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Comment What *is* the hard work. (Score 4, Interesting) 212

I automate every task I find mundane. Boring tasks means I am not thinking and if I am not thinking that means I am not learning. If I am not learning I am stagnating. Automating stuff *is* hard work because it forces you to learn. Learning other peoples automations means I don't have to solve those problems.

Automating stuff means I am more effective and I have more time to write /. comments and this is good because sometimes solving hard problems means I should just chill for a while, while the automation does the work. Automation doesn't make me less capable, but it does mean that I have 3 times the output of anyone else around me, making me more relaxed and generally easier going while people wonder how I do it.

Automation makes me smart lazy and achieving that is hard work.

Comment do the job (Score 1) 231

Seriously, I wish these police services would just stop whining and get on with their jobs. Frankly this is just another excuse to be lazy, they have plenty of powers under the law to demand warrants to uncover who people are. It is insulting for police to take this attitude that they don't have enough powers or are somehow impeded in performing their duties. I have a simple message:

Get back to work.

Comment Free, Kevin Mitnick! (Score 2) 58

I remember when Mitnick was held in jail for 5 years by the FBI without a charge and that they were so scared of the guy they refused him a phone call because they believed he would be able to call in a nuclear bomb strike.

I read his book, "The Art of Deception" - an excellent read, yet despite all his recommendations we see all of the holes still present for the modern intelligencia to take advantage of. Kevin was to be the poster boy for 21st Century human rights abuse and the FBI didn't care how many bumper stickers people bought.

Comment Re:If they're going literal.... (Score 1) 251

No it isn't, it's YOUR job.

It might be my responsibility (well, 1/300+Mth etc) but it's their "job". They're actually getting paid for it. They get to put it on their resume.

Friend, it doesn't matter. It is 100% your responsibility. They get to put who they represent on their resume. You voted for them (or not) that makes you their boss (technically) which means it is 100% your responsibility to make sure they represent your interests.

These days, there's no excuse for not having access to a dictionary. If you can get to slashdot, you can get to reference.com. HTH, HAND.

I am uncertain what you are referring to? hope this helps, have a nice day or hope this helps - look at what Justice Hand achieved.

Comment Re:If they're going literal.... (Score 1) 251

If no one has raised objections to proposed laws, how can you expect the politicians to?

Right, and if you don't tow your own vehicle out of the ditch, how do you expect the tow truck guy to do it? If you don't cook your own meal, how do you expect the chef to do it?

Sure, but their metric is to create and pass bills. The quality of them is a matter of perspective. Another part of their job is to listen to people who complain about it and respond. If lobby groups outweigh your interests, tuff titties buddy, you should have done something!

Oh, right, it's their fucking job.

No it isn't, it's YOUR job. Ever heard the saying "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance"? That cost is yours to bare so please don't wrap you apathy in vitriol and point it at me. Your personal freedom is your personal responsibility and duty.

Comment Re:If they're going literal.... (Score 2, Interesting) 251

Case Study #31027 of government twisting and misusing laws intended for one thing, to attack a completely different class of crime.

This "creativity" is nothing to be proud of.

If you don't like the wording of a proposed bill you can write to your congresscritter regarding your concerns about the wording of a law and have them change it before it is passed. I've done this in the past to some major acts of law and had a good response. Once it is law the authorities can press charges under that law.

If no one has raised objections to proposed laws, how can you expect the politicians to?

Comment Re:Unless the plant is surrounded in a glass dome. (Score 1) 128

But nothing you are saying there contradicts what I was saying. That getting some spiked fuel into the onsite generator and cutting the grid tie would cause the reactor to melt down.

You said a few things and deliberate sabotage, indeed anything, that exposes a BDI introduces the possibility of a meltdown. Add more exposures and you increase the possibility.

From what I understand the reactors do not meltdown the second the pumps are offline.

What you need to understand is a meltdown is not the only threat to a reactor. Fukushima exploded first and then melted down. The second the pumps are offline the reactor starts producing hydrogen.

In fact that even with the system offline and now pumping occurring the convection currents alone will keep the reactor in a safe zone for quite some time. More than enough time to bring new pumps / generators or power supply to site.

No, it will not keep it in a 'safe zone' for long enough to install a new generator. It may give you enough time to restart or repair an existing one at best.

What happened at Fukashima was unfortunate.

What happened at Fukushima was criminal negligence and should be treated as such.

But the situation was made bad first by a large earthquake and second by a highly damaging tsumani.

Even the earthquake and tsunami should not have been a threat to the reactor. The situation was made bad first by the operators assumption that the plant was safe which created the mindset that they didn't need to protect the generators or raise the seawall - all of this is covered in the report.

The situation was made worse by the quake and tsunami.

The argument that you can cause a nuclear meltdown of an otherwise perfectly happy plant, in the middle of a highly developed country, just by taking out the generator and grid tie is I think a bit far fetched. You would have either the grid tie fixed, or a new generator in place well within safety margins.

It's not what I am talking about but educating anyone on how to do such a thing, as I said, would be irresponsible. I'm glad the information is not online.

Also as I understand is BWR-3s, BWR-4s and BWR-5s were 2nd generation systems. Fukushima had 1 three, 4 fours and a 5 with mk II containment.

Thanks for pointing that detail out. It is indeed a Gen II, GE Mark I reactor design.

Comment Re:Unless the plant is surrounded in a glass dome. (Score 1) 128

There are 81 BWR plants in operation around the world. Of a total of 434 plants. Of those 81 over half are Gen 3 or later designs which do not have the same failure method as the Gen 2 Fukushima design.

Fukashima was a Gen 1 derived from a GE design. Two reactors were GE, one Hitachi and another was Toshiba(iirc).

That does not however change the fact that the Tsunami and earth quake destroyed the emergency response capability.

But not of the USS Ronald Reagan, who was stationed to respond to and monitor the incident. The sailors of which are now suffering because of their exposure to the fallout. A frustratingly unnecessarily sacrifice considering the dogmatic pride of TEPCO and the Japanese government was what allowed this completely avoidable disaster to unfold.

Remove those issues and taking out the generator and outside power will not cause the plant to meltdown because the plant isn't operating inside a bubble.

You may not be aware that your statement contradicts the guidelines for operating the reactors under these conditions. Specifically 'S' and 'B' class facilities (Reactor core and primary cooling loop are 2 major S class facilities) have to be *constantly* powered because if they are not the reactor, especially one in a SCRAMed condition, will melt down due to the residual operating heat in the core of the reactor.

Don't forget these plants also have battery backup. This covers an extended period of time for a replacement generator to be brought to site.

I really think you should consider the infrastructure concerns related to what is needed to cool a 600Mw reactor core. That is why the USS Reagan was stationed where it was.

I think you should read the official report as some of the misconceptions you have about what was actually possible are answered there.

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