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SalmonGod

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56520 on: December 18, 2012, 12:24:13 am »

I think it is/was mainiac's sig.

And yeah, it's a good one too.

Edit:  Today's sad:  Ice King's origin story.  That whole episode had a strangely somber tone to it.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56521 on: December 18, 2012, 03:02:39 am »

The residents of Prypiat and half of central and eastern Europe would like to disagree.
3. Meltdowns never happen now as long as correct measures are made.

Well, system failure compounded with human operator error gets you at worst Chernobyl, at best Three Mile Island. And in an emergency, human error is very easy to worm its way in. Also, since most of these things are built and staffed by people well trained and fully aware of what'll happen if they screw up, statistically, the likelihood of catastrophic failure per operating hour is negligible, especially because we've seen what happens when one of these things blows up. Which is why protests against building nuclear power plants are silly.
But on the other hand, if one will go off, it'll leave a mark.
Hell, even assuming everything goes as intended, you're still either stuck importing the fuel, or having all sorts of worried people nosing around in your strategic affairs if you start enriching nuclear fuel on your own.
As for costs, it is, indeed, the initial investment that's the primary deterrent. Over here, with what we've been giving the Russian fuel companies in profit for heating alone ever since the USSR collapsed we could've had that reactor built six times over.

My point is, as PanH so well explained, that it's naive to lob nuclear power (or most any one project) as a panacea for energy problems.

Actually most fourth generators can't melt down. All thorium based reactor, and a significant part of the breeder reactors are completely safe*. Worst thing that can happen is a complete failure of the cooling system. (Which has to be one hell of a failure, considering most modern reactor designs have gravity based cooling) At that point, the core will heat up, and maybe some radioactive steam can escape, but thanks to the fact that thorium has a much higher melting point than uranium, or because of the special design of the nuclear fuel pellets. The core can't overheat. The reaction simply isn't capable of reaching the needed temperature.

Sadly, most nuclear power plants are still of the second generation (Almost all failures are in second generation plants). Speaking of which, did Fukushima do so much damage? Seems to me that any oil tankers/ drill site failures were much, much worse. After all, the coal industry releases more radioactivity in the environement in a year than all nuclear disasters and leakages put together over the entire lifetime on nuclear engineering, and radiation isn't that dangerous once sufficiently dilluted.

Also, the reason that France's reactors were so cheap is that unlikely as in the US, where the reactors are all custom build, these were mass produced. Meaning that all reactors share the same design, which also easily allows for transfer of personnel and parts between facilities.

*Take that with a grain of salt of course.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56522 on: December 18, 2012, 03:57:40 am »

That might explain why I can't tell the difference between Cattenom and Tricastin.

I almost mistyped that as cattlenom.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56523 on: December 18, 2012, 04:17:59 am »

YUM NOM CATTLENUM
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56524 on: December 18, 2012, 08:44:17 am »

Guess who missed his flight home?

(hint: Starts with an M and rhymes with bee)
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56525 on: December 18, 2012, 08:47:50 am »

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56526 on: December 18, 2012, 09:53:38 am »

I didn't go to jail. Or prison. And I actually got a phone number from a woman. So. That was surprising, to say the least.
That....that....that is like the exact opposite of what is supposed to happen when you end up in court.

Was the woman a judge? If the woman was a judge I can explain this. If not, then you may be a latent psyker.


This woman was NOT a judge. I could explain it, but I'd prefer to go with the assumption that I'm a latent psyker.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56527 on: December 18, 2012, 09:55:48 am »

I didn't go to jail. Or prison. And I actually got a phone number from a woman. So. That was surprising, to say the least.
That....that....that is like the exact opposite of what is supposed to happen when you end up in court.

Was the woman a judge? If the woman was a judge I can explain this. If not, then you may be a latent psyker.


