>> And that is the rub, the main customers left for high end* calculators are students. >>... this breaks down if cheaters can replace the firmware with one that pretends to be in exam mode but doesn't actually enforce the restrictions. >>... it's perfectly possible to test what needs to be tested without any questions that require a high end calculator to answer.... >> * by which I mean anything with more features than a basic "scientific" calculator.
Mod parent up. It gives all the rationale and the current state of calculators. I've always hate TI's, and loved my HP 48. There used to be a webpage (probably a geociteis or angelfire type) that had the "typical" EE: Khakis, MATLAB, and an HP48.
Hey, you can play as the duck now!* It was firmware update to our collective consciousness. Also, you probably could have hit the duck every time if you stuck a flashlight going INTO the end of the barrel (haven't tested this myself).
Ikari Warriors for eight hours straight? Did I read that right?
I had that game as rental when I first got Nintendo, I'm talking the first day I got my Nintendo (I got it long after - in kid time measurement - other kids). I probably played it for MAYBE 45 mins for giving up - I'm a person that never could overcome "Nintendo Hard". But, even then I was more of an RPG (e.g. Ultima III, Dragon Warrior, arguably Simon's Quest) or a strategy (The Ancient Art of War, Populous) game.
Hey give him a break greybeard, with a number close to 2 million (1972694), he must just be toddler. So, getting on the internet, downloading Linux, going potty for himself... pretty impressive stuff for his age.
That, or he is another greybeard, who is slipping into early stage dementia and Alzheimer's and forgot his login.
>> If it whispers at idle, and screams like a legion of the damned at load
So that's what that noise is on my laptop! Luckily I'm Catholic, so maybe I can get a discount on the exorcism. Hey, they may even take bitcoins (and throw in some indulgences too)!
sad ps (for bitcoin users anyways): Thinking about it this way, made me see it would be easier for me to sell my services as a computer "healer and exorciser" than get anybody to buy bitcoins off of me.
>> In fact the first civilization to think this way doesn't even need to be around anymore This sort of happens in the intro to The Mote in God's Eye (1974). Check it out.
Technically, it's piloted.. and has switched over to auto. But, it does autofire... foreshadowing the basic stance of the alien species.
>> and a smoke break Aliens are unionized? Huh, who knew. Explains why we always get differing report on ships/looks. The work gets farmed out to Chianzotal 17 after the union labor charges too much.
It's not like they didn't perform upgrades during various down times on the various units. For example, the most extensive one I know of: All 3 units shut down in 1985. Browns Ferry units 2 and 3 were returned to service in 1991 and 1995, respectively Unit 1: Started rework 2002, Completed rework in ~2007
The Tennessee Valley Authority restarted Unit 1 at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in North Alabama on May 22, 2007, completing one of the most extensive recovery efforts in the nuclear industry for an operating plant. TVA received permission from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 15 to restart the reactor. TVA told the NRC on May 9 that it has the ability to operate and maintain all three units at Browns Ferry safely, that work to restart and operate Unit 1 is complete and that pre-start up testing was successful. The restart completes the recovery effort within the five-year plan approved by the TVA Board in 2002, and at the projected cost of about $1.8 billion. “Returning Browns Ferry Unit 1 to our nuclear fleet gives TVA another dependable, safe and emissions-free source of generation to help meet the growing demand for power in the Tennessee Valley,” said TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore. “The successful recovery of TVA’s third unit at Browns Ferry is a result of the commitment, determination and attention to detail of the people who did the work. I offer my sincere thanks and congratulations to all TVA employees and contractors who helped bring this important project to a successful conclusion.” Operators began the deliberate, controlled process of restarting the reactor on Monday, May 21, and a self-sustaining nuclear reaction was achieved at 12:28 am CDT on Tuesday, May 22. Operators gradually increased power in the reactor over the next several days and tested secondary plant systems to ensure they operate as designed. TVA continues to conduct tests on the reactor and the other plant systems, including connections to the power grid, followed by deliberate “automatic” trips, or shutdowns, to ensure that safety systems operate correctly. Following these and other tests, the unit will be reconnected to the TVA power system for the final time. The tests are part of a program designed to bring the plant safely to power production. TVA conducted similar power-ascension tests during the successful restart and subsequent safe operation of Browns Ferry units 2 and 3. “All three units at Browns Ferry are essentially alike now,” said TVA Acting Chief Nuclear Officer Preston Swafford. “We have new or refurbished equipment that is operated in the same manner on all three