We're not running out of uranium. We are running out of *enriched* uranium. Fast breeder reactors (FBRs) solve the problem because they (a) run on plutonium and (b) transmute depleted uranium and other "waste" products from legacy reactors into useful fuel.
FBRs can can reprocess or dispose of weapons material and spent fuel from legacy nuke plants. Once bootstrapped with plutonium, they'll happily run on crap that your typical nuke plant considers useless waste. They're also more efficient. Would you rather have 100 tons of waste annually from a thermal reactor plant, or 2 tons from a breeder reactor? It's radiocative either way.
Expecting anyone to bring a commercial FBR online before 2013 is ludicrous. You'd be hard pressed to complete even a boring coal fired plant in that short of a timeframe. FBRs are also "scary" and utterly taboo for anyone besides trusted friends to own or operate, because the fuel that they produce happens to be plutonium that's great for making bombs. So, ummm, as with any nuke plant, you maintain a certain level of security. It ought to be common sense.
Man, that sucks. I've got no problem with private contractors helping to distribute information, but it sure would be nicer if the information and its formatting were public domain. Want to provide an online database? Great, submit a bid to the relevant agency and if your proposal looks good, they'll sign you up to provide the service..... just don't expect it to be an exclusive service or expect the content to be copyrightable.
(un)fortunately IANAL, and I have been known to harbor naive beliefs in concepts such as common sense and transparent government.:)
The company that's typing up these laws got sucked into a bad deal. They probably signed a contract believing they would hold a copyright over the laws. Bullshit. At most, that company has a copyright over the CD version that they're creating.
The laws themselves are public domain, as laws must be. To claim anything else renders the City of Schenectady illegitimate. Seriously--you can't make asinine claims like that and expect to remain a legitimate form of government. If I were working for the State or a neighboring local government, I'd give Schenectady a few weeks to come to their senses and then pull the plug. No more funding, no more cooperation, no nothing. Treat them like a rogue state. It's harsh but necessary. No one should have to stand for government gone haywire.
Actually, most high-temp superconductors lose their superconductive properties in the presence of strong magnetic fields. So, no, it probably wouldn't work as an induction stove.
Making money is only a means to an end. Why don't the people who make up Paice engage in something more productive?
On the other hand, maybe Toyota really is doing something unique and non-obvious with hybrid propulsion and Paice can prove prior art. It could be, but in this day and age of patent trolls, i am skeptical.
Wow man, it's a drag being a rock I wish I was anything but a rock Heck, I'd even like to be a policeman Hey, you know what, you know maybe if I practiced, you know Maybe if I passed my driving test I could get a gig drivin' that bus and pick some freaks up In front of Ben Franks, right!
Nope. There are still laws relating to hygiene, obscenity and safety.
Say a woman wanted to wear long flowing hijab while operating a machine with rotating parts. Her clothes could get caught in it. Usually people are restricted from wearing loose clothes in those sorts of jobs. If she refuses to wear safe clothing, it's not discrimination against her religion (forbidden), it is discrimination on grounds of safety (perfectly reasonable).
All human hair and flesh harbors bacteria. It's simply unavoidable. Just put a hair net on if you're going to be working around food.
If you wash your dreadlocks regularly they probably won't be too nasty, but I've also seen real authentic street people with dreadlocks that were turning into compost on their heads. Literally decomposing tangles of putrid shit dangling from their heads. Of course that's not representative of all dreadlocks, but it's an example of what not to wear when working around food.
Or start planning your life so that you understand whether you actually NEED it. Aspiration towards ghetto-fabulousness is not the greatest motivation.
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We're not running out of uranium. We are running out of *enriched* uranium. Fast breeder reactors (FBRs) solve the problem because they (a) run on plutonium and (b) transmute depleted uranium and other "waste" products from legacy reactors into useful fuel.
FBRs can can reprocess or dispose of weapons material and spent fuel from legacy nuke plants. Once bootstrapped with plutonium, they'll happily run on crap that your typical nuke plant considers useless waste. They're also more efficient. Would you rather have 100 tons of waste annually from a thermal reactor plant, or 2 tons from a breeder reactor? It's radiocative either way.
