> First of all, what does one do with the waste? Plutonium 239, the most common material used, has a half life of 24,000 years. That's longer than civilisation has so far existed. None of our current methods of storing waste are viable and many have been proven useless.
What?! You're on Slashdot and you're not thinking "hmm, wonder what will happen with technology in the future?".
Do you seriously think that in the next 24,000 years of human science we WON'T come up with a solution to handle nuclear waste better? What about within the next 1,000 years (we can safely store for that long no worries). Still to long for ya? What about the next HUNDRED years, think we'll be able to deal with it then?
Did you know that we're already re-processing and using the waste from nuclear reactors from TEN years ago?
Come on, safely store the waste under a mountain in a geographically stable area (there isn't much waste that comes from a nuclear reactor) for now and deal with it 10, 50, 100 years from now.
Nuclear is safe, reliable and doesn't produce emissions when running. Much better than killing tens of thousands of people every year due to coal particulates in the air.
Latest example is "stargate ark of truth". Released in USA, what, today? Have to wait another 1.5 month for it to arrive on DVD in the UK. I imagine it's already on bittorrent sites for download now.
Just for the record, I have pre-ordered the DVD on play.com because for £11.99, it's worth paying that to support future production. Sucks knowing you're still being screwed over because of some pointless and out of date politics or whatever.
America, FUCK YEAH!
Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah,
America, FUCK YEAH!
Freedom is the only way yeah,
Terrorist your game is through cause now you have to answer too,
America, FUCK YEAH!
So lick my butt, and suck on my balls,
America, FUCK YEAH!
Wow, basing your current outlook on nuclear power on decades old technology, which had no shielding, put together by Russians and was MADE to melt down to see if their crappy safety system would work. Clap, clap, I'll listen to YOU about how safe nuclear reactors are... not.
Do you go to the gym? Try regular exercise several times a week (lifting weights, aerobics classes, etc) and see if that helps your inflammation. If it doesn't, at least you'll be fitter for trying! I'm 31 and have been using a PC since the age of 10 and haven't had any probs with repetitive strain (or eyesight actually) but I do a fair amount of exercise.
Man, I totally agree. I brought a pair of Bose noise cancelling headphones a couple of years ago and they kick ass (aren't bulky and heavy, I can happily wear them through an 11 hour flight). Damn expensive but I compared them to a cheaper pair of "plane quiet" ones and they're worth the extra money (well, to me anyway). Sound better and do a better job of cancelling out the noise, especially when there is any movement of your head, the plane quiet ones mess up the sound somehow.
Oh, and only bugger about allowing sms etc on planes is the freaken beeping that will be going off around you because people don't know how to mute their freaken phones.
Yep, some good points in there and I'm not saying that not having access to a car *ever* is a good thing. But having taxi's driving past frequently, busses driving past frequently, supermarket 5 mins away, off-licence less than 1 min away (which sells day-to-day groceries), several take-away food outlets and restaurants also less than a min away, life can be pretty easy without.
Last I looked, online delivery was £5 (shit, that's almost US$10 with the horrible exchange rate you currently have!!!) delivery for as much as you want to order. £5 isn't much more than cost of petrol, let alone parking fee if there is one and inconvenience of losing you close parking at your flat if you don't have your own spot. So I can and have ordered a few dozen beers, boxes of coke - months worth and don't even have to load/unload it into the car or indeed, carry it at all. You select a 2 hour time slot for delivery. They accept coupons too by entering in any coupon number (and electronically record and give you new coupons and discounts automatically). They always have sales online and often have sales you can't get at the supermarket! (really, you've never tried, have you, or perhaps the States does things differently?!).
Agree with wanting to pick out the best meat, etc and for nights when I want to cook I pop into the supermarket that I walk past on my commute home (you freeze your meat? I prefer fresh). For BBQ's I always nip down to the butcher/supermarket on the day, never order in advance. Again, if it's a hell of a lot and a stack of beer, order a taxi to get home or ask a mate or two to come with ya.
I do admit I don't cook at home these days hardly at all, always out with mates/girlfriend or playing in sports team. If I had a family to take care of then yeah, I'd have a car and suck up the expense. Don't think I could live without a car if I had kids.
When I first arrived in London there were 2 things I thought I'd really miss a) was the car and b) was the beach. I quickly found that a) having a car would be more of a very expensive liability, believe it or not and b) there are so many more things to do in London and indeed Europe, that I haven't missed living close to a beach.
