Do you understand the difference between radiation and a radionuclide?
The only thing driven by PR is your fear of radiation.
Well, only at certain energy levels. I don't like getting sunburned and I love bananas on my cereal. I prefer not to get too many x-rays and I've had to shit a lump of barium meal that almost cracked the toilet bowl. I had a, IIRC Technesium-90 shot once which was a interesting sensation but otherwise I choose cautious to describe it.
What I don't think you understand is the difference between radiation and a radiation emitter. Radionuclides can be bio-accumulated as micro-nutrients in the metabolism and be deposited in the body via food and water. They can also be inhaled. Alpha, beta, gamma, radiation emitted in the body with enough energy leads to the gestation of cancer some 6 years later with low energy emitters contributing to transgenic disease.
So much that you think being displaced from one's home temporarily is a greater tragedy than the death of family members and losing one's possession's entirely.
10, 50, 100, 1000 years that's temporary, and there are many decay cycles and daughter products of those materials however it's effectively permanent in terms of a human lifespan.
That you would even make the argument is quite telling.
It tells me that you don't, or won't understand it however I've given you the benefit of the doubt by explaining it to you.
I want to know where the TPP legislation came from, who drafted it and why is it so secret that we can't even see the text of it before they introduce it to the house.
They're trying to pass it in Australia and, as usual, they create some sort of leadership controversy bullshit and both parties argue black and blue in the media beating each other up while both parties quietly co-operate to pass the unpopular bill in the background noise.
cite a story about a man whose family & home was lost due to the tsunami, but place blame on the nuclear event
That is because his house is in the Nuclear fallout exclusion zone. If the Nuclear fallout exclusion zone wasn't there he.could.go.home. So the blame for him not.going.home is on the nuclear event because if the nuclear event didn't happen there would be no Nuclear fallout exclusion zone and he.could.go.home.
You said: Try to find stories about those forgotten victims so when someone who had, called you on your bullshit, your response was predictable. It is a consequence of the group think associated with the social proof you are suffering as a result of exposure to Nuclear Industry PR. The educational materials I sent you should help you dispel the idiocracy you're suffering so you can think for yourself, however it is too much for some folks, I guess.
It is unlikely you will have anything other than rhetoric and more trolling in further responses. Please feel free to delight me with your mental gymnastics and twisty turn Nuke fanbois moves though.
How convenient it is to conflate the blame for mass suffering from the tsunami with the nuclear event.
The conflation is there because people can't return to the exclusion zone to rebuild their homes.
Many people have bought into the myth that the nuclear event at Fukushima was a human disaster of epic proportion, ignoring the real disaster which was the tsunami, and by doing so giving a big middle finder to those victims.
If you read the official report, funded by the Japanese government you will see that their findings were that this was, and I quote a "wholly man made disaster". So I think you should take that finger out of your nose before you start pointing it. Here is the link so you can educate yourself.
Many people along the coast of Japan, well outside the Fukushima zone, are still struggling and displaced. They've lost loved ones and their homes. Many will not be able to rebuild in the same place as their old home, but the anti-nuke agenda driven assholes of the world gladly ignore that suffering because they see an opportunity to spread fear.
So much for conflating issues, they are not allowed back inside the exclusion zone because of the radioactive fallout.
Meanwhile, not a single human has suffered any health impact due to radioactive releases from the accident, and the prognostications are that none will ever be detected. (if you feel tempted to post a link to the thyroid hoax study, do us a favor and first learn a little about the methods used before you spread ignorance)
What a despicable attempt to undermine the very little data being gathered about nuclear disasters. What thyroid studies have been done on Fukushima? People have died and are dying. You can start with the Mayor of Name. The evacuees who were tragically let down when their government forced them to evacuate through the cloud of fallout from the plant when predictive computer models told the government exactly where it was that show signs of radiation poisoning. So don't talk about spreading ignorance when that is exactly what you are doing.
Yes, the nuclear accident has complicated matters significantly, and should get due attention, but ask yourself, what do you care about more, an anti nuke agenda or the real human disaster that took place?
