I live quite close to this reactor. I met a guy at the laundromat that said he was working on the reactor.
He said they expected vibration along one axis but were seeing it on another, and that was the source of the corrosion.
He felt ultimately it was a political move to shut it down. He also wouldn't be surprised if the decision were reversed, when people realize what the shutdown would do to electricity rates (double them).
In the local stories I have read that there are suspicions about contamination in the ground water under the reactor (it is on a beach FWIW).
And there are 3 million pounds of spent fuel there, so hot, that no repository in the US is allowed to take it.
I just imagine transporting all that waste by train through the many residential neighborhoods along the track.
A kayak competition is held very near the reactor where people row out, fall out of the kayak, get back in and row back.
A friend took his new underwater camera case to the area, and it is full of small sharks, perhaps there is warm water attracting them.
Not everyone keeps developing mentally. Many stop growing. But the ones who continue to evolve tend to take on a greater number of perspectives. (see studies by Don Beck, Piaget, Gilligan).
So sure, there is the perspective of company profit.
And when you are ready for them, you will find other perspectives like the value of human life, or the moral responsibility of a company to the community that tolerates it.
Software quality problems are pervasive and annoying to dangerous. I wouldn't mind seeing this if insurance companies were prohibited from offering the insurance, and it was offer by co-op.
I think you are making a good point. That capitalism (perhaps not unlike all the other systems) eventually destroys itself left to its own devices. We just end up with a few monopolies and no more free markets or competition.
Unfortunately, not looking like I will be creating anything.:)
The developmental models would suggest, that at the early stages we tell kids the myth of Santa Claus. But as they mature (and if...) then we can deconstruct Santa Claus and help kids adapt to reality. The story of Santa Claus is in no way ever an assertion of supposed fact. It is a myth with moral elements.
Religionists and atheists on the other hand, are making assertions.
These different ways of looking at the world, described by these stage theories, really affect our thinking.
And it is tempting to think our differences lie in our philosophy, but more likely they are, at their root, in our psychology.
When you get a half baked phone that will be fixed a few weeks later with some software updates, who pays for the update data coming down through your pipe ?
If you give credence to the developmental studies (ex. Spiral Dynamics) you see that people move through different stages in their thinking (not a big surprise). And at some of the earlier stages they decide to move away from reckless power-driver behavior to order and structure. Religion is an effective vehicle for this. Of course, religion will create its own problems, hopefully spurring people on to the next stage, which looks more like agnosticism.
I don't see the point in running around making baseless assertions. That goes for the religionists and the atheists.
Because I fully understand everything about radio waves and biology. Nothing in my knowledge would allow for any cancer stimulating phenomenon.
Sheez, go get a religion. Science has no room for all of these dogmatic assertions.
but the developmental studies (Graves, Kegan, Lovinger) suggest that those who don't stop evolving eventually end up with some degree of altruism and concern for others. It appears that it is built into the pattern that our evolution follows.
are not technical, they are interpersonal. Cognitive intelligence is enough to get one started in this field, but gradually developing knowledge our one's own mind, how to work with others, develop a commitment to encouragement, and gaining a think skin are a must. A lot of IT jobs are a disaster. But you can still find peace in the middle of it if you develop the strength.
I read an interesting claim that you don't have famine in democracies. Of course if this is true, it is still just a correlation. But I would not be surprised if the point of the assertion were true; that the flow of information could affect seemingly unrelated things like food or water access, or health care.
I was a blue badge there for a while. In six years not once did I see a senior exec walking the cubes / offices, asking for input, concerns or suggestions. That feedback loop is very important if management has the humility to consider input and integrate it.. Success generally comes from hard work, good principles, and luck. I'm sorry but as long as senior management is stifled by corporate arrogance, there can be no effective feedback loop.
Stroke has affected my immediately family so it is nice to see something that can help people to walk, and possibly enhance their brain function. But who could afford this ? The pool of people that have insurance, insurance that actually pays instead of fighting, is getting smaller all the time.
Look at the development models and you will see some early levels with strong correlation to conservative thinking (everything is black and white, conformist, emphasizing rules and structure), some later levels correlating with liberal thinking (pluralism, concern for minorities, importance of art). At higher levels there is the ability to simultaneously consider multiple perspectives which doesn't make for good partisan thinking. But is great for good decision making.
I saw the interview of Simmons on Shatner's Raw Nerve. Gene has no interest in art, he was just a clever young man trying to figure out how to survive. He had a messed up childhood, and I still see him carrying a lot of pain around.
If you think synthesizers are still a long way off from sounding like the real thing, I invite you to check out the Vienna Symphony Sample library: Audio sample
The orange meme (focus on achievement, making money) meets the green meme (hold on, there are side effects to these actions that cause harm). Orange will not understand green talk.
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I live quite close to this reactor. I met a guy at the laundromat that said he was working on the reactor. He said they expected vibration along one axis but were seeing it on another, and that was the source of the corrosion. He felt ultimately it was a political move to shut it down. He also wouldn't be surprised if the decision were reversed, when people realize what the shutdown would do to electricity rates (double them).
