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by dmfdmf 12y ago
I think my prof's main point was that the volume of waste could be problematic. If a fusion reactor had a 50-60 year life it could activate a lot of material. The volume of fission reactor waste is small enough to be stored on site
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Correct me if I am wrong, but each of these "steps" is a research project in their own right. The AviationWeekly article mentioned D-T fusion for the Lockheed prototype and includes a diagram with the caption "blanket absorbs
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
25 years ago my nuke professor used to scoff at some of the claims of the fusion researchers. The problem is the high energy neutrons flying out of the reactor will neutron-activate every material within the vicinity. He thought the radioa
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
This is the best answer so far. Tell them, politely, to get lost and take it as a sign you are on the right track. It is time to damn the torpedoes, full-steam ahead. They are either ahead of you or behind you and that is what they are try
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
I agree this is about politics and money, not science. The leaked emails from the Climate Research Unit proved they were manipulating data and blocking the work and careers of anyone disagreeing.
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
This is my view. Law enforcement from the Feds on down have lost the trust of the American people. They have lied to us, misrepresented what they are doing and now use the scoundrel's argument "what about the children?". The
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Maybe they can call it OS X using a Roman numeral for the version, that would be good for marketing.
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
> The barriers to rapid progress in New Nuclear are not technical, not even economic. The barriers are in the outdated nuclear regulations that scare off private investors and in the nuclear industry-regulatory culture that accepts timel
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Ayn Rand wrote a whole novel on this called The Fountainhead, the theme is the independent man versus the secondhander. The working title of the book was Secondhand Lives. Also, being true to your "authentic voice" is great but it
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
LOL
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Who's truth? Your interpretation of the question makes no sense.
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
What important truth do very few people agree with you on? QED
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Ayn Rand was a brilliant thinker that most people are incapable of understanding today. Here are the essentials of Western thought; Plato => Kant (Primacy of Consciousness) Aristotle => Rand (Primacy of Existence) Kant took Plato&
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
I don't know that it will be fusion but I think eventually we will solve the energy problem. If we look at nature the energy scale of natural processes such as solar flares, movement of planets, oceans and atmospheres, etc dwarf human
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
At last... an intelligent comment. Thank you.
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Freedom is not a rhetorical device as you charge. It is an important social principle with a specific meaning and how we understand social issues. By your method the fundamental principles of physics like causality or conservation of energ
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
> even flawless logical derivation cannot produce any useful information about the world. This is the analytic-synthetic dichotomy that derives from Kant's false theory of concepts and I reject it. I won't argue the point as m
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Is food a right or is charity for the poor humane? These are completely different world views.
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
This a wordy and intellectually sounding repudiation of reason, nothing more.
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
> Putting patients first is the part that seems "right." That's not a coincidence, it's the job. You claim a responsibility for the trust between the doctor-client relationship but with govt control of medicine its no
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
>...than a doctor weighing in on your position... As smart as they are, the doctors are most clueless regarding the moral issues involved. There is another MD in this thread claiming the essence of medicine is service to others but I thi
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
As other others have pointed out HIPPA is an old law. But what most people do not realize is that it has not been enforced (for 10 years?) because no bureaucracy had responsibility for enforcement. This has led to a high level of complacenc
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
From the AMA; (6) The patient has a basic right to have available adequate health care. Physicians, along with the rest of society, should continue to work toward this goal. Fulfillment of this right is dependent on society providing resour
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
From the AMA; > (6) The patient has a basic right to have available adequate health care. Physicians, along with the rest of society, should continue to work toward this goal. Fulfillment of this right is dependent on society providing r
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Its not clear how anyone can make someone else embarrassed for views they don't share. I'd have more respect for you if you called me an idiot for my views but your embarrassment at my claims makes me think that you actually know
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
You seem to like to make a lot of unwarranted assumptions about my skills and emotional state. Who said I was angry? I made a decision and moved on. I don't waste time on idiocy I can't change. There is plenty of non-medical IT wo
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Window dressing, as I said. And how long will this system last when the doctors are extremely unhappy now and things will get worse as the govt takes more control away from the doctors? It should give you some concern that 2mur's senti
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
The doctors lost the argument decades ago when they agreed that people had a right to medical services. It was self-imposed slavery (because they agreed) and now we are just discussing the details (e.g. Obamacare, medicare, etc.) and the go
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
Who cares about space travel -- I want to put in my order for a Starwars hover-craft.
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by dmfdmf 12y ago
The coming dictatorship in the USA will be established via Executive Order. Mark my words.

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