Great! We can build the plant next to your community, since you love nuclear power so much.
San Diego is full of these same dumbasses. We have nuclear power plants floating in the bay but the NIMBYs don't want to put the same tried technology on a local quarry as it might interfere with all the prolific fucking indian casinos.
No we could not. I'm getting tired of seeing this meme being repeated on/.
Several countries are investing in research, but no one has a mass-producible model yet. It will be much more than 1 year before Thorium reactors go mainstream, even without anti-nuclear activism.
If I am wrong please point me to the company that sells thorium reactors TODAY.
There's a little more practical application than "several countries".
... so fuck 'em. My generation had a pain in the ass dealing with all the bullshit that mere existence dished out, so let's just let's just leave nuclear waste, lack of petroleum based fuels, etc, as a problem for forthcoming generations.
Ignorance continues...
Nuclear power generation remains the most efficient and clean way of maintaining the world's energy needs. Simply because America let Carter screw up its implementation and Fonda scare Congress into submission is not the technology's fault.
Much like a recent election controversy in California. An opponent's ex-maid (fore for illegal employment and identity theft) admits to conducting identity theft for over nine years on national television and press conferences. Instead of prosecuting the offender, the state attorney general ignores her criminal activity since it gains him political strength(s).
California, where our government and the SSA actively promote identity theft!
Because no one would pay the fee unless their house was on fire. It costs far more than $75 to put out the fire. This person does not live in the coverage area for this fire department. The department is nice enough to extend service to these people outside their area if they choose to "subscribe". This person didn't subscribe so they don't get the service. It's a simple concept.
Fire dept and police department services are NOT optional. This isn't a cell phone subscription or some opt in bullshit. These are required services needed to live.
But cases like DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services have established that police and fireman have no duty to protect the citizens from which they extort money called taxes. So your subscription theory is invalid as the government has stated it can take your money and allow you to be murdered with no responsibility for either action.
So, if any of the man's (or his family's) taxes were used to fund the fire department during the entire three generations that supposedly lived there does he have standing for a civil suit?
No Stupid we are the middled-aged taxpayers who are working two jobs trying to keep our head above water while the likes of Rand Paul, O'Reilly, Beck, Cantor, McConnell, Bachmann and Palin keep trying to steal what little we have worked for all our lives. We find the bald faced lies that that these fools keep pushing tiresome and find that calling these a**hats an a**hat is actually humorous.
Yes, because Palin did so much to bankrupt the freaking country! That bitch! Oh wait, I always get her and Barney Frank mixed up.
Personally, I think we need to wait on more sophisticated robots before actually we try this, because I don't think people will do well with the long-term requirements of mining out that far, especially in the first stages when amenities are lacking, so when we can create autonomous mining engines, that's the time to begin the reach out there. In the meantime, though, we should be working on the problem of space drives (and we are.) For robots, speed isn't a huge deal. For people it is; speed buys time, and time is the one thing we're really short of.
Better automation tends to be a needs event. Robots aren't going to be invented unless there's a function to perform. There's not a function to perform if we don't explore. I would hope billions aren't being spent to take pretty pictures of an asteroid. Crunch them up and use them for function so we can hurry up making the robot overlords!
I like the merit of this proposal. Developing detailed defense plans against an overwhelming zombie force would require just as much development as any terrorist plan.
Kind words didn't cleanse Germany of Nazi party members. Who gives a crap what they thought, either? The same people griping about this teacher possess the same sentiment that throws (any of) us into a war and then refuses to let (any of) us win. At least the teacher can reflect on the reality of tactics vice some bullshit about love solving every problem. You wouldn't see this in American as our government is full of too many wimps that believe diplomacy wins hearts and minds, and tiddly winks I suppose.
Really, it's worse that you describe. Federally owned ISPs would mean that we all would eventually get a bill based upon what the average user SHOULD use. Kind of like the electric bill I get now where the electric company bases my bill upon some mythical rise from the normal use fairy.
FYI, on the video, they say that you can install it on as many PCs as you want. I don't know what other DRM provisions there are though. It may be just as simple as a CD check.
