Here's the deal... regardless of your faith, you can recognize that christianity has FAR more influence in this country than any other religion. When this spills over into government, it's illegal. So, the "persecution" is an attempt to restore balance to a wildly unfair (to non-christians) system.
Remember, freedom and equality apply to the heathens too...
Depends, in the US not very much power is nuclear, I think less than 5%, as no new plants have been built in more than a decade.
Personally, I use a lot of energy (I drive a not particularly fuel efficient vehicle in California). I made that choice when I bought it, and thus can't bitch too much about _paying_ for said energy...
I did not know that, thanks. I was under the impression that something akin to control rods (in function, not form) kept the radiation very minimal until someone threw the switch. Good to know.
Oh, nonsense. All evidence says that RTGs are very safe. Therefore someone saying that they are not has the burden of proof. Whether or not a person _likes_ the truth (or our best estimation thereof) doesn't change it.
The greater damage was done by irrational fearmongering than any launch.
This silly thing where "my side need only be plausible, your side needs to be 100% concrete" is stupid. I think we're done.
You are of course right. We don't want a situation where science has absolute political power, any more than we'd want religion to.
Turns out that people have the right to have extremist/reactionary opinions. It is then the duty of opposing viewpoints (the more rational, im my opinion) to respond to them. Theoretically, that's the best way to get to the truth.
Unless of course this is slashdot "you-can't-have-an-opposing-opinion-because-I-don' t like-it" conversation #5,123,234 , in which case I don't give a damn:)
People confuse having the right to an opinion with the right to be correct:)
Funny, I never post AC. It says something about a person's character when they will only be controversial when they are not held accountable.
Anyway, I didn't say "environmentalists" are stupid. Most mean well, and some are even well informed and productive. Unfortunately, many mistake passion for evidence, and can't be bothered to investigate opposing viewpoints.
RTGs are hardened and designed to withstand explosion and extreme temperatures. They do not explode, and I believe that they do not even become active until after launch. Radiation has been "The R Word" since the 50's, but we actually use it all the time and know how to handle it. Only in cases of extreme incompetence and lack of precautions (see Chernobyl - 1986) do we need to be concerned.
Returning to the planet, a nuclear plant is far less likely to cause ANY harm than most power technologies or chemical processes (See Bophal, India). We KNOW that radiation can be dangerous, hence the extreme precations we take.
Incidently, NOTHING is 100% safe... along with fearing (and guarding against) the risk, you should consider the rewards.
I'll see your geekiness and raise you a detail from the tech manual.
The saucer wasn't held on by explosive bolts, but a system of retractable latches/slots. That way you could disconnect and reconnect multiple times (this only happened in the first episode in one movie, I think). Suposedly, the saucer has no warp drive, but has a "sustainer" that lets it leach warp energy off the main hull for a couple of minutes (time enough to separate at warp and slow down). Not too sure that's practical, but hey, it's their universe.
And yeah, if used as a (extreme last resort) atmospheric lander, the saucer would presumably be a total loss.
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Well, liability is still a bad thing.
Besides, there's something to be said for respecting the creator's wishes. If you wanna GPL or public-domain your stuff, great... If you don't, well... that's your choice too.
Yup, that's how I made it work too. And it's fine using the NT bootloader instead of grub. I was just noting that Windows ALWAYS thwomped access to linux, by default.
Well, seeing as this happened to me, and enough other people that there were web pages detailing how to fix it (which worked), I'm gonna go ahead and say that you're wrong.
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Hmm. I honestly don't know, does Nvidia let ANY distro ship w/their binary driver? I can see what a pain your situation would be.
Hmm. If so, damnit... I hate being a dumbass and missing a joke. Oh well.
I did a 'new' (really just overwrote - not upgraded - the linux partiaions) install on a XP/FC2 test3 box and it works fine. The grub buggliness isn't universal, luckily.
My understanding was that the fedora folks were advising against upgrading via a dep-checker... did yum specifically have some 'upgrade to FC2' option?
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This isn't a matter of philosophy, it's a matter of legality. MP3 has licensing costs. So do most video formats. To get many windows media movies to play you have to borrow DLLs from windows.
If Fedora shipped this stuff w/o paying the licensing, they'd get their ass sued off.
If you want a free (beer) distro, you can't have costly items included. Besides, it's easy (run a specific command easy, not 'tweak the kernel and recompile' easy) to install mp3 support, mplayer, etc.
You either pay with money or your time. Want the distro free? then you gotta learn to install the extra stuff.
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Good point, Anonymous Troll... (ziiiip) Why dontcha come on over here and suck this, make yerself useful... :)
Here's the deal... regardless of your faith, you can recognize that christianity has FAR more influence in this country than any other religion. When this spills over into government, it's illegal. So, the "persecution" is an attempt to restore balance to a wildly unfair (to non-christians) system.
Remember, freedom and equality apply to the heathens too...
I dunno... I learned it at 22, and 5 years later it's still making me a lot of money...
It's not one license. It's a license PER installation, which totally mucks up the distribution of the, er... distro.
No shit? No, I did not know that. 20%. Wow.
We just gotta hold out for 2050 when we get the spiffy fusion plants.
