Remember when nuclear power was being deployed, the hype that surrounded it? The "killer app" of power turned out to be more of a killer than anybody had bargained for. Even if Simcity 2k style things don't happen, are there other things that might? For instance: It stated in the article that the levels of radiation will be "safe." I presume that means safe for humans, i.e. non-lethal dosages. But remember that radiation has a tendancy to mutate things, and that humans are not the only thing that can mutate. So can birds, frogs, and airborne bacteria. While it may seem farfetched, it is entirely possible that these moderately high-powered beams of radiation could create such a high level of mutation in airborne bacteria as to create a "super bacteria," resistant against antibiotics and, most importantly, already airborne. Just some food for thought.... Russell P.
Remember when nuclear power was being deployed, the hype that surrounded it? The "killer app" of power turned out to be more of a killer than anybody had bargained for. Even if Simcity 2k style things don't happen, are there other things that might? For instance: It stated in the article that the levels of radiation will be "safe." I presume that means safe for humans, i.e. non-lethal dosages. But remember that radiation has a tendancy to mutate things, and that humans are not the only thing that can mutate. So can birds, frogs, and airborne bacteria. While it may seem farfetched, it is entirely possible that these moderately high-powered beams of radiation could create such a high level of mutation in airborne bacteria as to create a "super bacteria," resistant against antibiotics and, most importantly, already airborne. Just some food for thought.... Russell P.
Remember the microwave disaster in simcity? Can't wait till my roof get pierced by a beam of radiation -- maybe it will hit whatever I was about to put in the microwave oven and cook it for me!
I seem to remember reading in April's "Electronics Now" an article which detailed a brand new analog processor that could run at a whopping 300 GHz...sounded dubious, especially when I saw the name of the company that made it -- ecraf corporation. (for those of you who need a bit of help, that's farce backwards) Do i think linux is really moving? Hell, no! (I'm still holding out to see what transmeta is REALLY doing;-)
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Remember when nuclear power was being deployed, the hype that surrounded it? The "killer app" of power turned out to be more of a killer than anybody had bargained for. Even if Simcity 2k style things don't happen, are there other things that might? For instance: It stated in the article that the levels of radiation will be "safe." I presume that means safe for humans, i.e. non-lethal dosages. But remember that radiation has a tendancy to mutate things, and that humans are not the only thing that can mutate. So can birds, frogs, and airborne bacteria. While it may seem farfetched, it is entirely possible that these moderately high-powered beams of radiation could create such a high level of mutation in airborne bacteria as to create a "super bacteria," resistant against antibiotics and, most importantly, already airborne. Just some food for thought.... Russell P.
Remember when nuclear power was being deployed, the hype that surrounded it? The "killer app" of power turned out to be more of a killer than anybody had bargained for. Even if Simcity 2k style things don't happen, are there other things that might?
For instance:
It stated in the article that the levels of radiation will be "safe." I presume that means safe for humans, i.e. non-lethal dosages. But remember that radiation has a tendancy to mutate things, and that humans are not the only thing that can mutate. So can birds, frogs, and airborne bacteria.
While it may seem farfetched, it is entirely possible that these moderately high-powered beams of radiation could create such a high level of mutation in airborne bacteria as to create a "super bacteria," resistant against antibiotics and, most importantly, already airborne.
Just some food for thought....
Russell P.
Remember the microwave disaster in simcity? Can't wait till my roof get pierced by a beam of radiation -- maybe it will hit whatever I was about to put in the microwave oven and cook it for me!
I seem to remember reading in April's "Electronics Now" an article which detailed a brand new analog processor that could run at a whopping 300 GHz...sounded dubious, especially when I saw the name of the company that made it -- ecraf corporation. ;-)
(for those of you who need a bit of help, that's farce backwards)
Do i think linux is really moving? Hell, no!
(I'm still holding out to see what transmeta is REALLY doing