Or a pro-nuke agenda for that matter. The real human disaster is still unfolding and will continue to unfold for thousands of years as these toxic elements make their way through their decay products. If you had any compassion that existed outside of your agenda you would make an effort to understand what the actual issues were instead of being blinded by groupthink and social proof.
Do you trust those that are more driven by their agenda than human compassion? Try to find stories about those forgotten victims. It takes a little sifting and effort. Too much for some folks I guess
Quite an ugly troll you have produced there, an appeal to emotions based on others suffering so you can make a point at their expense, a new low for Nuclear fanbois everywhere.
Your point made at the expense of a man whose family had lived in the area for 900 years and could trace their origins back that far. Their house was 300 years old. He lost 4 generations of his family that day and cannot return with his one surviving daughter because it is in the exclusion zone.
Your point made at the expense man whose father was left to die alone in a pile of his own excrement in a empty hospital foyer because his son wasn't allowed back into the exclusion zone to get him.
Yeah, it is too much and your moderation simply proves that Nuclear mod trolls are alive and well. I've found many fanboi nuclear trolls are always fact-lite and big on rhetoric. It is unlikely you will have anything other than rhetoric and more trolling in further responses. Please feel free to delight me with your mental gymnastics and twisty turn Nuke fanbois moves though.
It is disgusting really, and it's all about satisfying Wall Street. Read Cringely for more info, he's being blogging about this IBM situation for a couple of years.:-/
It's been happening for years. During record profit times in the 90s instead of investing in the company they issues record shareholder returns. In leaner times the shareholders demanded the same returns so that is when the chopping began.
The performance system has long been used as a justification for things, especially why you would not be getting a pay rise. I'm sorry, even though your 'individual' performance was a 1 your entire business group only achieved a 3 so you are not eligible for a pay rise, please encourage your colleagues to do better i.e really *be* the asshole.
IBM used to stand for International Business Machines. Now it apparently stands for "It's Been MBA'd."
I've Been Married and I've Being Managed but It's Better Manually now It's Broken Mate. I Believe Magic yet I'm Being Micromanaged Into Becoming Mediocre.
It is not that hard. It isn't difficult to stop eating the processed foods that lead to deteriorating health, you just have to decide that is how you will eat. This problem with "diets" is that it implies they are temporary and that once you have finished it you can go back to eating all the shit you used to.
For me I decided I would design my diet to exclude processed food and include the nutrient dense food I like, including the skin off the chicken(yum!). I'm a really busy person so when I cook, I cook a lot and freeze it. Then home cooked good food is about 10 minutes away.
They myth about fat being bad excludes the knowledge that you actually need it to carry water insoluble nutrients through the cell walls so that nutrient dense foods sustain your wellbeing.
The longevity of a geek/nerd career is closely tied to this. Awareness, cognition and being able to think deeply are all affected by what you eat so I structured my permanent diet to incorporate nutrient dense foods early in life. If you can avoid processed food your own instinct will guide you when you shop for food.
As for fitness, I am 90kg in my 40s and surf the same waves with my body that most people use a board for. I train several martial arts and still whoop guys in their 20s. The physical activity makes me a better programmer because I can think clearly.
The biggest secret about diets is you don't need them if you don't eat processed foods (including crappy sugar drinks) and focus on unprocessed food. Plus it doesn't need to be "organic", just fresh.
The no fly zone around the stadium is huge. From looking at the no fly zone you get the impression it's a selfie of the the superbowl's own ass just before they disappeared into it.
I actually like football however it's so ridiculously commercialized there is no need to "cultivate disinterest", the sheer bulk of advertisements ruin the flow of the game enough to make it uninteresting.
It takes years to understand why your rights are so important. When I was in my 20's I was too busy enjoying my freedom before I really understood what it was. An interpretation of these statistics could also mean "Most people get wiser as they get older" or perhaps people take their freedom more seriously as they gather responsibilities no matter what age they are.
