freddy v jason, alien v predator (there's a third one coming), etc... ok so if creativity is completely dead, if hollywood has to rape your love for science fiction by mashing up all genres, allow me to make you want to rip your eyes out:
terminator V back to the future
mad max V jurassic park
the matrix V inception
and, the ultimate betrayal that will make you want to murder me right now, just for uttering the words and potentially planting the idea in some hollywood suit's mind:
star wars V star trek
the science fiction fan's ultimate cause for suicide and/ or homicide
they want to keep the old reactor as long as possible because its cheaper. new reactors cost a ton of money
so it's really a quite the ridiculous belief you have that they don't switch reactors... because of tree hugging hippies!
do you laugh or you cry that there are people out there like you who believe these insane things?
i guess it's scientifically fascinating how perception gets completely disconnected from reality in thinking like yours, but politically, its just depressing
btw: if i expressed the more rational opinion that tea party types would never support replacing old reactors with new ones, because of the governmental costs, how would you react
(watch the knee jerk reaction, notice the lack of rational thought)
dude, of course every and all heroic effort can and should be made to avert further disaster. but you've got some interesting blinders on if you don't recognize the nuclear disaster that has already happened, that many people are very sorry about
but the backup electricity better get there as if by clapping your hands, with absolutely any and all means necessary possible to be summoned by the entire nation of japan
the big error was in having the diesel generators in the basement. they got swamped by the tsunami. lesson: put the back up generators on the roof. or one on the roof and one in the basement, if you are afraid of a terrorist rocket
now the japanese are dumping water on the reactors with helicopters and fire hoses, which is amateur hour because apparently the pressure in the reactor makes it hard to get water in there. an analogy i heard is it is like trying to weakly push water into a balloon full of air (without popping the balloon, might i add)
therefore, the only real emergency solutions i see, correct me if i am wrong, is either: 1. get some new backup generators there asap, or 2. run some emergency electrical lines to the power plant asap
they need to power that water cycling equipment, asap
or rather, get it done 3 days ago;-(
i'm sorry japan, this is quite bad, i feel for your proud nation and this apocalypse. i am somewhat of a movie buff and have always admired your cultural output from afar, i often attend movie screenings at the japan society at 47th st in nyc. i even got to ask questions from the audience with famous japanese directors, like sion sono and go shibata, translated and answered, which was quite thrilling
i will try to make a donation there. there's no other word to describe what is happening to your country: it is an apocalypse. i am very sorry
teenagers are mostly idiots. adults are mostly idiots, but at least they are fully legally accountable for their actions. teenager's actions are still a reflection of their parents, legally and logically, and so curtailment of their rights, according to their parent's wishes is good common sense. i don't think any RESPONSIBLE parent would have a problem with school admin monitoring and policing what their kids do while they are at work, and in fact, probably appreciate it
unless everyone here wants to register an opinion on this subject as if all teenagers were perfect responsible darlings all the time
your strange sycophantic needs to latch onto the egos of others points to a personal failure you should work on. i know the internet makes feeding your odd psychology easier, but you can't go creeping and crawling through life in the shadows of others son. no one likes parasites
who the hell are you? you're not the person i was conversing with. you've injected yourself into a conversation. if you don't have anything substantiative to say, fuck off
you believe it should be castro, an authoritarian despot. because of a cold war grudge from 50 years ago
and you accuse me of being blind to or defending american meddling in the world. because i won't support a despot. because i want the cuban people to be their own masters
if you are going to construct alternate theories and explanations for why anything bad happening in cuba being the fault of the usa, you're just a propaganda victim, and beyond the realm of commenting intelligently or rationally on political or international affairs. not that that will stop you of course. castro is firmly in control, the responsibility for cuba's state of affairs is firmly in the hands of havana. i'm sorry reality counteracts your politics. maybe you should adjust your politics. of course you won't, you'll just deny reality. so much easier. pfffffffft
it's so tired, typical, and braindead: all evil emanantes from washington dc. all power emanates form washington dc. castro is blameless and helpless. if something goes bad somewhere in the world: a middle eastern government is overthrown, castro "has" to do something draconian, my grandmother studs her toe: clearly, washington dc is to blame, somehow
the subtext that you won't examine in your one-sided thinking though is that you are saying only americans are responsible people. according to you, not me, the people in the middle east, latin america: they are always pawns and victims, they are never masters of their own affairs. don't you find that worldview rather condescending and racist? i do. not that you will examine your dehumanizing of nonamericans, but that's what your worldview does when YOU say that latin americans or middle easterners can't be resposnible for their own state of affairs
of course you will howl and gnash your teeth about cold war era us crimes. good for you. be trapped in history. the cold war ended over 20 years ago. arent' you ready to move on? as events in the middle east have shown, the people there are ready to be masters of themselves and be responsible for themselves, why aren't you?
