A few Kilograms of Radioactive waste is more dangerous than a few kilograms of concentrated chemical waste. This is because besides being radioactive, radioactive waste is very toxic chemically. Of course for your comparison you should have been been comparing a few kilograms of radioactive waste to a few million tons of concentrated chemicals since it doesn't take much uranium to produce a lot of power.
We have ling since developed the capacity to reprocess and dispose of nuclear waste. And by dispose it of I don't just mean bury it in the ground. Breeder reactors and processing facilities that can turn high level radioactive waste into fissionable material and useful radioisotopes have been around for more than a decade. The DOE site at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratories alone could reprocess all the nuclear waste generated in the US, and well as by our NAVY. It is only the mindless fear of nuclear proliferation that prevents us from using it to do so.
True, but at least they didn't tie themselves down to one platform by choosing DirectX. I'd doubt you'll be seeing a Mac or a Linux version of URU Ages of Mist anytime soon.
Why would a moon base need to have a scientific purpose? I thought it was meant as a piece of space infrastructure. The idea is that you can use it to build things on the moon, out of raw materials extracted and refined there. That way you only have to boost them off of the moon rather than off of the earth.
I always just thought of solving the world's problems as more of a journey than a goal. Honestly, people have been trying to solve the worlds problems for literally thousands of years. It's just that no matter how many problems you solve, more always become apparent. I don't think you need to choose one or the other, exploration or humanity. In reality, exploration is just another way we try to better ourselves and our way of life.
Is the unmaned probes they had back then. The viking landers used a more accident prone method of landing than did the most recent rovers. More over they were bigger and heavier. On top of that, they landed using ancient computers with miniscule amounts of power. It's a maricle they landed at all.
That is true, but if we never repay our loans we essentially get "bad credit" for future loans (for example, people are less willing to buy bonds and so fourth...). Not that it's really an issue since the deficit is so small compared to how much the government takes in anyway.
Speaking of the Bush deficit, 1 trillion dollars split 260 million ways is only about $4000. I don't know if that really warrents all the fuss.
Besides once we're in an upturn economy again, we won't even need to raise taxes to make up the deficit. The government will just take in more money, like it did in the 90's.
I hardly think that it would have been a good idea to raise taxes during an economic downturn to make up for the deficit. As my economics professor once said, "the last presidint who tried to balance the budjet during a recession was Hover". (that was at the beginning of the great depression)
Gosh, I'm feeleing really left behind, my G4 400 only has 4 stages in it's plpeline. At least it's build on a.22 micron process as apposed to the Pentium's measly.13 micron process.
Yes, that was a joak
I don't know if I'd say that 3" disks were a fad of the 80's. Last I checked you can by burnable 3" disks at Wal-Mart.
Personally I like the size of the 3" disks a lot better, but I can't really justify paying more for a disk that holds less data.
It's wierd to me that people will buy the IBM blade server with the PPC 970, but not consider the X-Serve G5 from Apple which is about the same machine for about the same price.
I don't know why you'd assume that the IBM hardware is better for what you need just because its IBM. Of corse, if you want the really powerful computers based on the POWER series of processors, then you need IBM.
It's not really that the area I live in is safe as much as it is sparsly populated(northern Idaho). Incidents like that don't happen very often, but the more people you have the more likely it is. At any rate, it's not very likely to happen to any one person.
The stress from worrying about it is probably worse than the possibility it might happen.
So your car's broken down and you're in the middle of nowhere. It's not the end of the world. Just sit back and relax until someone takes you to the nearest gas-station so you can get it fixed. At least that way you have a neet story to tell about your otherwise booring and uneventfull roadtrip.
What you read on CNN regarding the reasons behind the Hubble's loss is not entirely accurate. The decision to stop matinance on the Hubble is a resule of SAFETY concerns with the space shuttle, NOT money concerns. The official NASA statement said that they wanted to use the shuttle as little as possible, and that all future missions should be to the ISS so that they can prevent another event like the Columbia from happening.
This is a decision that is the result of the study done regarding the shuttle Columbuia, and likely would have been made regardless of any new space initiative. Recall that the the Hubble was going to be serviced last year, but that severcing will not likely ever happen now.
Furhter, your assertion that the new space exploration vehicle will not fly on time is unfounded. The requirements for the space exploration vehicle do not call for the developments of any NEW thechnologies. The vehicle is to be designed an built using existing technologies. This removes most of the question marks from it's development schedule. Space vehicles such as the gemini capsule have been developed in less time.
The only reaon web sites advertize is because they need to make enough money to keep the website up. Most users aren't willing to give money to web sites to keep them advertizment free. Of course, they are willing to block the ads which are responsible for the content in the first palce. The more people try to block advertizments, the more prevalent they will become. If you really want advertizment free websites, you need to pay to make them thay way. If you don't want to do that, you should quit your whining and watch the freaking advertizments.
How many CD's were sold in their first year or so? I mean, this is a pretty new way of getting music to most people, you can't expecte the sales to be comperable overnight. This is pretty impressive considering hoe new it is to a lot of people.
I think a lot of slashdotters don't realize that most people haven't been listening to music on their computers for 5 years already.
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A few Kilograms of Radioactive waste is more dangerous than a few kilograms of concentrated chemical waste. This is because besides being radioactive, radioactive waste is very toxic chemically. Of course for your comparison you should have been been comparing a few kilograms of radioactive waste to a few million tons of concentrated chemicals since it doesn't take much uranium to produce a lot of power.