I never purchased or played Spore because of the DRM. I'd rather not play a PC game than install DRM, especially one that requires network connectivity.
It is correctly called nuclear waste because the potential benefit of having it is a lot less than all the work required to separating it out. Machining very strong, hard, highly radioactive materials is incredibly expensive as the French have shown despite about thirty years of trying to make their reprocessing methods viable.
Another member of the Jane Fonda nuclear reporting club. Sheesh, RTFM.
So much bullshit. There's plenty of oil. The problem is that oil pollutes. I've heard jerks tell how they know so much about supplies only to have new supplies found monthly for at least a couple of decades.
Those efficient plants are nuclear fission plants. Good luck on that distributed wind farms shit. You and Jane Fonda should have lunch.
You misread what I wrote. I did not, in fact, write that individual scientists (or even research groups) don't fabricate research. I wrote that, quoting what you just quoted, "There is no incentive at all for thousands of scientists to be part of some kind of insane global conspiracy that misleads everybody else".
If I was too vague, I apologize. I'm calling you wrong and stating that there is plenty of incentive to the effect. My single article of evidence shows glaring issue with most scientific venues that compete for funding.
Again, you don't understand how science works. You don't "support" a bunch of scientists and then believe everything they say (well, you apparently do, but it's not what you're supposed to do).
Now you add mind reading to your skill set.
My supposition was about the context of your comments. You were the one that beautify scientists' morals.
There is no incentive at all for thousands of scientists to be part of some kind of insane global conspiracy that misleads everybody else.
Obviously, this was not similar to my point as I provided at least some evidence that your conclusion was wrong. Scientist has plenty of reasons to fabricate research. Dollars, influence, or fame. All provide historical proofs as to why scientists would lie. I believe your issue is that you believe scientists you support do not lie.
I don't think you understand how science works. You seem to think that some scientist comes up with something, and then it's the law.
No. Science doesn't work that way. Scientists publish their results, and then other scientists look at their data, try to reproduce the results, and generally try to find problems. You know how you become a famous scientist? By disproving something every other scientist believes. This gets you the nobel price. This is the incentive. Find errors. Be smarter than everybody else. Have better data, a better explanation, a better way of predicting things.
There is no incentive at all for thousands of scientists to be part of some kind of insane global conspiracy that misleads everybody else.
You mean the poor farmer in Bangladesh will experience the same hardship from sea level rise than a Miami millionaire? One loses his livelihood and the other has to move his yacht pier up 3 feet - yes, that seems about the same.
Yes, the 2.8mm/year rate of sea level rise is sure to take away the livelihood of that farmer in Bangladesh... he should start running now, or else he may never escape!!!!!
You don't realize the absurdity of your extremist appeals to emotion BECAUSE YOU DONT EVEN KNOW THE FACTS OF THE VERY SHIT YOUR ARE SUPPORTING.
No, you don't know the facts of the "shit" you are supporting. To start with, Bangaldeshi farmers can't start running because they live in one of the most densely populated areas on earth and the national boundaries there have been drawn in the 20th century to stop traditional migrations. And while 2.8mm/y may sound like nothing, try to remember that a) it has been going on for decades, b) that projection is probably too low and c) it is already causing serious problems in low-lying island nations such as Tuvalu and the Maldives as well as in Bangladesh itself.
So get your head out of your fat Western ass and start paying attention.
...and as long as we can tax you so that you never get to keep even 50% of what you earn, Al Gore is happy! His family ran out of dead Kulaks to exploit so they need your property now.
Pass the carbon credits!
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The Earth is a seismic zone you dumbass. Maybe you should down daily Prozac and find a nice asylum to spend the rest of your pathetic life.
Great! We can build the plant next to your community, since you love nuclear power so much.
San Diego is full of these same dumbasses. We have nuclear power plants floating in the bay but the NIMBYs don't want to put the same tried technology on a local quarry as it might interfere with all the prolific fucking indian casinos.
