There are a number of Thorium reactors out there. Some of them are still in service.

You know, I have to say that SL-1 was the result of bad reactor design, not operator error. The design of the control rod made an accident like that possible with any human operator, regardless of their training or care. One stuck rod shouldn't cause a criticality accident.

This is obviously an attempt to stereotype all bears as pedophiles. This might make it politically easier to allow the hunting of brown and black bears in the county. It would also humiliate and shame the Downtown Association's bear that appears at farmers' market, helping to reduce the amount of "organic produce" in the county. Plus, it would allow the SLO Sheriff to seize the bear fountain in downtown SLO city, because it's "Just like the one that I [one of the deputies] wanted". Plus, it helps distract from other pressing issues. In fact, it makes a whole lot of sense for the Sheriff to issue an APB on pedobear.

He is hosting it on a proper server. From TFA:

A university spokesman said: “UCL does not approve of or condone this site. We therefore advised the student to take the site down, but he declined to do this. UCL has no jurisdiction over the site, as it is not UCL-hosted. We have, however, taken disciplinary action against the student for bringing the college into disrepute and he has been fined.”

You know what is bad, I acctually had to Google to find out which one would have a fine arts department that would survive the summer. And I'm a CPSLO student.

We are, and have almost always been a "bastion of civil rights". Even during slavery we had a republic and rule of law, even if not everyone was included. Even this was better than anywhere else in the world at the time. We may not be perfect, but we at least try to be the good guys. As wrong as almost all of those things you mention are (the internment of Japanese, German and Italian Americans was a justified and necessary security measure at a time when we faced a possible fifth-column threat from these groups. Seizing their property without compensation was not justified however...) well over 50 years into our past.

I am reminded of an ad I once saw on television. "Luck is just probability taken personally"... I think it was acctually an ad for a Casino.

As a matter of fact, they aren't. They lease grazing rights, which do not include the right of folks to pass over the public lands. Not that this stops them from trying... Of course, I'm sure Burning man has a different agreement.

Well, even if we did switch to such a system, you could go online and buy a handheld that talks on the new digital spread spectrum encrypted system. The pilots need for backup radios wouldn't go away just because they are using a digital system.

If I remember correctly, Pacific Bell acctually had to pay to license the name "Telesis" in that name change.

'New' RIAA overlords? Haven't they been around since 1952?

Moreover, it doesn't really solve the problem. Universities would still get more funding (except, the funding would from the government) for more students, so they would still have a reason to try to recruit students. This would in turn give them a reason to fudge their US News rankings and whatnot, much as the current system did.

Yes, you can. Use two's complement numbering.

The standard railway gage is 4' 8.5". I hereby deed this post into the public domain. Are you happy now?

(And, this standard, like a lot of things, predates copyright and patent law. It was the distance between the wheels of Roman Chariots)