I suspect this isn't about anti-nuke so much, as their Dice bosses pushing it because the posts using Counterpunch and The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists get lots of replies.
Just wait till the Dice PHBs figure out that posting articles from Worldnet Daily get even more outraged replies.
Tritium is indeed radioactive with a half life of about 12.5 years (That's why it's great for making glow in the dark dials that require no light recharging or electricity. Only a tiny amount is needed, but a 12.5 year half life is pretty darn "hot" in the vernacular, and if you have a lot of it, you get a lot of energy release. It emits beta rays (high energy electrons) which aren't as much of a problem as gamma, but do cause surface burning, etc.).
U238 is indeed radioactive. It's an alpha particle emitter with a half life of 4.5 billion years. (Agreed, it's not highly radioactive, but it certainly is radioactive. U235 is more highly radioactive.)
I'm hardly an alarmist about nuclear technology and am a strong supporter of nuclear power, but blatant mistakes in your post don't help the argument in favor of it.
They often change their policies on a turn of an election or public opinion.
In fact, less democratic forces often embolden their followers by saying that the democratic countries will lose interest or determination and give them a victory by default. They're often right.
Absent some sort of very strong constitutional guarantee, Assange would be one election (or one cabinet meeting) from being deported.
It's unlikely that the Russians will be making up with the US any time soon even if Putin died or was replaced, so he should stay there.
And the horse seems to be happily running free somewhere thousands of miles beyond the barn door.
If this works like many IT security efforts, we'll spend millions replacing the barn door with a bank vault door. And then leave the window next to it open
"but is an insult not because homosexuality is 'bad'"
Riiight.
So, you're telling me that if a presidential candidate called someone a cocksucker do you think they'd be able to weasel out of it being an implied slam on gays? Really? What planet are you on?
You need to do a better job of rationalization there, bub.
So.. We use a term that's an implied reference to gays as our insult of choice? Why don't you just come out and call him a faggot like you really mean and have done with it. That way it's clear what you're saying.
If it works out and is economical compared to the old methods (and that's a heck of a big "if"):
There are a lot of illegal opium poppy growing operations that would have to drop their prices, use other means (killing those running brewing operations) or go out of business.
I can't say I'll shed many tears for some of the leaders of those groups.
Fear of whoever. You don't try to guess the intentions of other countries. They can change. You figure out their capabilities and then have back up plans.
After Stuxnet and some of the other recent attacks around the world, I'd be a bit concerned about using foreign made technology in critical control systems. Who knows what's been inserted in the silicon.
Even without that, if I were the Russians and facing the uncertainty they are, I'd want to maintain the ability to make my own chips if things soured further with the west, (or the Chinese. Just because things are going reasonably well between Moscow and Beijing doesn't mean they always will be).
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I suspect this isn't about anti-nuke so much, as their Dice bosses pushing it because the posts using Counterpunch and The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists get lots of replies.
Just wait till the Dice PHBs figure out that posting articles from Worldnet Daily get even more outraged replies.
But what about Alienware computers?
I'm not saying it's aliens, but...
So many more mistakes:
Tritium is indeed radioactive with a half life of about 12.5 years (That's why it's great for making glow in the dark dials that require no light recharging or electricity. Only a tiny amount is needed, but a 12.5 year half life is pretty darn "hot" in the vernacular, and if you have a lot of it, you get a lot of energy release. It emits beta rays (high energy electrons) which aren't as much of a problem as gamma, but do cause surface burning, etc.).
U238 is indeed radioactive. It's an alpha particle emitter with a half life of 4.5 billion years. (Agreed, it's not highly radioactive, but it certainly is radioactive. U235 is more highly radioactive.)
I'm hardly an alarmist about nuclear technology and am a strong supporter of nuclear power, but blatant mistakes in your post don't help the argument in favor of it.
"Not radioactive"
Not true.
It's an alpha emitter with a half life of 4.5 billion years.
The words "No shit, Sherlock." come to mind.
Maybe Dice Holdings should consider that when changing things about sites that have held up well for many years (Sourceforge, and yes, Slashdot)
"You should quite smoking. It's not good for you."
He probably has.
It's hard to smoke after you disintegrate. Though, I am impressed he still was able to post to Slashdot.
Obvious error. That should be Snowden not Assange.
I must need more coffee. (As if there wasn't a time when more coffee wasn't appropriate.)
They often change their policies on a turn of an election or public opinion.
In fact, less democratic forces often embolden their followers by saying that the democratic countries will lose interest or determination and give them a victory by default. They're often right.
Absent some sort of very strong constitutional guarantee, Assange would be one election (or one cabinet meeting) from being deported.
It's unlikely that the Russians will be making up with the US any time soon even if Putin died or was replaced, so he should stay there.
We are removing the di-hydrogen monoxide from our products and replacing it with water!
And the horse seems to be happily running free somewhere thousands of miles beyond the barn door.
If this works like many IT security efforts, we'll spend millions replacing the barn door with a bank vault door. And then leave the window next to it open
The beginning was:
"We Didn't Know the FBI Was Creating a Small Surveillance 'Air Force'"
But it continued:
"Those jerks told us it was going to be a big impressive air force! Not a bunch of Cessna's that were rejected from crop dusting!"
I met her at a space development conference in Chicago back in the 1980s. She's very much a fan of space exploration.
She's one wonderful lady. I wish her a speedy and complete recovery.
"but is an insult not because homosexuality is 'bad'"
Riiight.
So, you're telling me that if a presidential candidate called someone a cocksucker do you think they'd be able to weasel out of it being an implied slam on gays? Really? What planet are you on?
You need to do a better job of rationalization there, bub.
You're trying to rationalize it and failing abysmally.
So, by your logic calling a woman a "carpet muncher" is no slam on lesbians. I call bullshit.
"cocksuckers"
So.. We use a term that's an implied reference to gays as our insult of choice? Why don't you just come out and call him a faggot like you really mean and have done with it. That way it's clear what you're saying.
Yeah. You're a real progressive there, bub.
No, no. Since the information came out and it's about someone we don't like (Hastert), it's "whistleblowing" not blackmail.
If it was someone we liked it would be blackmail. Understand?
". . . caused by a really hot meteor"
That's one hell of a spin cycle.
"How Dinosaurs Shrank and Became Birds"
Lemme guess. You didn't read the label and washed them in hot water?
I still use both balderdash and clusterfuck. Guess I'm just too old fashioned.
It's widely enough used that it's listed as a variant in the link the OP gave.
That said, you're spot on about teleporters.
I've been saying Kirk et al were a bunch of zombies for decades.
"He's no fun. He fell right over!"
If it works out and is economical compared to the old methods (and that's a heck of a big "if"):
There are a lot of illegal opium poppy growing operations that would have to drop their prices, use other means (killing those running brewing operations) or go out of business.
I can't say I'll shed many tears for some of the leaders of those groups.
Fun fact: English is not a dead language. Proper usage shifts over time.
Fear of whoever. You don't try to guess the intentions of other countries. They can change. You figure out their capabilities and then have back up plans.
After Stuxnet and some of the other recent attacks around the world, I'd be a bit concerned about using foreign made technology in critical control systems. Who knows what's been inserted in the silicon.
Even without that, if I were the Russians and facing the uncertainty they are, I'd want to maintain the ability to make my own chips if things soured further with the west, (or the Chinese. Just because things are going reasonably well between Moscow and Beijing doesn't mean they always will be).