Ever tried to do that in the old system? I know several folks who have had this problem with the old system. Sure this may not fix that, but then the old system didn't either.
In the old system you need to prove that you invented first... in a court of law, with a 1000US per hour legal fees? How did that work out for the little guy?
It simply does not matter what system you have (first to file is cheaper to prove in court, and what the rest of the world has always used). If the only way to test or show something is with a 3 year court battle, it only supports big corporations.
No matter who loses, lawyers always win. Note who the biggest defenders of this system are.....
You know what doesn't mix well? People in space. We are not radiation tolerant, vacuum tolerant, low temperature tolerant or even low energy tolerant. If fact all that extra stuff you have to take with a person just so they don't die is a lot of dead weight. On top of all that there is the huge PR cost if one of these frail meat bags expires in space.
What is it will/. today, the kool-aid on special or something? The point wasn't that others are worse, its that the media over inflate nuclear deaths and accidents so we *don't* have a proper debate.
Myhthbusters only get one thing right. Blowing shit up never gets old. But when it comes to science they are crap. No replicates no discussion of systematic errors.. etc etc etc. In this particular case you need the vapors to be the right % in the air to be ignitable, a pipe line could have all sorts in it (light crude, heavy crude etc) that could quite easily end up in the right concentrations where the ignition temp is about that of a cigaret burning--or being puffed. This could especially be true if some of the more volatile volatiles where in the mix.
When will people understand that liquidity is a GOOD thing?
When it is measured in microseconds and milliseconds? Seriously! And then you bring up trading stocks 100 years ago? WTF! 1 second to make a trade IS liquid.
Cs-137 is the most problematic one after a few days. It not only represents most of the activity after than time, but its in the form of highly penetrating gamma rays (via a beta emission to the 137m Ba isomer). This makes quite a big difference, since for alpha and beta emitters you really need to ingest or breath it, not so with gamma sources. U and Pu are not nearly as bad as made out, they have long half lives and emit alpha particles that have short ranges. Sure they are not peachy or anything, but far from the elements of greatest concern.
However having said that the waste is *mostly* still unburnt/transmutation U238, so if you have say a graphite fire (aka Chernobyl) then a lot of does get out. Again however this is even less radioactive than U235 and Pu. So even then for the first 60-100 years Cs-137 is the lions share of damaging radiation.
One reason for big houses on tv shows, is that its easier for filming and scripting. Plenty of space for cameras and Actors to move around in any which way that the writer/director may want.
Unfortunately this does not solve the phosphate problem. Basically we shouldn't throw away shit(ie in the oceans). Its got some good shit in it (Phosphate).
You can't put a price on knowledge gained from exploration..
Yes you can. Its the JPL/NASA budget more or less. Human missions have fallen very short of good return for the investment. the much cheaper automated/robotic missions have been far more successful for much less.
In other news Insurance companies *do* put a dollar value (read price) on life.
And what would constitute proof for you? People on the space shuttle *measured* time dilation. The atomic clocks in the GPS satellites directly measure it every day. It has been directly observed and measured many many times. If that is not proof, nothing will be, and you subscribe faith to things that require none.
Do some GR and then tell me the math is simple. The speed of light thing being a constant was something from Maxwell equations and *experimental* evidence. Add the postulate that the laws of physics are the same in every inertial frame of reference you get SR. Add acceleration, you more or less get GR (kinda).
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Ever tried to do that in the old system? I know several folks who have had this problem with the old system. Sure this may not fix that, but then the old system didn't either.
In the old system you need to prove that you invented first... in a court of law, with a 1000US per hour legal fees? How did that work out for the little guy?
It simply does not matter what system you have (first to file is cheaper to prove in court, and what the rest of the world has always used). If the only way to test or show something is with a 3 year court battle, it only supports big corporations.
No matter who loses, lawyers always win. Note who the biggest defenders of this system are.....
Considering that the rest of the world has had first to file since forever, i think you are wrong. The quality is no worse elsewhere than in the US.
You know what doesn't mix well? People in space. We are not radiation tolerant, vacuum tolerant, low temperature tolerant or even low energy tolerant. If fact all that extra stuff you have to take with a person just so they don't die is a lot of dead weight. On top of all that there is the huge PR cost if one of these frail meat bags expires in space.
Don't send a human to do a machines job.
price per watt on roof is not price per watt at the plug.
Perhaps now it should be News for Fox News Nerds... well there should just about be a FOX in there somewhere. Is there a better place to go?
What is it will /. today, the kool-aid on special or something? The point wasn't that others are worse, its that the media over inflate nuclear deaths and accidents so we *don't* have a proper debate.
You mean including the 20 new plants already commission or under construction? In my book phasing out would including not building new ones.
Your backing up GP point. Also i heard that more people die from falling down stairs in the US than from guns. Don't recall where i say that though.
Myhthbusters only get one thing right. Blowing shit up never gets old. But when it comes to science they are crap. No replicates no discussion of systematic errors.. etc etc etc. In this particular case you need the vapors to be the right % in the air to be ignitable, a pipe line could have all sorts in it (light crude, heavy crude etc) that could quite easily end up in the right concentrations where the ignition temp is about that of a cigaret burning--or being puffed. This could especially be true if some of the more volatile volatiles where in the mix.
You think that dead nuclear worker was smarter?
It also takes exceptionally good aim.
Why would they have FTL. Perhaps they are not as impatient as us. Perhaps they live much much longer than us and c is plenty fast enough.
We don't treat other species and ecosystems that way. So why do you think an alien species would find nothing interesting about our ecosystems?
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-03-29/
When will people understand that liquidity is a GOOD thing?
When it is measured in microseconds and milliseconds? Seriously! And then you bring up trading stocks 100 years ago? WTF! 1 second to make a trade IS liquid.
Cs-137 is the most problematic one after a few days. It not only represents most of the activity after than time, but its in the form of highly penetrating gamma rays (via a beta emission to the 137m Ba isomer). This makes quite a big difference, since for alpha and beta emitters you really need to ingest or breath it, not so with gamma sources. U and Pu are not nearly as bad as made out, they have long half lives and emit alpha particles that have short ranges. Sure they are not peachy or anything, but far from the elements of greatest concern.
However having said that the waste is *mostly* still unburnt/transmutation U238, so if you have say a graphite fire (aka Chernobyl) then a lot of does get out. Again however this is even less radioactive than U235 and Pu. So even then for the first 60-100 years Cs-137 is the lions share of damaging radiation.
Most of my NZ friends have seed boxes because NZ internet is total crap.
Why do you assume he is white?
One reason for big houses on tv shows, is that its easier for filming and scripting. Plenty of space for cameras and Actors to move around in any which way that the writer/director may want.
So i am told anyway.
Unfortunately this does not solve the phosphate problem. Basically we shouldn't throw away shit(ie in the oceans). Its got some good shit in it (Phosphate).
Its not unfair. Its the reality of opportunity cost.
You can't put a price on knowledge gained from exploration..
Yes you can. Its the JPL/NASA budget more or less. Human missions have fallen very short of good return for the investment. the much cheaper automated/robotic missions have been far more successful for much less.
In other news Insurance companies *do* put a dollar value (read price) on life.
And what would constitute proof for you? People on the space shuttle *measured* time dilation. The atomic clocks in the GPS satellites directly measure it every day. It has been directly observed and measured many many times. If that is not proof, nothing will be, and you subscribe faith to things that require none.
Do some GR and then tell me the math is simple. The speed of light thing being a constant was something from Maxwell equations and *experimental* evidence. Add the postulate that the laws of physics are the same in every inertial frame of reference you get SR. Add acceleration, you more or less get GR (kinda).