1) The regulatory process for obtaining a license to operate a nuclear reactor is fairly long and costly
so... politics. we'll see how well those hold up against skyrocketing energy prices and 20% unemployment.
2) Current facilities store waste on site. At a smaller facility, this might not be possible -- so then you have to actually deal with the problem of waste storage (which would be a good thing in the long run, but isn't happening any time soon).
how does the navy deal with waste on its ships?
how much waste is there?
a smaller installation would presumably produce smaller amounts of waste. smaller amounts would presumably be cheaper and easier to store on site, or to move safely to a storage facility.
3) There are presumably efficiencies of scale with larger reactors[...]But operating and maintaining and permitting costs aren't significantly cheaper....
i understand that the navy can afford to operate a reactor at a significant loss because it's the navy, but the loss can't be *THAT* great or it wouldn't be feasible from a military standpoint.
greater numbers of smaller facilities spread out over a large area, using the technology similar to what nuclear submarines use.
if there is an accident/disaster, the smaller facilities should be easier to contain and if for some reason they cannot be contained, the contamination would be smaller.
Isn't your user icon a pirated copy of an image that BPI surely owns the copyright on? Did you pay them for it's use or are you committing theft by stealing it? Just curious.
It is categorically impossible for piracy to remove value from the economy as it is a creation (duplication) of things... that doesn't remove value from the economy. Resources that would have gone towards that industry didn't disappear they go elsewhere.
you eggheads always break out your logical reasoning and economics whenever someone says you can't steal things.
i got news for you poindexter: piracy is theft and theft is stealing.
the capital of nebraska is lincoln, ok? all the economic hibbety gibbety in the world isn't going to change that.
people will eventually evolve to simply accept government surveillance because the terrorists know that they deserve it. sure, everyone in the united states will complain, but those 6 people who are thinking about taking steps toward the possibility of blowing something up will realize that the government is so busy spying on its citizens that it couldn't possibly track down an actual terror plot.
The US military won't target Americans. It would be illegal to do so... no matter how cynical you are, Mike, the US military is only mandated to conduct operations outside US borders. Same with the CIA and NSA.
The evidence also shows that the government did not act alone. EFF has obtained whistleblower evidence [PDF] from former AT&T technician Mark Klein showing that AT&T is cooperating with the illegal surveillance. The undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails, web browsing, and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers, and provides those copies to the NSA. This copying includes both domestic and international Internet activities of AT&T customers. As one expert observed, “this isn’t a wiretap, it’s a country-tap.
In the US health care system, one would assume that it is less expensive if the ailing would just shutup and die quickly.
less expensive for whom?
the problem with health care in the US is that the people who provide care (doctors, hospitals, drug companies) want to make lots of money, while the people who pay for care (insurance companies, government, consumers) don't want to pay high prices.
so dying quickly benefits those who pay for care, but those who provide care would rather you live a long and painfully on life support.
Re: Ugh. The only 3D I want is me physically giving the finger to 3D...
not in some nasty theater that had some kid barf his 3-liter barrel of HFCS and his 2 pound box of sour patch kids all over the place.
have you observed a statistically significant increase in kid barf along with the proliferation of 3d?
correlation doesn't imply causality, but you might be on to something.
when going to the movies is damn near the same price as taking the family to a major league sports event... And all you leave with is a stomach ache and the stench of barf on your shoes... Well... It's time to rethink movies and their prices.
uh, live sporting events are also in 3d. i think your anti-movie bias is showing :-)
Then I suspect it's time to glue that revolving door shut. Stop Senators from joining any corporation, except in a voluntary capacity that is unpaid.
i don't think it's senators who are the problem, but the vast complex of positions in government for which ex-corporate types occupy, such as regulators, which are appointed rather than elected positions.
the senator problem in my opinion has mostly to do with lobbying.
but rather than exclude someone from government based on previous employment, why not apply the restrictions that already apply to nonprofits with regards to private inurement?
i heard you like DMCA take down notices so we sent you a DMCA take down notice on your DMCA take down notice so you can remove our content while you remove our content.
also in before philosoraptor:
if you send a DMCA take down on a DMCA take down, does that mean a DMCA take down notice is protected content?
or, if if you send a DMCA take down on a DMCA take down, does that take down the original DMCA take down?
And there's my case made for me. Thank you. If you don't see the point here, then maybe, .... No, I think rather than explain this to you--after all, who knows better than you!?---I'm going to leave you there wondering what it is that has escaped you. The suffering is "nonexistent"? And you post from the U.S.? At some point, you're going to discover that turning up the volume on your headphones just won't suffice anymore.
lol whut?
is this a setup for some tinfoilhat-wake-up-sheeple screed where you yell about how 9/11 is responsible for the amero?
I don't like tweets, so imagine this; I don't use twitter. Guess what? I don't get bothered by any "I took a dump" tweets. I have a Facebook page and I've only invited my REAL friends onto it. Imagine that? So I only get updates from the people I actually WANT to hear from.
i'm not sure i understand this. if you decide that you don't like something, you just turn it off? and with that thing turned off, it doesn't bother you by alerting you to things that you don't like?
i'm very new to this concept, so bear with me, are you saying that if i don't agree with a given practice, like polygamy, i can just decide to not do polygamy? and not only can i, myself, not engage in it, i can then choose to not engage other people who do engage in the practice? is that even physically possible?
and if i dislike something, like sports, i can just ignore sports? is that even legal? are you some sort of criminal mastermind?
so what if i don't like a person, like a former co-worker? can i just not have contact with that person? how will i find out what new and annoying thing he or she might be engaging in? if he finally screws his life up, how will i find out?
i'm not saying that you're wrong, i'm just so unfamiliar with the idea that i don't have to get involved with things that upset me. can i just stop eating foods that don't taste good as well?
does this insane thing that you practice have a name?
