I suspect the reactors might actually be sealed, so water, rodents, etc. don't get into them.
Soil liquefaction? Causing the position of the reactor to be virtually unknown, possible upside down? Tearing the power lines 30 m underground?
Multiply the same problem with the numbers of reactors affected, see how fast you can dig/replace them to restore the power, especially in the aftermaths of a serious earthquake.
Assuming that I accept your reading as the intended meaning, here comes another (milder) dissonance:
1. GM-built reactors are better
2.... therefore Japan should go with Toshiba's reactors.
;) Stop it already, otherwise I'll bill you for the cost of extra ale;)
These Japanese reactors are old and fairly well understood while Chernobyl was brand new. These Japanese reactors had already been in service for 16 years when Chernobyl melted down. In comparative terms there is no comparison — Chernobyl was vastly worse.
My reading: older, better known reactor designs are safer.
If I were to predict a clear winner in Japan’s new nuclear future it would be Toshiba with its innovative 4S (Super Safe Small and Simple) reactors.
My reading: the solution for Japan is to use a new reactor design.
My mind started to melt down, time for a cold ale to arrest the chain reaction in reaching the level of critical... well... thinking.
do the records get destroyed once the child reaches the age of majority?
Bad news: no. The good news: there are good chances the child will be destroyed before the age of maturity, which will of course make the record meaningless.
My guess: it'll be when Adobe releases it's own OS, entirely written in Flash, which also will run on smart-phones - that's the next logical development... now that emacs is lagging far behind.
Seems that I started to detect a pattern between the current TFA and this one.
Now, DHS, I know I'm not at MIT, but other cases showed I don't need to... So, just where is my grant for advanced research of the subject?
Ia look at our many, varied and woefully open to interpretation laws.
As long as these interpretations of the laws are truly open and free (like in free-speech, not free beer), I'm all for it!!!! I mean... if I don't like an interpretation or is just not enough woeful, I can freely adapt it to my needs... maybe release it for others to benefit as well
(hint: use your irony/humor detector. Maybe turning it to the max of the scale would help?)
I couldn't agree more. None of the major publishers are coming out with anything amazing. Like the other day I was watching Epics Unreal Engine 3 Samaritian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHgWuxzuTIQ and was totally floored on how crappy the real time rendering looked.
You say that a better rendering engine, more polygons and better ambient is the ultimate measure of innovation, don't you? No matter that the demo requires no less than 3 graphic cards to run in realtime, isn't it?
As for the BASIC bananas/tanks, see my point here
Name one innovative game from the creators of Angry Birds.
Out of the scope of my question (it is a question, not a disguised argument). To address your question , please see my full point in here (to avoid repeating it).
I hope you realize Angry Birds was a literal clone (not just influenced) by Flash games that appeared about 4-5 years ago. Even Halo was more innovative and that's saying awfully little.
In far from contesting it.
However, my question is: what innovative games came out of UbiSoft/EA in the latest 2 years??!
Let me re-phrase: is maybe the case that both of the CEO-s are right when saying that the gaming on "the other platform" is dying? Just that they don't see the beam in their eye but only the straw in the eye of the other?
And there will be a big market for involved, innovative, complex, competitive "traditional" gaming that the rest of us enjoy.
Name one game coming from EA/UbiSoft in the last 2 years that is still innovative. 'Cause that's what TFA is accusing: any new release of a "traditional game" is just "news at 11".
uses much less power and is faster than other solutions currently available
Haven't seen however any info on the speed.
The researchers say that the low-power memory could even lead to previously elusive three-dimensional stacking of chips.
This would be good indeed if achieved.
Speaking of achievements, there's just this snag:
The group has so far created and tested a few hundred bits
On top of it:
The device is also immune to accidental erasure from a passing scanner or magnet.
This may well be, but... what range of temperatures is supported by the phase-change material? (i.e. what good is the low-power/high-speed memory if it melts when overclocking the CPU?)
"We therefore cannot overstate the need for software engineers and information systems designers."
So one has to wonder: isn't this what H1B visas are for? Alternatively, outsource it!! It's likely that she'll get plenty of algos equally worthless at a lower cost for the tax-payer.
</tongue-in-cheek>
maybe food and energy - you know, these daily expenditures?
If you use the money you've earned in 2008 (and stored in your saving) for the "daily expenditures", yes, you are in a deep shit (applies for retirees too). Almost the same if your salary wasn't adjusted from 2008.
Slashdot Mirror
I suspect the reactors might actually be sealed, so water, rodents, etc. don't get into them.
Soil liquefaction? Causing the position of the reactor to be virtually unknown, possible upside down? Tearing the power lines 30 m underground?
Multiply the same problem with the numbers of reactors affected, see how fast you can dig/replace them to restore the power, especially in the aftermaths of a serious earthquake.
1. GM-built reactors are better
2.
;) Stop it already, otherwise I'll bill you for the cost of extra ale ;)
These Japanese reactors are old and fairly well understood while Chernobyl was brand new. These Japanese reactors had already been in service for 16 years when Chernobyl melted down. In comparative terms there is no comparison — Chernobyl was vastly worse.