These agencies invert the rights model and that perverts western democracy's ability to self repair. The largest problem with a surveilance society is the dubious exchange of freedom for perceived security stagnates a societies ability to critically examine itself and, evolve behaviour to improve itself.
Government should be a foundation upon which the people of a country build and shape a society. When the organs of government interfere with the functioning of a democracy, it isn't a democracy anymore. The greater the power the greater the oversight should be because no one should be above the law.
There are large segments of the American population who support these activities and I am one of them.
I find the claim questionable first when it speaks for large segments of the population and, secondly how can anyone know what secret activity deserves support?
If you really stood by your opinion and, really beleived in it, you would use a real userid and be prepared to argue your case despite moderation. The AC option is the choice of trolls and apologists. I'm sure the NSA knows which one and who you are, even thoough no one here does.
However, I've given up trying to have a discussion because of the group think on Slashdot is staggering and posting views contrary to the Slashdot hive mind is a quick way to -1 troll. We live in a democracy and people have different opinions. Get over it.
So troll then. The difference here is that at least the community of people here have some respect for your privacy and give you a place to air your opinion. You speak of a hive mind, maybe it knows something you don't.
Really? Now I'm interested. What other problems did they have?
Messaging systems performance. The closed nature of the windows kernel means it cannot be tuned to the granularity required for performance objectives to be met for the messaging systems. Windows may reign supreme on the desktop, however when it comes to serious computing objectives, it's always the year of the *ix server.
As for this issue affecting any enterprise systems, many don't have a GUI on their console, so there is no opportunity to troll there either.
Incidentally, if you want to see a manifestation of this issue on a X11 desktop, pick a program with menus - lets say firefox, position the mouse on the menu so it opens, then leave the cursor on the menu until the screensaver kicks in. After the lock screen kicks in you will be able to interact with the GUI until the task loses focus, then the screen save will lock. It's been around for a while.
Yep, it's a risk for a desktop, if _insert_convoluted_scenario_here_, however it should still be fixed.
In most places people don't like to think. Thinking is hard and people don't want to do it. Solving problems involves thinking and if you save people from doing something they don't want to do they will value you.
Even better is if you do the problem solving and leave them with the 'how-to', you will be idolized every time that solution is used and considered essential.
Agism tries to trump experience but it never works because agism is so naive, so if you can't avoid getting older then grow up slowly and enjoy IT for the fascinating career that it is. Keep the love!!!
If you are in it for the money - get out now, you have already failed.
This "mandated" engine noise concept is so infuriating to me. We finally have the technology to remove both the air and noise pollution at the same time, but you want to add noise to an otherwise silent engine just because people aren't used to silent cars?
Absolutely! Blind people use crossing and sighted people cross the road whenever and where ever they like usually without looking or with headphones in their ears. Having quiet cars is fantastic and mandating them to be noisy just because people are to insular to take responsibility for their own lives means a lot to people people who live in cities near noisy roads.
The difference is that power is also a safety feature. False engine noise creates a false sense of power availability and even though it is unlikely to ever be required I recall a few times when real power availability has prevented an accident because someone else has not been paying attention to the road.
From a petrol head's perspective though, I find quiet, powerful cars very desirable. I suspect this will be the real hidden feature of electric cars.
Wait a minute... MBAs don't do math! They just shout slogans and business speak at each other... or they hire a consultant to do it.
MBAs leverage the synergies created by the exciting opportunities created in the emerging digital economy. They take a holistic, ubiquitous view of an organizations ability to.......BINGO!!!
So, are the regulators that monitor emissions going to fly in random drones unannounced? Presumably they would at least let the plant operators know they're coming...
No. What I mean is that they could be closing down the possibility that a civilian third party, unrelated to either the operators, the regulators or any other officially sanctioned government operator, could fly drones over a Nuclear power plant to gather data, of any kind, related to the emissions of operational French Nuclear reactors.
I don't think that is an unreasonable supposition.
Seems to me they just don't understand why people are flying drones over nuclear reactors and wanna be able to shoot down those drones, just in case it's a bunch of criminals.
