I guess I badly overestimated how much newsreading Slashdot does but it's currently the top Science story on Google News (tragically) and is getting reprinted all over the fuck.
As of 1 or 2 hours ago. I haven't even had my morning fix of $FavStimulent. let alone done the rounds of any news websites other than here.
The important point to consider is that despite this, not one operational accident or failure as a result of these supposed issues.
doesn't mean that an accident or failure cannot occur.
And if an accident does occur, then you are relying on safety systems to mitigate the effects. But when statements like willfully provided inaccurate information; and provided falsified records of safety-related equipment. get bandied about, you cannot trust in the ability of those safety systems to mitigate to the expected level of operation. At that point it is either fix it or shut down. In this case the operators chose to shut down.
This has nothing to do with complex regulations. The operators were simply caught out being negligent.
It's doubtful that the activists who caused the closure actually live in the town; they are likely from out of area, and just uniformly against nuclear power for the sake of being against nuclear power.
From TFA
But the plant faced serious allegations of safety violations and falsifying records around the time it was closed, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Agency investigators found Maine Yankee relied on inadequate computer analyses to demonstrate the adequacy of its emergency core cooling system; “willfully provided inaccurate information” to the NRC about its ability to vent steam during an accident; and provided falsified records of safety-related equipment.
Yeah.. damn commie hippie activists. Causing a proud 'Merkin company to close down.
Aside from the fact that PayPal holds the money, what right do they have to demand a business plan from an indiegogo funded project? Is there a business connection between PayPal and Indiegogo? Or is PayPal just performing a dick move?
I read TFS and both TFAs and all I can glean is that Coverity Scan service is some sort of report that measures defects in code, but never defines how such defect are determined. They articles also mention comparing open source code metrics, but the only project that is mentioned anywhere is Python.
So what is a Coverity Scan service and why should I care? After all I can make up all sorts of metrics about my own software.
The reviews on Amazon made it seem mediocre at best. Really, there was no better science fiction this year?
I read the book and really liked it. I suspect that the reviews are not the best because the book changes course in the middle and morphs from purely comedic to something that makes you have to think in order to enjoy it.
But really?!!?!?! You base your opinion of a book that you actually own, but have not yet read, on Amazon reviews??????
Please read TFA. TFS makes it look like a problem in Brazil when in fact it is a lot wider than that. From TFA
Four Brazilian journals were among 14 to have their impact factors suspended for a year for such stacking
Each year, Thomson Reuters detects and cracks down on excessive self-citation. This year alone, it red-flagged 23 more journals for the wearily familiar practice
The journals flagged by the new algorithm extend beyond Brazil — but only in that case has an explanation for the results emerged.
What happened in the cases of the other ten journals censured for citation stacking is unclear. One involves a close pattern of citations between three Italian journals (International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents and European Journal of Inflammation) all with the same editor-in-chief, Pio Conti, an immunologist at the University of Chieti-Pescara.
In another case, review articles with hundreds of references to Science China Life Sciences were meant not to lift its impact factor, but to clarify confusions after a rebranding and to “promote the newly reformed journal to potential new readers”
In a further case, the Journal of Instrumentation saw hundreds of cross-citations from papers authored in SPIE Proceedings by Ryszard Romaniuk, an electronic engineer who was part of the collaboration that put together the CMS experiment in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
And finally
The journals currently suspended for either self-citation or citation stacking represent only 0.6% of the 10,853 in Thomson Reuters’ respected directory.
Based on my last experience, we don't have car salesmen in England, either - we have financial product salesmen who push loans, hare-brained leasing deals and dubious extended warranty schemes to people who have already decided to buy the car and are (figuratively, at least) waving the cash in their face. Its pretty clear that actually selling cars has little to do with their business model.
But.. but.. but.. you have totally awesome car leasing places like Ling's Cars
(Pro tip.. check out the ASCII art in the source. Yes.. ASCII art!)
So X.org applied for and received 501(c)3 status, and then failed to live to its end of the bargain, resulting in the IRS revoking its status.
Someone please tell me why this really newsworthy? Is it only because its a company related to software? (Of which I bet the majority of/.ers don't even use - and I said majority.. not vocal individuals)
Nothing is "comprised of" anything else. The word you are looking for is composed.An computer comprises components. Components compose or "make up" a computer.
If enough people misuse a word long enough, that becomes the new meaning.
It would be hilarious if John Lennon II grew to become the head of the largest world banking corporation.
