I never claimed TMI was a horror story. I was just pointing out that a "melt down" is when the core literally "melts down" through the earth. Also, I wholeheartedly agree that newer designs, such as pebble bed reactors, are much safer...
"even if every single American nuclear power plant had a Three mile Island style meltdown all in the same year",
Do you know what happens in a Three mile Island meltdown? The core becomes so hot that it literally melts down through the earth. As it goes deeper and deeper, steam shoots out of the ground all around the power plant. Keep in mind this is radioactive steam that would kill you if you were to be in contact with it. This is for a radius of miles, not close in... I think the environment would cry a lot more if it was saturated with life killing doses of radiation for the next 10,000 years...
Here's a quote from a Time article outlining this phenonoman
"Though the accident was a type of core meltdown, the ultimate nuclear power nightmare, U.S. experts also called it a burnup. Meltdowns technically occur in reactors containing pools of water. When the water boils away, the molten core sinks into the earth in the so-called China syndrome, a term used by scientists, and popularized by the 1979 movie of the same name, that mordantly suggests that the radioactive mass might plunge all the way through the earth. The Chernobyl plant had no such pool, by contrast, and engineers expect the reactor to be consumed by intense heat."
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"and the delivery of that (unpaid for) service can be detected"
I disagree. They do not know when you are RECEIVING their signal. It's not like you're broadcasting back to the sattelite saying HERE I AM RIPPING OFF YOUR SIGNAL! Receive only, no broadcast back to let them know who is "hearing" their signal.
Is a dog knowing its owner is coming home explainable by science as well? I'd like to see you put that into scientific terms.. Maybe the dog smells the owner 30 miles away? More to life than meets the eye, being close minded is what you are doing here... And yes, it is wildly complicated, a dog knowing an owner is coming home with no cues AT ALL (that science can explain AT THIS TIME). The owner leaves for home at a completely random time, and there's the dog waiting at the door when the owner is still miles off.
Very informative links. I'm thinking the study on the college students was done in a relaxed and safe atmosphere where knowing if you're being stared at or not is pretty much a non issue. Stare at a cop form behind (who dies if he/she doesn't notice someone) and they will, most of the time, definitely know it. Set and setting has a lot to do with people "caring" about whether or not they are being looked at. Very nice read though and thanks:-)
Affirming my first post. So yeah, I'm not going to hold on to my "foolish" beliefs no matter what people say. I am actually posting research affirming my position that poeple do indeed have a type of 6th sense...
It specifically stated to use your periphial vision and not to look. There were other parts of the manual that covered how to prepare yourself to kill a human, this part was directly related to killing WITHOUT the enemy making a sound or turning his or her head around at the last second. Do the test, look at people from behind, you'll be surprised (they'll do a quick head turn and look you right in the eyes)...
P.S., be open minded about ideas that are outside of the scope of "science", I'm thinking the whole idea of a 6th sense goes along with the idea of quantum mechanics, specifically quantum entanglement. There is much we don't know, and a lot to be explored. Just because we can't show how it works now doesn't mean it can not exist.
I was reading a military close quarters combat manual and they made reference to a "sixth sense". It stated explicitly NOT to look directly at the enemy before you walk up to them and kill them silently one way or another. You are supposed to look at the ground by their feet and not think about them before you "off" them. It is amazing to me how many people do not believe that we have a sixth sense, the ability to know someone is looking at you even though they are not in your field of vision. I have yet to see science explain this...
"Some of the latest mobile phones in Japan come with motion sensors that let users detect motion or play action games like those on the Nintendo Wii console."
That misconstrued this to think the phone would let you set it up and only record video when there's "motion". That wouldn't be too bad if you ask me. Little extra doo dad to record the babysitter or some other random recordable thing.
They would not give the reigns controlling national globalization policy to the likes of Wal-Mart, who care nothing about your childs future and everything about corporate profits. What are "The Children" going to do when there are no decent paying jobs left in the country? Hell, what are they going to do when they can't even work at Wal-Mart because every product has RFID sensors and no staff are needed to ring your products up at the register? BTW, Wal-Mart is the largest contributor to congressional campaigns, so what they want is done, not the will of the people, and definitely not whats in the best interest of our "Poor Children"TM.
