Quite frankly I think it's irresponsible to have children at such at age since the likelihood of Down's approaches one in twenty.
Frankly wrong. It is only irresponsible if done without screening for chromosomal defects. Most Downs kids around here have young mothers for that reason.
Amniocentesis is extremely accurate.
> Actually, it's been theorized that menopause is an evolutionary trait designed to give us helpful, caring grandmothers.
I though the question was more "why do we live so long past child-bearing age?" rather than why does menopause happen.
as John Glenn passes overhead, specifically Parkes being part of the tracking network since the Mercury Program. But it seems that no,
Mercury was low orbit. You do not need a 64 metre dish to talk to a guy just a few hundred km away. Apollo capsules went a thousand times further away.
Sounds awful! How many deaths? I think you find it utterly trivial compared to the record of the coal industry in the UK. With regular deaths of miners, and who knows how many from respiratory disease in the general public. And megatonnes of acid rain dumped on Europe.
Keep in mind I was comparing normal operation of wind etc to extreme worst-case for nuclear. 99.9% of the time, nuclear uses a tiny amount of space per MW. And I live in Australia. We could easily build nuclear plants where nothing in a 20km radius would be missed.
a large aircraft that is using displacement to generate lift. A wind turbine merely allows existing air movement to push its blades so there is a little but of noise from the diversion of air and a little from the mechanical gearing.
OK, no jet engine, but the turbine blades are bigger than a 747 wing and move at hundred of km/hr. (6-7 x wind speed) The aerofoil principle is exactly the same as on an aircraft. And they go "whoosh... whoosh... whoosh... " all night.
On the other hand nuclear power in the UK has a very poor record for releasing radiative material into the air,...
You mean the nuclear weapons industry? Modern reactors that were designed for power, not plutonium generation, have a good record. Despite the press jumping on every little thing, it has a far better safety record than coal. Orders of magnitude better.
Some people like wind farms. Personally I think they look good and would not mind being near one.
You might change your mind when you discover they are each bigger than a jumbo jet, (the turbine, not the farm) and almost as loud. I'm talking about real non-token wind farms. I'd much rather live next to a nuclear power station.
Offshore wind is hideously expensive. Rooftop PVs will be good, especially when they are integrated in roofing panels. Wind farm not affecting property values!? I suspect you have never seen one up close in real life to make such a comment.
Since the more unstable isotopes like iodine decayed, most of the radiation comes from cesium-137, which has a half-life of 30 years. Millennia is a bit of an exaggeration. They could be farming lots of things soon, just not food or tobacco for a while. If traces of alpha emitters get into the tobacco, it could give you cancer.
My suspicion is in terms of overall "land area rendered unusable for it's previous purpose" nuclear power is fairly low down the scale but it would be nice to actually see the comparison with other accidents
You don't need accidents. Hydroelectric, solar and wind power all render a larger area uninhabitable when they are working normally, than the Fukushima accident did, per MW. Numbers from Solandri: http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2439490&cid=37474650
How about this: the Model T was cheaper than a refrigerator.
There was a 1922 model that consisted of a wooden cold box, water-cooled compressor, an ice cube tray and a 9-cubic-foot (0.25 m3) compartment, and cost $714. (A 1922 Model-T Ford cost about $450.)
What's the old joke? - Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 mi/gal."
You can obviously see the confusion, though. I don't know how long the separation between Asia and Australasia has existed
It helps if you understand that "Australasia" means "South of Asia". (Australia means Southern Land. (And Austria means Eastern land, just to confuse things.))
Since we are getting academic here, can we be serious and call it stereoscopic? - unless it really is a hologram.
And isn't the 3D-glasses fad a bit lame compared to the virtual-reality fad we had back in the 90's? Back then you got to put on a headset and walk around in a 3D environment, - WAY more cool than just looking at a stereoscopic TV. What ever happened to VR?
Mostly I'm using Firefox, so "none" - I just type the text I'm seeking. Except on Slashdot, where all kinds of weird random shit happens when you try that!
You're clearly trying to imply something, but I honestly don't know what.
Really?? The Daily Mail is a trashy UK tabloid, in the mould of The Sun, and News of The World. They do not fact-check, and barely proof-read. Not a reliable source for anything more than your horoscope. I was just saying that people can be allowed to visit, for various reasons. Like working at the power station. Its not some instant death zone.
OMG you just cited the Daily Mail. How desperate can you be? Anyway, they have banned people from living in that zone, which is bad, but a long way from banning anyone from entering.
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Backpedal brakes are still common elsewhere on single-speed bikes made for young children.
And I suppose China must have been behind Stuxnet as well?
The Chinese are not the only ones in this game.
Quite frankly I think it's irresponsible to have children at such at age since the likelihood of Down's approaches one in twenty.
Frankly wrong. It is only irresponsible if done without screening for chromosomal defects. Most Downs kids around here have young mothers for that reason.
Amniocentesis is extremely accurate.
> Actually, it's been theorized that menopause is an evolutionary trait designed to give us helpful, caring grandmothers.