my personal worldview, the people and the countries of latin america and the middle east are their own masters. always were. always will be. if the usa meddles, they have to kick the usa out. castro and cuba did that quite effectively. replacing us meddling with authoritarianism is not actually much of an improvement, but at least a real cuban will tell you cuba is run by cubans
but you, you are such a tired shrill dead voice in the world today. you fall into this sort of helplessness where you feel powerless to do anything because magic boogeyman from the usa will always hold you back. history doesn't expand your worldview, you are trapped in history. your worldviews says more about failures in your own personal psychology than the reailty of people in the world
the simple fact is, if latin america and the middle east aren't living up to their potential, it is because of the existence of people like you: permanent victims, always the victim, never the master of yourself
are you a master of your own destiny? or a permanent victim, always ready to describer define, and never do anything about, your helplessness?
go ahead, let's hear you regurgitate the tired cold war history, that, only in your mind, explains why americans must always be the only responsible ones in the world. so stupid, typical, and tired
the people freely elect their governments. corporate influence is disgusting, but its just that: influence. to reduce it is a laudable goal. but to think that is anymore remotely in the same ballpark as actual genuine authoritarian control makes you out to be a complete idiot
the usa did plenty wrong in cuba. but not since 1959
its all castro's wrongs since 1959. you do understand the usa has no influence in cuba since 1959, right? that's a long time ago. you want to have arguments from over half a century ago? or do you wish cuba to have a democracy, as is the right of cuba's people?
do you side with the cuban people? or do you have some chip on your shoulder from a long dead time from before the vast majority of cuban people lived?
"Castro wins the elections and remains leader. How is that not legitimate?"
you honestly want to represent that as your honest opinion?
therefore, it is not legitimate, and deserves no respect. either the people participate in who is chosen as their leader on a regular basis, or they don't. if they do, it is a good government and a stable country. if the people have no voice in their own government, it is a vile government that deserves no respect, internationally and domestically, and will crumble eventually, as the middle east shows: even the most hardened despot can do nothing if his people ceases to fear him anymore. and if you do not have consent, then fear and force is all you have left to govern people, and this is how cuba operates
therefore, in the name OF the cuban people, in solidarity with the cuban people, i condemn their government to hell. as well as china. as well as iran, as well as any other country where the people do not participate in the formation of their own government
only democracy creates legitimacy. all other forms of government are illegitimate. either the government regularly subjects itself to the consent of the people, or the country rules by force and fear. there is no other choice between what undergirds the source of the power of your government: either consent, or fear
it is only a matter of time before castro's regime falls, as the revolutions facing the middle east show. it is only a matter of time before china, iran, cuba, zimbabwe, etc., befall the same fate. simply because these governments don't subject themself to periodic reconstitution from its own people: a democratic vote. therefore, the government's legitimacy fades over time, to the point where the people just throw off the yolk. if you are not a democratic government, there is an essential instability you cannot escape and will be your doom, one way or another, one day or another. the only way for the people to renew their faith in their government is to actually be consulted on their government's makeup on a regular basis. if they aren't consulted, they will eventually revolt. there is no other way
so to hell with the government of cuba, in the name of the cuban people. the cuban government apparently does not respect its own people enough to consult them as to its makeup. therefore the cuban government is illegitimate, and does not deserve any domestic or international respect. same applies to china, same applies to iran, same applies to zimbabwe
consult the will of your people on regular basis in a true democratic vote, or you are doomed
