You mean like Centralia, PA and the surrounding area, most likely to remain uninhabitable for the next 250 to 1000 years? You can find a list of man-made coal fires and exactly how they can turn large areas into toxic wasteland.
Those film-makers also failed to note that a majority of the radiation they were detecting is radioactive Iodine 131, which is the element with the highest production rate in the fission process. It has a half life of 8 days. Within two months, as long as no new material is being added to the area, those reading will be significantly lower.
The problem is really one of resource allocation: every dollar you spend on medical treatments is a dollar you don't spend on education, research, public health, etc. That only makes sense if that dollar spent on medical treatments saves more lives and produces more happiness than if you spent it somewhere else.
You mean like how we spend over $200 billion more on our military than the entire rest of the planet combined? I fail to see how those dollars are making me any happier.
Sorry, but sane resource allocation hasn't existed since being a congressman became a well paying career choice.
If you want quality talent, and people more difficult to bribe/influence, you MUST pay them well.
Bullshit. If you want quality people with morality then you hire quality people with morality. And just because you're at the "TOP" does not mean you worked your ass off to get there. That's why the most likely way in this country to become a millionaire these days is to be the lucky sperm.
Well, using breeder reactors you can recycle the same fuel rods for 60 times more energy before they become too spent to produce anything useful. This greatly reduces the amount of waste and reduces thousands of years of storage to hundreds of years of storage.
However, building breeder reactors is not allowed in the US. France on the other hand, which gets 70% of it's power from nuclear energy, is more than happy to take other people's nuclear waste and old plutonium cores and turn it into fuel for their reactors.
When it comes to nuclear energy, we're doing it wrong.
Ha! You think media fear mongering is bad? Just wait until they realize the massive profits that can be made by selling wars! Then you'll see....oh damn it.
Nonsense. Windows works because they spend a lot of time making sure that it works across the widest range of hardware and software possible. I've done many installs on many different machines and hardware setups and the only installations problems I've encounter have been a result of dead or dying hardware.
Linux has gotten a lot better over the years, but I still wouldn't just hand an install CD/DVD to a general user and expect no issues, especially if they were installing on a laptop. Fortunately, most people who use Linux aren't general users and are tech savvy enough to solve their own problems. For general users I hand them a live CD/DVD and have them play with it, and if it appears everything is working (sound/video/network/etc) then go ahead and install it.
Depends on the glass, but don't count on it. Most glass is opaque in infrared. Then you have to worry about attenuation. Glass may be transparent but it is still only letting through a certain amount of light.
You'd probably have better luck with a high powered visible laser.
You're immediately assuming a dictatorship is authoritarian. A benevolent dictator could quite easily lay down the rules and allow people to do whatever they want within those rules. Sort of like what we have now except much more efficient.
All forms of government besides pure anarchy violates the right of the people to self-determination. All laws and regulations restrict what you can and can't do without legal repercussions. The only difference between the forms of government is how those laws and rules come about.
We're going to ignore the fact that this is more accurate, as a democracy is where everyone makes every decision, which is impractical on any large scale, while a republic is where we elect people to make decisions for us.
I think congress has demonstrated that this is impractical as well.
No I wasn't implying that the right thing to do is firing the teacher. I was stating what the likely result would be because of the pitchfork-and-torch crowd. And it's not so much the employment sector, rater it is the jobs that put men (who are always potential pedophiles according to society) in proximity with kids.
I like the idea of public apologies in front of millions, but it won't work with the way our society treats kids. It would be "too traumatic" for them. Those poor, innocent children. They didn't know any better. Which, of course, is a load of crap.
A child accusing someone of being a pedophile WILL NOT be treated lightly. Nor will it be ignored. There will be an investigation, even if the allegations are wildly false. The teacher's reputation will be damaged, and the school will most likely have to fire the teacher to appease the torch-and-pitchfork crowd.
It's not a matter of legal justice. It's a matter of popular perception. In cases of children accusing teachers of being pedophiles (especially if the teacher is male), it doesn't matter whether the allegation is false. It doesn't matter if the teacher is found innocent. Their reputation is destroyed and they will forever be overshadowed by the suspicion of possibly being a pedophile.
So while I agree with you that an accusation such as this shouldn't have any impact unless proven true, that is not how our society works. Even being accused of pedophilia can destroy your life to the point where you have to move, change your name, and possibly your profession.
Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947. More commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. It's the world's most popular assault rifle. A weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple 9 pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood. It doesn't break, jam, or overheat. It'll shoot whether it's covered in mud or filled with sand. It's so easy, even a child can use it; and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag. Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure, no one was lining up to buy their cars.
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You mean like Centralia, PA and the surrounding area, most likely to remain uninhabitable for the next 250 to 1000 years? You can find a list of man-made coal fires and exactly how they can turn large areas into toxic wasteland.
Those film-makers also failed to note that a majority of the radiation they were detecting is radioactive Iodine 131, which is the element with the highest production rate in the fission process. It has a half life of 8 days. Within two months, as long as no new material is being added to the area, those reading will be significantly lower.
"now where are the Sharks?"
In the water.
The problem is really one of resource allocation: every dollar you spend on medical treatments is a dollar you don't spend on education, research, public health, etc. That only makes sense if that dollar spent on medical treatments saves more lives and produces more happiness than if you spent it somewhere else.
