Radon actually is also a gamma ray emitter as well as a alpha emitter. As you say it's more dangerous because it is a gas which you breathe into your lungs. It has a half life of 3.8 days but is constantly being generated in many rocks and soils. It's heavier than air which is why it builds up in basements and is particularly dangerous there.
Alpha and beta decay are actually the most harmful types of radiation, but are attenuated by just about everything, and thus require contact or ingestion to really be dangerous.
The radioactive elements from the accident are mostly Cs, Sr, and I. These have half lives of around 30 yrs for the first two, and only 8 days for the third, and considering the already low levels around Fukushima, will hardley mean the area is uninhabitable for hundred or thousands of years.
Buckaroo was completely different and not as good as the Dr.
But Buckaroo is a renaissance man, top neurosurgeon, particle physicist, race car driver, rock star and comic book hero, and probably the last hope of the human race. How is that not better?
I wonder it Google has a long range plan to get all printers Google-Cloud-Printing enabled, and then have your device auto-selecting the closest printer (not necessarily your own) based on your geo location? I still shudder at the privacy issues.
All prints can be picked up at the local NSA field office.
Thank you! Someone finally gets it!
When comparing countries, people often forget how FRIGGIN HUGE the United States is, and how much of that is empty space. Piping broadband into the middle of a desert or corn field is not cheap. If you compare on a state-by-state basis, I'm sure the denser northeastern states would rank much higher on the list.
The last table in TFA breaks down the top states. Vermont is the top with an avg. of 12.7 mb/s, and it only has 67 people/sq mi.
If I hand you a piece of glass that is noticeably thicker on one end and tell you to put it in the window, you're not going to put the thick side down? Almost all glass is found that way because it was installed that way on purpose for stability reasons and, arguably more importantly, to prevent water pooling at the bottom of the window seal. I say "almost" because there are, in fact, instances where it was installed incorrectly.
Ah thanks. I wasn't aware that it was something that noticeable.
The cathedral glass reports have nothing to do with glass flowing and everything to do with how glass was made hundreds of yeas ago.
I've heard that as well, but can't seem to get around that it would be unlikely that all the glass would be installed with the thicker part towards the bottom.
It failed because Redmond was four years too late, and Android and iOS are so dominant at all price points that there is simply no room for a third competitor. Surface RT offers nothing that mid and upper end iDevices and Androids do not.
So true. To make any impact they have to offer a device that is much better (which I don't even think is possible considering the current state of iOS and Android), or much cheaper (and it's really hard/impossible to beat the low end android tablets).
It's going to be a Kickstarter. And if you pledge $200, you will get a free pair of blue contact lenses, along with your still suit. A pledge of $1,000 will get you a crysknife with holster.
As far as I know, Foxit Reader strips out any JavaScript. The PDF readers in Chrome and Firefox also should do the same.
That ony prevents it running on the machine used to view it - it's still in the PDF. The best way is to either insist on PDF/X or convert to it. PDF/X does not allow active content such as scripting, etc.
It's basically carried up from deeper in the Earth and concentrated by hydrothermal systems associated with the fault zones and volcanism. It's more like it's precipitated, not actually formed there.
All valid points, but I thought of a few things while reading this.
Are you sure? I earn $1 in about 5 minutes
A typical song is about 5 minutes, so you're willing to give up your entire salary for music. And before anyone mods me down, it's a joke.
The problem is that to most young people (who engage in most piracy) that 1$ is worth far more since they earn less
The music inductry should realize that it's these younger people that are buying most of the music, especially the latest pop hits, and should price accordingly.
Jim Jong-Un is the greatest baker in the world. Great chefs from around the world come to North Korea to get his cookie making advice. His cookies are so great, flour and sugar come to North Korea on their own just to be in his cookies.
This is true, and Kim Jong-Il used to pose looking at those cookies!
It did when I saw the original theatrical release on opening day in1978.
Except that Star Wars premiered in 1977. And it did not say "Episode 4" when it did. I was there, and it didn't. It did get a 1978 re-release, but "Episode IV" was not placed into the title crawl until the 1981 re-release (after The Empire Strikes Back proclaimed itself "Episode V" in its original 1980 release).
1981 according to Wikipedia - the source of all knowledge in the galaxy and other galaxies far far away.
Saving 2 minutes will make diddly squat when you've still got conformance at t-35, and close of bag drop at t-40.
There's that, but I wish they would design airports better. Why, when I'm transiting a counrty, do I need to exit the secure part of the airport and have to pass through security yet again to get to my next gate.
But was the hotel advertising the wrong number? If not, there's really not much they can do. Sure the hotel could change their number, but that would be a lot more hassle than you may suspect. They'd have to reprint business cards. They'd have to reprint advertisements, which could get expensive.
Not only that, but no matter what number they choose, it's going to be close to someone else's number.
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Thorium is a solution looking for a problem, basically -- there's lots of uranium around, it's dirt cheap
Many countries, such as India, are interested in Thorium becuase they don't have Uranium deposits and thus don't have to import the fuel.
He has Jeff Goldbloom dressed in a cowboy outfit as a sidekick.
So he has help hacking alien spacecraft! Again, what's the downside?
Radon actually is also a gamma ray emitter as well as a alpha emitter. As you say it's more dangerous because it is a gas which you breathe into your lungs. It has a half life of 3.8 days but is constantly being generated in many rocks and soils. It's heavier than air which is why it builds up in basements and is particularly dangerous there.