it takes nuclear waste and makes it 1/10th the quantity. and the composition of that nuclear waste has a half life around a hundred years, rather than 10,000 years. and of a type that is not nearly so dangerous a form of radiation. oh, and you get a lot more power out of the arrangement too
it also means we don't have to worry about peak uranium, because then we just switch to thorium, which there's lots of
the point i am making is about design philosophy: passive rather than active safety. if pebble beds don't work passively safe, then there are other examples of the design philosophy i am trying to get at
and i think you mean alternative forms of energy production when you mention smaller plants, but if you mean lots of small nuclear plants, this destroys nuclear security. it would become trivial for a terrorist or an idiot to contaminate an area
my paean is for passively safe reactor design. if pebble beds are not a good example of that, don't use them. they are just one example of many designs, like CANDU, of a design philosophy that must be adhered to and is missing from the 1960s era dinosaurs
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seems like such a drunk frat boy's idea of an "awesome movie"
i mean what next? cowboys and ninjas?
oh...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032751/
uh, vikings and indians?
good lord
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446013/
so all i have to do is take two stereotypical protagonists, smash them together, and hollywood will give me millions to make a crappy movie?
ok, zombies and sharks!
oh good lord, someone shoot me...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g8fCxyAVHs
freddy v jason, alien v predator (there's a third one coming), etc... ok so if creativity is completely dead, if hollywood has to rape your love for science fiction by mashing up all genres, allow me to make you want to rip your eyes out:
terminator V back to the future
mad max V jurassic park
the matrix V inception
and, the ultimate betrayal that will make you want to murder me right now, just for uttering the words and potentially planting the idea in some hollywood suit's mind:
star wars V star trek
the science fiction fan's ultimate cause for suicide and/ or homicide
they want to keep the old reactor as long as possible because its cheaper. new reactors cost a ton of money
so it's really a quite the ridiculous belief you have that they don't switch reactors... because of tree hugging hippies!
do you laugh or you cry that there are people out there like you who believe these insane things?
i guess it's scientifically fascinating how perception gets completely disconnected from reality in thinking like yours, but politically, its just depressing
btw: if i expressed the more rational opinion that tea party types would never support replacing old reactors with new ones, because of the governmental costs, how would you react
(watch the knee jerk reaction, notice the lack of rational thought)
dude, of course every and all heroic effort can and should be made to avert further disaster. but you've got some interesting blinders on if you don't recognize the nuclear disaster that has already happened, that many people are very sorry about
you want the school to enforce reasonable rules, but you don't want the school to enforce any standards at all
work that out with yourself and get back to us when you've repaired the logical discrepancy
but the backup electricity better get there as if by clapping your hands, with absolutely any and all means necessary possible to be summoned by the entire nation of japan
the big error was in having the diesel generators in the basement. they got swamped by the tsunami. lesson: put the back up generators on the roof. or one on the roof and one in the basement, if you are afraid of a terrorist rocket
now the japanese are dumping water on the reactors with helicopters and fire hoses, which is amateur hour because apparently the pressure in the reactor makes it hard to get water in there. an analogy i heard is it is like trying to weakly push water into a balloon full of air (without popping the balloon, might i add)
therefore, the only real emergency solutions i see, correct me if i am wrong, is either: 1. get some new backup generators there asap, or 2. run some emergency electrical lines to the power plant asap
they need to power that water cycling equipment, asap
or rather, get it done 3 days ago ;-(
i'm sorry japan, this is quite bad, i feel for your proud nation and this apocalypse. i am somewhat of a movie buff and have always admired your cultural output from afar, i often attend movie screenings at the japan society at 47th st in nyc. i even got to ask questions from the audience with famous japanese directors, like sion sono and go shibata, translated and answered, which was quite thrilling