Depends, in the US not very much power is nuclear, I think less than 5%, as no new plants have been built in more than a decade.
Personally, I use a lot of energy (I drive a not particularly fuel efficient vehicle in California). I made that choice when I bought it, and thus can't bitch too much about _paying_ for said energy...
If I also added that OOP isn't always the best approach, will I be further lectured?
Ah, see, we have a difference in approach. You believe that there is One-True-Way to code, and I do not.
This is actually a design philosophy difference that is intentionally built into Perl, and one of the reasons we like it.
And? So, given a variety of tools, you code to a certain standard within your organization, and everything is fine.
It's not like having many colors of paint prevents you from making a nice painting, is it?
If you don't like how the language works, don't use it. Simple as that. A couple million of us DO and will continue to.
I did not know that, thanks. I was under the impression that something akin to control rods (in function, not form) kept the radiation very minimal until someone threw the switch. Good to know.
Oh, nonsense. All evidence says that RTGs are very safe. Therefore someone saying that they are not has the burden of proof. Whether or not a person _likes_ the truth (or our best estimation thereof) doesn't change it.
The greater damage was done by irrational fearmongering than any launch.
This silly thing where "my side need only be plausible, your side needs to be 100% concrete" is stupid. I think we're done.
You are of course right. We don't want a situation where science has absolute political power, any more than we'd want religion to.
' t like-it" conversation #5,123,234 , in which case I don't give a damn :)
:)
Turns out that people have the right to have extremist/reactionary opinions. It is then the duty of opposing viewpoints (the more rational, im my opinion) to respond to them. Theoretically, that's the best way to get to the truth.
Unless of course this is slashdot "you-can't-have-an-opposing-opinion-because-I-don
People confuse having the right to an opinion with the right to be correct
Am I the forcer or forcee?
Funny, I never post AC. It says something about a person's character when they will only be controversial when they are not held accountable.
Anyway, I didn't say "environmentalists" are stupid. Most mean well, and some are even well informed and productive. Unfortunately, many mistake passion for evidence, and can't be bothered to investigate opposing viewpoints.
RTGs are hardened and designed to withstand explosion and extreme temperatures. They do not explode, and I believe that they do not even become active until after launch. Radiation has been "The R Word" since the 50's, but we actually use it all the time and know how to handle it. Only in cases of extreme incompetence and lack of precautions (see Chernobyl - 1986) do we need to be concerned.
Returning to the planet, a nuclear plant is far less likely to cause ANY harm than most power technologies or chemical processes (See Bophal, India). We KNOW that radiation can be dangerous, hence the extreme precations we take.
Incidently, NOTHING is 100% safe... along with fearing (and guarding against) the risk, you should consider the rewards.
That last link sure is a doozy. Gotta love people who panic over half-assed assessments and ad-hominem attacks.
:)
We've been using nukes in space for 30 years without significant problem. If we could have used them on MER, the damn things could run for years.
This subject needs a Penn & Tellerish "Bullshit!" show
No, we're not. I'd never heard anything about the original doing this... I assumed you the D. My bad.
Shit, now I lose geek points. Man...
I'll see your geekiness and raise you a detail from the tech manual.
The saucer wasn't held on by explosive bolts, but a system of retractable latches/slots. That way you could disconnect and reconnect multiple times (this only happened in the first episode in one movie, I think). Suposedly, the saucer has no warp drive, but has a "sustainer" that lets it leach warp energy off the main hull for a couple of minutes (time enough to separate at warp and slow down). Not too sure that's practical, but hey, it's their universe.
And yeah, if used as a (extreme last resort) atmospheric lander, the saucer would presumably be a total loss.
Whoa! Think of the things we could do with THIS!
Thank you, I shall check them out.
Well, liability is still a bad thing.
Besides, there's something to be said for respecting the creator's wishes. If you wanna GPL or public-domain your stuff, great... If you don't, well... that's your choice too.
Yup, that's how I made it work too. And it's fine using the NT bootloader instead of grub. I was just noting that Windows ALWAYS thwomped access to linux, by default.
Well, seeing as this happened to me, and enough other people that there were web pages detailing how to fix it (which worked), I'm gonna go ahead and say that you're wrong.
Hmm. I honestly don't know, does Nvidia let ANY distro ship w/their binary driver? I can see what a pain your situation would be.
Hmm. If so, damnit... I hate being a dumbass and missing a joke. Oh well.
I did a 'new' (really just overwrote - not upgraded - the linux partiaions) install on a XP/FC2 test3 box and it works fine. The grub buggliness isn't universal, luckily.
My understanding was that the fedora folks were advising against upgrading via a dep-checker... did yum specifically have some 'upgrade to FC2' option?
This isn't a matter of philosophy, it's a matter of legality. MP3 has licensing costs. So do most video formats. To get many windows media movies to play you have to borrow DLLs from windows.
If Fedora shipped this stuff w/o paying the licensing, they'd get their ass sued off.
If you want a free (beer) distro, you can't have costly items included. Besides, it's easy (run a specific command easy, not 'tweak the kernel and recompile' easy) to install mp3 support, mplayer, etc.
You either pay with money or your time. Want the distro free? then you gotta learn to install the extra stuff.