This a big part of the problem with "higher education".
Students go there for an education. Supposedly, having prestigious Professors at the University results in a better education. But the students rarely, if ever, see these prestigious professors unless they become one of their Grad Student Slaves. Even then, it's questionable how much benefit they derive by working for a famous researcher other than Resume Bling.
Meanwhile, the students are getting fucked by higher tuition so these prestigious professors salaries and research can be subsidized.
Universities should have teachers and research institutions should have researchers. If there is commercial profit to be made by the research, then private industry will happily support it. If not, but the research is none-the-less important, then government would probably support it.
But students should not be subsidizing research through tuition just so a university can have Faculty Bling.
I'm sure that many TSA Agents are on first name terms with many local law enforcement officials because they've been arrested so many times in the past.
TSA Agents are the same petty thieves and thugs that they were before, but now they are federalized.
A lot of people are saying "works for me". But they are referring to some Linux distribution or OS X solution or perhaps HP printers with HP boxes, etc.
The way I think printers should work is the same way hard drives work. For 99% of the hardware out there, regardless of OS or manufacturer, if you drop a HD into the box and start it up, the system recognizes it and offers to format it. No searching for the right driver or updated versions or installing this or that, etc.
Printers need to be like this. While it is commendable that OS X or Linux have something of these capabilities, it's only because someone else has gone through the headaches of making sure the right drivers are available and that the printer is recognized. That doesn't change the fact that the underlying software architecture sucks.
I can't really think of any reason for the need for a driver. A printer should be just another computer that accepts a document (pick something...PDF, whatever) and the usual parameters (num of copies, size, etc.) and prints it. Let the manufacturer deal with going from the file to the print head. Going from the user's workstation to the printer should be no more difficult than connecting to another computer (minus all the permission B.S.).
...I can plug in a printer to my computer and without a single dialog box ever coming up asking/telling me about configuration, drivers, or anything else other than asking how many copies do I want, they need to keep trying.
Printers have been stuck in the early 80s for the last three decades.
That's like saying that since a warehouse built 40 years ago, without sprinklers or adequate evacuation routes and subsequently killed people, we should never build another one.
Anit-nuke people ARE acting irrationally, including you, as your post shows.
There are plenty of NIMBY complaints over local generators like solar and wind turbines.
That's nice, but I was talking about small nuke generators. You, know, the topic of this entire story?
Stop taking it so personally....crickets...as in WTF are you talking about?
All the rest of your rant...
If you would just take time to RTFA you'd know that one of the features of small nuke generators is that they are fueled at the plant and then shipped to the site. Further, when it's time to refuel, they are shipped back and it's done at the plant.
The rest of your rant is completely irrelevant to the topic.
So, ladies and gentleman, I give you AmiMoJo, a confirmed Nuke Hater.
Actually, I don't think NIMBY is a factor simply because no one has yet to produce such a device, propose to install it somewhere, and then generate the hypothetical NIBY reaction.
These devices face an intrenched anti-nuclear lobby that trades off of ignorance and fear. In other words, the nuke Haters. If ever such a device was ready to be deployed, the nuke Haters would be at every hearing, file endless lawsuits and finally, pull some kind of OWS garbage to delay the actual deployment.
In my opinion, any person who has been adequately informed of the device's safety measures and economic benefits would not be bothered by having one installed at their local power plant.
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Yes. It is a conspiracy, not just a fucked up link.
For some reason I find that pretty damned funny.
I'm no Rhodes Scholar, but even I know that in Austria and Switzerland, the primary language is German, or, Deutsch as they say in "Austrian".
Yeah! Just like all those absolute morons who think they speak Austrian in Austria.
This a big part of the problem with "higher education".
Students go there for an education. Supposedly, having prestigious Professors at the University results in a better education. But the students rarely, if ever, see these prestigious professors unless they become one of their Grad Student Slaves. Even then, it's questionable how much benefit they derive by working for a famous researcher other than Resume Bling.
Meanwhile, the students are getting fucked by higher tuition so these prestigious professors salaries and research can be subsidized.