This woman was NOT a judge. I could explain it, but I'd prefer to go with the assumption that I'm a latent psyker.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56528 on: December 18, 2012, 10:10:04 am »

I didn't go to jail. Or prison. And I actually got a phone number from a woman. So. That was surprising, to say the least.
That....that....that is like the exact opposite of what is supposed to happen when you end up in court.

Was the woman a judge? If the woman was a judge I can explain this. If not, then you may be a latent psyker.


This woman was NOT a judge. I could explain it, but I'd prefer to go with the assumption that I'm a latent psyker.

Goes into court facing prison, comes out of court with a date. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56529 on: December 18, 2012, 10:23:20 am »

Some girls like bad boys.

Plus, Hans is a han(d)some fish. Or maybe mammal.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56530 on: December 18, 2012, 11:03:38 am »

I didn't go to jail. Or prison. And I actually got a phone number from a woman. So. That was surprising, to say the least.
That....that....that is like the exact opposite of what is supposed to happen when you end up in court.

Was the woman a judge? If the woman was a judge I can explain this. If not, then you may be a latent psyker.


This woman was NOT a judge. I could explain it, but I'd prefer to go with the assumption that I'm a latent psyker.
Woo!
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Also, how the fuck did you do that?
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« Reply #56531 on: December 18, 2012, 12:55:42 pm »

BTW, thanks for all the support guys. I know I'm often lamenting possible jail time, and this time prison time, but I really do appreciate it when ya'll take the time to wish me luck and stuff. As I was walking up to the judge, I thought about all the people wishing me luck, and totally relaxed. Completely. I leaned on the judge's desk with one elbow as he was talking to me. So thanks for that.

Also, I think what happened with the woman, who is another Drug Court 'client' as they so inappropriately label us, is that I was so relaxed and so happy after talking to the judge, that I somewhat overcame my normal shyness issues. I didn't ask for her number, she just kind of gave it to me while I was flirting with her.

I didn't go to jail. Or prison. And I actually got a phone number from a woman. So. That was surprising, to say the least.
That....that....that is like the exact opposite of what is supposed to happen when you end up in court.

Was the woman a judge? If the woman was a judge I can explain this. If not, then you may be a latent psyker.


This woman was NOT a judge. I could explain it, but I'd prefer to go with the assumption that I'm a latent psyker.

Goes into court facing prison, comes out of court with a date. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT.


And I kind of want to put this into my sig. >.>
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56532 on: December 18, 2012, 01:26:08 pm »

BTW, thanks for all the support guys. I know I'm often lamenting possible jail time, and this time prison time, but I really do appreciate it when ya'll take the time to wish me luck and stuff. As I was walking up to the judge, I thought about all the people wishing me luck, and totally relaxed. Completely. I leaned on the judge's desk with one elbow as he was talking to me. So thanks for that.

Also, I think what happened with the woman, who is another Drug Court 'client' as they so inappropriately label us, is that I was so relaxed and so happy after talking to the judge, that I somewhat overcame my normal shyness issues. I didn't ask for her number, she just kind of gave it to me while I was flirting with her.

I didn't go to jail. Or prison. And I actually got a phone number from a woman. So. That was surprising, to say the least.
That....that....that is like the exact opposite of what is supposed to happen when you end up in court.

Was the woman a judge? If the woman was a judge I can explain this. If not, then you may be a latent psyker.


This woman was NOT a judge. I could explain it, but I'd prefer to go with the assumption that I'm a latent psyker.

Goes into court facing prison, comes out of court with a date. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT.


And I kind of want to put this into my sig. >.>

I would wish i had that confidence around girls, since i will need that alot, being a girl, when that time comes.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #56533 on: December 18, 2012, 01:28:47 pm »

I would wish i had that confidence around girls, since i will need that alot, being a girl, when that time comes.


Perhaps I should put you into touch with my Lesbian Friend. She's got confidence in spades. ::)
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« Reply #56534 on: December 18, 2012, 01:31:34 pm »

What's with the random capitalization?
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