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Comment A similar experience (Score 2) 312

I had a similar experience, from the other side of the spectrum. I was the summer intern doing a project that required digging through the paper archives to find some hardware data that was to be entered into a computer simulation.

It was nowhere to be found. What was documented for this perticular plant was little more than the type of equipment used. Not it's technical ratings or anything. Just what was there. And good luck finding any of that documentation only.

I also found full documentation for a plant that'd been shut down decades ago. Then demolished. And was now a blank wasteland. "In the hope they would be useful"

Comment Re:Underwater (Score 1) 247

This is a superb idea. Though, it can be difficult at times, especially if you accidentally stick a heft saw through your container. As a compromise maybe just keep the board wetted down and damp.

Running water or oil across the cutting area, or some sort of cutting fluid may be a good idea. Though that exactly depends on what OP is using to cut the things.

Japan

Submission + - Possible Breach In Fukushima Reactor (ibtimes.com)

RedEaredSlider writes: Reports are coming from Japan that one of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have suffered a breach to the reactor containment vessel, which would mean a much greater release of radiation than has happened so far.

If the reactor vessel was breached, it will be much harder to contain radioactive contaminants, as the radioactive steam inside the pressure vessel could leak into the air. If the reactor suffers a partial meltdown, liquefied nuclear fuel could also escape.

At a press conference on Friday morning (Japan time) Hidehiko Nishiyama, deputy director-general of the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, said when three workers entered the turbine building at the number 3 reactor, they stepped in to water that was highly radioactive. The workers suffered burns and were hospitalized. The water was 10,000 times more radioactive than it would normally be, according to Asahi Shinbun.

Comment I live in Ireland (Score 2) 562

I live in Ireland. We don't have major national emergencies. Just irritations.

Barring a meteorite, nothing bad will ever happen here. Nothing bad ever happens here. No hurricanes. No earthquakes. No volcanoes. No tornadoes. No wars. No terrorism(not anymore anyway). Small floods that only annoy at worst. Most peaceful and safe country on the planet. So why prepare for an emergency that isn't going to happen?

Comment False Positives (Score 4, Interesting) 437

And yet, there will also be false positives.

I did poorly on one test. Noticing this, I studied hard and greatly improved my grade in the next test. Would this flag up a warning that I'm a cheater?

Or for that matter, doing better on the 'harder' questions. Perhaps I decided to concentrate on doing those questions because they offered higher marks than the easier questions, or because I had a natural aptitude for some elements. I may have elected to study those materials harder.

Professors can't rely solely on 'statistical anomalies'. Illogical patterns may well have an explanation that has nothing at all to do with cheating or advanced knowledge of the test. Of course, we all know just how lazy a minority of our lecturers are.... and how likely they'd be to take the word of this agency as gospel.

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