Posts by Dr. G. Freeman 438 publicly visible posts • joined 6 Nov 2009
It's so they can tie the information in the social media's (and the backup copy the three letter agencies have) database of "Joebloggs1471" social media to an actual "Bloggs, Joe A. passport number xxxxxx", and so plug it it into other databases with that information for whatever reason they want it for.
The clue's in the name Small Modular Reactors.
Small- not that much radioactive stuff
Modular- it's all contained in one box.
When it comes to End of Life for the reactor, will have a small (~1kg) pile of high level waste which will be treated as normal (Sellafield reprocessing), and the modular "box" can also be recycled/ reused with only another small (don't know exactly how much, less than a tonne) of low-level stuff to deal with instead of multi-tonne stuff now.
When they designed the old reactors in the 60s/70s didn't think about end of life, now the modern ones do, and so have less to clean up afterwards
Imported, chocolate encased biscuits....Oh no, the beancounters have discovered Kimberleys ! (OK, to be pedantic, Borland's elite Kimberleys)
Of course they should be under lock and key, preferably with a heavily armed security guard in a defensive location (MIssion Control ?) to stop the unworthy getting them.
So, the British could lease it out to replace the RRS James Clark Ross (sold to the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine in 2021), or the RRS Ernest Shackleton (sold to the Italians) to be the sister ship of RRS Sir David Attenborough, as the RRS Boaty McBoatface ?
Fighter Jet- an aircraft used for fighting other jet-powered flying things in the sjy
Jet fighter- an aircraft with a jet engine, used for picking a fight with other things, that might not be jet-powered or even in the sky (but can move)- i.e. tank shaped things
Source - ex- RAF bod in the tearoom.
Did that a job once, way back when.
Most of the time, change a fuse, plug, or just give the insides a good clean, and it was like new.
Could build a half-decent computer rig from a morning's collection.
Probably his drive's been collected, wiped, had a linux distro put on it, and sold to somebody for £30 for their kid to use. (what I charged for a recycled PC in 2009)
Yes, but in other areas of the UK, like the bit I live in (Northern Scotland) aren't considered "mainland UK", and so next day delivery doesn't exist
Didn't know everything north of Perth was a separate island when I started getting deliveries, going to have to update the maps on the telly, still looks like one big island.
On the other hand, if a problem for the Government arises, their lawyers can interpret the law in such a way that the problem can be dealt with quickly under "current legislation" and removed quickly
Or if the problem means the Government can't do something, oh well the law can be interpreted another way to let them do it.
"Or can we expect an announcement that one of Manchester / Sheffield / Leeds is the new location of the UKs exascale computer…"
More likely Imperial, UCL, King's College, or out in the wilds of Oxbridge.
Don't want it too far from London
(message sent from the University of Aberdeen, beyond the "here be dragons" bit on the map)
Oh the BT business hub, the bane of my existence 2006-2008. I was on the frontline Helldesk for BT business tech support.
I would have just taken the little thing, and put it out of its misery by your favourite method of destruction. (best I heard was as a clay pigeon substitute)
It's more humane than actually using it for its BT anointed job.
I don't believe them. Or any other political party at the moment.
As it's election time, they'll promise anything to anyone to get the votes to stay on the gravy train of being in parliament.
Heard too many promises from people with different coloured rosettes over the years, that as soon as they got the job, deny ever saying such things, even when you show them the manifestos.
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