units, and our ongoing operations, maintenance, training and oversight programs can focus on sustaining high-quality performance to ensure the safe and reliable operation of Browns Ferry.” TVA completed more than 4 million work hours preparing the engineering and design and more than 15 million work hours modifying, replacing, and refurbishing systems and components to ensure Browns Ferry Unit 1 can produce electricity safely and reliably to meet the growing need for power in the Tennessee Valley. TVA installed modern digital instrumentation and controls, modern power supplies, replaced 200 miles of electrical cable and eight miles of pipe, replaced or refurbished the unit’s large pumps and motors and conducted more than 1,200 tests that showed Unit 1 meets the design and regulatory requirements for safe operation. Browns Ferry is located on Wheeler Reservoi
Browns Ferry could have been testing these valves but wasn't (not unlike me not testing those hot water heater emergency valves once a year). From the article above quoting the TVA guy, it would have taken an improbable scenario (involving Matthew Broderick no doubt) for it to "cause damage to the core". Regardless, they should just add it to their undoubtedly busy schedule. Something like Fukushima is more unlikely for it. I heard it was designed for around ~350 mph winds (those pesky tornadoes!) but I see stuff on the internet ~200 (older articles, before it was put online in the GWBush era, cite less wind protection). I don't know what they did for earthquake proofing due to the proximity to New Madrid Fault Zone ~Memphis, TN area. Map of 1812 Quake
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Ditto ditto on the 48G! You can pry it from my cold dead hands! ... Though I rarely use it ;)
>> And that is the rub, the main customers left for high end* calculators are students. ... this breaks down if cheaters can replace the firmware with one that pretends to be in exam mode but doesn't actually enforce the restrictions. ... it's perfectly possible to test what needs to be tested without any questions that require a high end calculator to answer. ...
>>
>>
>> * by which I mean anything with more features than a basic "scientific" calculator.
Mod parent up. It gives all the rationale and the current state of calculators. I've always hate TI's, and loved my HP 48. There used to be a webpage (probably a geociteis or angelfire type) that had the "typical" EE: Khakis, MATLAB, and an HP48.
Hey, you can play as the duck now!* It was firmware update to our collective consciousness. Also, you probably could have hit the duck every time if you stuck a flashlight going INTO the end of the barrel (haven't tested this myself).
*gleamed from cracked.com
Barring people with "fungus" in their name, I doubt a lot of people have "monstrous 70's tube amp[s]".
Ikari Warriors for eight hours straight? Did I read that right?
I had that game as rental when I first got Nintendo, I'm talking the first day I got my Nintendo (I got it long after - in kid time measurement - other kids). I probably played it for MAYBE 45 mins for giving up - I'm a person that never could overcome "Nintendo Hard". But, even then I was more of an RPG (e.g. Ultima III, Dragon Warrior, arguably Simon's Quest) or a strategy (The Ancient Art of War, Populous) game.
Hey give him a break greybeard, with a number close to 2 million (1972694), he must just be toddler. So, getting on the internet, downloading Linux, going potty for himself ... pretty impressive stuff for his age.
That, or he is another greybeard, who is slipping into early stage dementia and Alzheimer's and forgot his login.
Demon dogs!
The Great Pyramid is a wonder of the world, but it sure as hell isn't a wanderer of the world.
It's just "stunned".
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade
Also, drugs, apparently.
Ah! So you can homeopathic medicine with bitcoins now?
>> If it whispers at idle, and screams like a legion of the damned at load
So that's what that noise is on my laptop! Luckily I'm Catholic, so maybe I can get a discount on the exorcism. Hey, they may even take bitcoins (and throw in some indulgences too)!
sad ps (for bitcoin users anyways): Thinking about it this way, made me see it would be easier for me to sell my services as a computer "healer and exorciser" than get anybody to buy bitcoins off of me.
Um, DOSBox lets you dial back the clock speed. Use it (if possible) as opposed to using mid-road or up XP mach.
>> nutcase with no real power beyond the authority to mow his own lawn.
That's what she said! ... No, really, she said that then gave him $40
They're probably $500 Hazet tools.
It's Georgia State University NOT GA Tech. Both are in Atlanta, but they are different.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology
It's Georgia State University NOT GA Tech. Both are in Atlanta, but they are different.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_University
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology
And women stayed at home telling the black nanny how to whip the homosexual with a worthless seatbelt while smoking cigarette.
>> Now grannies running unpatched XP are all over facebook.
*shudder* ... * double shudder*
Perfect environment for CEOs then. Course, then they would hold a world wide gladiator battle and comeback to conquer earth.
Tony Hayward SMASH!
