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Comment Re:Keystone XL (Score 1) 411

That is a fantastic statistic until you realize most other minerals have less assured resource potential. Companies only start exploring for deposits when it makes sense so there is always about 100 years of found exploitable deposits. In the crust uranium is estimated to be as common as tin and zinc. It is a limited amount, but it isn't like you make it seem. Ideally we should be moving to solar power, but nuclear is viable in the current term and is much better than oil or gas for the environment.

Comment Re:Dangerous (Score 2) 490

This is the proper mentality. Motorcycle user do this all the time. You drive as defensively as you reasonable can so you don't end up an organ donor. Cars do it around transport trucks. With bicycles I think there a conflict of interests regarding the labour intensiveness of the activity that overrides some peoples safety judgement.

Comment Re:What ever happened to good old bullets? (Score 1) 1198

A properly designed hanging also works this way. Hell, build in a safety factor with extra height and the head literally pops off. No funny contraptions or risk of a ricocheting bullet. Lethal injection is probably one of the worst methods of performing the death penalty. It just looks cleaner. There is just too much unreliability in how the individual reacts to the medication.

Comment Reference Letter (Score 1) 245

When I got my drivers license I didn't have any photo ID. In Ontario there is a vouching system so you use your doctor, dentist, pastor, or other licensed person of notability to confirm your identity. They have to have known you for a period greater than 5 years which is pretty easy with those individuals. I think they risk their professional licensing so the fraud is very low. Hopefully you don't have a party at your house with all the professionals you know and you leave to get more beer when it explodes. Then I have no idea what you would do.

Comment Re:The gap seems reasonable (Score 1) 179

I think the majority of the problem is that Microsoft stock isn't seen as a risky growing company stock. The stockholders aren't expecting quarters with losses. Taking a loss on the tablets is hurting the shareholders profit margin and they aren't happy about it. I think the same concerns were raised with the initial performance of the Xbox so they will probably see it through and improve the tablet. The stockholders will just sit there grinding their teeth.

Comment Re:Still need atmospheric pressure to syphon (Score 1) 360

No that is incorrect. He showed that the atmospheric pressure value dropped out of the flow equations. The flow is caused by the difference in pressure generated directly from gravity acting on the columns of water. From what I understood, this is why the predicted cavitation, and break down of the siphon action, occurred when the pressure, not the pressure difference, at the siphon apex dropped to the vapour pressure of water.

Comment Re:how many of these people don't want to retire? (Score 4, Interesting) 341

My grandfather started pumping gas part time once he retired. He had to stop when he physically was unable to continue working. He fell one day and messed up his shoulder really bad. We, the family, are still convinced he finished pumping for the customer before seeking medical attention. I think it is all about the mindset of the individual. Some people love to work. It gives them purpose.

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