There are currently two nuclear plants impacted by the Missouri flooding - Fort Calhoon and Cooper Nuclear Plant. I live in Omaha - ~40 miles from FC and ~50 from CNP.
FC had been in shutdown mode for refueling and is supposed not at any risk from the water surrounding it's sandbags on all sides. That said just over a week ago they had a fire lasting 40 minutes and loss of power to the spent fuel cooling pools.
CNP in Brownville, NE is at full capacity despite rising waters and the possibility Gavins Point Dam might increase it's water flow further. Protocol demands a shutdown if the river reaches 902 feet above sea level, and the current level for the Missouri is officially 900.56 at CNP. No hurry or anything.
Mate, give it up. Criticizing the holy nuclear industry will get the bury brigade into full motion. Fastest way to get a troll mod, even faster then posting goatse.
You got that right. It's like talking to a brick wall.
I'm amazed that some people think there will be no long term effects, or seem willing to be complicit in efforts to spin concerns away.
Perhaps a certain individual who is so certain everything is A-OK should consider investing in de-valued Japanese real estate.
Gnome 3 almost looks like it's been optimized to be a tablet environment. I'll play with the new Gnome, but I'll have to be really impressed to switch away from KDE.
Every material emits some level of radiation. It should go without saying they are not all equally dangerous. You think it's necessary to qualify that?
...the effects of this won't be understood for years to come?
Being flippant or quickly dismissive is cynical at best, ignorant at worst. If you are a cynic please work on that. If you are an idiot please stop voting.
You should know very well there's a big difference between nuclear medicine and what was released by the Fukushima reactors. If you don't please beg your parents to send you to a different school before it's too late.
Aside from your name calling the next decade or two will prove if you are correct. Please don't let Rush Limpballs tell you what to think.
Radiation isn't a mystery. It's effects are predicable and tragic.
I'd rather not see the tragic consequences of chromosome damage on future generations of Japanese children, or leukemia and various cancers in the existing population.
The big losers here are the population of Japan who can't get a straight answer about the risk to their health. I cringe to think of the birth defects and illness this will cause.
The reactor meltdowns were unintentional, but the CYA done by TEPCO executives should be considered criminal.
Good luck to Japan on building something that will last 10,000 years to contain that mess. You tiny island depends on it.
>> "And now, while the ESA is moving forward, America is jumping backwards even more, going back to 60's Apollo-era capsules. And that's after a long development schedule while we're piggybacking on the Russians."
The Space Shuttle concept was designed in the late 1960. Aside from upgraded cockpit avionics much of the system is 60's era tech.
Take a position. Are we behind or not? Everyone is ahead of us (you say) yet the only other countries to launch men into space (Russia and China) have done so with capsules. China's capsile was a disposable single use system. The CEV is a re-usable system which finds close parity with the Soyuz.
The US using capsules again is an acknowledgment that strapping your vehicle and crew to the side of a rocket is more dangerous than placing them at the top. A capsule can be mission specific. A capsule can be redesigned much easier than modifying a space shuttle or place where a system wide impact study must be done. The Space Shuttle was a difficult system to upgrade for this reason. A capsule can have the latest system upgrades since it is self-contained. The Soyuz has gone through dozens revisions for this reason.
Aside from landing on a runway what was gained from the shuttle in a practical sense? Longer turnaround between missions? A small fleet a complex vehicles instead of a large inventory of simpler capsules? When safety is concerned, simple wins. The Russians launch men into space more often because they use a simpler system.
Space planes are not a new idea. The SR-71, while it never flew in space, was still considered by many engineers to be proof that a space plane was possible.
"...NASA couldn't even make the Aerospike work either..." "After we lost our German scientists, America went back to black powder and cannon to launch rockets."
A gross characterization. Lockheed Martin made aerospike technology workable while developing Venture Star, a canceled successor to the Space Shuttle. They made three aerospike engines but only had the chance to test one of them (successfully) before the cancellation of the X-33 test vehicle. While the engine concept was sound there were budget issues, fuel tank failures, and political pressure to stay with the Space Shuttle.
Instead of pouring tons of cash into a 40 year of design like the Space Shuttle the US is embracing simpler, more affordable rocket technology. Commercial rocket launch companies like SpaceX can do it cheaper than NASA. They have a proven track record and are now building their first heavy class rocket.
For all the Space Shuttle's accomplishments it's initial purpose was to make the cost per pound of cargo cheaper, something it never did.
In the late 80's before I ever heard of Usenet or Internet I belonged to a dozen social dial-up Bulletin Board Systems (back in the day when we all wanted to be a SySop). When I wasn't in high school I was dailed in with my blazing fast 300 bps acoustic modem.