Wait! It worked so well for Starship Troopers!
No we could not. I'm getting tired of seeing this meme being repeated on /.
Several countries are investing in research, but no one has a mass-producible model yet. It will be much more than 1 year before Thorium reactors go mainstream, even without anti-nuclear activism.
If I am wrong please point me to the company that sells thorium reactors TODAY.
There's a little more practical application than "several countries".
http://yottawattsthorium.blogspot.com/2010/02/thorium-powered-ships-for-navy.html
... so fuck 'em. My generation had a pain in the ass dealing with all the bullshit that mere existence dished out, so let's just let's just leave nuclear waste, lack of petroleum based fuels, etc, as a problem for forthcoming generations.
Ignorance continues...
Nuclear power generation remains the most efficient and clean way of maintaining the world's energy needs. Simply because America let Carter screw up its implementation and Fonda scare Congress into submission is not the technology's fault.
I for one welcome our new computer overload.
Sheesh
What is, "I for one welcome our new computer overload"?
We live in a society where one's humanity is based upon conjecture from nine lawyers. Why should you think anything else would ever make sense?
Trust me, southern California would like this much more than you would.
Much like a recent election controversy in California. An opponent's ex-maid (fore for illegal employment and identity theft) admits to conducting identity theft for over nine years on national television and press conferences. Instead of prosecuting the offender, the state attorney general ignores her criminal activity since it gains him political strength(s). California, where our government and the SSA actively promote identity theft!
Wait, I know what you're doing! It's called lying! Racial profiling works great in Israel. But why let reality ruin your opinion.
Because no one would pay the fee unless their house was on fire. It costs far more than $75 to put out the fire. This person does not live in the coverage area for this fire department. The department is nice enough to extend service to these people outside their area if they choose to "subscribe". This person didn't subscribe so they don't get the service. It's a simple concept.
Fire dept and police department services are NOT optional. This isn't a cell phone subscription or some opt in bullshit. These are required services needed to live.
But cases like DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services have established that police and fireman have no duty to protect the citizens from which they extort money called taxes. So your subscription theory is invalid as the government has stated it can take your money and allow you to be murdered with no responsibility for either action.
So, if any of the man's (or his family's) taxes were used to fund the fire department during the entire three generations that supposedly lived there does he have standing for a civil suit?
Because I'm sure that the $250k of software I just downloaded for work would have been much more efficient in a USPS box delivery. Sheesh.
No Stupid we are the middled-aged taxpayers who are working two jobs trying to keep our head above water while the likes of Rand Paul, O'Reilly, Beck, Cantor, McConnell, Bachmann and Palin keep trying to steal what little we have worked for all our lives. We find the bald faced lies that that these fools keep pushing tiresome and find that calling these a**hats an a**hat is actually humorous.
Yes, because Palin did so much to bankrupt the freaking country! That bitch! Oh wait, I always get her and Barney Frank mixed up.
Personally, I think we need to wait on more sophisticated robots before actually we try this, because I don't think people will do well with the long-term requirements of mining out that far, especially in the first stages when amenities are lacking, so when we can create autonomous mining engines, that's the time to begin the reach out there. In the meantime, though, we should be working on the problem of space drives (and we are.) For robots, speed isn't a huge deal. For people it is; speed buys time, and time is the one thing we're really short of.
Better automation tends to be a needs event. Robots aren't going to be invented unless there's a function to perform. There's not a function to perform if we don't explore. I would hope billions aren't being spent to take pretty pictures of an asteroid. Crunch them up and use them for function so we can hurry up making the robot overlords!
I like the merit of this proposal. Developing detailed defense plans against an overwhelming zombie force would require just as much development as any terrorist plan. Kind words didn't cleanse Germany of Nazi party members. Who gives a crap what they thought, either? The same people griping about this teacher possess the same sentiment that throws (any of) us into a war and then refuses to let (any of) us win. At least the teacher can reflect on the reality of tactics vice some bullshit about love solving every problem. You wouldn't see this in American as our government is full of too many wimps that believe diplomacy wins hearts and minds, and tiddly winks I suppose.
