In reply to this comment by redyellowblue:
The Mil-Po-po are just twitching to use all that gear they bought, all those armors, and guns, and trucks, and tactics. Any excuse to use that and see some action probably gets them pumped up. Unfortunately its just going to get worse and worse the more gagets they get. Ever look at a Gun magazine lately? Its full of "Tactical porn" and I bet every officer "wants" to be that guy with armor and cool looking guns, american flags and eagles, with scopes and knives and gasmasks. All that slick machined metal crafted to destroy your opposition.


Lol. So true. I collect knives, and I assure you it's not just a police mentality. Go watch knife reviews on YouTube. So many reviewers/commenters discussing the "tactical" positives and negatives of particular knives, as if any of them will EVER find themselves in a situation where "tip-up" or "tip-down" will make one bit of difference. And if they should find themselves in that sort of situation, the vast, VAST majority of them would do best by running away, and spare themselves from getting killed or having their own knife shoved up their ass.

"Tactical porn" is exactly what it is, and it sells lots of gear to civilians as well as police.

Jesus Christ that's so true. I hate that kids tried as adults thing. That line has to be stricter or something, it absolute bullshit how 18 is the line and we just ignore it.

>> ^davidraine:

For best results, throw Silk directly into your face. DO NOT INGEST SILK. If accidentally ingested, contact a doctor immediately.


So true. It IS soy milk, after all

So true.. and also why I cannot 'stand' most modern music. Especially pop.

Best show on TV, yet. I am 100% serious there has never been a TV show of higher quality yet. Louie is writing, directing, editing the best show that has ever been on TV. So true, so emotionally on point in every second, important issues, recognizable human moments... Just nothing else like it.

LOL.
so true.
now excuse me while i go cry myself to sleep.

Awesome poem, awesome sentiment, so true, so very true.


Although the video maker needs to see this

The actinides are, generally, "safe" to handle, like those Uranium Oxide pellets. You are more likely to damage the pellet with your nasty human oils than the uranium will you...unless you eat the whole thing, but its chemical toxicity will do you more harm that its radioactive toxicity. Uranium oxide just isn't that radioactive, that is why none of the containers or work areas were shielded in this lab.



Now, if they were dealing with a "hot" substance, one that has hard gammas (like when you do MOX fuel recycling), you have to take even greater precautions because then the radioactive problems really do start to show their heads. Not only will it damage your cells faster than they can repair, but it can start to take out unshielded electronics. This is generally only true for fission products, and a few actinides like protactinium which is highly radioactive AND chemically toxic, and generally only man-made (normal occurrences are less than a few parts per trillion in the crust).



These complications are pretty good generalization to why normal LWRs are not the best way to do nuclear, they just generate far to much waste compared to alternatives. You burn less than 1% of the mined uranium in current reactor tech and fuel cycle choices. With a thorium cycle in a molten salt reactor, you can burn greater than 90%, pushing up to 99% or higher if you try real hard. This means you generate an order(s) of magnitude less waste, and that waste generally is safe after about 300 years (radiation is about the same as naturally occurring radiation). There are also other alternates that use uranium in a faster spectrum that perform better than current tech.



A second age of the atom is fast approaching. Unfortunately, those great pioneers which made this industry in the shadow of "the bomb" failed to realize the full potential of e=mc^2. If nuclear power was developed along side the Apollo instead of the Manhattan project, we might already be in that future, alas...it was not to be.



Radiation is fascinating though! I used to believe what I read in the fear news about any radiation leading to death..turns out that isn't so true after all. The planet is a far more radioactive place then you normally consider, and FAR more radioactive when our primordial ancestors evolved. In fact, there are many people living today in what are dubbed High Background Radiation Areas that seem to suffer no ill effect, and some suggest, have lower rates of cancer than other groups. More studies need to be done, but initial findings fly in the face of the notion of radiation I grew up with (that it all is bad and it all kills you!) Some have even suggested that the creator of the entire model used for evaluating radiation risk knowingly lied about it. The entire basis for today's evaluation of radiological risk is evaluated by Muller's findings as supported by the National Academy of Sciences’ of the time. And in fact, might just be based in fear instead of evidence.



Perhaps ancient man went through the same struggles as he tried to adopt fire, some impassioned move against the dangers of fire prevented some groups from using fire and advancing their way of life. Fire, though, allowed the groups that adopted it to improve their life dramatically. The energy released from a fission event is over a million times more energy rich than any energy tech we currently use, imagine what that could mean for mankind. Fusion is over 4 times that of fission (but much harder), and antimatter over 2000x that of fission (and MUCH MUCH harder). Yes, the age of the atom has only just begun, and who knows were man will be a result? Don't settle for solar dandruff, the power of the atom will reign supreme.

Sorry, but I think that was pure unadulterated *quality sarcastic shtick!

Pretty damned sad when a movie about a purely sarcastic, comedy, and parody born Dictator completely agrees with current U.S. actions, foreign policy, lawmakers, and "-->you name it!" and people just giggle and laugh about it...

Sure it's funny, but damn you should for once in your life almost be silent and abysmally sad that this IS SO true!!! So what the hell are WE going to do about it!?!??! Vote Mitt!?! Of course Mitt voters never saw this film which entirely negates my point...

Great revelations using comedy work wonderfully, but again they ARE AIMED at the wrong people almost EVERY SINGLE TIME (Are people realizing this yet, at all??!)--YOU MUST AIM THEM at the people that are doing all this stupidity in the FIRST PLACE!!! Someone, please, get that down with a pencil and a pad!!!

Anyway, I do want to see the movie finally. I think it'll keep me entertained or feeling like I've committed genocide enough...

>> ^Auger8:

And then this guy blows the whole point of the video by rolling a smoke wasting joint. Joints keep smoking even when you aren't.
Pinch Hitter, it's the only way to smoke good Kind bud.


So true, I use one hoot bongs, to smoke my spinach.

So true.

This is so true.

So true.

This is so true John Noble is an acting genius worthy of any award they are allowed to give him period!

Walter in the White House 2012!

>> ^spoco2:

Walter is the heart of this show. John Noble plays him so damn well, and movingly at times. Hurray for the Australian actor (Anna Torv is also Australian, and stunning)


>> ^Samaelsmith:

This show would be nothing without Walter.

>> ^spoco2:

Sad when women just won't let themselves fricken AGE damnit.

so true.