Alpha and beta decay are actually the most harmful types of radiation, but are attenuated by just about everything, and thus require contact or ingestion to really be dangerous.
The radioactive elements from the accident are mostly Cs, Sr, and I. These have half lives of around 30 yrs for the first two, and only 8 days for the third, and considering the already low levels around Fukushima, will hardley mean the area is uninhabitable for hundred or thousands of years.
Buckaroo was completely different and not as good as the Dr.
But Buckaroo is a renaissance man, top neurosurgeon, particle physicist, race car driver, rock star and comic book hero, and probably the last hope of the human race. How is that not better?
I wonder it Google has a long range plan to get all printers Google-Cloud-Printing enabled, and then have your device auto-selecting the closest printer (not necessarily your own) based on your geo location? I still shudder at the privacy issues.
All prints can be picked up at the local NSA field office.
Thank you! Someone finally gets it! When comparing countries, people often forget how FRIGGIN HUGE the United States is, and how much of that is empty space. Piping broadband into the middle of a desert or corn field is not cheap. If you compare on a state-by-state basis, I'm sure the denser northeastern states would rank much higher on the list.
The last table in TFA breaks down the top states. Vermont is the top with an avg. of 12.7 mb/s, and it only has 67 people/sq mi.
If I hand you a piece of glass that is noticeably thicker on one end and tell you to put it in the window, you're not going to put the thick side down? Almost all glass is found that way because it was installed that way on purpose for stability reasons and, arguably more importantly, to prevent water pooling at the bottom of the window seal. I say "almost" because there are, in fact, instances where it was installed incorrectly.
Ah thanks. I wasn't aware that it was something that noticeable.
The cathedral glass reports have nothing to do with glass flowing and everything to do with how glass was made hundreds of yeas ago.
I've heard that as well, but can't seem to get around that it would be unlikely that all the glass would be installed with the thicker part towards the bottom.
It failed because Redmond was four years too late, and Android and iOS are so dominant at all price points that there is simply no room for a third competitor. Surface RT offers nothing that mid and upper end iDevices and Androids do not.
So true. To make any impact they have to offer a device that is much better (which I don't even think is possible considering the current state of iOS and Android), or much cheaper (and it's really hard/impossible to beat the low end android tablets).
It's going to be a Kickstarter. And if you pledge $200, you will get a free pair of blue contact lenses, along with your still suit. A pledge of $1,000 will get you a crysknife with holster.
I'd want the personal shield too.
See the section on Chemical synthesis and commercial production.
As far as I know, Foxit Reader strips out any JavaScript. The PDF readers in Chrome and Firefox also should do the same.
That ony prevents it running on the machine used to view it - it's still in the PDF. The best way is to either insist on PDF/X or convert to it. PDF/X does not allow active content such as scripting, etc.
I have read that gold deposits form near fault lines and volcanoes. For example http://www.ehow.com/info_8564326_characteristics-gold-deposits.html. What I am not clear about is if these pressures create gold atoms or whether they simply clump gold atoms together.
It's basically carried up from deeper in the Earth and concentrated by hydrothermal systems associated with the fault zones and volcanism. It's more like it's precipitated, not actually formed there.
Can you legitimately use the phrase "ripped appart" to describe anything that happens to a cloud of gas?
Yeah, sounds really powerful dosen't it? Almost as strong as, say, a light breeze.
Are you sure? I earn $1 in about 5 minutes
A typical song is about 5 minutes, so you're willing to give up your entire salary for music. And before anyone mods me down, it's a joke.
The problem is that to most young people (who engage in most piracy) that 1$ is worth far more since they earn less
The music inductry should realize that it's these younger people that are buying most of the music, especially the latest pop hits, and should price accordingly.
Jim Jong-Un is the greatest baker in the world. Great chefs from around the world come to North Korea to get his cookie making advice. His cookies are so great, flour and sugar come to North Korea on their own just to be in his cookies.
This is true, and Kim Jong-Il used to pose looking at those cookies!
Why? Is it made of paper?
The Li-Ion batteries that have caused the Dreamliner so much trouble are in the lower front part of the plane, below the front doors.
The news pictures show a problem on the upper side near the tail section.
Oh well! That's all right then!
Now Blackberry will have abysmal sales numbers in India instead of non-existent.
Actually, when I was there last year they seemed quite popular.
Damn! The other planets are always bluer!
Except that Star Wars premiered in 1977. And it did not say "Episode 4" when it did. I was there, and it didn't. It did get a 1978 re-release, but "Episode IV" was not placed into the title crawl until the 1981 re-release (after The Empire Strikes Back proclaimed itself "Episode V" in its original 1980 release).
1981 according to Wikipedia - the source of all knowledge in the galaxy and other galaxies far far away.
Saving 2 minutes will make diddly squat when you've still got conformance at t-35, and close of bag drop at t-40.
There's that, but I wish they would design airports better. Why, when I'm transiting a counrty, do I need to exit the secure part of the airport and have to pass through security yet again to get to my next gate.
You can update your app with the baggage tag (and not remotely), but you can't update the tag with the app.
That's true if you RTFA, but the summary says the oposite:
an electronic luggage tag that travelers can update themselves with a smartphone
Slasdot editors on the ball again, I see!
But was the hotel advertising the wrong number? If not, there's really not much they can do. Sure the hotel could change their number, but that would be a lot more hassle than you may suspect. They'd have to reprint business cards. They'd have to reprint advertisements, which could get expensive.
Not only that, but no matter what number they choose, it's going to be close to someone else's number.
Look up any device you might be instered in here.