Oh yeah, and for any other one-off's (like a new TV that you really wanna order on the high st rather than online - which I still wouldn't do) then flag down a passing cab or hire a car. Still works out a lot cheaper than having your own car, paying for tax, parking, insurance, congestion charge, fuel, etc.
Damn, I'm really surprised you haven't heard about online shopping (e.g. www.tesco.com)! For a few quid you can get all your weekly groceries delivered to your kitchen floor. I'd go down that route even if I had a car!
I do admit, that sometimes browsing the food isles can't be beat, but I'm quickly put off by all the screaming kids and number of people.
For smaller day to day items (like milk, paper, booze:-) ) nip down to the corner store 1 min away, that or I pop into the supermarket on the way home.
Damn, you haven't been to many European cities then? Even US cities aren't hard (NYC and Washington are ones I've spent a fair amount of time in).
Basically, I find that any city with a metro/subway/tube/whatever you want to call it is fine for getting around without a car. Seeing as I'm fairly fit from not having a car I suppose it's no big deal for me to walk a bit if necessary.
Over the past 6 years of travelling, it's only going back home to New Zealand where I've needed a car. Getting around other cities, to and from beaches in Europe, etc haven't been a problem with public transport and on the odd occasion where a car would be handy, I hire one or borrow a mates (such as holidaying in remote areas, going to music festivals or moving flat, in which case I can hire a small truck!).
Although you sound like a complete freak from your posting I really do have to say that I disagree with you. I was brought up in the country (in New Zealand) for the first 18 years of my life and have had a car since I was allowed to drive (age 16). Basically had to have one. I'm now living in London, UK (have been for past 6 years), never had a car over here and I greatly prefer the city at this stage in my life. The conveniences of local shops, public transport (so can have a few beers and never worry about having to drive home) and the massive amount saved by not owning a car is great (perhaps mostly offset by rent being higher in city than country, don't know). So much to do, so easy to travel to anywhere in the world and friends close by (a number within 10 min walk and couple 1 min away!).
Don't want to bring up a family in London, but will want to live in a city like Christchurch back in New Zealand, so have convenience of city but live by sea and have many outdoor activities on my doorstep (well, short bike ride or walk away hopefully).
Summary of my life so far: Living right out in the burbs/country == inconvenient, living in city == exciting and convenient.
That is indeed a great idea and one that we use, although teaching people some SQL (for some reason Access's query builder has given us lots of problems in that it doesn't display all rows) as well as being able to quickly graph data and do pivotTable operations is more of a problem:-(
Speak for yaself;-) When clients send us their half hourly data for the past few years in.csv format and we need to open it up to check for missing data and other craap that they seem to love to hide in there (opening in a text editor misses out on our ability to sort and run formula) then displaying "just" 65k rows in Excel is rubbish.
You obviously have never listened to music or watched vids on ya phone! I listen to music for my commute to work and watch an episode of futurama on the way back and happily get 2-3 days before a recharge, which is fine for me! I've got a Sony Ericsson k750i - I find the batteries in SE phones kick ass.
I'm not sure if stating that NZ is behind the UK in most things (especially 20 years) is very accurate (at all). Banking in UK is shithouse for example, the UK has only just introduced chip and PIN (EFTPOS) recently for example (what been in NZ for 20 odd years now?). Things like Internet in UK is well ahead of NZ though from what I've seen (hardly 20 years though) and one of the reasons I won't be going back to NZ in the near future.
I take it you're only talking about the USA when you say "What happened to the MP3 phones"? While iPods are prevalent over here in the UK, the next most common site is people listening to their phones. I actually watch episodes of Seinfeld and Futurama on my phone (k750i, getting damn old now but does its job very nicely) during my commute home (via public transport here in London, not car).
P.S. I use mpegable to encode any video files for my phone.
so, you're saying it's a waste of time for people to upgrade to this sorta speed because no-one else has that sorta speed to serve?
I suppose it's impossible for a household to require more than one download at a time, like the unlikely scenario of someone downloading and serving a few torrents, while watching a streaming movie in the lounge, while the kids video-Skype themselves stupid, while Dad off travelling streams a video from the households media server.
Let alone setting up a VPN connection to the office for telecommuting, last thing I'd want is LAN VPN speeds combined with high-dev video messaging and desktop sharing with workmates to get more work done!,
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What?! You're on Slashdot and you're not thinking "hmm, wonder what will happen with technology in the future?".