Universities should have teachers and research institutions should have researchers. If there is commercial profit to be made by the research, then private industry will happily support it. If not, but the research is none-the-less important, then government would probably support it.
But students should not be subsidizing research through tuition just so a university can have Faculty Bling.
I'm sure that many TSA Agents are on first name terms with many local law enforcement officials because they've been arrested so many times in the past.
TSA Agents are the same petty thieves and thugs that they were before, but now they are federalized.
Science wasn't broken before. In fact, had these results been replicated, it would have been a triumph of science.
Bravo!
Well Done.
Somebody do the math.
If you had a 100 megawatt reactor to play with on a ship, what kinds of velocity could you achieve?
Just for giggles, say it was one of the Shuttles and that you could>/i> fit a 100 megawatt reactor in the cargo bay.
These guys have something to say about that
Been there, done this.
We'll strap your ass to the rocket's nose cone for a wonderful view.
A lot of people are saying "works for me". But they are referring to some Linux distribution or OS X solution or perhaps HP printers with HP boxes, etc.
The way I think printers should work is the same way hard drives work. For 99% of the hardware out there, regardless of OS or manufacturer, if you drop a HD into the box and start it up, the system recognizes it and offers to format it. No searching for the right driver or updated versions or installing this or that, etc.
Printers need to be like this. While it is commendable that OS X or Linux have something of these capabilities, it's only because someone else has gone through the headaches of making sure the right drivers are available and that the printer is recognized. That doesn't change the fact that the underlying software architecture sucks.
I can't really think of any reason for the need for a driver. A printer should be just another computer that accepts a document (pick something...PDF, whatever) and the usual parameters (num of copies, size, etc.) and prints it. Let the manufacturer deal with going from the file to the print head. Going from the user's workstation to the printer should be no more difficult than connecting to another computer (minus all the permission B.S.).
Can't we send them all to the moon?
I'd pony up to send all of Anon too.
The only caveat is that they can't come back.
...I can plug in a printer to my computer and without a single dialog box ever coming up asking/telling me about configuration, drivers, or anything else other than asking how many copies do I want, they need to keep trying.
Printers have been stuck in the early 80s for the last three decades.
Kinds of surprised no one has posted that. But then, I bet the vast majority of you people weren't even alive what that came out.
Funny none-the-less. :-)
AAAhhhhahahahahahah!
Really... it's already been done.
ROFLMAO!
FUN FACT: You didn't even RTFA.
That's like saying that since a warehouse built 40 years ago, without sprinklers or adequate evacuation routes and subsequently killed people, we should never build another one.
Anit-nuke people ARE acting irrationally, including you, as your post shows.
I only perused TFA but it seems to me that the what is back on is IBM nailing SCO to the wall.
There are plenty of NIMBY complaints over local generators like solar and wind turbines.
That's nice, but I was talking about small nuke generators. You, know, the topic of this entire story?
Stop taking it so personally. ...crickets...as in WTF are you talking about?
All the rest of your rant...
If you would just take time to RTFA you'd know that one of the features of small nuke generators is that they are fueled at the plant and then shipped to the site. Further, when it's time to refuel, they are shipped back and it's done at the plant.
The rest of your rant is completely irrelevant to the topic.
So, ladies and gentleman, I give you AmiMoJo, a confirmed Nuke Hater.
What part of Small and Modular did you not understand?
The whole point of small and modular is to be able to manufacture these things in a plant and ship them to a location.
Actually, I don't think NIMBY is a factor simply because no one has yet to produce such a device, propose to install it somewhere, and then generate the hypothetical NIBY reaction.
These devices face an intrenched anti-nuclear lobby that trades off of ignorance and fear. In other words, the nuke Haters. If ever such a device was ready to be deployed, the nuke Haters would be at every hearing, file endless lawsuits and finally, pull some kind of OWS garbage to delay the actual deployment.
In my opinion, any person who has been adequately informed of the device's safety measures and economic benefits would not be bothered by having one installed at their local power plant.