We have ling since developed the capacity to reprocess and dispose of nuclear waste. And by dispose it of I don't just mean bury it in the ground. Breeder reactors and processing facilities that can turn high level radioactive waste into fissionable material and useful radioisotopes have been around for more than a decade. The DOE site at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratories alone could reprocess all the nuclear waste generated in the US, and well as by our NAVY. It is only the mindless fear of nuclear proliferation that prevents us from using it to do so.
True, but at least they didn't tie themselves down to one platform by choosing DirectX. I'd doubt you'll be seeing a Mac or a Linux version of URU Ages of Mist anytime soon.
You might see one from Mictrosoft though :)
I think I understand your line of reasoning. Space Telescope + Private investment ??? Profit!!!
Why would a moon base need to have a scientific purpose? I thought it was meant as a piece of space infrastructure. The idea is that you can use it to build things on the moon, out of raw materials extracted and refined there. That way you only have to boost them off of the moon rather than off of the earth.
I always just thought of solving the world's problems as more of a journey than a goal. Honestly, people have been trying to solve the worlds problems for literally thousands of years. It's just that no matter how many problems you solve, more always become apparent. I don't think you need to choose one or the other, exploration or humanity. In reality, exploration is just another way we try to better ourselves and our way of life.
oops, can't spell today: should read amazing
Is the unmaned probes they had back then. The viking landers used a more accident prone method of landing than did the most recent rovers. More over they were bigger and heavier. On top of that, they landed using ancient computers with miniscule amounts of power. It's a maricle they landed at all.
That is true, but if we never repay our loans we essentially get "bad credit" for future loans (for example, people are less willing to buy bonds and so fourth...). Not that it's really an issue since the deficit is so small compared to how much the government takes in anyway.
Speaking of the Bush deficit, 1 trillion dollars split 260 million ways is only about $4000. I don't know if that really warrents all the fuss. Besides once we're in an upturn economy again, we won't even need to raise taxes to make up the deficit. The government will just take in more money, like it did in the 90's. I hardly think that it would have been a good idea to raise taxes during an economic downturn to make up for the deficit. As my economics professor once said, "the last presidint who tried to balance the budjet during a recession was Hover". (that was at the beginning of the great depression)
Gosh, I'm feeleing really left behind, my G4 400 only has 4 stages in it's plpeline. At least it's build on a .22 micron process as apposed to the Pentium's measly .13 micron process.
Yes, that was a joak
I don't know if I'd say that 3" disks were a fad of the 80's. Last I checked you can by burnable 3" disks at Wal-Mart. Personally I like the size of the 3" disks a lot better, but I can't really justify paying more for a disk that holds less data.
It's wierd to me that people will buy the IBM blade server with the PPC 970, but not consider the X-Serve G5 from Apple which is about the same machine for about the same price.
I don't know why you'd assume that the IBM hardware is better for what you need just because its IBM. Of corse, if you want the really powerful computers based on the POWER series of processors, then you need IBM.
What? They's never been able to make a contunous fusion reactor produce more energy than it takes? This IS news.
It's not really that the area I live in is safe as much as it is sparsly populated(northern Idaho). Incidents like that don't happen very often, but the more people you have the more likely it is. At any rate, it's not very likely to happen to any one person.
The stress from worrying about it is probably worse than the possibility it might happen.
Holy crap, You really do need to relax if you think that some random stranger is going to rape and murder you, hou often do you thank that happens.
So your car's broken down and you're in the middle of nowhere. It's not the end of the world. Just sit back and relax until someone takes you to the nearest gas-station so you can get it fixed. At least that way you have a neet story to tell about your otherwise booring and uneventfull roadtrip.
Get it? The PHANTOM gaming system! No big surprise it's vapor ware. :)
What you read on CNN regarding the reasons behind the Hubble's loss is not entirely accurate. The decision to stop matinance on the Hubble is a resule of SAFETY concerns with the space shuttle, NOT money concerns. The official NASA statement said that they wanted to use the shuttle as little as possible, and that all future missions should be to the ISS so that they can prevent another event like the Columbia from happening. This is a decision that is the result of the study done regarding the shuttle Columbuia, and likely would have been made regardless of any new space initiative. Recall that the the Hubble was going to be serviced last year, but that severcing will not likely ever happen now. Furhter, your assertion that the new space exploration vehicle will not fly on time is unfounded. The requirements for the space exploration vehicle do not call for the developments of any NEW thechnologies. The vehicle is to be designed an built using existing technologies. This removes most of the question marks from it's development schedule. Space vehicles such as the gemini capsule have been developed in less time.
The only reaon web sites advertize is because they need to make enough money to keep the website up. Most users aren't willing to give money to web sites to keep them advertizment free. Of course, they are willing to block the ads which are responsible for the content in the first palce. The more people try to block advertizments, the more prevalent they will become.
If you really want advertizment free websites, you need to pay to make them thay way. If you don't want to do that, you should quit your whining and watch the freaking advertizments.
How many CD's were sold in their first year or so? I mean, this is a pretty new way of getting music to most people, you can't expecte the sales to be comperable overnight. This is pretty impressive considering hoe new it is to a lot of people. I think a lot of slashdotters don't realize that most people haven't been listening to music on their computers for 5 years already.