Expecting anyone to bring a commercial FBR online before 2013 is ludicrous. You'd be hard pressed to complete even a boring coal fired plant in that short of a timeframe. FBRs are also "scary" and utterly taboo for anyone besides trusted friends to own or operate, because the fuel that they produce happens to be plutonium that's great for making bombs. So, ummm, as with any nuke plant, you maintain a certain level of security. It ought to be common sense.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_breeder_reactor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor#Fast_reactors
They're only out $20K? For a city the size of Schenectady that's nothing. I'd just cut my losses and pay off the copyright trolling contractor.
Man, that sucks. I've got no problem with private contractors helping to distribute information, but it sure would be nicer if the information and its formatting were public domain. Want to provide an online database? Great, submit a bid to the relevant agency and if your proposal looks good, they'll sign you up to provide the service..... just don't expect it to be an exclusive service or expect the content to be copyrightable.
(un)fortunately IANAL, and I have been known to harbor naive beliefs in concepts such as common sense and transparent government. :)
The company that's typing up these laws got sucked into a bad deal. They probably signed a contract believing they would hold a copyright over the laws. Bullshit. At most, that company has a copyright over the CD version that they're creating.
The laws themselves are public domain, as laws must be. To claim anything else renders the City of Schenectady illegitimate. Seriously--you can't make asinine claims like that and expect to remain a legitimate form of government. If I were working for the State or a neighboring local government, I'd give Schenectady a few weeks to come to their senses and then pull the plug. No more funding, no more cooperation, no nothing. Treat them like a rogue state. It's harsh but necessary. No one should have to stand for government gone haywire.
Sounds like this particular set of laws now only applies to people who have purchased them for $200.
"How many times have you bit into a piece of fruit only to find that you're also chomping on a sticker label?"
ZERO. Don't you wash your fruit before eating it? Sheesh.
I tried fertilizing my garden with used motor oil, but was unable to duplicate the results cited in TFA.
Rules 1 and 2. You are the cancer that made Neanderthals go extinct!
Yeah but you can still edit the EXIF data of the cave paintings.
Draw antelope on ass cheek, then take picture of self with stone tool on head.
Isn't CBT a little harsh? Well, maybe not if that's what you're into, but I wouldn't inflict it on just any random sociopath.
Actually it's a binary freezer. It goes up to 260,096 degrees.
Actually, most high-temp superconductors lose their superconductive properties in the presence of strong magnetic fields. So, no, it probably wouldn't work as an induction stove.
"254K should be warm enough for anyone"
Operation Paperclip got the Nazis, and it helped get Americans to the moon.
The Mossad, uhh, "got" the guy who built the Iraqi super gun.
Well, you could build a DIY hybrid car in your own garage. That's more of the Slashdot way, isn't it?
Oh wait, weren't talking about cars.
East Texas is a known patent troll haven.
Yep, Toyota trucks are great. I'm holding out for a diesel Hilux (Tacoma) in the US market.
Making money is only a means to an end. Why don't the people who make up Paice engage in something more productive?
On the other hand, maybe Toyota really is doing something unique and non-obvious with hybrid propulsion and Paice can prove prior art. It could be, but in this day and age of patent trolls, i am skeptical.
More happy is coming!
Awesome.
Wow man, it's a drag being a rock
I wish I was anything but a rock
Heck, I'd even like to be a policeman
Hey, you know what, you know maybe if I practiced, you know
Maybe if I passed my driving test
I could get a gig drivin' that bus and pick some freaks up
In front of Ben Franks, right!
Nope. There are still laws relating to hygiene, obscenity and safety.
Say a woman wanted to wear long flowing hijab while operating a machine with rotating parts. Her clothes could get caught in it. Usually people are restricted from wearing loose clothes in those sorts of jobs. If she refuses to wear safe clothing, it's not discrimination against her religion (forbidden), it is discrimination on grounds of safety (perfectly reasonable).
All human hair and flesh harbors bacteria. It's simply unavoidable. Just put a hair net on if you're going to be working around food.
If you wash your dreadlocks regularly they probably won't be too nasty, but I've also seen real authentic street people with dreadlocks that were turning into compost on their heads. Literally decomposing tangles of putrid shit dangling from their heads. Of course that's not representative of all dreadlocks, but it's an example of what not to wear when working around food.
Ahem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs
Or start planning your life so that you understand whether you actually NEED it. Aspiration towards ghetto-fabulousness is not the greatest motivation.
I think region locking works better with a Kool-Aid analogy.