BP for 6 years during college, I assure we are not trained beyond "don't smoke, don't put Diesel in the wrong car".
Don't know what you are talking about. For high grade U, you can get critical with little as 1-2kg. Similar with Pu. Total inventory can be quite low and does not need to be anything like 1000 or kg.
Yes there is for ocean reserves. Both the British and the Russians have done it at the lab scale. Its economic when U is about 100-150US per kg or something like that. Thing is that that the cost of U is pretty much irrelevant to the cost of power from a nuke plant.
As for non ocean reserves we are talking about ores in the 100ppm range will last 100s of years without reprocessing. Basically what is mined today.
Reprocessing bumps that up about 64 fold (minimum can be as high as 140x). Say 100 years of once through worth of U (very very pessimistic), gives you 6400 years worth with reprocessing--that's ore at levels we mine *today*.
Don't forget frame dragging and pretty weird GR effect. In fact about the only thing missing is gravity waves. Even Einstein said they are probably too weak to ever detect.
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And it also doesn't work so well. If you want to use C# you really need to be on windows, mono just doesn't cut it in practice.
I don't have a windows machine at work or at home and mono is a poor substitute at best. Is that a good reason...
Pakistan is probably the scariest, because there are actual nukes in the country, an unstable government, and (so we're told) terrorist types hiding out.
And yet i am far more afraid of my government than Pakistan.
We had a few mobile units. However these where older, so where not just the size of a truck. It was a truck. This included a antenna, generator, cell site and microwave link. Otherwise the other poster is correct, fiber or even older cable back haul was often as expensive and time consuming to get installed as the site itself.
The US courts have ruled that its torture. Look it up your self.
And that is the biggest problem. We don't know... we are told just to trust or leaders... Like hell.
You know. Perhaps some of them really *are* innocent.
I was installing something similar when working for NZ telecom mobile back in about 2000. It was a bit bigger (50cmX50cmX25cm IIRC) and we were using them as "main" towers. Not supplements. I am not surprised that they are than much smaller now.
So in other words, there is no study you would accept, since you can dismiss any future studies just as you have dismissed the ones already done.
As i said in other posts this is one area where the field is divided. One thing we do know. The flu shot has a very low risk (I would say more than below acceptable risk) that taking it is not going to be a bad thing. But honestly, the data doesn't show its a good thing either.
Newer forms of vaccines for flu are being developed that should give a wider range of "strain" resistance, and hence be better at protecting people. It should also be noted that some of the effectiveness is related to the way the next seasons flu shot "strain" is decided.
This is not always enough. Since only smallpox is eliminated, while the others have not. Consider the "spore" stage some diseases have for example. Or latent storage of viruses.
In many countries in the EU. It is.
Regardless of GP links or sources. It is largely correct. The medical community is divided about flu shots. The data is decidedly no effect at best. Seriously, why would you expect all diseases and virus to behave the same? Smallpox has been eradicated, while almost no other disease has.
I was at a conference about this not so long ago. Basically flu shots don't really work. The data just says they don't. There are some new vaccine that have gone through phase II trials and should start phase III some time at the end of this year. But there is no evidence that they work (phase I & II are to determine that the side effects are acceptable).
WHO are investigating the H1N1 debacle and other governments have been pretty sharp about the issues (WHO have lost credibility). Its not just a few conspiracy theories. Hell in NZ they didn't even test you. If you had flu symptoms then they reported that you had H1N1 "cus its all H1N1 this year".
This does not work for influenza. Each virus behaves differently. Herd immunity does not apply to them all. The current recommendations are don't bother if you are health with a flu shot. However the data is even less encouraging. It doesn't really matter no matter who you are. You are just as likely to get the flu anyway.
There are many reasons for this. Most importantly is that influenza mutates too fast, and there is almost never a single strain per season.
I have a lot of good things to say about vaccines in general. But really, the data suggests you are at best wasting your time with flu vaccines. I was at a conference just last month about this, basically the flu mutates too fast and is really mostly harmless.
The H1N1 debacle was laughable. Even WHO has and ongoing investigation about the released info, its legitimacy and the fact that a few companies made a enormous amount of money where also involved in the "recommendations".
Maybe the interaction is too small to have an effect on one's health, but nobody proved that yet.
So all the studies done to date all have shown no detectable effect. How can that mean anything other than the effect must *at worst* be very very small.
People have and do work in very high EM environments for a large part of their lives. They don't have a higher rate of anything outside expected norms. What does that show?
No. The effect is far to short range (ie need to intermingle your brain cells.). Both from measurement and from theory.
But very very poorly. Since we are talking about audio frequencies which is at most 20kHz (15km wavelength), the ear pieces are just too small to be a efficient radiator.
Do you seriously believe a minimum wage worker will do a better job? As someone who worked at BP for 6 years during college, I assure we are not trained beyond "don't smoke, don't put Diesel in the wrong car".
Don't know what you are talking about. For high grade U, you can get critical with little as 1-2kg. Similar with Pu. Total inventory can be quite low and does not need to be anything like 1000 or kg.
You can still make bombs from a Th fuel cycle. In fact they even did make one. Its not nearly has hard as proponents seem to claim it is.
Bottom line. Th fuel cycle nuclear has the same proliferation problems as U.
But i don't think thats a very big deal really.
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Yes there is for ocean reserves. Both the British and the Russians have done it at the lab scale. Its economic when U is about 100-150US per kg or something like that. Thing is that that the cost of U is pretty much irrelevant to the cost of power from a nuke plant.
As for non ocean reserves we are talking about ores in the 100ppm range will last 100s of years without reprocessing. Basically what is mined today.
Reprocessing bumps that up about 64 fold (minimum can be as high as 140x). Say 100 years of once through worth of U (very very pessimistic), gives you 6400 years worth with reprocessing--that's ore at levels we mine *today*.
Neither with coal, wind, solar, gas, Hydro etc. Not. A. Single. One. Ever. Whats your point?
Don't forget frame dragging and pretty weird GR effect. In fact about the only thing missing is gravity waves. Even Einstein said they are probably too weak to ever detect.