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  1. The only geologically safe concept is to never dig up the uranium in the first place.

  2. They have. With air ops.

  3. Re: Who would sink a nuclear ship? on US Navy Decommissions the First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    If you really want to know what can happen, then look to the Dai-Ichi reactor complex in Fukushima.

  4. The Ford class? Fix or repair daily?

  5. The limiting factor to speed is a concern with months out of dry dock due to barnacle build up. I could tell you more, but then I would have to kill you. A former CMO of 3 MMR.

  6. Re: Matrix turn(ed) off on IBM's Project Intu brings Watson's Capabilities To Any Device (siliconangle.com) · · Score: 0

    Before Skynet does you in, it requires being sentient. Connecting everything together will be the first step, then, watch what happens next. Hive mind. Whether it survives or not, remains to be seen. Human stupidity will always overcome artificial intelligence.

  7. small gifts on Sharp Unveils Cute Robot Phone At A Not-So-Cute $1,800 Price (60abc.com) · · Score: 1

    HAIL! Our robotic Overlords.

  8. taHdeR, faH deR, ta Hd eR.

  9. Re: Good for test animals on Sensors Slip Into the Brain, Then Dissolve When Their Job Is Done (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Dissolve when the job is done, yeah right; no witness, no crime; no evidence, no crime. I can see Hiltlery Rotten Clinton championing this one. Whitewater 2.0, Benghazi 9.2.1a.

  10. adjustable tools for adjustment on What's In a Tool? a Case For Made In the USA (hackaday.com) · · Score: 2

    If you are adjusting packing glands on pumps or valves, it's fine. If, on the other hand you need torque, use the proper wrench. I have seen too much damage to bolts and nuts due to " adjustable wrenches ". The proper tool for the proper job. If you are too cheap or too lazy to use the proper tool, you get what you pay for.

  11. Dolphin Lives Matter!!!

  12. Another Christie-gate about to blow.

  13. Re: My nose on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    And where can you get electricity?

  14. Re: My nose on The Dirty Truth About 'Clean Diesel' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless it's Fukushima, the planet killer. Diesel exhaust is nothing compared to the "CRAP" spewing from it... oh...wait...did you see Star Wars?

  15. 1.) What is the "connected class"? It sounds very elitist, like 1per centers.
    2.) Electric vehicles will always be limited by their battery capacity. Nikola Tesla had shown, back in the Thirties, that resonance coupling can eliminate batteries all together.
    3.) Competing against the fossil fuel industry will go nowhere since the politicians are in the pockets of Big Oil.
    3.) Pilfering talent from Tesla is not going to be without friction. Competition is good for innovation, but co-operation is still better for industry.

  16. Re: China's Source Code on IBM Permits China To Review Source Code (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    We got to see Nazi Germany's data, so why not?

  17. Step 1 on Going To Mars Via the Moon (mit.edu) · · Score: 1

    Before you build the upper floors of a house, you need the foundation. Pioneer endeavors to other planets should begin with a foundation of ongoing commerce between Earth and the Moon. This reeks of another " trip to the Moon " , once you go, been there, did that; and now for the next campaign rally .
    A myopic vision is compounded by a short attention span.

  18. Re: Never going to happen on Launch Manifest For NASA's "Road To Mars" Takes Shape But Questions Remain · · Score: 1

    My vote is for Elon Musk at this point.

    Yeah, Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

  19. Re: 32 launches for a single mission?? on Launch Manifest For NASA's "Road To Mars" Takes Shape But Questions Remain · · Score: 1

    mission spending so many launches for sending a single crew?

    the thing about space is, it's not a check off item on a bucket list. Once you begin, you keep going, don't stop. Keep building.

  20. Peoples (I)Republic(A)ofChina(Y) on Lenovo Collects Usage Data On ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation PCs · · Score: 1

    I think I'm glad I didn't buy a Chinese version of an IBM idea. I have a Toshiba, ha ha ha, what irony.

  21. Re: Worse than the space station? No. on Let's Not Go To Mars · · Score: 1

    Why does the refinery have to land? Or even launched? You are going to Mars for the long haul.
    Orbital refining and construction will be the "job" of the future. Metals, resins, composites and ceramics are all capable of being produced in zero-g. Don't forget the transportation requirements. Orbit to planet fall, and back, will probably a Teamster union.

  22. Re: Worse than the space station? No. on Let's Not Go To Mars · · Score: 1

    Nuclear submarine reactors require seawater for cooling.
    It's a submarine, it operates in seawater. Air cooled systems can also work, as well as, water based.
    Polar sites with microwave transmission. Combining these concepts with windmills would allow for greater flexibility. Possibly, resonance coupling.

  23. Re: Source control? on Apple's iOS 9 Breaks VPNs · · Score: 1

    More like corporate source control. As ubiquitous as mobile devices are, it no longer a given that people will "play nice". To protect the corporate data infrastructure, All mobile devices must have certain limitations, except of course, for those special people, that can make things disappear real quickly.

  24. Re: Surprised on Robots' Next Big Job: Trash Pickup · · Score: 1

    ...but that truck was designed to get rid of anything that a home might have with ease and efficiency.
    Kids, mother-in-law, too many cats next door...

  25. Re: GIF is relevant on Robots' Next Big Job: Trash Pickup · · Score: 1

    That's trivially easy for a human to identify and correct, but for an automated system somebody has to think through how to deal with all the permutations of that problem and include a solution in the operation logic.
    Circular cans! Who'd da thunk it? A detent to orient the lid.