Seriously the XP941 is a native PCIe controller, not multiple SATA controllers raided together with a PCIe bridge controller. As a result, it is almost 1/2 the price, and still has similar performance (it is only a PCIe 1x device that does 1.2GBs reads/writes, vs the PCIe 4x device that only does 1.8GBs).
Pretty sure that it's a PCIe 2.0 x4 device.:)
To quote Mr Cole, "You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a bit of 2x4 than you can with just a kind word." B5.
Parent seems unable to distinguish between his own non-expert opinion and the opinion (true or not) of an expert with long history in the study of this subject matter.
If parent can think of a criticism, it's a safe bet the author has heard it before and believes it has been addressed. Unless parent has evidence that the author is unaware of these concerns, or intentionally misleading the reader of the article, he is just being arrogant.
The fact that it looks like a glaring hole to you (non-expert) doesn't mean it really is.
While I'm no nuclear engineer, I have heard that Alvarez has a rather poor reputation in nuclear circles.
In addition, any civilization THAT advanced would undoubtedly be able to get better efficiency out of their reactors before zipping away.
My guess is they'd also be running reactors that could use the fuel up more or less completely, resulting in far less spent fuel being produced, if any.
That's crazy talk. We live in an era of virtual machines, separate browser instances, deep freeze, noscript, Linux..... there's absolutely no compelling reason to give up porn in the name of security.
This. If one on the internet at all, then one is exposed. The only way to be sure heartbleed won't affect a computer is to isolate it from the internet.
Mod this guy up!
These AOLoser accounts don't represent living beings. Everyone with a pulse left for greener pastures a decade ago. All that's left are the accounts of people who died and who's estates keep autopaying the bill. I.E., they are ZOMBIE accounts....and so it begins
No, I still use mine. It's worked fine for nearly 20 years (Holy crap, 20?!), the spam filter is actually pretty good aaaand I just can't be bothered to change every single account I've made on the internet over to a new address. Oh, that and I had the sense to not name it something unprofessional back then so it's okay to use it for any correspondence with work etc. While "S3xyBeestMutherFuka@aol.com" has a certain ring to it, I thought that my actual email address would be easier to remember.
Why not drop sealed casks into 5 mile deep trenches?
It's not like there are monsterous creatures lurking in the depths that it would be unwise to awaken.
Why not just use the so called "waste"? Most of it could be reused in a reactor along the lines of the integral fast reactor. Sadly, that reactor never came to being due to political interests trumping all others.
Nuclear plants might be safer/cleaner than coal and all, but when they fail (and they always seem to, due to people attempting to cut costs and corners) it leaves areas of land unusable to us humans. Not just a little unusable either. It does it for such a long time that it might as well be considered permanent. Solar, Water, Wind are all completely renewable sources of energy that upon failure...don't destroy the ecosystem around it.
This is insightful, not funny - please moderate appropriately - Thanks!
I disagree with your assertion that it is an insightful post. It is not. "Wrong", "blinkered" or "Koolaid-stained" would be more accurate.
Regulator and lobbyists do not have a 'field', their skills are not related to any particular domain or technology.
Yes we must purge the FDA of all doctors, the NRC of all engineers, FWS of all biologists, etc because clearly they are all beholden to their special interests and thus can't be trusted.
I also wouldn't be surprised if any wound up in Chinese, Russian or Indian arms as well.
I am pretty sure some was sold to Iraq. Hell, we sold them planes, tanks and other shit back in the 80s, why not Uranium?! I bet that is how we 'knew' they had WMDs. We just looked at their receipt.
Iraq? No, not that I know of. Iran though, I'm positive we sold arms to them back in the 50's, 60's and early 70's
Make them finance the decommissioning at build time. I believe they did this in the 70s with Vermont Yankee, though clearly they screwed up. Presumably we can do better with the actuarial stuff now that some of these older plants are shutting down.
The main problem is that no one can justify building one right now. Hell, it is hard to justify the _operation_ of one. Natural gas is cheap, and even coal plants are shutting down because they cannot compete.
