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Video Game Chat / Re: Weekly Releases
« on: October 12, 2010, 11:33:05 AM »
I ... I... can't ... what is this?... I can't even...

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I'd call wind power and solar power pretty darn safe. The cost is not prohibitive despite rumors to the contrary, considering what the country is pouring into its nuclear program. And yes, there is plenty of potential for collection of energy through those sources without supplementation from nuclear power, despite what nuclear energy industry proponents would like everyone to think. The fact is, safer sources of energy simply aren't as lucrative (and they don't provide us with weapon materials), and that's why they aren't in the forefront at this time.
What is erroneous about my statement?
  The fact that the concrete shielding in our (most of them dilapidated) nuclear plants isn't enough to contain the radiation they generate? No, I'm pretty sure that has been confirmed. It might be enough to contain some or most of the radiation, but no shielding can yet block all the radiation being generated.
  The fact that nuclear plants use their energy to heat water? Again, no, that's all that it does.
Furthermore, a large number of plants which (operating long past their planned lifespan) have failed or haven't even been checked to comply with the industry's "safety" guidelines but the commission keeps renewing the plant contracts anyway, because they just make so much darn money that they don't even care.
And even if we could contain the radiation from the plants, that still leaves the problem of where to contain the waste. We have companies blasting holes in mountains where people live, or selling it to other countries. In Europe they're dumping it in the Mediterranean. France's groundwater is contaminated forever due to their nuclear program. And I don't think it's a very great idea to keep generating material for atomic bombs, you know? The idea is that no one is ever going to use them, so why does every country need a stockpile of them?
I'll certainly admit that I may be biased against the use of nuclear power, but you are most certainly biased toward it. I know we'd all love to believe that nothing's wrong as long as someone tells us it's fine, but the idea that a little poison is fine for you really needs to be dispelled. I find your attitude distasteful. It's so easy to dismiss nuts with a wave of your hand, but this is not sensationalism. There is more to the situation than the NRC would like to have widely known. Do some research into the other side of the argument just for your own edification.

I'm sure you'll refute this as all unsubstantiated nonsense, but that's okay. You can keep doing your paper engineering without checking on actual situations as long as you want. Someone with a little more sense and a little less greed than the NRC will surely come along before we have more accidents, right?

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Video Game Chat / Re: Weekly Releases
« on: October 11, 2010, 11:15:08 AM »
Huh, a new Lufia game?

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Man I hope your career nosedives. No offense or anything, but we don't need dangerous, uncontainable energy "sources" (why create deadly radiation to generate STEAM?) when we can use perfectly safe ways to gather energy instead. And no, concrete walls and pools of water are not enough to contain nuclear radiation no matter what the industry would have you believe.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Weekly Releases
« on: October 10, 2010, 01:43:31 AM »
What? You can totally target specific enemies in FF1.

Also I haven't had a chance to play Lords of Shadow yet but one of my friends at work raves about it roughly every 10 minutes (I do not exaggerate). I am looking forward to playing it.

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General Chat / Re: Comic Books
« on: October 06, 2010, 12:42:35 AM »
So it seems like right now in Marvel there's so much going on it's basically impossible to keep track since everything that happens is also happening in 37 other comics each month. I am really enjoying Bendis' current Avengers run though.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Weekly Releases
« on: October 04, 2010, 11:20:18 AM »
Holy cow, I didn't realize Lords of Shadow was coming out so soon.

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Site Discussion / Re: Which staff member will wed first?
« on: October 02, 2010, 04:36:18 PM »
Nah, there was frostbite and he only comes back once in a blue moon too.

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Video Game Chat / Re: It's the 3DS!
« on: October 02, 2010, 07:48:28 AM »
yes thanks i couldnt tell until you pointed that out

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Site Discussion / Re: Which staff member will wed first?
« on: October 01, 2010, 10:49:15 PM »
All I'm going to say about this thread is, romance is hard.
Like, kind of impossible so far.

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Video Game Chat / Re: It's the 3DS!
« on: October 01, 2010, 10:46:38 PM »
Sounds downright evil.

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Site Discussion / Re: Which staff member will wed first?
« on: October 01, 2010, 01:49:37 AM »
@_@

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Latest News / Re: Mario news from Nintendo's 2010 Conference
« on: September 29, 2010, 05:08:21 PM »
Since Miis are like 4k text files, you'd better be able to.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Weekly Releases
« on: September 27, 2010, 04:57:18 PM »
AAaaaargh

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Would it really take that long to make a "US version" of the game? Yes they would have to print new boards and make cartridge labels, but they didn't change any of the game code.

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