Absolutely agree with Mobil 1, been using that stuff in the truck I drive. 330,000 miles in an F-150 on the same engine.
Another good thing is to use a high-quality oil filter, replace the air filter when necessary, and ditto to the PCV valve. Those are things even the mechanically disinclined (like ME!) can do.
Given a website hosted on someones P4 2.53GHz, 512MB RAM, 256 up 384 down, how many posts will the server last? 1) 2 2) 5 3) 42 4) Cowboyneal!
How much of each article do you read? 1) All of it 2) The first and last paragraphs 3) The first three syllables 4) I gently caress the server with telepathy, thereby deducing enough to allow me to post caustic criticism at will.
Do you have a girlfriend? 1) No 2) No 3) Girlfriend? 4) Mu
Imagine how impressive it would be if your boss walked into your cubicle and you fixed the network, right there, with your arms folded the entire time.
Time to put my asbestos boxers into good service again...
There are two congressional pieces of legislation proposing a return to the draft (and law dictates it has to come from Congress, not the President). Both were proposed by Democrats, (Charles Rangel of New York, and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina). And both will die quiet deaths by commitee (both have already been there since early 2003), because the only real purpose they serve is to allow the proposers more air time in a crucial election year, where one of the big differences between party platforms is the war.
Enlistment is very high this year. The Air Force is forced to retire people early because they already have more than their lawfully allowable quota in service, and every service is forced to make its potential recruits wait for long periods of time before a position at boot camp becomes available (for example, app. 6-8 months for the Navy at the moment). Not only this but the military has stolidly refused to support or give credence to a new peacetime draft. The US military is what it is today because it is a volunteer force, and will do everything in its power to keep things that way.
Furthermore, the number of troops in Iraq is largely a political matter: the former Chaiman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hugh Shelton, is believed to have been forced into early retirement because he disagreed with the Bush administration policy of sending so few troops. National Guardsmen and Reservists have been called to duty not because of shortages of manpower at the front lines, but because of shortages in key specialties-including transportation, medical, and maintenance-which have long been relegated to the reserves because of budgetary restraints brought about by the end of the Cold War.
You have very little to worry about. Although if either of these proposers happen to be in a district you live in, why don't you write them a letter?
Alright, I'll bite. I'm American, and I hate the Imperial system, and use metric whenever I can. But I got sick of all of my friends asking me to convert things to Imperial, so when talking to other people I just try to make the leap.
If this guy had used metric, every US reader would have either left his site right away or e-mailed him to complain about it.
To make matters worse, you wouldn't believe how hard it can sometimes be to find metric measuring cups in America!
I didn't read that article, but the designs I've seen use a secondary loop-whether gas turbines are more expensive, less efficient, I don't know.
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Lets talk submarines.
The most numerous attack submarines in the US are the Los Angeles class, a design started in the late sixties, with units coming in to commision in the early seventies. The class consists of three versions: Flight I, Flight II, and Improved (called 688-I). Flight I boats are being retired, not because their lifespan is up but because America doesn't need as many submarines as it used to. Those subs could easily go into routine refit for two years and then provide 5 or ten years of more service.
I'm not entirely certain about the earlier boats, but the 688-Is and (I think) the Flight II have cores that could last as much as 40 years. Speculation is that the fuel elements in attack submarines are approximately 93% U-235 (natural uranium is 1-5% U-235, averaging 3%, and civilian reactors are only 5-10% U-235). Actual numbers are classified.
So submarines can and do spend more than 30 years in service-Los Angeles subs are estimated at 35 years, not because of reactor life but because of other factors, like regular old wear and tear.
Americas is just finishing the third (and last) of the Seawolf class submarines, and the lead ship of the Virginia class is undergoing sea trials last I heard. Chances are that the Virginia class, which will probably consist of ~12 boats, will have to serve 40 years if the current political environment continues.
Steam? Well...
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Be pretty hard to generate electricity without steam. Whether the reactor is a pebble-bed helium-moderated design or a "traditional" pressurized water-moderated design, the only purpose of a nuclear reactor is to generate heat, heating water to produce steam, which then turns a turbine to generate electricity. Either design you mention requires steam.
Perhaps your confused about how the primary loop-the water that comes into contact with the fuel elements-works. That water is under pressure, and does not turn into steam. There is a secondary loop, which passes through a heat exchanger with the primary loop, and it is this secondary loop that is converted to steam to turn the turbine. The secondary loop is not radioactive.
Pebble-bed reactors are promising because they have a potential to solve a lot of the problems that a PWR reactor has. But both reactors require steam.
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Even if the safety circuits were perfect, I would want to insist on having trained, dependable human operators supervising the thing. Much of the reactors in naval and civilian use could have more of their processes automated, but they haven't been automated because it is generally safer to have humans there-humans think, safety circuits don't.
I didn't feel like copying-pasting the entire article, but here's the Slashdot intro, with a few fun steps in between, and then back to Engrish:
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Absolutely agree with Mobil 1, been using that stuff in the truck I drive. 330,000 miles in an F-150 on the same engine.
Another good thing is to use a high-quality oil filter, replace the air filter when necessary, and ditto to the PCV valve. Those are things even the mechanically disinclined (like ME!) can do.
That's because the older ones have discovered girls.
Given a website hosted on someones P4 2.53GHz, 512MB RAM, 256 up 384 down, how many posts will the server last?
1) 2
2) 5
3) 42
4) Cowboyneal!
How much of each article do you read?
1) All of it
2) The first and last paragraphs
3) The first three syllables
4) I gently caress the server with telepathy, thereby deducing enough to allow me to post caustic criticism at will.
Do you have a girlfriend?
1) No
2) No
3) Girlfriend?