I though the question was more "why do we live so long past child-bearing age?" rather than why does menopause happen.
He could have explained his views in a more polite manner, but he chose not to.
You have never actually been to a Stallman talk, have you?
Also, the south pole base at 2,835 meters elevation. McMurdo is a comparatively balmy 24m and 78degrees latitude.
as John Glenn passes overhead, specifically Parkes being part of the tracking network since the Mercury Program. But it seems that no,
Mercury was low orbit. You do not need a 64 metre dish to talk to a guy just a few hundred km away.
Apollo capsules went a thousand times further away.
Sounds awful! How many deaths? I think you find it utterly trivial compared to the record of the coal industry in the UK.
With regular deaths of miners, and who knows how many from respiratory disease in the general public. And megatonnes of acid rain dumped on Europe.
Keep in mind I was comparing normal operation of wind etc to extreme worst-case for nuclear.
99.9% of the time, nuclear uses a tiny amount of space per MW.
And I live in Australia. We could easily build nuclear plants where nothing in a 20km radius would be missed.
a large aircraft that is using displacement to generate lift. A wind turbine merely allows existing air movement to push its blades so there is a little but of noise from the diversion of air and a little from the mechanical gearing.
OK, no jet engine, but the turbine blades are bigger than a 747 wing and move at hundred of km/hr. (6-7 x wind speed) The aerofoil principle is exactly the same as on an aircraft. And they go "whoosh ... whoosh ... whoosh ... " all night.
On the other hand nuclear power in the UK has a very poor record for releasing radiative material into the air,...
You mean the nuclear weapons industry? Modern reactors that were designed for power, not plutonium generation, have a good record.
Despite the press jumping on every little thing, it has a far better safety record than coal. Orders of magnitude better.
Some people like wind farms. Personally I think they look good and would not mind being near one.
You might change your mind when you discover they are each bigger than a jumbo jet, (the turbine, not the farm) and almost as loud.
I'm talking about real non-token wind farms. I'd much rather live next to a nuclear power station.
Offshore wind is hideously expensive. Rooftop PVs will be good, especially when they are integrated in roofing panels.
Wind farm not affecting property values!? I suspect you have never seen one up close in real life to make such a comment.
Since the more unstable isotopes like iodine decayed, most of the radiation comes from cesium-137, which has a half-life of 30 years. Millennia is a bit of an exaggeration. They could be farming lots of things soon, just not food or tobacco for a while.
If traces of alpha emitters get into the tobacco, it could give you cancer.
My suspicion is in terms of overall "land area rendered unusable for it's previous purpose" nuclear power is fairly low down the scale but it would be nice to actually see the comparison with other accidents
You don't need accidents. Hydroelectric, solar and wind power all render a larger area uninhabitable when they are working normally, than the Fukushima accident did, per MW.
Numbers from Solandri: http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2439490&cid=37474650
ya'll don't need no fancy-schmancy teley-scope to see the church on the corner
Actually, that is true. Given that all the observable universe is receding from us, HERE is where the universe originated.
Take that, Copernicus!
How about this: the Model T was cheaper than a refrigerator.
There was a 1922 model that consisted of a wooden cold box, water-cooled compressor, an ice cube tray and a 9-cubic-foot (0.25 m3) compartment, and cost $714. (A 1922 Model-T Ford cost about $450.)
What's the old joke? - Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 mi/gal."
I heard they might be in the middle of working on a sitcom theme.
You can obviously see the confusion, though. I don't know how long the separation between Asia and Australasia has existed
It helps if you understand that "Australasia" means "South of Asia". (Australia means Southern Land. (And Austria means Eastern land, just to confuse things.))
Since we are getting academic here, can we be serious and call it stereoscopic? - unless it really is a hologram.
And isn't the 3D-glasses fad a bit lame compared to the virtual-reality fad we had back in the 90's?
Back then you got to put on a headset and walk around in a 3D environment, - WAY more cool than just looking at a stereoscopic TV.
What ever happened to VR?
when the screen started displaying everything upside down
If only /. supported unicode, I'd have a very witty response, mate.
1) What keys do you type to search for text?
Mostly I'm using Firefox, so "none" - I just type the text I'm seeking.
Except on Slashdot, where all kinds of weird random shit happens when you try that!
You're clearly trying to imply something, but I honestly don't know what.
Really?? The Daily Mail is a trashy UK tabloid, in the mould of The Sun, and News of The World. They do not fact-check, and barely proof-read. Not a reliable source for anything more than your horoscope.
I was just saying that people can be allowed to visit, for various reasons. Like working at the power station. Its not some instant death zone.
Spoiler alert please!
Not everyone has seen it.
OMG you just cited the Daily Mail. How desperate can you be?
Anyway, they have banned people from living in that zone, which is bad, but a long way from banning anyone from entering.
Attaching electrodes to the genitals has also been shown to enhance recall in the subject.
There are also chiropractors who do really good physical therapy work and have a deep understanding of anatomy.
Around here, we have a name for Chiropractors who are not quacks. We call them "physiotherapists".