Do you seriously think that in the next 24,000 years of human science we WON'T come up with a solution to handle nuclear waste better? What about within the next 1,000 years (we can safely store for that long no worries). Still to long for ya? What about the next HUNDRED years, think we'll be able to deal with it then?
Did you know that we're already re-processing and using the waste from nuclear reactors from TEN years ago?
Come on, safely store the waste under a mountain in a geographically stable area (there isn't much waste that comes from a nuclear reactor) for now and deal with it 10, 50, 100 years from now.
Nuclear is safe, reliable and doesn't produce emissions when running. Much better than killing tens of thousands of people every year due to coal particulates in the air.
Latest example is "stargate ark of truth". Released in USA, what, today? Have to wait another 1.5 month for it to arrive on DVD in the UK. I imagine it's already on bittorrent sites for download now.
Just for the record, I have pre-ordered the DVD on play.com because for £11.99, it's worth paying that to support future production. Sucks knowing you're still being screwed over because of some pointless and out of date politics or whatever.
America, FUCK YEAH! Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah, America, FUCK YEAH! Freedom is the only way yeah, Terrorist your game is through cause now you have to answer too, America, FUCK YEAH! So lick my butt, and suck on my balls, America, FUCK YEAH!
Wow, basing your current outlook on nuclear power on decades old technology, which had no shielding, put together by Russians and was MADE to melt down to see if their crappy safety system would work. Clap, clap, I'll listen to YOU about how safe nuclear reactors are... not.
you're one of these people who still watches broadcast TV, aren't you? Bittorrent, that's what these disks are designed for in my book :-)
Damn, what a GREAT review!
You're confusing b with B. bits and Bytes.
a) Google "wrist phone" b) Do you mean video calling, which you can do with most modern cell phones? Well, at least cell phones not in the US...
Do you go to the gym? Try regular exercise several times a week (lifting weights, aerobics classes, etc) and see if that helps your inflammation. If it doesn't, at least you'll be fitter for trying! I'm 31 and have been using a PC since the age of 10 and haven't had any probs with repetitive strain (or eyesight actually) but I do a fair amount of exercise.
Damn, that nails this story on the head! Funny stuff, cheers.
Man, I totally agree. I brought a pair of Bose noise cancelling headphones a couple of years ago and they kick ass (aren't bulky and heavy, I can happily wear them through an 11 hour flight). Damn expensive but I compared them to a cheaper pair of "plane quiet" ones and they're worth the extra money (well, to me anyway). Sound better and do a better job of cancelling out the noise, especially when there is any movement of your head, the plane quiet ones mess up the sound somehow.
Oh, and only bugger about allowing sms etc on planes is the freaken beeping that will be going off around you because people don't know how to mute their freaken phones.
Yep, some good points in there and I'm not saying that not having access to a car *ever* is a good thing. But having taxi's driving past frequently, busses driving past frequently, supermarket 5 mins away, off-licence less than 1 min away (which sells day-to-day groceries), several take-away food outlets and restaurants also less than a min away, life can be pretty easy without.
Last I looked, online delivery was £5 (shit, that's almost US$10 with the horrible exchange rate you currently have!!!) delivery for as much as you want to order. £5 isn't much more than cost of petrol, let alone parking fee if there is one and inconvenience of losing you close parking at your flat if you don't have your own spot. So I can and have ordered a few dozen beers, boxes of coke - months worth and don't even have to load/unload it into the car or indeed, carry it at all. You select a 2 hour time slot for delivery. They accept coupons too by entering in any coupon number (and electronically record and give you new coupons and discounts automatically). They always have sales online and often have sales you can't get at the supermarket! (really, you've never tried, have you, or perhaps the States does things differently?!).
Agree with wanting to pick out the best meat, etc and for nights when I want to cook I pop into the supermarket that I walk past on my commute home (you freeze your meat? I prefer fresh). For BBQ's I always nip down to the butcher/supermarket on the day, never order in advance. Again, if it's a hell of a lot and a stack of beer, order a taxi to get home or ask a mate or two to come with ya.
I do admit I don't cook at home these days hardly at all, always out with mates/girlfriend or playing in sports team. If I had a family to take care of then yeah, I'd have a car and suck up the expense. Don't think I could live without a car if I had kids.