I also has a CompuServe membership, which was AOL before there was an AOL.
I somehow missed the news last week about PJ stepping down. She finally put on her red dress and dancing shoes. After seven years she's more than earned it.
As a regular reader during the first couple years of SCO vs. The World it was nice to have a news/analysis source that I could absolutely trust.
I am not a right-winger. By hoping for the "right thing" I hope the US Supreme Court forces TSA to modify their intrusive and humiliating searches. How does that make me right wing, @sshole?
Netflix has just signed a deal to stream all Star Trek episodes from the five different TV series soon. They stream a lot of Doctor Who, all episodes of Firefly (and Serentity), every Ep. of BSG, anime, Comic book flicks....
That's not everything you listed, but it's close.
You probably had Star Wars on DVD already so that shouldn't be an issue. If you don't own Star Wars on DVD you lose your geek stripes.
Buy Blade Runner on Blu if you haven't yet. The five disk set is 30 bucks and it's the best looking Blu set I own. The documentaries alone are worth the cost.
Texas has had enough. Other states will soon follow. On top of states rights, there are individual airports excercising their "opt-out" privileges and replacing TSA with private security.
This morning CBS in Dallas/Fort Worth reports:
"The Texas House passed a bill that would make it a criminal offense for public servants to inappropriately touch travelers during airport security pat-downs.
Approved late Thursday night, the measure makes it illegal for anyone conducting searches to touch “the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person” including through clothing." Source:http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/05/13/texas-house-bans-offensive-security-pat-downs/
If TSA ignores the new Texas law Texas has grounds to go to the US Supreme Court and challenge TSA's authority.
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DNF had a scene where the player is rewarded picking up poo.
HURD rewards GNU/Linux users for replacing a working kernel with poo.
The similarities are striking.
GPS wouldn't be there very long. From what I've seen New Jersey residents are used to looking under their cars before they start them.
Not where I live. Sprint never gives me less than three bars even around tall buildings.
There are currently two nuclear plants impacted by the Missouri flooding - Fort Calhoon and Cooper Nuclear Plant. I live in Omaha - ~40 miles from FC and ~50 from CNP.
FC had been in shutdown mode for refueling and is supposed not at any risk from the water surrounding it's sandbags on all sides. That said just over a week ago they had a fire lasting 40 minutes and loss of power to the spent fuel cooling pools.
CNP in Brownville, NE is at full capacity despite rising waters and the possibility Gavins Point Dam might increase it's water flow further. Protocol demands a shutdown if the river reaches 902 feet above sea level, and the current level for the Missouri is officially 900.56 at CNP. No hurry or anything.
The memorial needs at least 10 folding card tables and a refrigerator of Mountain Dew.
"I wanna cast Magic Missile!!!"
FTFA >> "Not only did not he appear to know the fundamental difference between Windows Mobile and WP7..."
He's hardly alone. One problem with MS changing their mobile strategy every five minutes is people have stopped giving a shit.
It's Apple vs. Android for the market share. MS is too late to join the party.
Mate, give it up. Criticizing the holy nuclear industry will get the bury brigade into full motion. Fastest way to get a troll mod, even faster then posting goatse.
You got that right. It's like talking to a brick wall.
I'm amazed that some people think there will be no long term effects, or seem willing to be complicit in efforts to spin concerns away.
Perhaps a certain individual who is so certain everything is A-OK should consider investing in de-valued Japanese real estate.
Gnome 3 almost looks like it's been optimized to be a tablet environment. I'll play with the new Gnome, but I'll have to be really impressed to switch away from KDE.
Don't blame Linux for KDE's stability issues.
Every material emits some level of radiation. It should go without saying they are not all equally dangerous. You think it's necessary to qualify that?
...the effects of this won't be understood for years to come?
Being flippant or quickly dismissive is cynical at best, ignorant at worst. If you are a cynic please work on that. If you are an idiot please stop voting.
Really?? Are you serious???
You should know very well there's a big difference between nuclear medicine and what was released by the Fukushima reactors. If you don't please beg your parents to send you to a different school before it's too late.
Aside from your name calling the next decade or two will prove if you are correct. Please don't let Rush Limpballs tell you what to think.
Radiation isn't a mystery. It's effects are predicable and tragic.
I'd rather not see the tragic consequences of chromosome damage on future generations of Japanese children, or leukemia and various cancers in the existing population.
The big losers here are the population of Japan who can't get a straight answer about the risk to their health. I cringe to think of the birth defects and illness this will cause.
The reactor meltdowns were unintentional, but the CYA done by TEPCO executives should be considered criminal.
