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  1. Re:Thorium reactors on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: 1

    It works, as opposed to it works in theory. I would also say the electric car is further along than LFTR, even though they do not do the same task. I was not comparing their suitability only the insane claim that LFTR was ready to be used for serious work.

  2. Re:Interesting note about the robot on Giant Mech Robots From Japan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Obvious Astroturfer is obvious.

  3. Re:Use a Frame on ACLU Questions Privacy of License Plate Scanners · · Score: 1

    In what state is that legal?

  4. Re:The solution is simple on ACLU Questions Privacy of License Plate Scanners · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Haha no.
    What would happens is agency 1 and 2 and 3 would all sell data to clearinghouses 4,5 and 6. The Government or anyone really would just go to the clearinghouses to get it.

  5. Re:Where is the line? on ACLU Questions Privacy of License Plate Scanners · · Score: 1

    The difference is it now makes it possible to track your movements at all time.

    I would say even in the case of officers recording this data by hand they should have to dispose of it after some amount of time. No good can come of this type of thing, only bad.

  6. Re:Thorium reactors on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: 1

    Absolutely, but let us not pretend that right now LFTR is further along than wind power.

  7. Re:And not a thing will be done about it on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 1

    Normally early trial patients are paid, they normally have no medical problem to treat they are safety Guinea pigs. Clearly the doctors you are talking about are skipping some steps.

  8. Re:And not a thing will be done about it on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 1

    They do not mean the same thing at all.
    No one harvested a fetus via abortion then took stem cells from it.

  9. Re:And not a thing will be done about it on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 1

    I said nothing about safety, only labeling.

    If they make claims they should have to prove them.

    Otherwise I can sell a drug that claims to cure your inability to read, then convince your doctor by sending over a hot pharma rep and charge you thousands for sugar pills.

  10. Re:Put the Genie back in the bottle on NRC Accused of Ignoring Proliferation Risks With SILEX Enrichment · · Score: 1

    Comparisons would be people who have used them before, the USA, people lying about having them already, Israel, and those who are not state actors, terror groups.

    Iran like all state actors has MAD to keep them from doing anything to crazy. I was not suggesting Iran was a nice country, merely that like all state actors they are not the ones we should be worried about.

    Iran will not be killing any westerners soon, so no worries about making sure they get me first.

  11. Re:Wow... on Teenager Arrested In England For Criticizing Olympic Athlete On Twitter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Those are threats of violence made in public. Such things are already going to get someone arrested. No need for a new law.

  12. Re:Infrastructure needs restructuring... on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: 1

    They can provide useful labor.

  13. Re:Wind Electricity on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: 2

    How much power did they sell to the public from that plant?

    I am only rude because you suggest replacing something that works now with something no one has yet made work, then make the insane claim that this unproven thing is so much better.

    Your worldview is pie in the sky.

    I have no problem exploring more power options, but for now lets use those wind plants I drive past to work each morning.

  14. Re:Power in developing countries... on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: 5, Informative

    Coal is only cheapest because it can externalize its waste disposal cost. If the Nuclear power plants were allowed to just dump their waste into the air that would bring down costs quite a bit.

    The costs are comparable if clean air and medical costs for those impacted have a value.

  15. Re:Infrastructure needs restructuring... on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go away Malthus.

    They need to invest in infrastructure, less people able to pay for that is not going to help the issue.

  16. Re:Meanwhile, over the border... on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: 1

    Too bad the mountains of pakistan are a totally worthless place to put a data center.

  17. Re:Wind Electricity on Half of India Without Electricity As Power Grid Crisis Deepens · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So your reactor no one has built and used is ok for important stuff but well developed and currently in use wind power is too much of a gamble for important uses?

    I think we can all feel free to ignore your opinions on this topic based on that kind of nonsense.

  18. Re:Put the Genie back in the bottle on NRC Accused of Ignoring Proliferation Risks With SILEX Enrichment · · Score: 1

    You don't verify. Iran as a state is not a huge nuclear weapons threat. The real fear is someone selling these weapons to non-state actors.

    States fear MAD, non-state actors have no such concerns.

  19. Re:China will ultimately whip the USA in everythin on Is China's Space Race An Opportunity For the US? · · Score: 1

    Spain is terrible economy no matter what. Has been forever.

    Look at Norway then tell me those taxes are hurting them.

  20. Re:Interesting side effects on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 1

    So then take it to SCOTUS.

    People smarter than you have tried and failed.

  21. Re:And not a thing will be done about it on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 1

    Patent medicine has nothing to do with patents. You should look into why the FDA was created.

    The problem with your idea and it was tried in the past is that the information cannot spread as fast as these folks change their names and companies. If I need to go the ER for bleeding from my anus I cannot read every review on yelp to see which doctor will save my life. The profit the more likely those reviews will be tampered with.

    Lasik eye regulations exist and ensure safety. Veterinary care is not cheap, I just paid $1500 for a dental procedure on an animal. It would have been more on a human, but that is again because of the value of the patient. Even at $1500 many humans could not afford such a treatment.

  22. Re:And not a thing will be done about it on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 2

    When was this?

    Because under the actual free market, before the government stepped it al all, we had patent medicine and people were dying from it. We founded the FDA because the free market failed to provide care. Instead it provided untested and useless garbage at low low prices.

    Lasik eye surgery is not a free market at all. Those are regulated medical devices they use. Pet care comes mostly from human care, the human care paid all the costs. The risks are also much lower as the value of the patient is far lower.

    Any other bullshit you want me to debunk for you.

  23. Re:It's about time on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 1

    I claim I have a magic rock that has an 11000% percent success rate.

    I suggest we actually test both of them, with a real double blind study. Some folks get saline some get this crap.

  24. Re:Interesting side effects on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 1

    I suggest you test out that theory. Call up the IRS and tell them all about your plan to not pay. See how it works out.

  25. Re:It's about time on FDA Wins Right To Regulate Adult Stem-Cell Treatments · · Score: 1

    How do we know it has a high potential of doing that?

    Please show us the studies. What we have instead is you suggesting we try random untested procedures instead of pain management that we know works. I would imagine the risk of unsightly hair is more manageable for the patient than a totally unknown outcome for what may well be no actual improvement at all.