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    Why is the developed world turning away from Nuclear Energy?

    This. I don't understand why there is zero movement at least in the US for a thorium breeder. The fuel is more plentiful, wouldn't require expensive uranium enrichment and processing steps, plants could be passively safe and much smaller in scale. It seems like a win-win. Granted there are...
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    Resistor Code ?

    I found a replacement board on e-bay that had some good high res pictures of the resistor in question but unexploded. The pic (R46 in the middle) shows red, black, gold, gold, purple. I guess the heat could have changed my purple band to black (or see Edit below). However, the digikey...
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    Resistor Code ?

    Due to a power surge a resistor on the Motor Control board of my treadmill cooked. It is likely that other components are also toast. However, since resistors are cheap and new control boards are not I thought I would try to replace the blown resistor first. However, it has been a long time...
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    Ever had a gun pointed at you by a cop?

    Twice ... sort of. Once when I was in college some friends and I went target shooting at a place where we sort of weren't supposed to be. It was land owned by the local power company but people went there all the time to ride 4-wheelers, shoot, & hangout. Anyway, I didn't hear the cruiser...
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    What if you shoot down a surveilance drone tresspassing on your property?

    It would surely be below terminal velocity since you only approach it asymptotically via free fall and never actually reach that speed. I made some rough calculations based on a 7.62 bullet and varying the drag coefficients since I couldn't find an exact one. It should take somewhere between...
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    What if you shoot down a surveilance drone tresspassing on your property?

    Terminal Velocity (noun)- The constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling under gravity through a fluid, esp the atmosphere. Essentially when drag (determined by aerodynamics) = the force of gravity. So how fast does a bullet fall? Answer: At exactly its terminal velocity. Perhaps you...
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    Odd Things You Remember From Being A Kid

    Me and my brother would put this stuff on the ceiling fan and turn it on to watch it splat against the wall. However, that ended when one time instead of coming off in a big chunk it extruded into what seemed like a mile of thin slime string. There were thin strings of this stuff wrapping the...
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    Who "owns" the airspace over a house?

    Section 91.119 There is an exemption for agricultural aircraft like crop dusters in Section 137.49 that says they can fly lower than 500 feet. I am not aware of any other exemptions for things like inspections ... but that doesn't mean that there aren't any.
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    Who "owns" the airspace over a house?

    United States v. Causby - Says basically you own just enough to use your land .... Also according the FAA anyone can fly anything in the uncontrolled region of airspace as longs as they maintain 500 feet from people and structures. Air Rights
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    Jesse Jackson thinks your AR-15 can shoot down airplanes

    This is getting off from the original topic however ... Pilots routinely use ILS/autopilot to to align with the runway and get on the glide slope. Lots of times this isn't turned off until the "decision height" which is around 200 feet. The pilot then flares and does the touchdown. Large...
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    The most badass scene in any movie, ever?

    "There was a fire fight!!!!" from The Boondock Saints http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsuH1msEkvM
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    So North Korea admits they want to nuke the US... Update with Video

    Although there have been numerous failures this isn't accurate. GMD has a couple of intercepts. FTG-03A and FTG-05 both resulted in successful exoatmospheric intercepts. Also although not technically GBI the Aegis BMD has scored several hits.
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    Ouch!!! The tax increase sucks

    Exactly the same situation for me.
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    Lucasfilm bought by Disney for $4.05 Billion, Episode 7 confirmed for 2015!

    Can we get a reboot of Episodes 1-3 and just pretend they never happened instead of a new movie?
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    OMG My Health Insurance premiums..

    1) Premiums went up ~12%(last year was ~11%). 2) Co-pays went up ~20% (last year ~25%). 3) Also, this year they added an extra fee for your spouse. If your spouse works tack on an additional $70 per month to the Family plan which already costs 4 times the individual plan. Got an e-mail from...