Really, it's worse that you describe. Federally owned ISPs would mean that we all would eventually get a bill based upon what the average user SHOULD use. Kind of like the electric bill I get now where the electric company bases my bill upon some mythical rise from the normal use fairy.
FYI, on the video, they say that you can install it on as many PCs as you want. I don't know what other DRM provisions there are though. It may be just as simple as a CD check.
I never purchased or played Spore because of the DRM. I'd rather not play a PC game than install DRM, especially one that requires network connectivity.
It is correctly called nuclear waste because the potential benefit of having it is a lot less than all the work required to separating it out. Machining very strong, hard, highly radioactive materials is incredibly expensive as the French have shown despite about thirty years of trying to make their reprocessing methods viable.
Another member of the Jane Fonda nuclear reporting club. Sheesh, RTFM.
So much bullshit. There's plenty of oil. The problem is that oil pollutes. I've heard jerks tell how they know so much about supplies only to have new supplies found monthly for at least a couple of decades.
Those efficient plants are nuclear fission plants. Good luck on that distributed wind farms shit. You and Jane Fonda should have lunch.
You misread what I wrote. I did not, in fact, write that individual scientists (or even research groups) don't fabricate research. I wrote that, quoting what you just quoted, "There is no incentive at all for thousands of scientists to be part of some kind of insane global conspiracy that misleads everybody else".
If I was too vague, I apologize. I'm calling you wrong and stating that there is plenty of incentive to the effect. My single article of evidence shows glaring issue with most scientific venues that compete for funding.
Again, you don't understand how science works. You don't "support" a bunch of scientists and then believe everything they say (well, you apparently do, but it's not what you're supposed to do).
Now you add mind reading to your skill set.
My supposition was about the context of your comments. You were the one that beautify scientists' morals.
Obviously, this was not similar to my point as I provided at least some evidence that your conclusion was wrong. Scientist has plenty of reasons to fabricate research. Dollars, influence, or fame. All provide historical proofs as to why scientists would lie. I believe your issue is that you believe scientists you support do not lie.
I don't think you understand how science works. You seem to think that some scientist comes up with something, and then it's the law.
No. Science doesn't work that way. Scientists publish their results, and then other scientists look at their data, try to reproduce the results, and generally try to find problems. You know how you become a famous scientist? By disproving something every other scientist believes. This gets you the nobel price. This is the incentive. Find errors. Be smarter than everybody else. Have better data, a better explanation, a better way of predicting things.
There is no incentive at all for thousands of scientists to be part of some kind of insane global conspiracy that misleads everybody else.
How Many Scientists Fabricate and Falsify Research? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survey Data
You mean the poor farmer in Bangladesh will experience the same hardship from sea level rise than a Miami millionaire? One loses his livelihood and the other has to move his yacht pier up 3 feet - yes, that seems about the same.
Yes, the 2.8mm/year rate of sea level rise is sure to take away the livelihood of that farmer in Bangladesh... he should start running now, or else he may never escape!!!!!
You don't realize the absurdity of your extremist appeals to emotion BECAUSE YOU DONT EVEN KNOW THE FACTS OF THE VERY SHIT YOUR ARE SUPPORTING.
No, you don't know the facts of the "shit" you are supporting. To start with, Bangaldeshi farmers can't start running because they live in one of the most densely populated areas on earth and the national boundaries there have been drawn in the 20th century to stop traditional migrations. And while 2.8mm/y may sound like nothing, try to remember that a) it has been going on for decades, b) that projection is probably too low and c) it is already causing serious problems in low-lying island nations such as Tuvalu and the Maldives as well as in Bangladesh itself.
So get your head out of your fat Western ass and start paying attention.
...and as long as we can tax you so that you never get to keep even 50% of what you earn, Al Gore is happy! His family ran out of dead Kulaks to exploit so they need your property now. Pass the carbon credits!
Do you know what the best thing would be to get rid of most of your problems?
Make them legal immigrants.
Something freely given has no value.