It's specifically because it's not a threat, which you would understand if you actually read the article for the purpose of comprehending it. The reasoning is clearly stated in the first section.
He certainly was responsible for his actions. That in no way invalidates the point made in the comment to which you replied. They're not mutually exclusive. The War on Drugs absolutely creates scenarios where addicts are unable to feed their addictions without resorting to hurting others. Addicts are very frequently not rational, so the systems in place should be designed with that in mind. Those who perpetuate the War on Drugs are certainly complicit to a degree, much like someone walking into a Hell's Angels club and spitting on the first person he sees is complicit in his own beat-down. Doesn't excuse the bikers from nearly (or actually) killing him, but their behavior doesn't absolve him from his part in his victimization.
People in my city are so sick of property crime that the guy most recently charged with manslaughter for killing a thief was exonerated. He shot the guy in the head as the thief drove off with his vehicle. It was a pretty damn good shot, too. One round through the back window, at night.
Whether his story is true or not really is irrelevant, which was that the guy turned to look back and appeared to be aiming a weapon at him. If the excuse is good enough for the cops, it's good enough for anyone else.
Definitely agree. All of my major electronics are bolted into a rack, which itself probably weighs 500-600 pounds loaded. My monitors are attached to wall arms, which are bolted to the wall. Nothing worth taking can be easily picked up and carried out.
Yup, that's why all of the figures on that page are adjusted for it. Total spending per pupil, adjusted for inflation, is almost 5 times now what it was in 1969.
Almost all of the highest spending per pupil is done in the districts with the worst results. It is provably certain that increasing spending without changing culture does zero to actually help students.
There's also a huge population of people, and the background radiation at the site rarely reaches higher than 20Sv. You can get more background radiation than that at several beaches in Brazil, and commercial airline pilots operate their entire career at those levels of radiation.
You apparently have never looked at the number of coal-related deaths vs. the number of nuclear-related deaths. If you add in the nuclear deaths from atomic weapons (including cancer) in addition to power plants, the numbers are still separated by several orders of magnitude.
There was a test reactor built at Argonne National Labs in Idaho that solved the meltdown problem in 1986. They demonstrated it by shutting off all power, both internal and external. The temperature of the core rose a bit, and then fell until the reactor shut itself down.
They repeated the process by disabling the entire cooling system. Again, the reactor shut itself down safely, with no manual control necessary to safely halt the plant.
It was mothballed because of anti-nuclear protests by those who don't know a damn thing about science. The anti-nuclear crowd uses the exact same methods as the anti-renewables and anti-climate change crowds. All fail at science when it comes to their particular biases.
As for spent fuel, 4th generation reactors can reprocess and use all of the light-water spent fuel in existence. The unusable fuel in the United States fits into approximately 50 cubic meters of space.
You don't need good charcoal to produce basic tools. As for making good charcoal, all that takes is time and manual labor once you know how the process works. I suppose there are those who think anything requiring manual labor is hard, but I'm not one of them.
As for the pejoratives, you should look in the mirror first if you're going to trot them out. They almost always apply more easily to the person using them.
Nothing in my comment implied anyone would work from scratch in normal circumstances. The discussion is not about normal circumstances. You can make basic tools when you have nothing but primitive materials. Period.
Unless all the iron and steel in the world magically disappears in this hypothetical catastrophe, mining ore isn't an issue. Getting metal to work with is trivial, and would remain so after just about any catastrophe.
A decent blacksmith needs nothing but raw materials. Producing charcoal is easy, as is making basic tools from scrap. With those basic tools, advanced tools can be made. Anyone who believes otherwise has never met a real blacksmith. Graduating from apprenticeship requires actually making your own tools from raw materials.
There are a lot of people who find the false drama of unreality shows to be an utter turn-off. I would have loved to watch something like this without the injection of false drama. Unreality TV plays to the least common denominator, which is why they tend to perform poorly when targeting technically literate people as a demographic.
It wasn't someone random who fails to understand what "analogy" means after all. Usually the person to whom a response is addressed doesn't walk right into something like that. Bravo.
Yup, there's only so many ways you can make a keyboard. Ergo, anyone copying the key bevel and switch technology is justified in doing so. After all, there's no difference between the tactile feel of Cherry switches and cheap membrane switches, just to name one single aspect of keyboard tech.
Oh, wait...
(Cue someone random popping in to say a cellphone doesn't use a full-size keyboard, failing completely to understand the concept of an anaolgy.)
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It's specifically because it's not a threat, which you would understand if you actually read the article for the purpose of comprehending it. The reasoning is clearly stated in the first section.
Only if you ignore the fact that most of those are self-inflicted deaths, and most of the rest are criminal-on-criminal.