You're right, hindsight is 20/20. Locking down the campus is not entirely feasable. That's why my first suggestion was to AT LEAT position police around the campus for the day to minimize the time a shooter would have to kill indiscriminantly. I can guarentee you if this happens again they will do just that. It's just a shame that the administration there couldn't be somewhat more forward thinking and decided to take a "reactionary" position to a killer on the loose. If its your job to protect someone, plan for the worst, always... Don't wait for the worst then say "next time" we'll do it right, by that time it's too late.
Sending out an email saying "look out for suspiscous activity" is not the solution to having an armed killer on the loose. If they had dispersed say, 20 police officers throughout campus for the day, that would have been an acceptable solution. If they completely shut down the campus for the day (cancelled all classes before they started 30 minutes later), that would have been an acceptable solution. The initial shooting WAS the warning to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. The fact that they knew an armed killer was on the loose and did not act on it (in a meaningful way) is reckless in my opinion...
I would have to respectfully disagree. This shooting impacts ALL of those in the technology community. It is also probable that a few Slashdot readers have also died in this incident, so I would say that it is indeed "on topic".
link. My question/concern is why did the police not lock down the campus after the shooting in the residence hall. 2 hours later, the SAME shooter went into classrooms and started killing students. If this is indeed the case, I believe it was gross negligence on the part of the police and I would be very disturbed if I was a family member of one of the students killed in the second shooting.
"Hey you piece of greencastle shit.
What the fuck do you think of me [now] that you can['t] control me? Huh?
Ha ha ha guess what I'll wear my fucking piercings all day long and to
school and you can['t] do shit about it! Ha ha fucking ha! Stupid bastard!
Oh and kudos to whomever made this ([I'm] pretty sure I know who).
Get a background."
Wow, to think that the principal became so enraged at this girls posting as to send her off to court! What a wimp! And guess what... She was right and WON!! NEENER NEENER!
If you get caught with weed, even if the sentence from the local police is low or non-existant, you WILL lose the privelidge of taking out student loans and receiving grant money from the state or federal government. That far outweighs any local penalty given out, even if its 30 days in jail... I'd rather take 30 days than not have the ability to go to school and become educated...
I know you say "The End" with much finality, but please be aware that Google has been (most successfully I might add) skipping over links that normal users cannot see. Say a link is the same color as the background, or not visible in the browser, it just skips it. This IS automatically done with smarter bots and would defeat this mechanism. The End.
Ahh, but that's where you're wrong... I was using a bot to rip pages off of a math site. The bot was blocked and I had no idea why (I wanted the info to cram for an exam). After doing a Google search I found the Admin of the actual site I was trying to rip had actually posted a question asking how to defeat bots! I looked at their HTML code and found the offending link (as you suggested). When I told the bot not to go to that link I ripped the whole site! Easy as pie...
Second this, My browser got hijacked. What they do is post a legitiment auction, then, after it has been approved, they change the images to pornagraphic ones to entice clicks. Once they get a click, the Meta tag redirects and injects exploit.
And you ask me why I clicked? I wanted to see what the hell they had to sell!
That Business Method Patents hinder innovation. How is it that one can patent isNot ("allows a comparison of two variables to determine if the two point to the same location in memory"), a one click shopping experience, and other Patently Absurd (tm) business logic ideas that there is almost NO WAY to circumvent and acheive the same result? One can patent a major idea and anyone else that infringes must pay. This is why companies build up huge portfolios of absurd, non novel concepts... Just so they can cross-license patents to even compete...
You make a program at home that solves some simple issue, and guess what... Probability is that you just violated someones bus method patent... How can such a system survive??? How can anyone survive with their own startup business?
I believe you...
The programmer had a if statement saying, if the number is at 4, and the user press's +, do not incriment the integer. By bypassing the screen input, and using the phone, you were able to get the value 5 in (= 5 instead of 5). Once you got the 5 in, the plus button never got caught by the value =ing 4 because it was already at 5, therefore allowing you to incriment to your hearts content. Thats my take on it anyway...
He wasn't "getting away" with anything. He could have been going to a call Code 2, which means get there fast but doesn't require lights and sirens. He could also have been catching up to a drunk driver, and if that's the case, he doesn't need to turn his lights on either, so he can get behind the driver and see how well/bad they are driving...
Slashdot Mirror
Probably would make this linemans job much safer
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PS, thats a helicopter he's sitting on...