In the local stories I have read that there are suspicions about contamination in the ground water under the reactor (it is on a beach FWIW). And there are 3 million pounds of spent fuel there, so hot, that no repository in the US is allowed to take it. I just imagine transporting all that waste by train through the many residential neighborhoods along the track.
A kayak competition is held very near the reactor where people row out, fall out of the kayak, get back in and row back. A friend took his new underwater camera case to the area, and it is full of small sharks, perhaps there is warm water attracting them.
Not everyone keeps developing mentally. Many stop growing. But the ones who continue to evolve tend to take on a greater number of perspectives. (see studies by Don Beck, Piaget, Gilligan). So sure, there is the perspective of company profit. And when you are ready for them, you will find other perspectives like the value of human life, or the moral responsibility of a company to the community that tolerates it.
+1 !!! The most difficult problems are not technical, they are interpersonal !
Software quality problems are pervasive and annoying to dangerous. I wouldn't mind seeing this if insurance companies were prohibited from offering the insurance, and it was offer by co-op.
I think you are making a good point. That capitalism (perhaps not unlike all the other systems) eventually destroys itself left to its own devices. We just end up with a few monopolies and no more free markets or competition.
If you're looking to create a new generation
Unfortunately, not looking like I will be creating anything. :)
The developmental models would suggest, that at the early stages we tell kids the myth of Santa Claus. But as they mature (and if...) then we can deconstruct Santa Claus and help kids adapt to reality. The story of Santa Claus is in no way ever an assertion of supposed fact. It is a myth with moral elements.
Religionists and atheists on the other hand, are making assertions.
These different ways of looking at the world, described by these stage theories, really affect our thinking.
And it is tempting to think our differences lie in our philosophy, but more likely they are, at their root, in our psychology.
When you get a half baked phone that will be fixed a few weeks later with some software updates, who pays for the update data coming down through your pipe ?
If you give credence to the developmental studies (ex. Spiral Dynamics) you see that people move through different stages in their thinking (not a big surprise). And at some of the earlier stages they decide to move away from reckless power-driver behavior to order and structure. Religion is an effective vehicle for this. Of course, religion will create its own problems, hopefully spurring people on to the next stage, which looks more like agnosticism. I don't see the point in running around making baseless assertions. That goes for the religionists and the atheists.
Because I fully understand everything about radio waves and biology. Nothing in my knowledge would allow for any cancer stimulating phenomenon. Sheez, go get a religion. Science has no room for all of these dogmatic assertions.
I think "Queue the Inevitable threads..." would also work.
but the developmental studies (Graves, Kegan, Lovinger) suggest that those who don't stop evolving eventually end up with some degree of altruism and concern for others. It appears that it is built into the pattern that our evolution follows.
that there is life anywhere in the universe, than that there may be more life somewhere else in the universe.
are not technical, they are interpersonal. Cognitive intelligence is enough to get one started in this field, but gradually developing knowledge our one's own mind, how to work with others, develop a commitment to encouragement, and gaining a think skin are a must. A lot of IT jobs are a disaster. But you can still find peace in the middle of it if you develop the strength.
I read an interesting claim that you don't have famine in democracies. Of course if this is true, it is still just a correlation. But I would not be surprised if the point of the assertion were true; that the flow of information could affect seemingly unrelated things like food or water access, or health care.
I was a blue badge there for a while. In six years not once did I see a senior exec walking the cubes / offices, asking for input, concerns or suggestions. That feedback loop is very important if management has the humility to consider input and integrate it.. Success generally comes from hard work, good principles, and luck. I'm sorry but as long as senior management is stifled by corporate arrogance, there can be no effective feedback loop.
Stroke has affected my immediately family so it is nice to see something that can help people to walk, and possibly enhance their brain function. But who could afford this ? The pool of people that have insurance, insurance that actually pays instead of fighting, is getting smaller all the time.
Look at the development models and you will see some early levels with strong correlation to conservative thinking (everything is black and white, conformist, emphasizing rules and structure), some later levels correlating with liberal thinking (pluralism, concern for minorities, importance of art). At higher levels there is the ability to simultaneously consider multiple perspectives which doesn't make for good partisan thinking. But is great for good decision making.
I saw the interview of Simmons on Shatner's Raw Nerve. Gene has no interest in art, he was just a clever young man trying to figure out how to survive. He had a messed up childhood, and I still see him carrying a lot of pain around.
Raising a family and having a social life are choices.
That's a pretty simple version of choice / free will you have there. Check out the book The Illusion Of Conscious Will for another version,
There is a contraption used to bend the wood that forms the sides of an acoustic guitar. One version of it uses light bulbs.
1 Bend the wood,
2 let it cool in a form
3 Glue it up
4 Profit ! (not really)
Maybe they don't want to give up access to a minimal level of health care.
If you think synthesizers are still a long way off from sounding like the real thing, I invite you to check out the Vienna Symphony Sample library: Audio sample
Moment by moment this universe arises in my awareness.
The orange meme (focus on achievement, making money) meets the green meme (hold on, there are side effects to these actions that cause harm). Orange will not understand green talk.
Remember Mary Schiavo voicing concerns for ValueJet safety, and Stevens tell her to STFU and stop disparaging a corporation ?