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Comment Re:We put all our eggs into the ITER basket. (Score 1) 305

With regards to the Polywell design you clearly either have not read this paper, or must think they made up their results.

As to General Fusion, they are hardly the only ones looking into magnetized target fusion (just the most ambitious ones) - so I fail to see how you comment even applies there.

Comment We put all our eggs into the ITER basket. (Score 1) 305

Other interesting and scientifically sound approaches are limping along on pitiful drips of venture money e.g. General Fusion.

And while some public money goes into Polywell research, it's produced on a dime when compared to ITER.

Don't mean to knock the work that's done to advance the Tokamak design, but it shouldn't be the only game in town.

Comment Re:better than what we have now (Score 1) 249

Look, as somebody who lives in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) I've followed this story very closely as soon as it broke. There needs to be corrections and consequences imposed by the provincial government.

This only happens when this story is kept in the forefront and MPs feel this is something their riding cares about.

It's really local politics 101. Presumably you are American and think your broken barely democratic system represents how things work anywhere in the world. Thankfully it doesn't.

Comment Re:better than what we have now (Score 1) 249

Yeah, right.

Obviously you have some problems grasping the concept that in a complex urban society is not only the (none-)care-givers that are involved.

This child's death could have been entirely avoidable if the system hadn't completely failed him.

This statue, as well as this faux controversy, helps to keep the story in the fore-front, and that is an entirely good thing.

Comment Re:better than what we have now (Score 1) 249

And what believes and desires would that be, pray tell?

The death of this child touched many people here in the GTA, and trying to ensure he is not forgotten is nothing but a valiant attempt to ensure it doesn't happen again.

If you cannot relate to this, then search the Internet for your misplaced humanity. Maybe reading up on the case would help.

Comment Re:Why is this so important? (Score 4, Insightful) 249

Anybody who would have detected the neglect could have become this boy's superhero.

The monument is to remind us here in Ontario that we have to try harder.

Social services, the school records, neighbors ... there are countless ways this tragedy could, and should have been prevented.

Comment Re:better than what we have now (Score 4, Insightful) 249

"I really don't feel too bad for those who let him starve and now want a monument."

What the F*** are you talking about. The ones who starved him are in jail.

The man sponsoring the monument simply does so because he feels the poor boy deserves to be remembered as a stark reminder that we have to try harder to prevent such abuse.

Anybody could have been this boy's Superman if only the neglect would have been detected earlier.

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