Out of the Blue [Aug 24, 2002, 01:49 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Well, I promised further reflection upon the departure of Frans, obviously this
is a tough loss to overcome, actually, I think it's fair to say impossible, but
I will soldier on as best as I can. Luckily he is willing to break with the
strict rules of his 12-step gaming news detox program, which allows me to
consult with him on stories and such, and he's passing along news bits he's come
across, so I guess he can still be considered the ghost in the machine. Anyway,
I think it can be important to say things that seem to go without saying, so on
this occasion let me commend Frans for being the epitome of professionalism and
competence. Over the course of his tenure here he helped elevate the standards
of this site to a new level. It's my fond hope that we'll be able to join forces
again someday, but either way, wish him all the best in his future endeavors,
and extend to him my warmest appreciation for his truly yeoman efforts on behalf
of this site.
Obviously enough, this changes how things work around here... I'm planning on seeing how things run for a bit before coming to any conclusions about plans to change the M.O. here, but the return of the burning midnight oil updates is (obviously enough) the first thing I'm experimenting with.
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From a Slashdot post of mine:
" There are certianly potential serious risk associated with nuclear power.
The point was that as it stands right now it is one of the safest sources of power generation with the least environmental impact per kilowatt hour produced.
Another little tidbit that tends to be forgotten regarding our largest current power source, coal, is that we are pumping enormous amounts of U-238, U-235, and other heavy metals into the air as we burn this fuel.
Nuclear is by far not the end-all-be-all of eletrical power generation, but it is the best overall choice for the immeadiate future for large scale power consumption needs."
Longer post (complete with a dumb error where my brain died and I typed Yucatan instead of Yucca) with a whole ton of informative links can be found here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=35694&cid=3855735
One of these days it would be nice to see this sort of information get on the news instead of the paranoid fears of people trying to stop a nuclear powered interplanetary probe from being launched. The closest I've seen was a rather detailed and well done "Nova" episode.
" There are certianly potential serious risk associated with nuclear power.
The point was that as it stands right now it is one of the safest sources of power generation with the least environmental impact per kilowatt hour produced.
Another little tidbit that tends to be forgotten regarding our largest current power source, coal, is that we are pumping enormous amounts of U-238, U-235, and other heavy metals into the air as we burn this fuel.
Nuclear is by far not the end-all-be-all of eletrical power generation, but it is the best overall choice for the immeadiate future for large scale power consumption needs."
Longer post (complete with a dumb error where my brain died and I typed Yucatan instead of Yucca) with a whole ton of informative links can be found here: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=35694&cid=3855735
One of these days it would be nice to see this sort of information get on the news instead of the paranoid fears of people trying to stop a nuclear powered interplanetary probe from being launched. The closest I've seen was a rather detailed and well done "Nova" episode.
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