Energetically the numbers do not add up for Nuclear power, maybe in 50 years time when we have materials technology to support engineering a burner reactor that has a conversion rate of uranium fuel to fissile ash greater than %1 of the fuel load.
We've had that technology for 40 years. There is absolutely no technical limitation that would prevent us from building a reactor that could run unenriched uranium with burnup ratios approaching 100%.
The problem is that breeder reactors have been banned by statute and the industry has stagnated ever since the late 70s since a de facto ban on new construction.
There's a Google Tech Talk video that describes one way that we could start building reactors that would eliminate address every downside that you can reasonably put forward. (It doesn't address the "I don't like nuclear power because it's icky" objection, but nothing ever will)
]According to www.ead.anl.gov the lifetime cancer mortality per unit intake for ingestion of Uranium-238 is 7.5 * 10^-11. For Cobalt-60, it is 1.4 * 10^ -11
"Sitting in your lap" isn't the same as ingesting.
1 kg of cobalt-60 is over a million curies. Getting anywhere near a point source like that would kill you very quickly.
1 kg of U-238 is about 330 microcuries, which is relatively harmless as long as you don't ingest it.
an facility that can cause mass destruction and death if failure occurs smacks of disregard for safety and human life to get things back to making money again
Nice to see that someone else sees the same dangers that I do. I've been ranting against the Interstate Highway System for years too - how many more people need die in senseless, firey crashes just so that people and goods can be moved around the country?
If shutting down the Interstate Highway Death Corridor System saves just one life then it is worth it.
Generally, things which are exposed to radioactivity do not themselves become radioactive
It depends on what form it is exposed to. If it is exposed to radioactivity in the form of a solid or dust or particulate material suspended in the air then it is quite possible for it to become contaminated.
If an object is exposed to radiation then it depends on the type. Neutron radiation is known for activating stable materials and making them radioactive while alpha, beta and gamma radiation generally does not.
n the case of art and literature, why do we have to separate physical and intellectual property? I'd argue that the intellectual property is far more personal, and far more "wholly owned" by a creator of a given work than a building that was built by someone whose chief contribution to the project was money. The fact that the creator of this work chooses to share it with the public for a price doesn't change the fact that it's his work, and if he wishes to leave a legacy for his family after he's gone, who are we, as a society, to tell him he can't, and that once he's gone everything he's done has to be given away for free? If we don't want to pay the price to read those works, then we can simply not read them.
If I take your physical property for my own use then you are deprived of it.
If I become aware of your idea and I use the same idea for myself then you still have your idea.
That is why physical property is different from "intellectual property".
A patent allows me to build a widget, sell that widget and use the force of law to prevent anyone else from building the same widget. It's not a natural right like owning something physical- it is a monolopy privilege granted for a specific purpose and a limited time.
Back with this story first came out I remember reading that DNA introduced by virus is thought to have given us the genes that allow the formation of placenta, which gave rise to mammals.
All the articles from around that time seem to be locked away behind paywalls now.
By continuing to operate the family is still providing new services. Collecting royalties from a book written half a century ago creates nothing new at all and is nothing more than rent seeking behavior.
American IP law was originally designed to allow for a limited amount of rent seeking as an incentive for authors and inventors to create new writings and inventions. Allowing heirs to sit on this "property" indefinitely does not surve this purpose.
You seem to have conceded in your original post, by omission, that severe depression exists. But I still feel like I should be asking if you believe depression exists at all.
I believe that severe depression exists, but it is a small minority of those people currently being treated. There really is evidence that instead of taking drugs some people just need to get off their ass and stop being whiney bitches.
Since T-Mobile already allows VOIP without any problems on their existing phones and data plans, and since the Android app store has at least two good SIP applications why would there be any question if VOIP is allowed or not?
$30 - 500 voice minutes $40 - 500 voice minutes and unlimited texts OR 1000 voice minutes $50 - Unlimited voice minutes OR 1000 voice minutes and unlimited texts $60 - Unlimited voice minutes and texts OR 500 voice minutes and unlimited texts and data $70 - 1000 voice minutes and unlimited texts and data $80 - Unlimited everything.
Last I heard all of the US carriers were requiring the data plan if you had a smart phone. Any word on whether the "Even More Plus" plan does this?
No, you are not required to purchase a data plan. Plans start at $30 for 500 voice minutes and go up to $80 for unlimited data, texts and voice minutes.
It's like saying that since a band-aid can't staunch a bullet wound, that trauma is overdiagnosed and a prognosis of "paper-cut" is most likely bullshit.
That would be a valid analogy if mental states had objective, unambigious definitions.
A bone can be proven to be broken or not. Skin can be proven to be punctured or not. There is no definitive, objective test for depression and decades of medical science have not yet produced one.
After having lived my first 30 years in Florida and now living in Ohio the past 10 I have a theory about Northern drivers... And that's why the drivers around here are so damn bad during the Winter.
I've lived in Kansas, South Carolina, New York, Conneticut, Oklahoma and Texas.
