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Submission + - Report details Pakistan support of drone program

Submitted by stephendavion
stephendavion writes: Pakistan for years secretly endorsed the CIA's drone program in spite of repeated denouncements of the campaign, according to a new report by The Washington Post based on CIA and Pakistani documents it obtained.

Markings on the papers indicate they were intended to be shared with Pakistan's government, and in the early years of the campaign, the CIA used Pakistani airstrips, the Post reports.

Submission + - Why should Gates Leave MS????

Submitted by stephendavion
stephendavion writes: I have read many news about shareholders asking Gates to leave Microsoft like Ballmer ... will microsoft survive after Gates leaves it?? I read " First Take: Why shareholders want Gates out " and there I read why the shareholders are wanting him to leave. Thing is they are worried the selection process of new CEO as the it is in the hands of Gates and Ballmer ... and they feel that they will choose a wrong guy again it will be bring disaster to the company. But instead complaining cant they prefer some one to become CEO and send the names to gates and co to choose one? ....

But there is a risk in separating Gates from Microsoft. "The concern is that with both Gates and Ballmer leaving, this may introduce uncertainty beyond initial reaction by active investors," says Al Hilwa, software development analyst at IDC. "One view of Microsoft is that there is a lot that can go wrong that still hasn't."

This para really worries me that letting Gates leave the company may leads to flip down of MS.... Hope everything goes will .... lets hope for the best

Submission + - Top 10 most expensive private jet planes

Submitted by stephendavion
stephendavion writes: Love for the aviation will never have a boundary!!!! We all love to travel in aircrafts to reach our destinations. We use public airlines to do that. But what will prince or a sultan or multi billionaires do when they want to reach their destinations? They will travel in their own Private Jets; we should say Customized Private Jets. There are many people have purchased and using Customized Private Jets. Who are they? Which aircrafts they using? Which are the most Expensive Private Jets are there in the world? Wish to know the answers? Then visit this Top 10 list

Submission + - Average UK Texter Sends Two Million Words in Their Lifetime (cbronline.com) 1

Submitted by stephendavion
stephendavion writes: A study in UK says Brits type almost 2 million words in Text Messages ( SMS ) over their lifetime. That is more than twice the complete works of Shakespeare (884,647 words) and almost four times longer than War And Peace (561,093). Survey was conducted by NetVoucherCodes.co.uk. They have surveyed 550 people.

Submission + - Is Molten Salt Reactor the Face of New Nuclear? 1

Submitted by stephendavion
stephendavion writes:

A new molten salt reactor concept developed by US start-up Transatomic could change the face of nuclear power. The Waste-Annihilating Molten Salt Reactor has the potential to create energy from existing nuclear waste while enhancing safety and efficiency.

An article about Molten Salt Reactor explains about how it can be a face of new nuclear. Some very important facts I drew from this article.

270,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel are around the world right now. In the United States we have about 70,000 tons — that's enough to power all electricity in the country for a century.

From what I read the reactor can use enriched Uranium as low as 1-2%, this is the equivalent of left over Uranium from conventional reactors. The other super exciting about this type of new reactor is how much energy they can get out of the remaining fuel.

The other technology burns maybe one to three percent of a fuel rod; we burn up to 98%.

So let's say a normal reactor needs refueling every 18-30 months, I'm assuming that means a Molten Salt reactor which can use 32x times as much of the fuel potential could operate for around 32x the length of time without refueling; 32x 22 months = 704 months ~ 58 years between refueling which seems astounding.

I want your thoughts about this technology ... In my opinion the main part about this reactor is the safety as we are using liquid salt infused with Uranium .. What you say???

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