You forgot the coup-de-gras. After flying over enemy territory for a while, raining radioactivity, the plan was to intentionally crash it into a target area resulting in a Chernobyl like effect.
There was a hoax concerning a micro reactor, which Toshiba acknowledged was a hoax. This hoax showed pics of a real design, the Toshiba 4S, a 10MW reactor. The Toshiba 4S is stuck in the NRC approval queue.
Not to mention that if Chernobyl had been built with any kind of containment structure at all it might not have been as devastating when it did "blue screen". (Think firewall... meter thick reinforced concrete firewall.)
I agree. It makes a lot more sense to pass the work to toshiba. Do you guys really want the same company that made your 9 dead Xbox 360s to be producing nuclear reactors themselves?
Jokes aside, TeraPower is basically, at this point, an IP company. They're looking for someone to build the thing.
Toshiba was working with NASA to produce a 100kW or 200kW reactor for the proposed lunar base. They had gotten far enough along that they've tested the components using non-nuclear heat sources. It's pretty small but it has very little shielding... You wouldn't want this in your vehicle.
Notwithstanding Mr. Gates ownership of TerraPower... It makes sense for Toshiba to work with them given (a) Their ownership of the Westinghouse legacy (b) Their experience building large nuclear power reactors (c) Their experience designing small, self contained, fail-safe nuclear reactors in the 100kW to 10MW size range.
I never stopped using Realplayer. Real's online music service was the first to support linux. Back when the choices for legally purchasing music online were Apple.m4p, Microsoft.wma, and Real.ra, Real's version actually appeared to be the least encumbered and their bit-rate was higher. I chose Real for those reasons. During the past decade I purchased a few hundred songs via the Real Store. In 2007 (?) they started moving everything over to Rhapsody and removed the DRM from purchased tracks. Unfortunately they have begun to spin off their assets. They've also started pushing an upgrade to the player, for which they want to charge me (again) in order to use the advanced features. All my music is converted to non-encumbered.mp4's now; so, I'm not sure I'll be continuing to use RealPlayer for much longer.
Uh, yeah. Obviously you've never had a program crash while playing a sound or music file, and get stuck in annoying short duration continuous loops at near maximum output. Come to think of it, I've had Realplayer crash like that on several occasions.
I for one think it would be nice to have more advance notice that there's something in front of me, in the fog or heavy rain; and, have some contextual indication of the distance. Highlighting objects in the road at night would be nice too. If adding an infrared sensor or two and a HUD can do that, then I want it. I will still drive slowly, because I don't have a death wish.
That's because you used Visual Basic, which pulls in its own libraries (and maybe a vm) on top of the system libraries. Visual Basic is the definition of bloat. I know, I use it every day. It makes the "Hello World" program built with gcc, which pulls in libc by default, look like a minimalist dream by comparison.
SpaceX has been cleared by Cape Canaveral for the Falcon 9's first orbital launch next month,
No it hasn't.
from http://www.spaceflightnow.com/: "Between now and launch, engineers will install the rocket's flight termination system charges that would destroy the vehicle if it flew off course and threatened the public. "
They haven't installed and tested the equipment to allow the Air Force RSO to destroy the rocket in the event of a guidance failure. I doubt the Air Force would have signed off on the launch until that is complete. They're using an Air Force pad; so, they have to follow Air Force rules in addition to NASA flight rules
They don't make very many of them. They're often made with the best technology available at the time. They're usually made with a specific set of tasks in mind, then later modified. Abe was around 15 years old.
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If I were a Google exec in China, I'd be worried about being formally charged with violating local (Chinese) laws.
You forgot the coup-de-gras. After flying over enemy territory for a while, raining radioactivity, the plan was to intentionally crash it into a target area resulting in a Chernobyl like effect.
Well, you asked if we should trust Gates and the Gates Foundation; you didn't mention Ballmer. That's a different matter altogether.
There was a hoax concerning a micro reactor, which Toshiba acknowledged was a hoax. This hoax showed pics of a real design, the Toshiba 4S, a 10MW reactor. The Toshiba 4S is stuck in the NRC approval queue.