Trust me, Texas drivers are by far the worst when it comes to driving in the snow. Maybe the drivers in Ohio get restricted blood flow to their brains when the snow falls, but the brains of native Texans shut down completely.
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Also, I suspect that their unit is a curie, not a kg.
We've had that technology for 40 years. There is absolutely no technical limitation that would prevent us from building a reactor that could run unenriched uranium with burnup ratios approaching 100%.
The problem is that breeder reactors have been banned by statute and the industry has stagnated ever since the late 70s since a de facto ban on new construction.
There's a Google Tech Talk video that describes one way that we could start building reactors that would eliminate address every downside that you can reasonably put forward. (It doesn't address the "I don't like nuclear power because it's icky" objection, but nothing ever will)
"Sitting in your lap" isn't the same as ingesting.
1 kg of cobalt-60 is over a million curies. Getting anywhere near a point source like that would kill you very quickly.
1 kg of U-238 is about 330 microcuries, which is relatively harmless as long as you don't ingest it.
Nice to see that someone else sees the same dangers that I do. I've been ranting against the Interstate Highway System for years too - how many more people need die in senseless, firey crashes just so that people and goods can be moved around the country?
If shutting down the Interstate Highway Death Corridor System saves just one life then it is worth it.
In this context "decade" means a power of ten. Going from one count per second to 1000 counts per second is a three decade change.
It depends on what form it is exposed to. If it is exposed to radioactivity in the form of a solid or dust or particulate material suspended in the air then it is quite possible for it to become contaminated.
If an object is exposed to radiation then it depends on the type. Neutron radiation is known for activating stable materials and making them radioactive while alpha, beta and gamma radiation generally does not.
That's all true, but on the other hand I bet they don't trust their reactor enough to build berthing areas 50' away from it either.
So that's why they always insisted of getting ELTs involved... I always thought that those type of leaks were just a myth.
I did this plenty of times in the Navy, except that they have a tube installed that circled the reactor between it and the detectors.
The tube contained the source and you moved it from detector to detector by pulling on a cable that was attached to both ends.
If I take your physical property for my own use then you are deprived of it.
If I become aware of your idea and I use the same idea for myself then you still have your idea.
That is why physical property is different from "intellectual property".
A patent allows me to build a widget, sell that widget and use the force of law to prevent anyone else from building the same widget. It's not a natural right like owning something physical- it is a monolopy privilege granted for a specific purpose and a limited time.
Back with this story first came out I remember reading that DNA introduced by virus is thought to have given us the genes that allow the formation of placenta, which gave rise to mammals.
All the articles from around that time seem to be locked away behind paywalls now.
By continuing to operate the family is still providing new services. Collecting royalties from a book written half a century ago creates nothing new at all and is nothing more than rent seeking behavior.
American IP law was originally designed to allow for a limited amount of rent seeking as an incentive for authors and inventors to create new writings and inventions. Allowing heirs to sit on this "property" indefinitely does not surve this purpose.
Why produce something new youeself when you can extort from those who are?
I believe that severe depression exists, but it is a small minority of those people currently being treated. There really is evidence that instead of taking drugs some people just need to get off their ass and stop being whiney bitches.
Even More Plus is $70 for the plan you describe, $80 if you want unlimited voice minutes. That plan does not include a phone subsidy or a contract.
Since T-Mobile already allows VOIP without any problems on their existing phones and data plans, and since the Android app store has at least two good SIP applications why would there be any question if VOIP is allowed or not?
The 3D aspect and the CG effects were worth every penny that I spent on a ticket.
The plot is just a barely acceptable excuse for the effects, but since it was so well executed I don't really mind.
Watch this film in 3D Imax or not at all IMHO.
How many people here get around their workplace's blocking software by running an SSH tunnel to a proxy server on their home network?
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$30 - 500 voice minutes
$40 - 500 voice minutes and unlimited texts OR 1000 voice minutes
$50 - Unlimited voice minutes OR 1000 voice minutes and unlimited texts
$60 - Unlimited voice minutes and texts OR 500 voice minutes and unlimited texts and data
$70 - 1000 voice minutes and unlimited texts and data
$80 - Unlimited everything.
No, you are not required to purchase a data plan. Plans start at $30 for 500 voice minutes and go up to $80 for unlimited data, texts and voice minutes.
That would be a valid analogy if mental states had objective, unambigious definitions.
A bone can be proven to be broken or not. Skin can be proven to be punctured or not. There is no definitive, objective test for depression and decades of medical science have not yet produced one.
If you go pure VOIP then you can get data-only plans for $40 per month.
You could consider this as evidence that depression is overdiagnosed and a prognosis of "light-moderate" depression is most likely bullshit.
I've lived in Kansas, South Carolina, New York, Conneticut, Oklahoma and Texas.
Trust me, Texas drivers are by far the worst when it comes to driving in the snow. Maybe the drivers in Ohio get restricted blood flow to their brains when the snow falls, but the brains of native Texans shut down completely.