Comment Trojan horses... (Score 1) 144
"Trojan horses that were planted onto the victims' computers..." and no one noticed the horses?
Mike
Comment Re:What did you expect? (Score 1) 326
Yes, you and Hugo Chavez are right, we should all pay alot more for our consumer goods. Food and clothing should be local and expensive (and rare). /sarc
The Rise of Small Nuclear Plants 490
ColdWetDog writes "The Oil Drum (one of the best sites to discuss the technical details of the Macondo Blowout) is typically focused on ramifications of petroleum use, and in particular the Peak Oil theory. They run short guest articles from time to time on various aspects of energy use and policies. Today they have an interesting article on small nuclear reactors with a refreshing amount of technical detail concerning their construction, use, and fueling. The author's major thesis: 'Pick up almost any book about nuclear energy and you will find that the prevailing wisdom is that nuclear plants must be very large in order to be competitive. This assumption is widely accepted, but, if its roots are understood, it can be effectively challenged. Recently, however, a growing body of plant designers, utility companies, government agencies, and financial players are recognizing that smaller plants can take advantage of greater opportunities to apply lessons learned, take advantage of the engineering and tooling savings possible with higher numbers of units, and better meet customer needs in terms of capacity additions and financing. The resulting systems are a welcome addition to the nuclear power plant menu, which has previously been limited to one size — extra large.'"
Comment Re:Wait... They want them to dumb things down... (Score 1) 511
Well, how about you're wrong!
Carbon Dioxide is already dense enough in the atmosphere that it blocks about all of the outgoing radiation that it could possibly block, adding more CO2 only amounts to lowering the level in the atmosphere where the radiation is blocked. So a doubling of CO2 will only make a slight blip in the temperature. That much is settled science and what happens after that is where it gets complicated.
The warmists say that as a result of this slight CO2 induced warming other resulting changes produce a positive feedback that will cause a dramatic rise in temperatures while the skeptics contend that isn't so. And that is the part that is NOT settled science.
Comment Re:Not just Google (Score 1) 543
"On their deathbed, no one wishes they had worked more."
I suppose you're right about that, but there are probably many who wish they accomplished more.
Comment Re:Not just Google (Score 1) 543
"Wait 'til the next recession wipes out 70% of your 401k. If you've been around long enough, you got wiped out in 1987, then again in 2001, and then again in 2009. "
Your making some poor choices with your 401K. I've lived through those market ups-and-downs and I usually just see them as a buying opprotunity. Keep your monthly investments going and don't think about them (much) until retirement and you'll be doing better than 90% of everyone else out there.
Comment Nano Batteries (Score 1) 163
For now, the new batteries can power only NANO devices.
There, fixed that for you ;-)
Comment Re:Polygraph (Score 1) 452
Your car isn't 100% reliable either but you still use it.
Comment Re:Right on Adobe! (Score 1) 731
My ipod nano doesn't run apps.