He certainly was responsible for his actions. That in no way invalidates the point made in the comment to which you replied. They're not mutually exclusive. The War on Drugs absolutely creates scenarios where addicts are unable to feed their addictions without resorting to hurting others. Addicts are very frequently not rational, so the systems in place should be designed with that in mind. Those who perpetuate the War on Drugs are certainly complicit to a degree, much like someone walking into a Hell's Angels club and spitting on the first person he sees is complicit in his own beat-down. Doesn't excuse the bikers from nearly (or actually) killing him, but their behavior doesn't absolve him from his part in his victimization.
If they can rip four 3" lag screws out of the stud to which they're attached, they're welcome to the monitors. :)
People in my city are so sick of property crime that the guy most recently charged with manslaughter for killing a thief was exonerated. He shot the guy in the head as the thief drove off with his vehicle. It was a pretty damn good shot, too. One round through the back window, at night.
Whether his story is true or not really is irrelevant, which was that the guy turned to look back and appeared to be aiming a weapon at him. If the excuse is good enough for the cops, it's good enough for anyone else.
Definitely agree. All of my major electronics are bolted into a rack, which itself probably weighs 500-600 pounds loaded. My monitors are attached to wall arms, which are bolted to the wall. Nothing worth taking can be easily picked up and carried out.
Until you do have a need for it, and then it's too late.
Yup, that's why all of the figures on that page are adjusted for it. Total spending per pupil, adjusted for inflation, is almost 5 times now what it was in 1969.
Almost all of the highest spending per pupil is done in the districts with the worst results. It is provably certain that increasing spending without changing culture does zero to actually help students.
In Washington State, they're public schools. Every one.
I'd offer them up right now.
Damn, it took the mu out of the Sievert. That should be mSv, not Sv.
There's also a huge population of people, and the background radiation at the site rarely reaches higher than 20Sv. You can get more background radiation than that at several beaches in Brazil, and commercial airline pilots operate their entire career at those levels of radiation.
You apparently have never looked at the number of coal-related deaths vs. the number of nuclear-related deaths. If you add in the nuclear deaths from atomic weapons (including cancer) in addition to power plants, the numbers are still separated by several orders of magnitude.
There was a test reactor built at Argonne National Labs in Idaho that solved the meltdown problem in 1986. They demonstrated it by shutting off all power, both internal and external. The temperature of the core rose a bit, and then fell until the reactor shut itself down.
They repeated the process by disabling the entire cooling system. Again, the reactor shut itself down safely, with no manual control necessary to safely halt the plant.
It was mothballed because of anti-nuclear protests by those who don't know a damn thing about science. The anti-nuclear crowd uses the exact same methods as the anti-renewables and anti-climate change crowds. All fail at science when it comes to their particular biases.
As for spent fuel, 4th generation reactors can reprocess and use all of the light-water spent fuel in existence. The unusable fuel in the United States fits into approximately 50 cubic meters of space.
Once the technology becomes ubiquitous, watch for private drones armed with small air-to-air rockets being used to take out police drones.
The IRS doesn't recognize incapacity to make agreements.
You don't need good charcoal to produce basic tools. As for making good charcoal, all that takes is time and manual labor once you know how the process works. I suppose there are those who think anything requiring manual labor is hard, but I'm not one of them.
As for the pejoratives, you should look in the mirror first if you're going to trot them out. They almost always apply more easily to the person using them.
Nothing in my comment implied anyone would work from scratch in normal circumstances. The discussion is not about normal circumstances. You can make basic tools when you have nothing but primitive materials. Period.
Unless all the iron and steel in the world magically disappears in this hypothetical catastrophe, mining ore isn't an issue. Getting metal to work with is trivial, and would remain so after just about any catastrophe.
Yes, I meant raw iron or steel, not actual ore. Though if you actually have ore it's relatively easy to smelt and use for primitive tools.
A decent blacksmith needs nothing but raw materials. Producing charcoal is easy, as is making basic tools from scrap. With those basic tools, advanced tools can be made. Anyone who believes otherwise has never met a real blacksmith. Graduating from apprenticeship requires actually making your own tools from raw materials.
The point was the re-training cost to Linux is less than the re-training cost to Win8.
There are a lot of people who find the false drama of unreality shows to be an utter turn-off. I would have loved to watch something like this without the injection of false drama. Unreality TV plays to the least common denominator, which is why they tend to perform poorly when targeting technically literate people as a demographic.
It wasn't someone random who fails to understand what "analogy" means after all. Usually the person to whom a response is addressed doesn't walk right into something like that. Bravo.
She "allowed" them to use her password in the same way you might "allow" an armed robber to use your credit card.
Yup, there's only so many ways you can make a keyboard. Ergo, anyone copying the key bevel and switch technology is justified in doing so. After all, there's no difference between the tactile feel of Cherry switches and cheap membrane switches, just to name one single aspect of keyboard tech.
Oh, wait...
(Cue someone random popping in to say a cellphone doesn't use a full-size keyboard, failing completely to understand the concept of an anaolgy.)