And the Python gets even worse when they prepend `addstring` instead of appending it; making the in memory inherently different from the to disk test.
catString = addString + concatString # modified: concatString = concatString + addString

True... but the water is a different problem - it still has to be managed, but a different problem. The fuel is NOT melting its way into the Earth's core as the poster suggests with their China Syndrome reference. By now, it is quite solid;except perhaps for a some small pockets that must already be accidentally contained, otherwise it could not remain liquid.

%s/dreamatic/dramatic/g

The reality is IF the fuel "burned" through the foundation of the reactor, it would quickly disperse and dilute enough that the reaction would slow down to the point that it would cool enough that it would no longer be molten; and then it would no longer be mobile.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...

Then, it's _just_ a pain in the arse to safely clean up.

Why pure water? Probably because it's the most common solvent in the world, and integral to life as we know it. And we can consistently make it.

Why not water at the average saltiness of the ocean? To complicated
1) It's a lot easier to produce "pure" water than it is to adjust the salt content of water to match the average
2) There is more variation than you would think in the saltiness of the ocean - which would require a lot of sampling, and as we did more sampling, the scale would change, or it would become the average of samples at these 46 points done on this day in 1724.
3) There is a lot more than just NaCl in the ocean, and you'd have to match that exactly
4) You'd still have to produce pure water first to reliably create your standard for "sea water" in a lab.

Why sea-level (1.0 ATM / 14.7PSI / etc.)? Probably because it's easy to define and check (it just requires a consistent work).

Compare that to Fahrenheit, which was originally defined by two end points, the freezing point of a fully saturated solution of water and salt (probably at 1 ATM) as 0'F; and human body temperature as 100'F (of course a human's nominal temps differ to the point that we now expect 98.6'F as your body temperature).

Coincidentally, Fahrenheit is now defined by the freezing and boiling points of pure water (at 1 ATM) and pegged at 32'F and 212'G for purely "arbitrary" reasons.

Just close one eye, and you're right back to 2D.

Of course they'll probably pull the Canadian trick of making cracking-DRM to do it a criminal offense.

The StackExchange Podcast had a excellent review of the events at Peer1.

http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/11/se-podcast-36-we-got-hit-by-a-hurricane/
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/66762703-stack-exchange-stack-exchange-podcast-36.mp3

It's more like:

I used to ride the bus, and I almost died in a bus crash. Buses are horrible things. Now I drive a car. Everyone should drive a car instead of th bus.

It's nae very wee...

It's FRICKEN wee..

A question you should always ask yourself when creating a new form of transportation of the masses.

Do you want your grandmother driving this thing? For her safety? For other's safety?

Nuff said.

Obviously you've never had to deal with Service Canada (I think of it as Service like you do with farm animals).

The goals of most Service Canada people seems to be 1) don't give you money you aren't absolutely positively entitled too... 2) don't give more information than they must. Both of these seems to be out of fear of getting fired or having to go to court because they gave you too money and/or too much/wrong information.

It's basically within an hour commute of your home. There is SOME accommodation personal situation, family, etc.

I'm within 2 degrees of separation of Strempler individual (I know a few people who went to high school/university with him).

The feeling as I understand it is that Strempler is/was actually hounestly trying to provide reliable drugs, an the company did do regular testing. However, the problem that come in that the global supply chain is full of counterfeits (thank globalisation and the far east). Stock from one supplier can be reliable one week, and not the next.

Perhaps having to do this extra testing has an upward pressure on drug costs in the US, and perhaps not doing enough testing is Strempler's mistake.

Is it excusable? No. I think it's a case of Misfeasance or Nonfeasance; not Malfeasance.

As an aside, he probably meant to go to Miami Manitoba, not Miami Florida - it's an easy mistake ;-)

Easy solution... the Bible says the whole world was once flooded. There's your historical data.
The the Republican's argue that the Bible is not historically accurate :-)

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