i will try to make a donation there. there's no other word to describe what is happening to your country: it is an apocalypse. i am very sorry
Japan's Katrina x 100,000
teenagers are mostly idiots. adults are mostly idiots, but at least they are fully legally accountable for their actions. teenager's actions are still a reflection of their parents, legally and logically, and so curtailment of their rights, according to their parent's wishes is good common sense. i don't think any RESPONSIBLE parent would have a problem with school admin monitoring and policing what their kids do while they are at work, and in fact, probably appreciate it
unless everyone here wants to register an opinion on this subject as if all teenagers were perfect responsible darlings all the time
pfffffffft
your strange sycophantic needs to latch onto the egos of others points to a personal failure you should work on. i know the internet makes feeding your odd psychology easier, but you can't go creeping and crawling through life in the shadows of others son. no one likes parasites
yes, i made a mistake. i assumed i was responding to the same person. now instead i am in a small box with a sycophant. time to leave
who the hell are you? you're not the person i was conversing with. you've injected yourself into a conversation. if you don't have anything substantiative to say, fuck off
who should be the master of the cuban people?
i believe it should be the cuban people
you believe it should be castro, an authoritarian despot. because of a cold war grudge from 50 years ago
and you accuse me of being blind to or defending american meddling in the world. because i won't support a despot. because i want the cuban people to be their own masters
absurdity, indeed
if you are going to construct alternate theories and explanations for why anything bad happening in cuba being the fault of the usa, you're just a propaganda victim, and beyond the realm of commenting intelligently or rationally on political or international affairs. not that that will stop you of course. castro is firmly in control, the responsibility for cuba's state of affairs is firmly in the hands of havana. i'm sorry reality counteracts your politics. maybe you should adjust your politics. of course you won't, you'll just deny reality. so much easier. pfffffffft
it's so tired, typical, and braindead: all evil emanantes from washington dc. all power emanates form washington dc. castro is blameless and helpless. if something goes bad somewhere in the world: a middle eastern government is overthrown, castro "has" to do something draconian, my grandmother studs her toe: clearly, washington dc is to blame, somehow
the subtext that you won't examine in your one-sided thinking though is that you are saying only americans are responsible people. according to you, not me, the people in the middle east, latin america: they are always pawns and victims, they are never masters of their own affairs. don't you find that worldview rather condescending and racist? i do. not that you will examine your dehumanizing of nonamericans, but that's what your worldview does when YOU say that latin americans or middle easterners can't be resposnible for their own state of affairs
of course you will howl and gnash your teeth about cold war era us crimes. good for you. be trapped in history. the cold war ended over 20 years ago. arent' you ready to move on? as events in the middle east have shown, the people there are ready to be masters of themselves and be responsible for themselves, why aren't you?
my personal worldview, the people and the countries of latin america and the middle east are their own masters. always were. always will be. if the usa meddles, they have to kick the usa out. castro and cuba did that quite effectively. replacing us meddling with authoritarianism is not actually much of an improvement, but at least a real cuban will tell you cuba is run by cubans
but you, you are such a tired shrill dead voice in the world today. you fall into this sort of helplessness where you feel powerless to do anything because magic boogeyman from the usa will always hold you back. history doesn't expand your worldview, you are trapped in history. your worldviews says more about failures in your own personal psychology than the reailty of people in the world
the simple fact is, if latin america and the middle east aren't living up to their potential, it is because of the existence of people like you: permanent victims, always the victim, never the master of yourself
are you a master of your own destiny? or a permanent victim, always ready to describer define, and never do anything about, your helplessness?