They may also want to close down the possibility of people being able to monitor the radioactive emmissions by using drones to gather samples or carry detection equipment of some kind.
Drones may be annoying but they are also incredibly useful devices.
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Well, only at certain energy levels. I don't like getting sunburned and I love bananas on my cereal. I prefer not to get too many x-rays and I've had to shit a lump of barium meal that almost cracked the toilet bowl. I had a, IIRC Technesium-90 shot once which was a interesting sensation but otherwise I choose cautious to describe it.
What I don't think you understand is the difference between radiation and a radiation emitter. Radionuclides can be bio-accumulated as micro-nutrients in the metabolism and be deposited in the body via food and water. They can also be inhaled. Alpha, beta, gamma, radiation emitted in the body with enough energy leads to the gestation of cancer some 6 years later with low energy emitters contributing to transgenic disease.
10, 50, 100, 1000 years that's temporary, and there are many decay cycles and daughter products of those materials however it's effectively permanent in terms of a human lifespan.
It tells me that you don't, or won't understand it however I've given you the benefit of the doubt by explaining it to you.
I want to know where the TPP legislation came from, who drafted it and why is it so secret that we can't even see the text of it before they introduce it to the house.
They're trying to pass it in Australia and, as usual, they create some sort of leadership controversy bullshit and both parties argue black and blue in the media beating each other up while both parties quietly co-operate to pass the unpopular bill in the background noise.
That is because his house is in the Nuclear fallout exclusion zone. If the Nuclear fallout exclusion zone wasn't there he.could.go.home. So the blame for him not.going.home is on the nuclear event because if the nuclear event didn't happen there would be no Nuclear fallout exclusion zone and he.could.go.home.
You said: Try to find stories about those forgotten victims so when someone who had, called you on your bullshit, your response was predictable. It is a consequence of the group think associated with the social proof you are suffering as a result of exposure to Nuclear Industry PR. The educational materials I sent you should help you dispel the idiocracy you're suffering so you can think for yourself, however it is too much for some folks, I guess.
Thank you for providing a clear example of mine.
The conflation is there because people can't return to the exclusion zone to rebuild their homes.
If you read the official report, funded by the Japanese government you will see that their findings were that this was, and I quote a "wholly man made disaster". So I think you should take that finger out of your nose before you start pointing it. Here is the link so you can educate yourself.
So much for conflating issues, they are not allowed back inside the exclusion zone because of the radioactive fallout.
What a despicable attempt to undermine the very little data being gathered about nuclear disasters. What thyroid studies have been done on Fukushima? People have died and are dying. You can start with the Mayor of Name. The evacuees who were tragically let down when their government forced them to evacuate through the cloud of fallout from the plant when predictive computer models told the government exactly where it was that show signs of radiation poisoning. So don't talk about spreading ignorance when that is exactly what you are doing.
Or a pro-nuke agenda for that matter. The real human disaster is still unfolding and will continue to unfold for thousands of years as these toxic elements make their way through their decay products. If you had any compassion that existed outside of your agenda you would make an effort to understand what the actual issues were instead of being blinded by groupthink and social proof.
Quite an ugly troll you have produced there, an appeal to emotions based on others suffering so you can make a point at their expense, a new low for Nuclear fanbois everywhere.
Your point made at the expense of a man whose family had lived in the area for 900 years and could trace their origins back that far. Their house was 300 years old. He lost 4 generations of his family that day and cannot return with his one surviving daughter because it is in the exclusion zone.
Your point made at the expense man whose father was left to die alone in a pile of his own excrement in a empty hospital foyer because his son wasn't allowed back into the exclusion zone to get him.
Yeah, it is too much and your moderation simply proves that Nuclear mod trolls are alive and well. I've found many fanboi nuclear trolls are always fact-lite and big on rhetoric. It is unlikely you will have anything other than rhetoric and more trolling in further responses. Please feel free to delight me with your mental gymnastics and twisty turn Nuke fanbois moves though.
