Japan's newest nukes are of the very latest design, and all of the plants being restarted have passed the latest safety tests, on a date that has been planned for years. No, this is not some panic move "in response to soaring energy prices" as the headline claims.
"The vast majority of plants under construction around the world, 47 in all, are considered Generation II reactor designs—the same 1970s vintage as Fukushima Daiichi, and without integrated passive safety systems."
Note the last phrase 'without integrated passive safety systems". That is the key. Fukashima required external power to shut itself down safely. Yes, TEPCO could have done things differently - site generators uphill, install a seawall that could actually contain a worst-case-scenario earthquake. Installed a hydrogen vent system. But it didn't. And TEPCO stated for years that the system was safe.
Until you can shut down a reactor all by itself, then it isn't safe.
* For the ignorati, no self-respecting pro-gun redneck would keep a shotgun for personal protection loaded with #8 or #9 bird shot. If he was so wanting to shoot people as he is made out to be, there would be buckshot or even slugs in that shotgun. Hence, he was able to unload & reload in that 22 seconds... apparently.
Not necessarily true. For the discriminating pro-gun redneck, birdshot is a excellent choice. It's likely lethal at close range - where you need it to be - you just can't trust any old pizza delivery guy these days. At longer range it sends a clear signal - don't fuck with me, I'm crazy. Your typical terrorist/pedophile is going to go home and have a couple of unpleasant hours pulling those little pellets out of his ass. And no pesky murder charges.
And it seems to be just the ticket for the new threat on the block - quadcopters.
Add some camo and the drone operator will never see you. No, this guy was perfectly attuned to the current threat matrix.
Actually, Celiac Disease (real Celiac disease) is an immune-response disorder (i.e., allergy). There are four levels of IgE mediated allergic response and non IgE mediated allergic responsesso it gets real complicated, real fast.
Because the current paranoia in the US is that if a person scratched his balls (or some other sexually appropriate part of their anatomy) within a week of eating a peanut, they're 'allergic' to peanuts (and, BTW, gluten, Republicans and cats).
Over diagnosis of true, life threatening allergies is rather an issue. I don't know how many people have argued that I give them an Epi Pen (pure, unadulterated adrenaline) because their kid had a rash once. You can TEST for allergies but most people don't really bother and most allergy tests don't give you a good handle on the degree of allergy (itching vs. cessation of breathing).
This is going to play out over decades. It's not like we will wake up one day and find autonomous cars everywhere. The first vehicles will be hybrids - not always or fully autonomous. The liability for these cars MIGHT be different, but at first there won't be many of them. Insurance companies might not notice for a while.
Over the years, there likely will be a big transition but the insurance companies, the DMVs and 16 year old boys will have some time to get over the twilight of the American Dream.
Oh, and the guy with flags and straight pipes on his POS pickup truck: If I ever find you parked on my street, I'm ripping out your valve stems with a Vise-Grip(TM). Jerk.
No, no. Foam insulation from a can, applied in the tail pipe judiciously to leave enough exhaust flow to sort of let the truck running. If you use the extension nozzle, he won't see this until he has disassembled the rest of the engine.
Subtlety is important. Even if he doesn't get it. And of course, there is always the concentrated sugar gas treatment. It's got electrolytes!
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No it's not. When I read the article (from the Atlantic site) I didn't even pick up on Slack. At the worst, it's a small interstitial.
Calm down. Call somebody on the phone and talk over your issues.
Maybe he means .... the Ribbon.
Maybe they can come monitor my food when I'm at home or out about town, too?
And maybe they can monitor when I wake and sleep.
And maybe monitor what kind of air I breath in my part of town.
And maybe they can just get a direct pipe into all my medical records? I mean, since apparently we give no fucks anymore, right?
I have a better idea: You hire me to do a fucking job and I'll do the fucking job and we'll leave our involvement with each other right fucking there.
"They know when you've been sleeping,
They know when you're awake,
They know when you've been bad or good,
So be good for goodness sake."
And who says childhood never ends?
Japan's newest nukes are of the very latest design, and all of the plants being restarted have passed the latest safety tests, on a date that has been planned for years. No, this is not some panic move "in response to soaring energy prices" as the headline claims.
No, not really.
"The vast majority of plants under construction around the world, 47 in all, are considered Generation II reactor designs—the same 1970s vintage as Fukushima Daiichi, and without integrated passive safety systems."