4) Mu
Imagine how impressive it would be if your boss walked into your cubicle and you fixed the network, right there, with your arms folded the entire time.
Pretty impressive if you ask me;)
Do we really want them to?
Most of the female geeks I've met haven't looked much better than their stereotypical male counterparts.
Guard: "For the last time, I didn't order a giant trampoline!"
Deliverer: "Well, you know pal, you could have told me that before I set it up!"
*Boing*
Time to put my asbestos boxers into good service again...
There are two congressional pieces of legislation proposing a return to the draft (and law dictates it has to come from Congress, not the President). Both were proposed by Democrats, (Charles Rangel of New York, and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina). And both will die quiet deaths by commitee (both have already been there since early 2003), because the only real purpose they serve is to allow the proposers more air time in a crucial election year, where one of the big differences between party platforms is the war.
Enlistment is very high this year. The Air Force is forced to retire people early because they already have more than their lawfully allowable quota in service, and every service is forced to make its potential recruits wait for long periods of time before a position at boot camp becomes available (for example, app. 6-8 months for the Navy at the moment). Not only this but the military has stolidly refused to support or give credence to a new peacetime draft. The US military is what it is today because it is a volunteer force, and will do everything in its power to keep things that way.
Furthermore, the number of troops in Iraq is largely a political matter: the former Chaiman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hugh Shelton, is believed to have been forced into early retirement because he disagreed with the Bush administration policy of sending so few troops. National Guardsmen and Reservists have been called to duty not because of shortages of manpower at the front lines, but because of shortages in key specialties-including transportation, medical, and maintenance-which have long been relegated to the reserves because of budgetary restraints brought about by the end of the Cold War.
You have very little to worry about. Although if either of these proposers happen to be in a district you live in, why don't you write them a letter?
Further reading as per Google:
http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/wars/a/draft2.htm
http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/wars/a/draft.htm
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/draft.asp
Yes, Douglas Adams recorded the voice of Agrajag (Arthur's perennial whipping boy) before his death.
Do you mean Gnukes?
Alright, I'll bite. I'm American, and I hate the Imperial system, and use metric whenever I can. But I got sick of all of my friends asking me to convert things to Imperial, so when talking to other people I just try to make the leap.
If this guy had used metric, every US reader would have either left his site right away or e-mailed him to complain about it.
To make matters worse, you wouldn't believe how hard it can sometimes be to find metric measuring cups in America!
Why is it that software clients are always lumped together with drug abusers?
Do you mean Ceren?
So what you're saying is that this cell phone has one more component with a marked propensity for failure than the competitor's does?
Someone just confused Microsoft with AOL;)
It's okay, honest mistake.
Conversely, those of us using Slackware know the floppy still has uses;)
5. Profit!
I didn't read that article, but the designs I've seen use a secondary loop-whether gas turbines are more expensive, less efficient, I don't know.
Lets talk submarines.
The most numerous attack submarines in the US are the Los Angeles class, a design started in the late sixties, with units coming in to commision in the early seventies. The class consists of three versions: Flight I, Flight II, and Improved (called 688-I). Flight I boats are being retired, not because their lifespan is up but because America doesn't need as many submarines as it used to. Those subs could easily go into routine refit for two years and then provide 5 or ten years of more service.
I'm not entirely certain about the earlier boats, but the 688-Is and (I think) the Flight II have cores that could last as much as 40 years. Speculation is that the fuel elements in attack submarines are approximately 93% U-235 (natural uranium is 1-5% U-235, averaging 3%, and civilian reactors are only 5-10% U-235). Actual numbers are classified.
So submarines can and do spend more than 30 years in service-Los Angeles subs are estimated at 35 years, not because of reactor life but because of other factors, like regular old wear and tear.
Americas is just finishing the third (and last) of the Seawolf class submarines, and the lead ship of the Virginia class is undergoing sea trials last I heard. Chances are that the Virginia class, which will probably consist of ~12 boats, will have to serve 40 years if the current political environment continues.
Be pretty hard to generate electricity without steam. Whether the reactor is a pebble-bed helium-moderated design or a "traditional" pressurized water-moderated design, the only purpose of a nuclear reactor is to generate heat, heating water to produce steam, which then turns a turbine to generate electricity. Either design you mention requires steam.
Perhaps your confused about how the primary loop-the water that comes into contact with the fuel elements-works. That water is under pressure, and does not turn into steam. There is a secondary loop, which passes through a heat exchanger with the primary loop, and it is this secondary loop that is converted to steam to turn the turbine. The secondary loop is not radioactive.
Pebble-bed reactors are promising because they have a potential to solve a lot of the problems that a PWR reactor has. But both reactors require steam.
Even if the safety circuits were perfect, I would want to insist on having trained, dependable human operators supervising the thing. Much of the reactors in naval and civilian use could have more of their processes automated, but they haven't been automated because it is generally safer to have humans there-humans think, safety circuits don't.
I'm waiting for a frictionless plane myself...
I didn't feel like copying-pasting the entire article, but here's the Slashdot intro, with a few fun steps in between, and then back to Engrish:
Written Ford Prefect falls "To with the series of new radiosenders of Douglas fir Adams' together; ; At leaders of Hitchhiker's at the galaxy the BBC reviving the old play of the l'aventure of the Hitchhiker's-Textes d'Infocom for deapparaître in the net location 4's of the radio. It's not only straight lines a port, everyone, which one - the new version of 'the of the play is illustrated obviously by Rod gentleman, the BAFTA for their graphics for the tev4. Originalseries.' won; ; of more hitchhiker; Hoopy!" ;
Why sure, my password is *********.
.mp3s alone.
Have fun, leave my
So, does anyone have a torrent going yet?