Bill Gates does not regularly, publicly state that he wants to destroy *fill in your people or country of choice here*
Bah. My Mad Scientist Toaster Oven draws 1200 watts.
Not to mention that if Chernobyl had been built with any kind of containment structure at all it might not have been as devastating when it did "blue screen". (Think firewall... meter thick reinforced concrete firewall.)
Only a billion? A billion is so last century.
Try one trillion dollars!
I agree. It makes a lot more sense to pass the work to toshiba. Do you guys really want the same company that made your 9 dead Xbox 360s to be producing nuclear reactors themselves?
Jokes aside, TeraPower is basically, at this point, an IP company. They're looking for someone to build the thing.
Toshiba was working with NASA to produce a 100kW or 200kW reactor for the proposed lunar base. They had gotten far enough along that they've tested the components using non-nuclear heat sources. It's pretty small but it has very little shielding... You wouldn't want this in your vehicle.
Notwithstanding Mr. Gates ownership of TerraPower... It makes sense for Toshiba to work with them given (a) Their ownership of the Westinghouse legacy (b) Their experience building large nuclear power reactors (c) Their experience designing small, self contained, fail-safe nuclear reactors in the 100kW to 10MW size range.
I never stopped using Realplayer. Real's online music service was the first to support linux. Back when the choices for legally purchasing music online were Apple .m4p, Microsoft .wma, and Real .ra, Real's version actually appeared to be the least encumbered and their bit-rate was higher. I chose Real for those reasons. During the past decade I purchased a few hundred songs via the Real Store. In 2007 (?) they started moving everything over to Rhapsody and removed the DRM from purchased tracks. Unfortunately they have begun to spin off their assets. They've also started pushing an upgrade to the player, for which they want to charge me (again) in order to use the advanced features. All my music is converted to non-encumbered .mp4's now; so, I'm not sure I'll be continuing to use RealPlayer for much longer.
Avast update announcing, in the middle of the night, "Virus database updated"
Is there any software that is loud?
Uh, yeah. Obviously you've never had a program crash while playing a sound or music file, and get stuck in annoying short duration continuous loops at near maximum output. Come to think of it, I've had Realplayer crash like that on several occasions.
And I for one want my car to cost around $45 million dollars (approx F-16 e/f cost)
I for one think it would be nice to have more advance notice that there's something in front of me, in the fog or heavy rain; and, have some contextual indication of the distance. Highlighting objects in the road at night would be nice too. If adding an infrared sensor or two and a HUD can do that, then I want it. I will still drive slowly, because I don't have a death wish.
but vacuum tubes are still available... Time to form a company to make "vintage" light bulbs for use in historical applications.
redshift.
Since most fighter jets, even wingless, would come off the ground at 1000 mph, the answer is yes.
That's because you used Visual Basic, which pulls in its own libraries (and maybe a vm) on top of the system libraries. Visual Basic is the definition of bloat. I know, I use it every day. It makes the "Hello World" program built with gcc, which pulls in libc by default, look like a minimalist dream by comparison.
SpaceX has been cleared by Cape Canaveral for the Falcon 9's first orbital launch next month,
No it hasn't.
from http://www.spaceflightnow.com/: "Between now and launch, engineers will install the rocket's flight termination system charges that would destroy the vehicle if it flew off course and threatened the public. "
They haven't installed and tested the equipment to allow the Air Force RSO to destroy the rocket in the event of a guidance failure. I doubt the Air Force would have signed off on the launch until that is complete. They're using an Air Force pad; so, they have to follow Air Force rules in addition to NASA flight rules
You can't inflate a balloon at those depths. Not without a lot of pressure which means a very heavy tank.
And maybe, just maybe, one of the glass flotation spheres had a flaw in it and it imploded, like they said.
They don't make very many of them. They're often made with the best technology available at the time. They're usually made with a specific set of tasks in mind, then later modified. Abe was around 15 years old.
Overlord.... or Underlord?