"Imagine there's no taxes. It's easy if you try. No crash below us. Above us only sky. Imagine all the people. Living just to pay..." - John Lennon II.
If you want to blame me for... well, for anything... no problem. I can handle it. I'm not in a management position, so saying bad things to or about me won't change anything. In fact, it's possible that I agree with many of your complaints but don't have the power to do anything about them.
Wow man.. it's not everyday that I get to say **woosh** to someone with a 3 digit ID!
And if so, after looking at the copies he made did Barack later confront Michelle over discrepancies between things that she told Barack, vs what he read he read in said copies? Or did he convene a secret panel that just charged, convicted and sentenced her (queue drone strike), without her getting a chance to defend herself?
(man.. I was going for funny, so how the hell did I end up in such a dark place?)
“The pods would be mounted on thin skis made out of inconel, a trusted alloy of SpaceX that can withstand high pressure and heat,” Vance wrote. Air would get pumped through tiny holes in the inconel skis to create an air cushion, and it would get there via an electric turbo compressor. An electromagnetic pulse would each pod an initial thrust.
I saw this described almost exactly the same in a popular science magazine in Australia in the mid '70's . I can still picture the cover illustration, but damned if I can remember the title of the magazine ("Scientific Australia"????)
Can you quantify "low upwards mobility"? I can give you lots of examples that dispute your point if you're saying what I think you're saying.
I'd say that one of the biggest indicators of this is the decline in the buying power of the minimum wage in the US. The minimum wage flat lined sometime last century while inflation kept on going up. From what I understand if the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation it would be around $14 to $15 instead of the $8 to $9 it is now. Screwing people out of 30% of their income is sure to do damage to upward mobility.
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Add to that list:
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
and
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
I guess I badly overestimated how much newsreading Slashdot does but it's currently the top Science story on Google News (tragically) and is getting reprinted all over the fuck.
As of 1 or 2 hours ago. I haven't even had my morning fix of $FavStimulent. let alone done the rounds of any news websites other than here.
Just because you say
The important point to consider is that despite this, not one operational accident or failure as a result of these supposed issues.
doesn't mean that an accident or failure cannot occur.
And if an accident does occur, then you are relying on safety systems to mitigate the effects. But when statements like willfully provided inaccurate information; and provided falsified records of safety-related equipment. get bandied about, you cannot trust in the ability of those safety systems to mitigate to the expected level of operation. At that point it is either fix it or shut down. In this case the operators chose to shut down.
This has nothing to do with complex regulations. The operators were simply caught out being negligent.
It's doubtful that the activists who caused the closure actually live in the town; they are likely from out of area, and just uniformly against nuclear power for the sake of being against nuclear power.
From TFA
But the plant faced serious allegations of safety violations and falsifying records around the time it was closed, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Agency investigators found Maine Yankee relied on inadequate computer analyses to demonstrate the adequacy of its emergency core cooling system; “willfully provided inaccurate information” to the NRC about its ability to vent steam during an accident; and provided falsified records of safety-related equipment.
Yeah .. damn commie hippie activists. Causing a proud 'Merkin company to close down.
Aside from the fact that PayPal holds the money, what right do they have to demand a business plan from an indiegogo funded project? Is there a business connection between PayPal and Indiegogo? Or is PayPal just performing a dick move?
They could get rid of half those robots in the video if that guy walking around with his hands in his pockets was doing some actual work.
I read TFS and both TFAs and all I can glean is that Coverity Scan service is some sort of report that measures defects in code, but never defines how such defect are determined. They articles also mention comparing open source code metrics, but the only project that is mentioned anywhere is Python.
So what is a Coverity Scan service and why should I care? After all I can make up all sorts of metrics about my own software.
The reviews on Amazon made it seem mediocre at best. Really, there was no better science fiction this year?
I read the book and really liked it. I suspect that the reviews are not the best because the book changes course in the middle and morphs from purely comedic to something that makes you have to think in order to enjoy it.
But really?!!?!?! You base your opinion of a book that you actually own, but have not yet read, on Amazon reviews??????
Mod up parent .. I was going to post the same
Please read TFA. TFS makes it look like a problem in Brazil when in fact it is a lot wider than that. From TFA
Four Brazilian journals were among 14 to have their impact factors suspended for a year for such stacking
Each year, Thomson Reuters detects and cracks down on excessive self-citation. This year alone, it red-flagged 23 more journals for the wearily familiar practice
The journals flagged by the new algorithm extend beyond Brazil — but only in that case has an explanation for the results emerged.
