That makes a lot more sense now then...something like 3.57 mrem which is still a pretty good dose rate for just standing about in the open. Did a survey on a fluoro unit this morning and could get that thing up to 8.5 mrem for comparison operating it with my Victoreen.

Is that Sv or mSv? What you're saying there is you were in a radiation field of 357 rem (1 Sv = 100 rem), and that an x-ray tech receives an annual dose of 32 (assuming Gray in this case since you're talking about absorbed dose not a dose rate, would be 3200 rad, a lethal dose.) Assuming mSv, a dose rate of 357 mSv or mrem is still pretty hefty for a public dose rate.

Pretty soon EA will package USB-operated coin machines where you have to put a quarter in to play your game, and an EA representative comes by every month to collect the change.

Socialism != communism is not completely true if you take a closer look at the base principles between the two forms of governemnt. The base principle for socialism lies in the theory that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, etc in the community. However socialism is also the stage in Marxist theory on the road towards communism that is still highlighted by the socialist values and ideas where such 'sharing' of property, land, money, etc is controlled by a totalitarian state, the government. Calling people against universal health care fascists if facetious at best