go ahead, let's hear you regurgitate the tired cold war history, that, only in your mind, explains why americans must always be the only responsible ones in the world. so stupid, typical, and tired
the people freely elect their governments. corporate influence is disgusting, but its just that: influence. to reduce it is a laudable goal. but to think that is anymore remotely in the same ballpark as actual genuine authoritarian control makes you out to be a complete idiot
the usa did plenty wrong in cuba. but not since 1959
its all castro's wrongs since 1959. you do understand the usa has no influence in cuba since 1959, right? that's a long time ago. you want to have arguments from over half a century ago? or do you wish cuba to have a democracy, as is the right of cuba's people?
do you side with the cuban people? or do you have some chip on your shoulder from a long dead time from before the vast majority of cuban people lived?
"Castro wins the elections and remains leader. How is that not legitimate?"
you honestly want to represent that as your honest opinion?
therefore, it is not legitimate, and deserves no respect. either the people participate in who is chosen as their leader on a regular basis, or they don't. if they do, it is a good government and a stable country. if the people have no voice in their own government, it is a vile government that deserves no respect, internationally and domestically, and will crumble eventually, as the middle east shows: even the most hardened despot can do nothing if his people ceases to fear him anymore. and if you do not have consent, then fear and force is all you have left to govern people, and this is how cuba operates
therefore, in the name OF the cuban people, in solidarity with the cuban people, i condemn their government to hell. as well as china. as well as iran, as well as any other country where the people do not participate in the formation of their own government
only democracy creates legitimacy. all other forms of government are illegitimate. either the government regularly subjects itself to the consent of the people, or the country rules by force and fear. there is no other choice between what undergirds the source of the power of your government: either consent, or fear
it is only a matter of time before castro's regime falls, as the revolutions facing the middle east show. it is only a matter of time before china, iran, cuba, zimbabwe, etc., befall the same fate. simply because these governments don't subject themself to periodic reconstitution from its own people: a democratic vote. therefore, the government's legitimacy fades over time, to the point where the people just throw off the yolk. if you are not a democratic government, there is an essential instability you cannot escape and will be your doom, one way or another, one day or another. the only way for the people to renew their faith in their government is to actually be consulted on their government's makeup on a regular basis. if they aren't consulted, they will eventually revolt. there is no other way
so to hell with the government of cuba, in the name of the cuban people. the cuban government apparently does not respect its own people enough to consult them as to its makeup. therefore the cuban government is illegitimate, and does not deserve any domestic or international respect. same applies to china, same applies to iran, same applies to zimbabwe
consult the will of your people on regular basis in a true democratic vote, or you are doomed
i'm sorry. i have to consciously stop using the shift key while posting on slashdot. i apologize for the slip up, i won't use the shift key again
thank you
i love reading about that sort of lore
a toast to a far safer future of nuclear energy
that's what i'm TALKING ABOUT
thank you
it's called a breeder reactor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor
it takes nuclear waste and makes it 1/10th the quantity. and the composition of that nuclear waste has a half life around a hundred years, rather than 10,000 years. and of a type that is not nearly so dangerous a form of radiation. oh, and you get a lot more power out of the arrangement too
it also means we don't have to worry about peak uranium, because then we just switch to thorium, which there's lots of
any other questions?
then candu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor
the point i am making is about design philosophy: passive rather than active safety. if pebble beds don't work passively safe, then there are other examples of the design philosophy i am trying to get at
that makes sense, but not for cities
and i think you mean alternative forms of energy production when you mention smaller plants, but if you mean lots of small nuclear plants, this destroys nuclear security. it would become trivial for a terrorist or an idiot to contaminate an area
my paean is for passively safe reactor design. if pebble beds are not a good example of that, don't use them. they are just one example of many designs, like CANDU, of a design philosophy that must be adhered to and is missing from the 1960s era dinosaurs
yes
CANDU is a good candidate too
you tell me
you tell me what to do when the stupidest moronic statement is encountered, yet again. "yeah but cars kill more..."
don't you think there is a level of tolerance that is eventually reached?