Good luck to Japan on building something that will last 10,000 years to contain that mess. You tiny island depends on it.
>> "And now, while the ESA is moving forward, America is jumping backwards even more, going back to 60's Apollo-era capsules. And that's after a long development schedule while we're piggybacking on the Russians."
The Space Shuttle concept was designed in the late 1960. Aside from upgraded cockpit avionics much of the system is 60's era tech.
Take a position. Are we behind or not? Everyone is ahead of us (you say) yet the only other countries to launch men into space (Russia and China) have done so with capsules. China's capsile was a disposable single use system. The CEV is a re-usable system which finds close parity with the Soyuz.
The US using capsules again is an acknowledgment that strapping your vehicle and crew to the side of a rocket is more dangerous than placing them at the top. A capsule can be mission specific. A capsule can be redesigned much easier than modifying a space shuttle or place where a system wide impact study must be done. The Space Shuttle was a difficult system to upgrade for this reason. A capsule can have the latest system upgrades since it is self-contained. The Soyuz has gone through dozens revisions for this reason.
Aside from landing on a runway what was gained from the shuttle in a practical sense? Longer turnaround between missions? A small fleet a complex vehicles instead of a large inventory of simpler capsules? When safety is concerned, simple wins. The Russians launch men into space more often because they use a simpler system.
Space planes are not a new idea. The SR-71, while it never flew in space, was still considered by many engineers to be proof that a space plane was possible.
"...NASA couldn't even make the Aerospike work either..."
"After we lost our German scientists, America went back to black powder and cannon to launch rockets."
A gross characterization. Lockheed Martin made aerospike technology workable while developing Venture Star, a canceled successor to the Space Shuttle. They made three aerospike engines but only had the chance to test one of them (successfully) before the cancellation of the X-33 test vehicle. While the engine concept was sound there were budget issues, fuel tank failures, and political pressure to stay with the Space Shuttle.
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/design/aerospike/figures/test02.jpg
Instead of pouring tons of cash into a 40 year of design like the Space Shuttle the US is embracing simpler, more affordable rocket technology. Commercial rocket launch companies like SpaceX can do it cheaper than NASA. They have a proven track record and are now building their first heavy class rocket.
For all the Space Shuttle's accomplishments it's initial purpose was to make the cost per pound of cargo cheaper, something it never did.
In the late 80's before I ever heard of Usenet or Internet I belonged to a dozen social dial-up Bulletin Board Systems (back in the day when we all wanted to be a SySop). When I wasn't in high school I was dailed in with my blazing fast 300 bps acoustic modem.
I also has a CompuServe membership, which was AOL before there was an AOL.
I somehow missed the news last week about PJ stepping down. She finally put on her red dress and dancing shoes. After seven years she's more than earned it.
As a regular reader during the first couple years of SCO vs. The World it was nice to have a news/analysis source that I could absolutely trust.
I am not a right-winger. By hoping for the "right thing" I hope the US Supreme Court forces TSA to modify their intrusive and humiliating searches. How does that make me right wing, @sshole?
>>"...states probably don't have jurisdiction to dictate how the federal government should screen passengers at the airport."
Texas doesn't. The US Supreme Court does. Texas is positioning itself to sue TSA.
>> "Is there some reason you think our current SC won't side with the TSA?"
The TSA has been begging for a Forth Amendment challenge to it's authority.
Will the US Supremes do the right thing? (*shrug*) Only if they still enforce the Constitution.
Netflix has just signed a deal to stream all Star Trek episodes from the five different TV series soon. They stream a lot of Doctor Who, all episodes of Firefly (and Serentity), every Ep. of BSG, anime, Comic book flicks....
That's not everything you listed, but it's close.
You probably had Star Wars on DVD already so that shouldn't be an issue. If you don't own Star Wars on DVD you lose your geek stripes.
Buy Blade Runner on Blu if you haven't yet. The five disk set is 30 bucks and it's the best looking Blu set I own. The documentaries alone are worth the cost.
Texas has had enough. Other states will soon follow. On top of states rights, there are individual airports excercising their "opt-out" privileges and replacing TSA with private security.
This morning CBS in Dallas/Fort Worth reports:
"The Texas House passed a bill that would make it a criminal offense for public servants to inappropriately touch travelers during airport security pat-downs.
Approved late Thursday night, the measure makes it illegal for anyone conducting searches to touch “the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person” including through clothing."
Source:http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/05/13/texas-house-bans-offensive-security-pat-downs/
If TSA ignores the new Texas law Texas has grounds to go to the US Supreme Court and challenge TSA's authority.