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Comment Re:I don't get it (Score 1) 96

Why would the police be against bodycams? Personably, I i where a police officer I would apreciate a verifiable record of what goes on while I do my job. That way whenm something goes tits up the investigation will be faster and would either be cleared or sendt to the appropriate course to stoip the avoidable mistakes from happening again. Why is tis not considered a win win for everyone involved?

The reason Police don't like cameras is the footage can be used against them by a defence attorney.
Its much easier to defend something written on paper then video in a court.
Imagine having to account for everything you did that was recorded by a video camera of an incident verses a couple sentences on a piece of paper.

Comment Re:Will this work with autos? (Score 2) 88

"Or any 4WD vehicle. Which Aus has a lot of."

Why do they need 4WD in Aus? They don't have winter down there with snow and ice on the roads.

First which part of Australia are you talking about ?

It is a Continent about the size of the United States excluding Alaska.

In the Southern Highlands of Victoria and NSW there is snow during Winter.

On the Coasts of QLD and WA we have Mud lots of Mud think Florida but instead of Alligators you have Crocodiles and in The Outback you have Sand lots of Sand think Utah better it never seems to end.

Basically anywhere outside of the City's you want a 4WD.

Comment Re:Where would they put it? (Score 4, Informative) 49

Chernobyl is not inhabitable, though. It is, in fact, inhabited.

Granted you shouldn't be pregnant there and have a Geiger counter on you but you can live there well enough.

The land cannot be used for anything and the only people who live there are Old Farmers and Nuclear Scientists/Engineers.

I had the same thought, to be honest... after all these years, we still don't have terminal storage for spent fuel so yeah, removing the disaster sounds good but where does it go afterward?

At some point it will have buried in the ground.

And also can we even? Chernobyl is getting a new sarcophagus, AFAIK, not cleaned up either.

The problem with Chernobyl was the core was exposed in the explosion and part of the fuel was spread by this explosion all over the area. In Fukushima the buildings contained the explosion and as I understand it the core was not exposed.This means that once they get the problem of water leaking into the reactor solved they can clean-up the site.

Comment Re:Where would they put it? (Score 4, Informative) 49

What would be the point of removing the melted fuel?

The melted fuel is highly radioactive and uncontained. This means the melted fuel is mixing with water from the land. This radioactive water then has to be decontaminated.

Where would they put it that would be better than where it is?

Nuclear Fuel rods after use are kept in a cooling pond until the radioactivity drops to safer levels. I imagine the same will happen with the melted fuel.

Even if there is a reason to move it, why do it now? Wait 30 years, and we will have better tech, better robots, and the fuel will be less radioactive.

Well the problem with contaminated water and the Environment will only get worse and this could easily turn into a uninhabitable wasteland i.e Chernobyl.

Comment Re:Modern equipment isn't the 350 V8 of the 70s... (Score 1) 67

1: People are not engineers.

This is about Mechanics and Maintenance and Farmers are fantastic Mechanics.

2: DMCA.

ummm This is about maintaining a Tractor not Copyright !!! but whatever DRM is just a Lock so just like when you "purchase" a song and they unlock the DRM so you can play the song , John Deere can unlock the DRM so you can maintain the Tractor.

3: Lawsuits.

Lawyers Meh!, Lawyers are parasites and they are always finding ways to get money from people.

4: There may not be a way to make something repairable.

Rubbish these are Tractors that are meant to last for decades not Soft drink cans.

Comment Re:Wait a second... (Score 1) 67

So, all the existing Right to Repair bills have been passed with exceptions for farming equipment, and now we need new, separate bills specifically for the farming equipment?

Are we going to enumerate every industry and make separate bills for each of them? Sounds like a lobbyist's paradise.

Its like this : The Lobbyists know the Dudes who have the key to "The Emerald City" so Dorothy if you want to meet 'The Wizard' you gotta pay up.

Comment Lots of Airlines don't maintain their own planes. (Score 1) 67

The airlines have their own mechanics. ......

I know what your saying and I agree however
Unfortunately these days alot of Airlines don't of their own maintenance.

"The Disturbing Truth About How Airplanes Are Maintained Today " : https://www.vanityfair.com/new...

Comment Re:Not GMO? (Score 1) 67

They could've gotten to the result much faster if they had release sterile male mosquitoes at the same time they were releasing the infected eggs.

With Wolbachia bacteria you want wild male mosquitoes to mate with infected females so that any eggs created by an infected female will carry the bacteria.
Wolbachia also only allows reproduction through infected female mosquito's this means that if a wild female mates with an infected male she will lay eggs that are infertile.

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