My reading: older, better known reactor designs are safer.
If I were to predict a clear winner in Japan’s new nuclear future it would be Toshiba with its innovative 4S (Super Safe Small and Simple) reactors.
My reading: the solution for Japan is to use a new reactor design.
My mind started to melt down, time for a cold ale to arrest the chain reaction in reaching the level of critical... well... thinking.
do the records get destroyed once the child reaches the age of majority?
Bad news: no. The good news: there are good chances the child will be destroyed before the age of maturity, which will of course make the record meaningless.
"he alleged purpose of the new ID card is to hinder the abduction of children and prevent child exploitation. "
That IS it's purpose and it will help. Whether or not you think it's worth it is a different matter.
Another matter: will help who exactly?
When will Adobe get its act together?
My guess: it'll be when Adobe releases it's own OS, entirely written in Flash, which also will run on smart-phones - that's the next logical development... now that emacs is lagging far behind.
Seems that I started to detect a pattern between the current TFA and this one.
Now, DHS, I know I'm not at MIT, but other cases showed I don't need to... So, just where is my grant for advanced research of the subject?
Now Richard Stallman can finally have a regular phone! But not a cell phone of course. They are coming...
Sure they are... Hardest part: put a freedom-box in every home (with mesh-networking enabled)...
Signed,
Superman
Ia look at our many, varied and woefully open to interpretation laws.
As long as these interpretations of the laws are truly open and free (like in free-speech, not free beer), I'm all for it!!!! I mean... if I don't like an interpretation or is just not enough woeful, I can freely adapt it to my needs... maybe release it for others to benefit as well
(hint: use your irony/humor detector. Maybe turning it to the max of the scale would help?)
Where is FOSS answer for Visual Studio? There just isn't anything as good.
I for one prefer Eclipse to VS. Even when developing C++.
And no, being open source alone isn't enough reason. The applications and games have to be better than their commercial competitors!
With this, I cannot do anything but agree.
Interesting... Thanks for the reference, appreciated.
Resident evil - 1996.
What is the innovation in Dead Space?
I couldn't agree more. None of the major publishers are coming out with anything amazing. Like the other day I was watching Epics Unreal Engine 3 Samaritian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHgWuxzuTIQ and was totally floored on how crappy the real time rendering looked.
You say that a better rendering engine, more polygons and better ambient is the ultimate measure of innovation, don't you? No matter that the demo requires no less than 3 graphic cards to run in realtime, isn't it?
As for the BASIC bananas/tanks, see my point here
Name one innovative game from the creators of Angry Birds.
Out of the scope of my question (it is a question, not a disguised argument).
To address your question , please see my full point in here (to avoid repeating it).
Thanks for the reference, I'll try it... the wikipedia description seems enticing.
I hope you realize Angry Birds was a literal clone (not just influenced) by Flash games that appeared about 4-5 years ago. Even Halo was more innovative and that's saying awfully little.
In far from contesting it.
However, my question is: what innovative games came out of UbiSoft/EA in the latest 2 years??!
Let me re-phrase: is maybe the case that both of the CEO-s are right when saying that the gaming on "the other platform" is dying?
Just that they don't see the beam in their eye but only the straw in the eye of the other?
And there will be a big market for involved, innovative, complex, competitive "traditional" gaming that the rest of us enjoy.
Name one game coming from EA/UbiSoft in the last 2 years that is still innovative.
'Cause that's what TFA is accusing: any new release of a "traditional game" is just "news at 11".
uses much less power and is faster than other solutions currently available
Haven't seen however any info on the speed.
The researchers say that the low-power memory could even lead to previously elusive three-dimensional stacking of chips.
This would be good indeed if achieved.
Speaking of achievements, there's just this snag:
The group has so far created and tested a few hundred bits
On top of it:
The device is also immune to accidental erasure from a passing scanner or magnet.
This may well be, but... what range of temperatures is supported by the phase-change material? (i.e. what good is the low-power/high-speed memory if it melts when overclocking the CPU?)
Didn't lots of people say data mining for terrorism/"security" was ineffective?
Define effectiveness. If defined in terms of "Better salary, job security and employment for DHS" - this is highly effective.
"We therefore cannot overstate the need for software engineers and information systems designers."
So one has to wonder: isn't this what H1B visas are for?
Alternatively, outsource it!! It's likely that she'll get plenty of algos equally worthless at a lower cost for the tax-payer.
</tongue-in-cheek>
So they cast a net so large the boat sinks from the weight of the fish... Typical DHS.
Fish? Rather sand... so much sand they cannot find the fish in.
PI
maybe food and energy - you know, these daily expenditures?
If you use the money you've earned in 2008 (and stored in your saving) for the "daily expenditures", yes, you are in a deep shit (applies for retirees too). Almost the same if your salary wasn't adjusted from 2008.
Wrong.
Your bank account has lost a significant amount of purchasing power since 2008.
Depends on what you want to buy... houses would still be cheaper now.