Morals aren't something you put on someone else, it's on yourself. You object morally to shoplifting, but not to "file copying", but for you, the results are the same: you have something you didn't pay for. Legally you don't have the rights.
wow dude, so we can't put our pirate morals on you, but you can put your IP monopoly morals on us.
if you don't agree with file sharing, don't share files. if you don't agree with other people file sharing, keep bawwwwwing about it, it's super effective.
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Re: Re: why not use a distributed model?
so... politics. we'll see how well those hold up against skyrocketing energy prices and 20% unemployment.
2) Current facilities store waste on site. At a smaller facility, this might not be possible -- so then you have to actually deal with the problem of waste storage (which would be a good thing in the long run, but isn't happening any time soon).
how does the navy deal with waste on its ships?
how much waste is there?
a smaller installation would presumably produce smaller amounts of waste. smaller amounts would presumably be cheaper and easier to store on site, or to move safely to a storage facility.
3) There are presumably efficiencies of scale with larger reactors[...]But operating and maintaining and permitting costs aren't significantly cheaper....
i understand that the navy can afford to operate a reactor at a significant loss because it's the navy, but the loss can't be *THAT* great or it wouldn't be feasible from a military standpoint.
so then it's a question of how great is the loss?
speaking of the navy, there are amateurs at work on fusion reactors: http://gizmodo.com/#!5570817/no-sleep-til-fusion
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why not use a distributed model?
if there is an accident/disaster, the smaller facilities should be easier to contain and if for some reason they cannot be contained, the contamination would be smaller.
here is an example of a small propulsion system:
http://www.atomicengines.com/engines.html
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not recognizing sarcasm supports terrorism.
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you eggheads always break out your logical reasoning and economics whenever someone says you can't steal things.
i got news for you poindexter: piracy is theft and theft is stealing.
the capital of nebraska is lincoln, ok? all the economic hibbety gibbety in the world isn't going to change that.
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i think you will find
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Re:
ORLY?
https://www.eff.org/issues/nsa-spying
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B&N has to enforce copyright *somewhere*
i'll bet B&N is doing these things to alter their image with their publishers. i imagine the conversation goes something like this:
publisher: B&N y u no love copyright? nook makes pirates out of loyal readers.
B&N: ORLY? we love copyright so much we forbid photographs in our stores!
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Re:
less expensive for whom?
the problem with health care in the US is that the people who provide care (doctors, hospitals, drug companies) want to make lots of money, while the people who pay for care (insurance companies, government, consumers) don't want to pay high prices.
so dying quickly benefits those who pay for care, but those who provide care would rather you live a long and painfully on life support.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Just trying to help.
OMFG YOU ARE AIDING AND ABETTING!!!1!
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Re: Ugh. The only 3D I want is me physically giving the finger to 3D...
have you observed a statistically significant increase in kid barf along with the proliferation of 3d?
correlation doesn't imply causality, but you might be on to something.
when going to the movies is damn near the same price as taking the family to a major league sports event... And all you leave with is a stomach ache and the stench of barf on your shoes... Well... It's time to rethink movies and their prices.
uh, live sporting events are also in 3d. i think your anti-movie bias is showing :-)
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Re: Re:
i don't think it's senators who are the problem, but the vast complex of positions in government for which ex-corporate types occupy, such as regulators, which are appointed rather than elected positions.
the senator problem in my opinion has mostly to do with lobbying.
but rather than exclude someone from government based on previous employment, why not apply the restrictions that already apply to nonprofits with regards to private inurement?
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Re: Re: in before yo dawg!
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in before yo dawg!
also in before philosoraptor:
if you send a DMCA take down on a DMCA take down, does that mean a DMCA take down notice is protected content?
or, if if you send a DMCA take down on a DMCA take down, does that take down the original DMCA take down?
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and you'll get neither and like it. you get nothing. good day sir.
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i went to a show by ricky henry from shael riley and he did a chiptune cover of party and bullshit in the usa" which is a bootie mashup.
it was a pretty epic collision.
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Re: Re: Re: uh, wrong....
lol whut?
is this a setup for some tinfoilhat-wake-up-sheeple screed where you yell about how 9/11 is responsible for the amero?
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Re: It even affects the pirates
sort the list of torrents by seeders. "quality" (cams are almost always lousy) films get seeded by lots of people, crappy ones do not.
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i'm not sure i understand this. if you decide that you don't like something, you just turn it off? and with that thing turned off, it doesn't bother you by alerting you to things that you don't like?
i'm very new to this concept, so bear with me, are you saying that if i don't agree with a given practice, like polygamy, i can just decide to not do polygamy? and not only can i, myself, not engage in it, i can then choose to not engage other people who do engage in the practice? is that even physically possible?
and if i dislike something, like sports, i can just ignore sports? is that even legal? are you some sort of criminal mastermind?
so what if i don't like a person, like a former co-worker? can i just not have contact with that person? how will i find out what new and annoying thing he or she might be engaging in? if he finally screws his life up, how will i find out?
i'm not saying that you're wrong, i'm just so unfamiliar with the idea that i don't have to get involved with things that upset me. can i just stop eating foods that don't taste good as well?
does this insane thing that you practice have a name?
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wow dude, so we can't put our pirate morals on you, but you can put your IP monopoly morals on us.
if you don't agree with file sharing, don't share files. if you don't agree with other people file sharing, keep bawwwwwing about it, it's super effective.
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that's a filter and it works. it's the most effective filter there is.
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