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  1. Re:THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY! on As Nuclear Reactors Age, the Money To Close Them Lags · · Score: 1

    either way, it seems the people are footing the bill - in your scenario because decommissioning is included in your cents/kwh, in GP's because the difference wasn't accounted for and must therefore come out of taxes.

  2. Re:Did the rules change? on As Nuclear Reactors Age, the Money To Close Them Lags · · Score: 1

    not sure how you read that into GP's post. it seems reasonable that if the goalposts are moved, the person moving them should be held responsible for the movement.

    of course, the laws were bound to change along the line as more was learnt about the process. GP is simply stating that the responsible parties for the cleanup include the people that make the rules, should they change them halfway.

  3. Re:Two sides on As Nuclear Reactors Age, the Money To Close Them Lags · · Score: 2

    no need to transport it - build a new gen reactor in situ. might as well use that land for something.

  4. Re:Happy birthday GCC! on GCC Turns 25 · · Score: 4, Funny

    yes, you need to resolve ALL dependencies to make it work.

  5. Re:Of course on Is It Time For the US Government To Back Fusion At NIF Over ITER? · · Score: 1

    i think you're going to have to re-read the definitions of "Liquid" and "Meltdown".

    the fuel is already molten. what's going to melt? the decay heat is not as much of a problem because it's not going to re-melt, or sublimate, or vaporize. it's just going to sit there and eventually cool down.

  6. Re:Of course on Is It Time For the US Government To Back Fusion At NIF Over ITER? · · Score: 1

    as compared to a PWR or BWR?

    i'm gonna need a citation about the proliferation hazards of these designs, because i'm pretty sure there's none whatsoever (except the "dirty bomb", but a desperate enough trrrst could simply get a few smoke detectors to make one of those).

    some thorium designs actually produce near 100% pure U233, which is as good as U235 for blowing things up.

  7. Re:Of course on Is It Time For the US Government To Back Fusion At NIF Over ITER? · · Score: 1

    Tritium is in no way readily available.

    in fact, one of the first big nuclear accidents was a result of retrofitting a research reactor to make tritium. you can't just harvest it from water. and the problem with molecular hydrogen is it's freakishly difficult to store.

    lithium deuteride might be easier to manage, but i'm not sure on it's abundance compared to the heavier stuff (U238, Th232)

  8. Re:well, i dunno on Is It Time For the US Government To Back Fusion At NIF Over ITER? · · Score: 1

    viable alternative, please.

  9. Re:well, i dunno on Is It Time For the US Government To Back Fusion At NIF Over ITER? · · Score: 1

    minus 6.3 * 1.875MJ * 15 = 177 MW to run the laser.

  10. Re:Way to go....... on Linux 3.3 Released · · Score: 1

    wow, i see Angry Birds is a touchy subject for you. be sure to take it up in your next session, for all our sakes.

    aside from that, Angry Birds doesn't exactly run at usable speeds in Chrome. i'm not wanting to upgrade my hardware to run slow software when a fast alternative exists. i don't want to roast my crutch with an alienware monstrosity just for a few minutes of gratification on the way to work. YMMV.

    no, i don't know jack about window managers. you got me. you're clearly superior to me in every way. i'll be sure to remove myself from the genepool, and while i'm at it, i'll remove my offspring as well, just in case. the world will be better off without my ignorance of window managers for smartphones.

  11. Re:one word on Elon Musk: Future Round-Trip To Mars Could Cost Under $500,000 · · Score: 1

    wait till you see the rage when the internet latency increases with distance from earth...

  12. Re:This is on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 2

    yeah! Uwe Boll must be stopped!

  13. Re:Way to go....... on Linux 3.3 Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the android merge means i can play angry birds without having to use wine...

    the various fixes means my decaying old netbook will still remain usable, and even appear snappy next to one half it's age.

  14. Re:comparative position? on Mammoth "Metal Moles" Tunnel Deep Beneath London · · Score: 1

    no way! they've managed to bend spacetime in such a way as to run a train from London to Shanghai and make the distance travelled mere miles?

  15. Re:comparative position? on Mammoth "Metal Moles" Tunnel Deep Beneath London · · Score: 1

    don't even go into just how many Wellington Streets can be packed into Melbourne. adjacent suburbs all have their own, like it was legally required to have at least one Wellington St, Rd, Pde if you were to be allowed a postal code.

  16. Re:I'm not going to make the tablet mistake again. on New iPad Jailbroken Already · · Score: 1

    guitar tuner is a lot cheaper.

    a control surface for protools/reaper/color/finalcutpro/speedgrade/resolve is much, much, MUCH more expensive than an ipad.

    it isn't as good as a Tangent Wave panel, but it's enough to get away from a goddamned mouse and start grading two handed.

  17. Re:fp on New iPad Jailbroken Already · · Score: 0

    facepalm.jpg

  18. Re:Good on Google Is Planning To Penalize Overly Optimized Sites · · Score: 1

    maybe my mojo is superior, maybe not, but i have g+ and am logged in when i search, and still i don't get g+ spam. i do get heavy amounts of SEO shit though, so i applaud their move to make their engine harder to game.

    their strategy is probably that nobody gets a free lunch. if you want priority listing, you have to pay them. SEO will get you nowhere.

  19. Re:Academic worry on TED Education — Video Lessons For Students · · Score: 1

    if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. better get that youtube/vimeo account dusted off.

  20. Re:3 edu-sites already. on TED Education — Video Lessons For Students · · Score: 1

    i'd tweak the numbers and be a little less closed-minded about some subjects (myself coming from media and art, though mostly doing programming and geek stuff), but that does pretty much sum it up for me as well..

  21. Re:Telepresence on Russia Has Sights Set On Manned Moon Landing By 2030 · · Score: 1

    1. set up lunar microbrewery
    2. ???
    3. profit!

  22. Re:Passport? on Russia Has Sights Set On Manned Moon Landing By 2030 · · Score: 1

    they'll have to take their space-boots off.

  23. Re:Not BS on Interview With Suren Ter From 'You Have Downloaded' · · Score: 1

    perhaps we need another word. i agree that "theft" as legally defined for centuries does not really work in an "economy of abandunce" (there's another term that needs rethinking - the word economy implies scarcity).

    that said, harm doesn't just disappear in an economy of abundance - the scarcity then becomes the market itself. a product can be duplicated infinitely, but there's only so many people out there who can buy or download it. it's interesting what this guy says about initial copies being watermarked and traceable to the original leaker. that is a good idea IMHO.

    i'm a digital liberal to be sure, but i work for a small(ish) film/TV distributor, and let me tell you, when "The Hunter" appeared online, we wanted to kick whoever leaked it right in the tits. it's a shitty thing to do. we send out review copies to people for PR purposes, and one of the scumbags goes and uploads it to some torrent site. there's no reason not to sue that person for any manner of things, though i agree that "theft" is not a satisfying thing to nail the dickhead(s) with. also, chasing regular Joes that further shared the file is futile - that's attacking our market. it's the fuckhead in the press who got the review copy that should be accountable, and a unique watermark is a great way to prove who it was.

  24. poor taste? on Possible New Human Species Discovered In China · · Score: 1

    i could make a poor taste joke about cheap Chinese knockoffs right about now...

  25. Re:Just keep in mind the tradeoff on Indian Gov't Uses Special Powers To Slash Cancer Drug Price By 97% · · Score: 1

    in an ideal world, doctors would read the journals and current literature, and keep up to speed with medicine.

    until that happens, we have sales reps to tell them what's new over a free lunch.