That's until Wall-E shows up of course.
>> In fact the first civilization to think this way doesn't even need to be around anymore
This sort of happens in the intro to The Mote in God's Eye (1974). Check it out.
Technically, it's piloted .. and has switched over to auto. But, it does autofire ... foreshadowing the basic stance of the alien species.
>> and a smoke break
Aliens are unionized? Huh, who knew. Explains why we always get differing report on ships/looks. The work gets farmed out to Chianzotal 17 after the union labor charges too much.
About the same time frame based on public TVA info.
A paper from 1970 about it, if any could peruse it:
http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?16923
It's not like they didn't perform upgrades during various down times on the various units. For example, the most extensive one I know of:
All 3 units shut down in 1985.
Browns Ferry units 2 and 3 were returned to service in 1991 and
1995, respectively
Unit 1: Started rework 2002, Completed rework in ~2007
From:
http://www.climatevision.gov/sectors/electricpower/pdfs/tva_ferry.pdf
The Tennessee Valley Authority restarted Unit 1 at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in
North Alabama on May 22, 2007, completing one of the most extensive recovery efforts
in the nuclear industry for an operating plant.
TVA received permission from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission May 15 to restart the
reactor. TVA told the NRC on May 9 that it has the ability to operate and maintain all
three units at Browns Ferry safely, that work to restart and operate Unit 1 is complete and
that pre-start up testing was successful.
The restart completes the recovery effort within the five-year plan approved by the TVA
Board in 2002, and at the projected cost of about $1.8 billion.
“Returning Browns Ferry Unit 1 to our nuclear fleet gives TVA another dependable, safe
and emissions-free source of generation to help meet the growing demand for power in
the Tennessee Valley,” said TVA President and CEO Tom Kilgore. “The successful
recovery of TVA’s third unit at Browns Ferry is a result of the commitment,
determination and attention to detail of the people who did the work. I offer my sincere
thanks and congratulations to all TVA employees and contractors who helped bring this
important project to a successful conclusion.”
Operators began the deliberate, controlled process of restarting the reactor on Monday,
May 21, and a self-sustaining nuclear reaction was achieved at 12:28 am CDT on
Tuesday, May 22. Operators gradually increased power in the reactor over the next
several days and tested secondary plant systems to ensure they operate as designed.
TVA continues to conduct tests on the reactor and the other plant systems, including
connections to the power grid, followed by deliberate “automatic” trips, or shutdowns, to
ensure that safety systems operate correctly. Following these and other tests, the unit will
be reconnected to the TVA power system for the final time.
The tests are part of a program designed to bring the plant safely to power production.
TVA conducted similar power-ascension tests during the successful restart and
subsequent safe operation of Browns Ferry units 2 and 3.
“All three units at Browns Ferry are essentially alike now,” said TVA Acting Chief
Nuclear Officer Preston Swafford. “We have new or refurbished equipment that is
operated in the same manner on all three units, and our ongoing operations, maintenance,
training and oversight programs can focus on sustaining high-quality performance to
ensure the safe and reliable operation of Browns Ferry.”
TVA completed more than 4 million work hours preparing the engineering and design
and more than 15 million work hours modifying, replacing, and refurbishing systems and
components to ensure Browns Ferry Unit 1 can produce electricity safely and reliably to
meet the growing need for power in the Tennessee Valley.
TVA installed modern digital instrumentation and controls, modern power supplies,
replaced 200 miles of electrical cable and eight miles of pipe, replaced or refurbished the
unit’s large pumps and motors and conducted more than 1,200 tests that showed Unit 1
meets the design and regulatory requirements for safe operation.
Browns Ferry is located on Wheeler Reservoi
First: Bloomberg's writeup
Browns Ferry could have been testing these valves but wasn't (not unlike me not testing those hot water heater emergency valves once a year). From the article above quoting the TVA guy, it would have taken an improbable scenario (involving Matthew Broderick no doubt) for it to "cause damage to the core". Regardless, they should just add it to their undoubtedly busy schedule. Something like Fukushima is more unlikely for it. I heard it was designed for around ~350 mph winds (those pesky tornadoes!) but I see stuff on the internet ~200 (older articles, before it was put online in the GWBush era, cite less wind protection). I don't know what they did for earthquake proofing due to the proximity to New Madrid Fault Zone ~Memphis, TN area. Map of 1812 Quake
Yet another take
>> Blimps need helium, which we are running out of as well. You can use hydrogen, but the results are a bit too hot to handle.
But, kind sir, is hydrogen therewith too cold to hold?
And I just asked for a invite too!