Comment: Re:Hang on a second... (Score 1, Insightful) 286
BTW, anyone reading this who has to hide porn from the So, should sit down and talk to there So about it, right now. Make a decision, either get comfortable watching it, or decide not to watch it.
I do wank as much as I want and nobody needs to know anything about it, wife included. She's not interested in it anyway, no more than she's interested in the stench of my shit. I'm perfectly comfortable with it. May I humbly suggest that you and your likes go fuck yourselves?
Comment: Re:Oh Baby Jeebus the hypocrisy (Score 1) 294
Comment: Re:Predictable (Score 1) 294
Comment: Re:So what? (Score 1) 1046
That's how probable cause works. You can't just arrest somebody willy nilly.
Beg your pardon, you definitely can if he's black.
Comment: Re:~space (Score 1) 282
Comment: Re:~space (Score 1) 282
Anti-nuclear hysteria and subsequent heavy regulation
You seem to imply they were unwarranted, which the article you cite does not corroborate. "Several nuclear related accidents and cover-ups" do in fact perfectly justify public suspicion (which you call hysteria) and stricter regulation, even if this implies additional costs. This is not specific to the nuclear industry.
Comment: Re:~space (Score 1) 282
Japan discontinued a bunch of new nuclear construction projects from the late 90s to early 00s. Fukushima's lifespan was subsequently extended. I'd say there's a definite cause and effect here.
And where does it say that this was because of anti-nuclear activism? Looks to me this could very well and in fact much more plausibly due to simple financial reasons.
Comment: Re:~space (Score 2) 282
Most of the radioactive part is U-238, which is barely more radioactive than your typical rock (half life 4/4 Billion years).
This argument is misleading at best since toxicity of radioactive elements is incomparable depending on whether the exposure is internal or external. External typical rock radioactivity is probably negligible. Internal exposure of aerosoled U238 is markedly more dangerous.
Comment: Re:~space (Score 1) 282
that's why the old ones are still running in many cases.
I don't believe that, and I think you are deluding yourself at best, dishonest at worst. The reason if much more probably because it's more profitable to let things go this way.