I never claimed TMI was a horror story. I was just pointing out that a "melt down" is when the core literally "melts down" through the earth. Also, I wholeheartedly agree that newer designs, such as pebble bed reactors, are much safer...
"even if every single American nuclear power plant had a Three mile Island style meltdown all in the same year",
Do you know what happens in a Three mile Island meltdown? The core becomes so hot that it literally melts down through the earth. As it goes deeper and deeper, steam shoots out of the ground all around the power plant. Keep in mind this is radioactive steam that would kill you if you were to be in contact with it. This is for a radius of miles, not close in... I think the environment would cry a lot more if it was saturated with life killing doses of radiation for the next 10,000 years...
Here's a quote from a Time article outlining this phenonoman
"Though the accident was a type of core meltdown, the ultimate nuclear power nightmare, U.S. experts also called it a burnup. Meltdowns technically occur in reactors containing pools of water. When the water boils away, the molten core sinks into the earth in the so-called China syndrome, a term used by scientists, and popularized by the 1979 movie of the same name, that mordantly suggests that the radioactive mass might plunge all the way through the earth. The Chernobyl plant had no such pool, by contrast, and engineers expect the reactor to be consumed by intense heat."
article
"and the delivery of that (unpaid for) service can be detected"
I disagree. They do not know when you are RECEIVING their signal. It's not like you're broadcasting back to the sattelite saying HERE I AM RIPPING OFF YOUR SIGNAL! Receive only, no broadcast back to let them know who is "hearing" their signal.
here
If we all send him (Obama) the message, I'm sure he'll "get" it.
Is a dog knowing its owner is coming home explainable by science as well? I'd like to see you put that into scientific terms.. Maybe the dog smells the owner 30 miles away? More to life than meets the eye, being close minded is what you are doing here... And yes, it is wildly complicated, a dog knowing an owner is coming home with no cues AT ALL (that science can explain AT THIS TIME). The owner leaves for home at a completely random time, and there's the dog waiting at the door when the owner is still miles off.
Very informative links. I'm thinking the study on the college students was done in a relaxed and safe atmosphere where knowing if you're being stared at or not is pretty much a non issue. Stare at a cop form behind (who dies if he/she doesn't notice someone) and they will, most of the time, definitely know it. Set and setting has a lot to do with people "caring" about whether or not they are being looked at. Very nice read though and thanks :-)
Affirming my first post. So yeah, I'm not going to hold on to my "foolish" beliefs no matter what people say. I am actually posting research affirming my position that poeple do indeed have a type of 6th sense...
link
It specifically stated to use your periphial vision and not to look. There were other parts of the manual that covered how to prepare yourself to kill a human, this part was directly related to killing WITHOUT the enemy making a sound or turning his or her head around at the last second. Do the test, look at people from behind, you'll be surprised (they'll do a quick head turn and look you right in the eyes)...
P.S., be open minded about ideas that are outside of the scope of "science", I'm thinking the whole idea of a 6th sense goes along with the idea of quantum mechanics, specifically quantum entanglement. There is much we don't know, and a lot to be explored. Just because we can't show how it works now doesn't mean it can not exist.
Quantum Entanglement
I was reading a military close quarters combat manual and they made reference to a "sixth sense". It stated explicitly NOT to look directly at the enemy before you walk up to them and kill them silently one way or another. You are supposed to look at the ground by their feet and not think about them before you "off" them. It is amazing to me how many people do not believe that we have a sixth sense, the ability to know someone is looking at you even though they are not in your field of vision. I have yet to see science explain this...
"Some of the latest mobile phones in Japan come with motion sensors that let users detect motion or play action games like those on the Nintendo Wii console."
That misconstrued this to think the phone would let you set it up and only record video when there's "motion". That wouldn't be too bad if you ask me. Little extra doo dad to record the babysitter or some other random recordable thing.
They would not give the reigns controlling national globalization policy to the likes of Wal-Mart, who care nothing about your childs future and everything about corporate profits. What are "The Children" going to do when there are no decent paying jobs left in the country? Hell, what are they going to do when they can't even work at Wal-Mart because every product has RFID sensors and no staff are needed to ring your products up at the register? BTW, Wal-Mart is the largest contributor to congressional campaigns, so what they want is done, not the will of the people, and definitely not whats in the best interest of our "Poor Children"TM.