As far as I know, it's been standard procedure in the US for decades. From what I'm told, though the costs have gone up due to bureaucratic and political interference, (adding extra things to do, forcing the use of particular *relatively expensive* contractors, methods & procedures all of which was of rather spurious benefit to the wider world) the amount of money in the pots has stayed mostly at the original levels.
Gas is cheap for now. There was a glut which will vanish when demand grows again due to power plants going towards gas use. Prices will skyrocket and profits for the companies with gas interests will go up. It's almost like the market was manipulated.
The containment system at Fukushima wasn't even close to modern, yet it did a pretty good job anyhow.
Are we talking about the same Fukushima where one core is still missing and radioactive seawater is believed to be flowing out of the site on an ongoing basis?
Missing core? Please cite your source.
Honestly, I think you've been drinking the anti-nuke koolaid that the scaremongers have been doling out.
In my experience in the military, satcom IS the backup for the radio. In fact, we were told only to use satcoms as a last resort due to a lack of encryption.
Yeah, yeah, funny how money is usually behind being duped in cases like these.
Mulgrew: I hadnt worked in ages, bill were piling up, thankfully I was duped and made the mortgage payment. I can aways SAY I was duped later.
Scientists: Well, we needed some money and they said they had Kate Mulgrew. Who has to think about that? She was on Star Trek! Dupe me up, Scotty!
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Lemmings makes players act like psychopaths.
I'm a psychopathic Lemming you insensitive clod!
Seriously the XP941 is a native PCIe controller, not multiple SATA controllers raided together with a PCIe bridge controller. As a result, it is almost 1/2 the price, and still has similar performance (it is only a PCIe 1x device that does 1.2GBs reads/writes, vs the PCIe 4x device that only does 1.8GBs).
Pretty sure that it's a PCIe 2.0 x4 device. :)
To quote Mr Cole, "You can get more of what you want with a kind word and a bit of 2x4 than you can with just a kind word." B5.
Parent seems unable to distinguish between his own non-expert opinion and the opinion (true or not) of an expert with long history in the study of this subject matter.
If parent can think of a criticism, it's a safe bet the author has heard it before and believes it has been addressed. Unless parent has evidence that the author is unaware of these concerns, or intentionally misleading the reader of the article, he is just being arrogant.
The fact that it looks like a glaring hole to you (non-expert) doesn't mean it really is.
While I'm no nuclear engineer, I have heard that Alvarez has a rather poor reputation in nuclear circles.
Science, how does it work?
With fucking magnets, that's how.
You forgot "bitch!" at the end of that. Bitch!
Just ask Jesse Pinkman
In addition, any civilization THAT advanced would undoubtedly be able to get better efficiency out of their reactors before zipping away.
My guess is they'd also be running reactors that could use the fuel up more or less completely, resulting in far less spent fuel being produced, if any.
moron.
I rather like carrots, as it happens. "Moron" is the Welsh word for "carrot" after all.
[snark]We already know the future of food; it's going to be eaten :P [/snark]
What's your take on the whole "vertical farming" and "hydroponics" thing?
If one on the internet at all, then one is exposed.
I'm only exposed on the internet when I'm watching porn.
I see what you did there! Hah :D
That's crazy talk. We live in an era of virtual machines, separate browser instances, deep freeze, noscript, Linux..... there's absolutely no compelling reason to give up porn in the name of security.
This. If one on the internet at all, then one is exposed. The only way to be sure heartbleed won't affect a computer is to isolate it from the internet. Mod this guy up!
AOL Still exists?!
Yup.
These AOLoser accounts don't represent living beings. Everyone with a pulse left for greener pastures a decade ago. All that's left are the accounts of people who died and who's estates keep autopaying the bill. I.E., they are ZOMBIE accounts. ...and so it begins
No, I still use mine. It's worked fine for nearly 20 years (Holy crap, 20?!), the spam filter is actually pretty good aaaand I just can't be bothered to change every single account I've made on the internet over to a new address. Oh, that and I had the sense to not name it something unprofessional back then so it's okay to use it for any correspondence with work etc. While "S3xyBeestMutherFuka@aol.com" has a certain ring to it, I thought that my actual email address would be easier to remember.