When I first arrived in London there were 2 things I thought I'd really miss a) was the car and b) was the beach. I quickly found that a) having a car would be more of a very expensive liability, believe it or not and b) there are so many more things to do in London and indeed Europe, that I haven't missed living close to a beach.
Oh yeah, and for any other one-off's (like a new TV that you really wanna order on the high st rather than online - which I still wouldn't do) then flag down a passing cab or hire a car. Still works out a lot cheaper than having your own car, paying for tax, parking, insurance, congestion charge, fuel, etc.
Damn, I'm really surprised you haven't heard about online shopping (e.g. www.tesco.com)! For a few quid you can get all your weekly groceries delivered to your kitchen floor. I'd go down that route even if I had a car! :-) ) nip down to the corner store 1 min away, that or I pop into the supermarket on the way home.
I do admit, that sometimes browsing the food isles can't be beat, but I'm quickly put off by all the screaming kids and number of people.
For smaller day to day items (like milk, paper, booze
Damn, you haven't been to many European cities then? Even US cities aren't hard (NYC and Washington are ones I've spent a fair amount of time in).
Basically, I find that any city with a metro/subway/tube/whatever you want to call it is fine for getting around without a car. Seeing as I'm fairly fit from not having a car I suppose it's no big deal for me to walk a bit if necessary.
Over the past 6 years of travelling, it's only going back home to New Zealand where I've needed a car. Getting around other cities, to and from beaches in Europe, etc haven't been a problem with public transport and on the odd occasion where a car would be handy, I hire one or borrow a mates (such as holidaying in remote areas, going to music festivals or moving flat, in which case I can hire a small truck!).
Although you sound like a complete freak from your posting I really do have to say that I disagree with you. I was brought up in the country (in New Zealand) for the first 18 years of my life and have had a car since I was allowed to drive (age 16). Basically had to have one. I'm now living in London, UK (have been for past 6 years), never had a car over here and I greatly prefer the city at this stage in my life. The conveniences of local shops, public transport (so can have a few beers and never worry about having to drive home) and the massive amount saved by not owning a car is great (perhaps mostly offset by rent being higher in city than country, don't know). So much to do, so easy to travel to anywhere in the world and friends close by (a number within 10 min walk and couple 1 min away!). Don't want to bring up a family in London, but will want to live in a city like Christchurch back in New Zealand, so have convenience of city but live by sea and have many outdoor activities on my doorstep (well, short bike ride or walk away hopefully). Summary of my life so far: Living right out in the burbs/country == inconvenient, living in city == exciting and convenient.
Holy shit balls!!! I just read that article!!! FFFUUUCCCKKK!!! As if going for an operation near Mr Happy wasn't bad enough!
That is indeed a great idea and one that we use, although teaching people some SQL (for some reason Access's query builder has given us lots of problems in that it doesn't display all rows) as well as being able to quickly graph data and do pivotTable operations is more of a problem :-(
Speak for yaself ;-) When clients send us their half hourly data for the past few years in .csv format and we need to open it up to check for missing data and other craap that they seem to love to hide in there (opening in a text editor misses out on our ability to sort and run formula) then displaying "just" 65k rows in Excel is rubbish.
You obviously have never listened to music or watched vids on ya phone! I listen to music for my commute to work and watch an episode of futurama on the way back and happily get 2-3 days before a recharge, which is fine for me! I've got a Sony Ericsson k750i - I find the batteries in SE phones kick ass.
I'm not sure if stating that NZ is behind the UK in most things (especially 20 years) is very accurate (at all). Banking in UK is shithouse for example, the UK has only just introduced chip and PIN (EFTPOS) recently for example (what been in NZ for 20 odd years now?). Things like Internet in UK is well ahead of NZ though from what I've seen (hardly 20 years though) and one of the reasons I won't be going back to NZ in the near future.
P.S. I use mpegable to encode any video files for my phone.
That's why God invented bittorrent!
I suppose it's impossible for a household to require more than one download at a time, like the unlikely scenario of someone downloading and serving a few torrents, while watching a streaming movie in the lounge, while the kids video-Skype themselves stupid, while Dad off travelling streams a video from the households media server.
Let alone setting up a VPN connection to the office for telecommuting, last thing I'd want is LAN VPN speeds combined with high-dev video messaging and desktop sharing with workmates to get more work done!,
Damn, that's some funny shit, which hits the nail on the head :-)