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Post by Turk on Sept 9, 2010 0:21:13 GMT -5
sheesh.. not week... weed! HAHA I didn't even notice it read week I read it weed. Indica is heavy couch-potato high.
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Post by animal on Sept 9, 2010 0:30:01 GMT -5
I didnt notice till I was trying to figure out what the hell Indica was.....
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Post by jdredd on Jan 24, 2011 21:09:59 GMT -5
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Post by Turk on Jan 24, 2011 22:15:51 GMT -5
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Post by dj on Jan 24, 2011 22:52:17 GMT -5
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Post by jdredd on Jan 24, 2011 23:20:58 GMT -5
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Post by jdredd on Feb 23, 2011 1:28:30 GMT -5
You want positive? I'll give you positive. I used to be indifferent if not negative about Facebook and Twitter and all that "silly" social media stuff. Then came the Facebook-organized Egyptian Revolution, and now I am a believer. Social media seems to be a great weapon against repressive governments. So can anyone claim the technology is neutral? It seems to be much more helpful for forces of democracy than forces of tyranny.
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Post by jdredd on Feb 26, 2011 19:00:37 GMT -5
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Post by jdredd on Mar 4, 2011 2:29:08 GMT -5
There is coming a day in the not to distant future when paper and coin money will be eliminated. All financial transactions will be done electronically with hand held devices or online. What does this mean? It will be the end of the selling of illegal items of any kind, under-the-counter payrolls, tax evasion, and black markets of any sort, since all monetary transactions will be tracked, categorized, and reported. Money laundering will be impossible.
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Post by Tired in CV on Mar 5, 2011 22:54:11 GMT -5
There is coming a day in the not to distant future when paper and coin money will be eliminated. All financial transactions will be done electronically with hand held devices or online. What does this mean? It will be the end of the selling of illegal items of any kind, under-the-counter payrolls, tax evasion, and black markets of any sort, since all monetary transactions will be tracked, categorized, and reported. Money laundering will be impossible. They have been saying that for years and it hasn't happened yet. Yes, they are moving to using less actual money and more debit/credit cards. But they cost you to use and people don't want that extra expense. Also, credit card fraud has been steadily increasing each year. Now, tell me about that "tracking"....lol. Not only that, such a system will not be welcomed by the people as it will be viewed as an invasion of privacy by the government. Just think of the government automatically taxing every transaction, even if it is a transfer to your kids!
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Post by jdredd on Mar 12, 2011 22:51:43 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/world/asia/13nuclear.html?hp'TOKYO — Japanese officials announced Sunday that the cooling system at a second nuclear reactor crippled by Japan’s devastating earthquake had failed completely, even as they took the extraordinary step of flooding a separate reactor with seawater in a last-ditch effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown." I don't think I would be buying stock in the nuclear power industry in the near future...
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Post by Tired in CV on Mar 13, 2011 3:20:57 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/world/asia/13nuclear.html?hp'TOKYO — Japanese officials announced Sunday that the cooling system at a second nuclear reactor crippled by Japan’s devastating earthquake had failed completely, even as they took the extraordinary step of flooding a separate reactor with seawater in a last-ditch effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown." I don't think I would be buying stock in the nuclear power industry in the near future... Well, this is an extenuating situation. Unlike Three Mile Island where it was just a release of radioactive steam that did little damage, these reactors were hit with extremely high forces of stress beyond what anybody had expected. One reactor seems like is already in meltdown mode, the other may be saved. Even with the one in meltdown, the steam and some dust from the buildings shell will be the major problems. They won't likely be long term problems either. But the meltdown core will still cause radiation in the nearby area that has been evacuated. Radiation and contamination are two different animals when speaking of nuclear reactors. I studied these for a year in the navy. Chernobyl was mishandled and was a major catastrophe. This one will likely not be as bad. Especially with prevailing winds moving offshore. For those who do not know, we have had two MAJOR reactor meltdowns in the United States. One was in Illinois and the other was in Idaho (1961). The site in Idaho had been cleaned up and the buildings, equipment and the removal equipment (construction type) was also buried on site. They now have 3 reactor training sites nearby. The burial site poses no hazard for the workers and students that work and study in the area, nor the many animals the grazing the lands. The one in Idaho is the worst in the U.S. caused during a maintenance procedure where 3 workers failed to follow procedures manually raising to many control rods allowing the core to superheat while its pressure capsule was removed. The result was the cooling water immediately turned to steam, blowing the top off the building, killing the 3 workers, then melting down since it had no cooling water. I was there about 9 years later. Depending on how the cores meltdown in Japan, there may be "some" concern with possible radiation levels increasing along the west coast of the U.S. It may be possible but I doubt the increase will hardly be worse than a sunny day!