It is disgusting really, and it's all about satisfying Wall Street. Read Cringely for more info, he's being blogging about this IBM situation for a couple of years. :-/
It's been happening for years. During record profit times in the 90s instead of investing in the company they issues record shareholder returns. In leaner times the shareholders demanded the same returns so that is when the chopping began.
The performance system has long been used as a justification for things, especially why you would not be getting a pay rise. I'm sorry, even though your 'individual' performance was a 1 your entire business group only achieved a 3 so you are not eligible for a pay rise, please encourage your colleagues to do better i.e really *be* the asshole.
Innovative, Bastard Managers.
IBM used to stand for International Business Machines. Now it apparently stands for "It's Been MBA'd."
I've Been Married and I've Being Managed but It's Better Manually now It's Broken Mate. I Believe Magic yet I'm Being Micromanaged Into Becoming Mediocre.
It Broke Me.
It is not that hard. It isn't difficult to stop eating the processed foods that lead to deteriorating health, you just have to decide that is how you will eat. This problem with "diets" is that it implies they are temporary and that once you have finished it you can go back to eating all the shit you used to.
For me I decided I would design my diet to exclude processed food and include the nutrient dense food I like, including the skin off the chicken(yum!). I'm a really busy person so when I cook, I cook a lot and freeze it. Then home cooked good food is about 10 minutes away.
They myth about fat being bad excludes the knowledge that you actually need it to carry water insoluble nutrients through the cell walls so that nutrient dense foods sustain your wellbeing.
The longevity of a geek/nerd career is closely tied to this. Awareness, cognition and being able to think deeply are all affected by what you eat so I structured my permanent diet to incorporate nutrient dense foods early in life. If you can avoid processed food your own instinct will guide you when you shop for food.
As for fitness, I am 90kg in my 40s and surf the same waves with my body that most people use a board for. I train several martial arts and still whoop guys in their 20s. The physical activity makes me a better programmer because I can think clearly.
The biggest secret about diets is you don't need them if you don't eat processed foods (including crappy sugar drinks) and focus on unprocessed food. Plus it doesn't need to be "organic", just fresh.
For the electronics lab kits and the TRS-80 that got me started in a very successful career.
The no fly zone around the stadium is huge. From looking at the no fly zone you get the impression it's a selfie of the the superbowl's own ass just before they disappeared into it.
I actually like football however it's so ridiculously commercialized there is no need to "cultivate disinterest", the sheer bulk of advertisements ruin the flow of the game enough to make it uninteresting.
It takes years to understand why your rights are so important. When I was in my 20's I was too busy enjoying my freedom before I really understood what it was. An interpretation of these statistics could also mean "Most people get wiser as they get older" or perhaps people take their freedom more seriously as they gather responsibilities no matter what age they are.
These agencies invert the rights model and that perverts western democracy's ability to self repair. The largest problem with a surveilance society is the dubious exchange of freedom for perceived security stagnates a societies ability to critically examine itself and, evolve behaviour to improve itself.
Government should be a foundation upon which the people of a country build and shape a society. When the organs of government interfere with the functioning of a democracy, it isn't a democracy anymore. The greater the power the greater the oversight should be because no one should be above the law.
There are large segments of the American population who support these activities and I am one of them.
I find the claim questionable first when it speaks for large segments of the population and, secondly how can anyone know what secret activity deserves support? If you really stood by your opinion and, really beleived in it, you would use a real userid and be prepared to argue your case despite moderation. The AC option is the choice of trolls and apologists. I'm sure the NSA knows which one and who you are, even thoough no one here does.
However, I've given up trying to have a discussion because of the group think on Slashdot is staggering and posting views contrary to the Slashdot hive mind is a quick way to -1 troll. We live in a democracy and people have different opinions. Get over it.
So troll then. The difference here is that at least the community of people here have some respect for your privacy and give you a place to air your opinion. You speak of a hive mind, maybe it knows something you don't.
If we call it what it is.
