...is a thought experiment by early computer scientists... popularized by a work of science fiction. Perhaps Stolyarov should take off his plastic Spock ears and live on Earth for a while.
While not completely rural, Hunstville, Alabama is a significant tech area fitting your description. Small city, dirt cheap, and you have NASA, Army (US Army UAV programs are mainly centered in Hunstville), and MDA all right there. Also they have a fair sized university there.
Two years ago I drove into LA on I-15 on a last minute business trip.
The amount of smog in the so called inland empire was amazing, descending from Cajon Pass was like driving into a fog bank. I stopped at some mall to pick up some cloths (Ontario Mill or something?) and could not see the building from the parking lot. No lie.
I did a lot of work on Kauai at PMRF. For years I would go out there for weeks sometimes as long as two months at a time.
As noted below, buying a house is a PITA (expense, and sometimes you can't keep the profit if you sell it), the schools are horrendous which is not an issue if you are single... which BTW if you are a single male living out there that is the way you will stay (if you are black or caucasian that is).
Also if you have a tech job out there... keep it. You won't be getting another because they are very rare.
Kauai is singularly the most beautiful spot on Earth I have ever seen... but living there is not as great as you think.
Dispose of my stuff in the proscribed manner at the municipal dump. TV's here, computers there, light bulbs in that shed, batteries one over.... but how do I know they aren't just paying to have that stuff shipped overseas?
E waste. Plastic in the ocean. Pharmaceutical water contamination. We are f'ed.
U-232 is a contaminant, not the fissile material itself. Teapot-MET utilized a plutonium spark plug simply because it was an implosion device (and it is thought that it would have worked without it - something the Indians proved at Pokhran). A gun type device needs no such trigger and is known to work with U-233... no testing needed (same as Little Boy - they knew it would work and it did).
>> There are zero operational nukes with U-233.
True according to unclassified literature which I happen to believe (in the US inventory - India and formerly South Africa being exceptions) - simply because the yield is lower per volume and mass.... but I dare say it is impossible to tell the the difference between a 20 kiloton device vs a 30 kiloton device going off over your house if you happen to be in it.
Both the US and India have popped off weapons based on U-233. But I guess that is not enough for you. Unfortunately the dream of Thorium being a safe alternative is anything but.
Unfortunately, the promise of Thorium fuel cycle based nuclear power grid comes with an proliferation risk of atomic bombs based on U-233 (the US already tested n in the Teapot-MET shot, and it is thought that at least part of India's arsenal is uses U-233).
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Why do I think the "we" cited in your post does not include "you?"
France could do the same as Russia, as could China and the UK.
Then the US could turn around and do the same to all four of them, plus a few left over for North Korea and Iran.
This capability of nothing to be proud of.
...is a thought experiment by early computer scientists... popularized by a work of science fiction. Perhaps Stolyarov should take off his plastic Spock ears and live on Earth for a while.
Take jobs away from American high earners, give them to foreigners... so that American low earners don't feel so bad.
This country is screwed.
In the old days did not the kinds have Imperial Mathematicians, imperial astronomers, and what not?
The only thing new here is that we now know who the kings really are.
"Douche." Now, one letter at a time... "d"...."o"....
While not completely rural, Hunstville, Alabama is a significant tech area fitting your description. Small city, dirt cheap, and you have NASA, Army (US Army UAV programs are mainly centered in Hunstville), and MDA all right there. Also they have a fair sized university there.
Two years ago I drove into LA on I-15 on a last minute business trip.
The amount of smog in the so called inland empire was amazing, descending from Cajon Pass was like driving into a fog bank. I stopped at some mall to pick up some cloths (Ontario Mill or something?) and could not see the building from the parking lot. No lie.
I did a lot of work on Kauai at PMRF. For years I would go out there for weeks sometimes as long as two months at a time.
As noted below, buying a house is a PITA (expense, and sometimes you can't keep the profit if you sell it), the schools are horrendous which is not an issue if you are single... which BTW if you are a single male living out there that is the way you will stay (if you are black or caucasian that is).
Also if you have a tech job out there... keep it. You won't be getting another because they are very rare.
Kauai is singularly the most beautiful spot on Earth I have ever seen... but living there is not as great as you think.
Aside from a male heavy gender imbalance that rivals China, you are probably right.
My rebuttal to Denver being a "hidden treasure": Aurora.
Metro areas, hence Denver/Boulder from the original post.
It is a fun little console. Some of the sames, while simplistic, are quite pretty and are fun (Ballistic is a good example of this).
That said, I realize I am in the tiny minority.
I doubt it contains the words "SUCK IT."
Dispose of my stuff in the proscribed manner at the municipal dump. TV's here, computers there, light bulbs in that shed, batteries one over.... but how do I know they aren't just paying to have that stuff shipped overseas?
E waste. Plastic in the ocean. Pharmaceutical water contamination. We are f'ed.
Mark my words.
This is great, until they find a field of gold nodules the size of New Jersey on the floor of the pacific or some shit.
Only to grow anew in the spring.... ...mark my words.
>> Combined with other telescopes' finds...
Oh.
How little you know, fetid human. pewpew!
...but they will sprout again.
U-232 is a contaminant, not the fissile material itself. Teapot-MET utilized a plutonium spark plug simply because it was an implosion device (and it is thought that it would have worked without it - something the Indians proved at Pokhran). A gun type device needs no such trigger and is known to work with U-233... no testing needed (same as Little Boy - they knew it would work and it did).
>> There are zero operational nukes with U-233.
True according to unclassified literature which I happen to believe (in the US inventory - India and formerly South Africa being exceptions) - simply because the yield is lower per volume and mass.... but I dare say it is impossible to tell the the difference between a 20 kiloton device vs a 30 kiloton device going off over your house if you happen to be in it.
Both the US and India have popped off weapons based on U-233. But I guess that is not enough for you. Unfortunately the dream of Thorium being a safe alternative is anything but.
Unfortunately, the promise of Thorium fuel cycle based nuclear power grid comes with an proliferation risk of atomic bombs based on U-233 (the US already tested n in the Teapot-MET shot, and it is thought that at least part of India's arsenal is uses U-233).
So... not very safe.
I have a boni.
I suppose I have to roll a simple batch file for you as well. *sigh*