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Post by dolphie on Mar 13, 2011 14:45:41 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/world/asia/13nuclear.html?hp'TOKYO — Japanese officials announced Sunday that the cooling system at a second nuclear reactor crippled by Japan’s devastating earthquake had failed completely, even as they took the extraordinary step of flooding a separate reactor with seawater in a last-ditch effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown." I don't think I would be buying stock in the nuclear power industry in the near future... Well, this is an extenuating situation. Unlike Three Mile Island where it was just a release of radioactive steam that did little damage, these reactors were hit with extremely high forces of stress beyond what anybody had expected. One reactor seems like is already in meltdown mode, the other may be saved. Even with the one in meltdown, the steam and some dust from the buildings shell will be the major problems. They won't likely be long term problems either. But the meltdown core will still cause radiation in the nearby area that has been evacuated. Radiation and contamination are two different animals when speaking of nuclear reactors. I studied these for a year in the navy. Chernobyl was mishandled and was a major catastrophe. This one will likely not be as bad. Especially with prevailing winds moving offshore. For those who do not know, we have had two MAJOR reactor meltdowns in the United States. One was in Illinois and the other was in Idaho (1961). The site in Idaho had been cleaned up and the buildings, equipment and the removal equipment (construction type) was also buried on site. They now have 3 reactor training sites nearby. The burial site poses no hazard for the workers and students that work and study in the area, nor the many animals the grazing the lands. The one in Idaho is the worst in the U.S. caused during a maintenance procedure where 3 workers failed to follow procedures manually raising to many control rods allowing the core to superheat while its pressure capsule was removed. The result was the cooling water immediately turned to steam, blowing the top off the building, killing the 3 workers, then melting down since it had no cooling water. I was there about 9 years later. Depending on how the cores meltdown in Japan, there may be "some" concern with possible radiation levels increasing along the west coast of the U.S. It may be possible but I doubt the increase will hardly be worse than a sunny day! CV, Some questions and request for more information to you: On one of the less biased stations - they were explaining that the overheating is more due to the generators going down. Without the generators, cooled water cannot be steadily pumped in, thus the heating occurs. This first round of steam release assists in cooling the core. The next round ___might___ contain more contaminants, however not as bad as the hysteria mongers are trying to predict. They still, as a precaution, want people to wear counters and to exit that area. *IF* the generators had not failed structurally due to earthquake and other damage - ..... the overheating would not have occurred and if it had it would have been quite minimal. Is this your take on it?
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Post by animal on Mar 13, 2011 21:17:24 GMT -5
As I understand it, they had emergancy generators, like we made in San DIego... they would kick on anytime the electric went down, to maintain the pumps for the cooling. The flood after the quake took out the generators, thus no pumps running.
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Post by Tired in CV on Mar 14, 2011 2:21:29 GMT -5
Well, this is an extenuating situation. Unlike Three Mile Island where it was just a release of radioactive steam that did little damage, these reactors were hit with extremely high forces of stress beyond what anybody had expected. One reactor seems like is already in meltdown mode, the other may be saved. Even with the one in meltdown, the steam and some dust from the buildings shell will be the major problems. They won't likely be long term problems either. But the meltdown core will still cause radiation in the nearby area that has been evacuated. Radiation and contamination are two different animals when speaking of nuclear reactors. I studied these for a year in the navy. Chernobyl was mishandled and was a major catastrophe. This one will likely not be as bad. Especially with prevailing winds moving offshore. For those who do not know, we have had two MAJOR reactor meltdowns in the United States. One was in Illinois and the other was in Idaho (1961). The site in Idaho had been cleaned up and the buildings, equipment and the removal equipment (construction type) was also buried on site. They now have 3 reactor training sites nearby. The burial site poses no hazard for the workers and students that work and study in the area, nor the many animals the grazing the lands. The one in Idaho is the worst in the U.S. caused during a maintenance procedure where 3 workers failed to follow procedures manually raising to many control rods allowing the core to superheat while its pressure capsule was removed. The result was the cooling water immediately turned to steam, blowing the top off the building, killing the 3 workers, then melting down since it had no cooling water. I was there about 9 years later. Depending on how the cores meltdown in Japan, there may be "some" concern with possible radiation levels increasing along the west coast of the U.S. It may be possible but I doubt the increase will hardly be worse than a sunny day! CV, Some questions and request for more information to you: On one of the less biased stations - they were explaining that the overheating is more due to the generators going down. Without the generators, cooled water cannot be steadily pumped in, thus the heating occurs. This first round of steam release assists in cooling the core. The next round ___might___ contain more contaminants, however not as bad as the hysteria mongers are trying to predict. They still, as a precaution, want people to wear counters and to exit that area. *IF* the generators had not failed structurally due to earthquake and other damage - ..... the overheating would not have occurred and if it had it would have been quite minimal. Is this your take on it? Yes, this is correct. The generators were self supporting electrical power, along with the main generators that supplied the power to the public. Animal is correct about the backup generators (usually diesel or natural gas turbines) being wiped out by the tsunami. All sources of power ceased and the pumps could not cool down the reactors. The reactors would automatically shut down with a lack of water but they still need some cooling. The release of steam doesn't provide much cooling, but it does relieve the pressure to minimize the rupture of the vessle or containment vessle. At this point, it seems that they have two "partial" meltdowns in progress. We have had a couple of dozen "partial" meltdowns in the U.S. since the early 60's. Most often the damage is contained with minimized outside danger where few people receive much radiation. The body can absorb quite a bit of radiation w/o damage. We get it from the sun and the earth daily, not to mention xrays for checking our bodies. While working around reactors, I wore a "dosemeter" and a film badge all the time. The dosemeter was for immediate results of exposure and the film badge was for long term exposure. It contained a thin dot of gold and some other materials that required a lab to read the exposure results.
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