TL;DR, Yes, some people do still use AOL webmail.
By the way, Kosh? Is that you?
Why not drop sealed casks into 5 mile deep trenches?
It's not like there are monsterous creatures lurking in the depths that it would be unwise to awaken.
Why not just use the so called "waste"? Most of it could be reused in a reactor along the lines of the integral fast reactor. Sadly, that reactor never came to being due to political interests trumping all others.
Nuclear plants might be safer/cleaner than coal and all, but when they fail (and they always seem to, due to people attempting to cut costs and corners) it leaves areas of land unusable to us humans. Not just a little unusable either. It does it for such a long time that it might as well be considered permanent. Solar, Water, Wind are all completely renewable sources of energy that upon failure...don't destroy the ecosystem around it.
This is insightful, not funny - please moderate appropriately - Thanks!
I disagree with your assertion that it is an insightful post. It is not. "Wrong", "blinkered" or "Koolaid-stained" would be more accurate.
Solar, Water, Wind are all completely renewable sources of energy that upon failure...don't destroy the ecosystem around it.
You forgot "completely unreliable" and "unsuitable for most energy needs".
Name ANY worth shit outside of I, Jedi or the Thrawn trilogy.
You cant because there isnt. FUCK the EU with a barge pole
Knights of the old republic? Shadows of the empire? The Dark forces/Jedi Knight series? Rogue Squadron?
There's four for you right there.
Regulator and lobbyists do not have a 'field', their skills are not related to any particular domain or technology.
Yes we must purge the FDA of all doctors, the NRC of all engineers, FWS of all biologists, etc because clearly they are all beholden to their special interests and thus can't be trusted.
You mean they haven't done that already?!
. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you."
*suppresses urge to make "In Soviet Russia" joke*.
I also wouldn't be surprised if any wound up in Chinese, Russian or Indian arms as well. I am pretty sure some was sold to Iraq. Hell, we sold them planes, tanks and other shit back in the 80s, why not Uranium?! I bet that is how we 'knew' they had WMDs. We just looked at their receipt.
Iraq? No, not that I know of. Iran though, I'm positive we sold arms to them back in the 50's, 60's and early 70's
Since when is sarcasm informative?
Make them finance the decommissioning at build time. I believe they did this in the 70s with Vermont Yankee, though clearly they screwed up. Presumably we can do better with the actuarial stuff now that some of these older plants are shutting down.
The main problem is that no one can justify building one right now. Hell, it is hard to justify the _operation_ of one. Natural gas is cheap, and even coal plants are shutting down because they cannot compete.
As far as I know, it's been standard procedure in the US for decades. From what I'm told, though the costs have gone up due to bureaucratic and political interference, (adding extra things to do, forcing the use of particular *relatively expensive* contractors, methods & procedures all of which was of rather spurious benefit to the wider world) the amount of money in the pots has stayed mostly at the original levels.
Gas is cheap for now. There was a glut which will vanish when demand grows again due to power plants going towards gas use. Prices will skyrocket and profits for the companies with gas interests will go up. It's almost like the market was manipulated.
The containment system at Fukushima wasn't even close to modern, yet it did a pretty good job anyhow.
Are we talking about the same Fukushima where one core is still missing and radioactive seawater is believed to be flowing out of the site on an ongoing basis?
Missing core? Please cite your source.
Honestly, I think you've been drinking the anti-nuke koolaid that the scaremongers have been doling out.
In my experience in the military, satcom IS the backup for the radio. In fact, we were told only to use satcoms as a last resort due to a lack of encryption.
The M-5 also comes to mind.
Nuclear power on the other hand scares the hell out of me.
Learn about it. I've found that in doing so, I have become far less frightened of it.
Yeah, yeah, funny how money is usually behind being duped in cases like these. Mulgrew: I hadnt worked in ages, bill were piling up, thankfully I was duped and made the mortgage payment. I can aways SAY I was duped later. Scientists: Well, we needed some money and they said they had Kate Mulgrew. Who has to think about that? She was on Star Trek! Dupe me up, Scotty!
Which would hold unless Mulgrew had parts/work. Oh wait, she does! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O...