What happened in the cases of the other ten journals censured for citation stacking is unclear. One involves a close pattern of citations between three Italian journals (International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents and European Journal of Inflammation) all with the same editor-in-chief, Pio Conti, an immunologist at the University of Chieti-Pescara.
In another case, review articles with hundreds of references to Science China Life Sciences were meant not to lift its impact factor, but to clarify confusions after a rebranding and to “promote the newly reformed journal to potential new readers”
In a further case, the Journal of Instrumentation saw hundreds of cross-citations from papers authored in SPIE Proceedings by Ryszard Romaniuk, an electronic engineer who was part of the collaboration that put together the CMS experiment in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
And finally
The journals currently suspended for either self-citation or citation stacking represent only 0.6% of the 10,853 in Thomson Reuters’ respected directory.
Based on my last experience, we don't have car salesmen in England, either - we have financial product salesmen who push loans, hare-brained leasing deals and dubious extended warranty schemes to people who have already decided to buy the car and are (figuratively, at least) waving the cash in their face. Its pretty clear that actually selling cars has little to do with their business model.
But .. but .. but .. you have totally awesome car leasing places like Ling's Cars
(Pro tip .. check out the ASCII art in the source. Yes .. ASCII art!)
...that you shouldn't listen to people who have no idea what they're talking about.
How do I know that you know what you are talking about?
So X.org applied for and received 501(c)3 status, and then failed to live to its end of the bargain, resulting in the IRS revoking its status.
Someone please tell me why this really newsworthy? Is it only because its a company related to software? (Of which I bet the majority of /.ers don't even use - and I said majority .. not vocal individuals)
Nothing is "comprised of" anything else. The word you are looking for is composed. An computer comprises components. Components compose or "make up" a computer.
If enough people misuse a word long enough, that becomes the new meaning.
Oh, the irony!
... but it does say something about America's priorities.
You left out gun deaths .. which are were measured as 10.3 per 100,000 in 2010.
It would be hilarious if John Lennon II grew to become the head of the largest world banking corporation.
"Imagine there's no taxes. It's easy if you try. No crash below us. Above us only sky. Imagine all the people. Living just to pay..." - John Lennon II.
You mean Pope John Lennon II ?
information lost cannot be restored.
Enhance!
If you want to blame me for... well, for anything... no problem. I can handle it. I'm not in a management position, so saying bad things to or about me won't change anything. In fact, it's possible that I agree with many of your complaints but don't have the power to do anything about them.
Wow man .. it's not everyday that I get to say **woosh** to someone with a 3 digit ID!
And who the hell is this Roblimo guy, and why does get such special treatment?
I almost called dupe from SpaceX Grasshopper Launch Filmed From Drone Helicopter but this is new stuff.
Obama requests a sworn person to have a look at Michelle's diary + contacts etc
Except that the sworn person is likely to say to his (sworn) buddies .. "hey man, check this out".
Did he use a Xerox photocopier?
And if so, after looking at the copies he made did Barack later confront Michelle over discrepancies between things that she told Barack, vs what he read he read in said copies? Or did he convene a secret panel that just charged, convicted and sentenced her (queue drone strike), without her getting a chance to defend herself?
(man .. I was going for funny, so how the hell did I end up in such a dark place?)
I was thinking is sounded like the train described in the Robert A. Heinlein book Starman Jones.
Yeah that too (which I actually re-read this week)
“The pods would be mounted on thin skis made out of inconel, a trusted alloy of SpaceX that can withstand high pressure and heat,” Vance wrote. Air would get pumped through tiny holes in the inconel skis to create an air cushion, and it would get there via an electric turbo compressor. An electromagnetic pulse would each pod an initial thrust.
I saw this described almost exactly the same in a popular science magazine in Australia in the mid '70's . I can still picture the cover illustration, but damned if I can remember the title of the magazine ("Scientific Australia"????)
Can you quantify "low upwards mobility"? I can give you lots of examples that dispute your point if you're saying what I think you're saying.
I'd say that one of the biggest indicators of this is the decline in the buying power of the minimum wage in the US. The minimum wage flat lined sometime last century while inflation kept on going up. From what I understand if the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation it would be around $14 to $15 instead of the $8 to $9 it is now. Screwing people out of 30% of their income is sure to do damage to upward mobility.