Note the last phrase 'without integrated passive safety systems". That is the key. Fukashima required external power to shut itself down safely. Yes, TEPCO could have done things differently - site generators uphill, install a seawall that could actually contain a worst-case-scenario earthquake. Installed a hydrogen vent system. But it didn't. And TEPCO stated for years that the system was safe.
Until you can shut down a reactor all by itself, then it isn't safe.
Like that matters around here?
It's a shame watermelons are so expensive up here. This cries out for some experimentation.
You guys are much too serious. I kinda thought the camo statement would be a big giveaway.
* For the ignorati, no self-respecting pro-gun redneck would keep a shotgun for personal protection loaded with #8 or #9 bird shot. If he was so wanting to shoot people as he is made out to be, there would be buckshot or even slugs in that shotgun. Hence, he was able to unload & reload in that 22 seconds... apparently.
Not necessarily true. For the discriminating pro-gun redneck, birdshot is a excellent choice. It's likely lethal at close range - where you need it to be - you just can't trust any old pizza delivery guy these days. At longer range it sends a clear signal - don't fuck with me, I'm crazy. Your typical terrorist/pedophile is going to go home and have a couple of unpleasant hours pulling those little pellets out of his ass. And no pesky murder charges.
And it seems to be just the ticket for the new threat on the block - quadcopters.
Add some camo and the drone operator will never see you. No, this guy was perfectly attuned to the current threat matrix.
You want to pirate an Adam Sandler movie? That is like cutting your nose off to spite your face.
besides even if you are "Gregory House" level what if this one is your 25th of the day (and you ran out of Vicodin an hour ago)
You're really not supposed to be using Vicodin on the job. Patients get jealous.
An evil rich person can govern more effectively (for everyone) than a virtuous but incompetent person any day.
I'll see you one George Bush and raise you ....
A Donald Trump.
Hey buddy, you've got a hell of a lot giant ocean to cover here. That's gonna take some time.
Do you spend a lot of time wondering about why the sun comes up in the East every day?
It was the French!
They're still mad about Monty Python's Holy Grail.
And more to the point, only a few beams needed to lose structural integrity from fire, collision, whatnot.
Those buildings were really not designed to protect against that level of failure.
It's a mistake to think that all "drones" are multi-rotor aircraft.
Yeah, most of the ones I know about work at the office.
Besides, the last time Apple made something that you could take the battery out of was a decade ago.....
Wow. I know Apple fans are serious, but sucking on your iPhone is taking this a bit too far, don't you think?
Actually, Celiac Disease (real Celiac disease) is an immune-response disorder (i.e., allergy). There are four levels of IgE mediated allergic response and non IgE mediated allergic responsesso it gets real complicated, real fast.
Because the current paranoia in the US is that if a person scratched his balls (or some other sexually appropriate part of their anatomy) within a week of eating a peanut, they're 'allergic' to peanuts (and, BTW, gluten, Republicans and cats).
Over diagnosis of true, life threatening allergies is rather an issue. I don't know how many people have argued that I give them an Epi Pen (pure, unadulterated adrenaline) because their kid had a rash once. You can TEST for allergies but most people don't really bother and most allergy tests don't give you a good handle on the degree of allergy (itching vs. cessation of breathing).
Nah, we're still not as bad as killer asteroids or continent sized volcanoes.
Just give us a little time....
Virginia doesn't require insurance. You have to pay a $500 fee to the state, but it's not insurance and doesn't cover anything.
Wow. The perfect tax. You pay the state and you get absolutely nothing in return. I hope other states don't pick up on this.
This is going to play out over decades. It's not like we will wake up one day and find autonomous cars everywhere. The first vehicles will be hybrids - not always or fully autonomous. The liability for these cars MIGHT be different, but at first there won't be many of them. Insurance companies might not notice for a while.
Over the years, there likely will be a big transition but the insurance companies, the DMVs and 16 year old boys will have some time to get over the twilight of the American Dream.
Oh, and the guy with flags and straight pipes on his POS pickup truck: If I ever find you parked on my street, I'm ripping out your valve stems with a Vise-Grip(TM). Jerk.
No, no. Foam insulation from a can, applied in the tail pipe judiciously to leave enough exhaust flow to sort of let the truck running. If you use the extension nozzle, he won't see this until he has disassembled the rest of the engine.
Subtlety is important. Even if he doesn't get it. And of course, there is always the concentrated sugar gas treatment. It's got electrolytes!
You don't use tin hats in biology. You need to keep in tune with Gai's resonances. Tin foil hats are strictly for computer types.