You're right, hindsight is 20/20. Locking down the campus is not entirely feasable. That's why my first suggestion was to AT LEAT position police around the campus for the day to minimize the time a shooter would have to kill indiscriminantly. I can guarentee you if this happens again they will do just that. It's just a shame that the administration there couldn't be somewhat more forward thinking and decided to take a "reactionary" position to a killer on the loose. If its your job to protect someone, plan for the worst, always... Don't wait for the worst then say "next time" we'll do it right, by that time it's too late.
Sending out an email saying "look out for suspiscous activity" is not the solution to having an armed killer on the loose. If they had dispersed say, 20 police officers throughout campus for the day, that would have been an acceptable solution. If they completely shut down the campus for the day (cancelled all classes before they started 30 minutes later), that would have been an acceptable solution. The initial shooting WAS the warning to hope for the best but prepare for the worst. The fact that they knew an armed killer was on the loose and did not act on it (in a meaningful way) is reckless in my opinion...
I would have to respectfully disagree. This shooting impacts ALL of those in the technology community. It is also probable that a few Slashdot readers have also died in this incident, so I would say that it is indeed "on topic".
link. My question/concern is why did the police not lock down the campus after the shooting in the residence hall. 2 hours later, the SAME shooter went into classrooms and started killing students. If this is indeed the case, I believe it was gross negligence on the part of the police and I would be very disturbed if I was a family member of one of the students killed in the second shooting.
"Hey you piece of greencastle shit. What the fuck do you think of me [now] that you can['t] control me? Huh? Ha ha ha guess what I'll wear my fucking piercings all day long and to school and you can['t] do shit about it! Ha ha fucking ha! Stupid bastard! Oh and kudos to whomever made this ([I'm] pretty sure I know who). Get a background." Wow, to think that the principal became so enraged at this girls posting as to send her off to court! What a wimp! And guess what... She was right and WON!! NEENER NEENER!
If you get caught with weed, even if the sentence from the local police is low or non-existant, you WILL lose the privelidge of taking out student loans and receiving grant money from the state or federal government. That far outweighs any local penalty given out, even if its 30 days in jail... I'd rather take 30 days than not have the ability to go to school and become educated...
The diaper was just to prove how much she loved him!
I know you say "The End" with much finality, but please be aware that Google has been (most successfully I might add) skipping over links that normal users cannot see. Say a link is the same color as the background, or not visible in the browser, it just skips it. This IS automatically done with smarter bots and would defeat this mechanism. The End.
Ahh, but that's where you're wrong... I was using a bot to rip pages off of a math site. The bot was blocked and I had no idea why (I wanted the info to cram for an exam). After doing a Google search I found the Admin of the actual site I was trying to rip had actually posted a question asking how to defeat bots! I looked at their HTML code and found the offending link (as you suggested). When I told the bot not to go to that link I ripped the whole site! Easy as pie...
Second this, My browser got hijacked. What they do is post a legitiment auction, then, after it has been approved, they change the images to pornagraphic ones to entice clicks. Once they get a click, the Meta tag redirects and injects exploit.
And you ask me why I clicked? I wanted to see what the hell they had to sell!
That Business Method Patents hinder innovation. How is it that one can patent isNot ("allows a comparison of two variables to determine if the two point to the same location in memory"), a one click shopping experience, and other Patently Absurd (tm) business logic ideas that there is almost NO WAY to circumvent and acheive the same result? One can patent a major idea and anyone else that infringes must pay. This is why companies build up huge portfolios of absurd, non novel concepts... Just so they can cross-license patents to even compete...
You make a program at home that solves some simple issue, and guess what... Probability is that you just violated someones bus method patent... How can such a system survive??? How can anyone survive with their own startup business?
I believe you... The programmer had a if statement saying, if the number is at 4, and the user press's +, do not incriment the integer. By bypassing the screen input, and using the phone, you were able to get the value 5 in (= 5 instead of 5). Once you got the 5 in, the plus button never got caught by the value =ing 4 because it was already at 5, therefore allowing you to incriment to your hearts content. Thats my take on it anyway...
He wasn't "getting away" with anything. He could have been going to a call Code 2, which means get there fast but doesn't require lights and sirens. He could also have been catching up to a drunk driver, and if that's the case, he doesn't need to turn his lights on either, so he can get behind the driver and see how well/bad they are driving...