>Unfortunately there is no such thing as a brain pacemaker at this time.
You only need half a "brain pacemaker" in the USA. Half a brain is all you will find.
Search for "brain" on slashdot == "Zero results found"
Now, don't go away mad, just go the fuck away!
Why would I be mad when you have so eloquently proven my point.
Modern pacemakers are exactly that. They can detect when they need to pace and how much and can also act as internal defibrillators.
Unfortunately there is no such thing as a brain pacemaker at this time.
It was more than just issues with .NET.
Really? Now I'm interested. What other problems did they have?
Messaging systems performance. The closed nature of the windows kernel means it cannot be tuned to the granularity required for performance objectives to be met for the messaging systems. Windows may reign supreme on the desktop, however when it comes to serious computing objectives, it's always the year of the *ix server.
As for this issue affecting any enterprise systems, many don't have a GUI on their console, so there is no opportunity to troll there either.
Incidentally, if you want to see a manifestation of this issue on a X11 desktop, pick a program with menus - lets say firefox, position the mouse on the menu so it opens, then leave the cursor on the menu until the screensaver kicks in. After the lock screen kicks in you will be able to interact with the GUI until the task loses focus, then the screen save will lock. It's been around for a while.
Yep, it's a risk for a desktop, if _insert_convoluted_scenario_here_, however it should still be fixed.
Desktops are better suited for developers and smart phones are better suited to consumers.
Then what's better for people in the middle?
A Vic20 with a 4K ram expansion and a cassette interface.
In most places people don't like to think. Thinking is hard and people don't want to do it. Solving problems involves thinking and if you save people from doing something they don't want to do they will value you.
Even better is if you do the problem solving and leave them with the 'how-to', you will be idolized every time that solution is used and considered essential.
Agism tries to trump experience but it never works because agism is so naive, so if you can't avoid getting older then grow up slowly and enjoy IT for the fascinating career that it is. Keep the love!!!
If you are in it for the money - get out now, you have already failed.
That is all.
I wonder who they were?
Depending on how the politeness lasted, they may end up back in the US, or wandering around the arctic circle.
Follow the oowwwnnnnllly road, follow the oowwwnnnnllly road...
This "mandated" engine noise concept is so infuriating to me. We finally have the technology to remove both the air and noise pollution at the same time, but you want to add noise to an otherwise silent engine just because people aren't used to silent cars?
Absolutely! Blind people use crossing and sighted people cross the road whenever and where ever they like usually without looking or with headphones in their ears. Having quiet cars is fantastic and mandating them to be noisy just because people are to insular to take responsibility for their own lives means a lot to people people who live in cities near noisy roads.
Matter of fact quiet is a feature on luxury cars.
So is power.
The difference is that power is also a safety feature. False engine noise creates a false sense of power availability and even though it is unlikely to ever be required I recall a few times when real power availability has prevented an accident because someone else has not been paying attention to the road.
From a petrol head's perspective though, I find quiet, powerful cars very desirable. I suspect this will be the real hidden feature of electric cars.
Wait a minute... MBAs don't do math! They just shout slogans and business speak at each other... or they hire a consultant to do it.
MBAs leverage the synergies created by the exciting opportunities created in the emerging digital economy. They take a holistic, ubiquitous view of an organizations ability to.......BINGO!!!
So, are the regulators that monitor emissions going to fly in random drones unannounced? Presumably they would at least let the plant operators know they're coming...
No. What I mean is that they could be closing down the possibility that a civilian third party, unrelated to either the operators, the regulators or any other officially sanctioned government operator, could fly drones over a Nuclear power plant to gather data, of any kind, related to the emissions of operational French Nuclear reactors.
I don't think that is an unreasonable supposition.
Seems to me they just don't understand why people are flying drones over nuclear reactors and wanna be able to shoot down those drones, just in case it's a bunch of criminals.
They may also want to close down the possibility of people being able to monitor the radioactive emmissions by using drones to gather samples or carry detection equipment of some kind.
Drones may be annoying but they are also incredibly useful devices.