You mean like how we spend over $200 billion more on our military than the entire rest of the planet combined? I fail to see how those dollars are making me any happier.
Sorry, but sane resource allocation hasn't existed since being a congressman became a well paying career choice.
If you want quality talent, and people more difficult to bribe/influence, you MUST pay them well.
Bullshit. If you want quality people with morality then you hire quality people with morality. And just because you're at the "TOP" does not mean you worked your ass off to get there. That's why the most likely way in this country to become a millionaire these days is to be the lucky sperm.
Well, using breeder reactors you can recycle the same fuel rods for 60 times more energy before they become too spent to produce anything useful. This greatly reduces the amount of waste and reduces thousands of years of storage to hundreds of years of storage.
However, building breeder reactors is not allowed in the US. France on the other hand, which gets 70% of it's power from nuclear energy, is more than happy to take other people's nuclear waste and old plutonium cores and turn it into fuel for their reactors.
When it comes to nuclear energy, we're doing it wrong.
And how, pray tell, would this had been different if McCain were sitting in the Oval Office?
Exactly. It wouldn't.
Vote Republicrat for 2012! You can't lose!
I do and right now it is my highest stat! w00t!
Wait, what were we talking about again?
You know, I certainly hope you don't live to regret those words.
America!
FUCK YEAH!
We're bombing Libya, awe'll win the fucking day!
Ha! You think media fear mongering is bad? Just wait until they realize the massive profits that can be made by selling wars! Then you'll see....oh damn it.
Radiation sickness becomes apparent at 650-750 mSv. Radiation poisoning occurs around 3 Sv. The 50% mortality rate is 4.5 Sv, and 100% is around 8 Sv.
There isn't a god or goddess out there that can punish you more than their followers can.
Physics on the other hand, will always punish you the same way. :)
You say that like it doesn't happen already.
The Japanese have been cited before for safety violations at their nuclear plants.
Stupidity, arrogance, and greed are not domains of any one single race.
Nonsense. Windows works because they spend a lot of time making sure that it works across the widest range of hardware and software possible. I've done many installs on many different machines and hardware setups and the only installations problems I've encounter have been a result of dead or dying hardware.
Linux has gotten a lot better over the years, but I still wouldn't just hand an install CD/DVD to a general user and expect no issues, especially if they were installing on a laptop. Fortunately, most people who use Linux aren't general users and are tech savvy enough to solve their own problems. For general users I hand them a live CD/DVD and have them play with it, and if it appears everything is working (sound/video/network/etc) then go ahead and install it.
Or a big hit in the bible belt.
There's no way anyone could ever use a hair dryer that big.
Depends on the glass, but don't count on it. Most glass is opaque in infrared. Then you have to worry about attenuation. Glass may be transparent but it is still only letting through a certain amount of light.
You'd probably have better luck with a high powered visible laser.
Really? And why is that?
You're immediately assuming a dictatorship is authoritarian. A benevolent dictator could quite easily lay down the rules and allow people to do whatever they want within those rules. Sort of like what we have now except much more efficient.
All forms of government besides pure anarchy violates the right of the people to self-determination. All laws and regulations restrict what you can and can't do without legal repercussions. The only difference between the forms of government is how those laws and rules come about.
Didn't anyone point out to Senator Madsen that socialism IS NOT A FORM OF GOVERNMENT?
Everyday I become more convinced this country is sliding down the slope of failure.
We're going to ignore the fact that this is more accurate, as a democracy is where everyone makes every decision, which is impractical on any large scale, while a republic is where we elect people to make decisions for us.
I think congress has demonstrated that this is impractical as well.
No I wasn't implying that the right thing to do is firing the teacher. I was stating what the likely result would be because of the pitchfork-and-torch crowd. And it's not so much the employment sector, rater it is the jobs that put men (who are always potential pedophiles according to society) in proximity with kids.
I like the idea of public apologies in front of millions, but it won't work with the way our society treats kids. It would be "too traumatic" for them. Those poor, innocent children. They didn't know any better. Which, of course, is a load of crap.
A child accusing someone of being a pedophile WILL NOT be treated lightly. Nor will it be ignored. There will be an investigation, even if the allegations are wildly false. The teacher's reputation will be damaged, and the school will most likely have to fire the teacher to appease the torch-and-pitchfork crowd.
It's not a matter of legal justice. It's a matter of popular perception. In cases of children accusing teachers of being pedophiles (especially if the teacher is male), it doesn't matter whether the allegation is false. It doesn't matter if the teacher is found innocent. Their reputation is destroyed and they will forever be overshadowed by the suspicion of possibly being a pedophile.
So while I agree with you that an accusation such as this shouldn't have any impact unless proven true, that is not how our society works. Even being accused of pedophilia can destroy your life to the point where you have to move, change your name, and possibly your profession.
Expulsion is going light on these idiots.
By quite a bit. The article has the paper, along with multiple images and chemical analysis from various other meteorites.
From The Lord Of War:
Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947. More commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. It's the world's most popular assault rifle. A weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple 9 pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood. It doesn't break, jam, or overheat. It'll shoot whether it's covered in mud or filled with sand. It's so easy, even a child can use it; and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag. Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure, no one was lining up to buy their cars.