So being who I am, I have to share this to make sure it's not just me. I am presently undertaking SCI 207 Environmental Studies. Essentially its one big happy science class with a hippy, tree hugging twist. I cannot really complain about that, as the class is actually pretty interesting and a great refresher on life sciences basics. Plus cool things like the Cambrian explosion and mass extinctions and lions and tigers and bears oh my!
Anyways, This week, one of the discussion questions was in regards to nuclear power. Here is a post written by a fellow student from the discussion boards . (Direct Cut and Paste, No Alterations):
If you had to argue the benefits of nuclear energy, they would be nuclear power plants are more safer during the last years. Better calculations risks of technical systems. The more complex a system is, the higher the likelihood of missing out certain risks. The problem is perception the waste problem has a solution the current policy is to bury-long-lived wastes in a respository that is under construction, with current technology they can be consumed. There are various risks involved when using nuclear energy as a source of power. We argue that the benefits greatly outweighing more. If this would occur there would be no way of preventing the reactor from overheating. The use of nuclear reactors to generate electricity continues to increase all over the world.
Seriously?!? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!? Let's break that paragraph down.
If you had to argue the benefits of nuclear energy, they would be nuclear power plants are more safer during the last years. Serious Grammar Nazi Alert! So your saying that reactor walls and containment systems become stronger with age?
Better calculations risks of technical systems. That's right, do not push the shiny red button, might be risks of technical systems
The more complex a system is, the higher the likelihood of missing out certain risks. Well shit Joe Bob, make it more complex, that way we miss out certain risks.
The problem is perception the waste problem has a solution the current policy is to bury-long-lived wastes in a respository that is under construction, with current technology they can be consumed. Ok, at least here there is something resembling an idea or two, they are just jumbled, intertwined, and hopelessly confused.
There are various risks involved when using nuclear energy as a source of power. At Last! A complete rational thought!
We argue that the benefits greatly outweighing more. Ummm there is more than one of you trying to type? Is that why it is difficult to make this a useful informative sentence such as, "I would argue that the benefits of nuclear energy greatly outweigh the negatives associated with its use."
If this would occur there would be no way of preventing the reactor from overheating. By Olympus!! Sure would helpful to know what exactly is causing our reactor to meltdown.
The use of nuclear reactors to generate electricity continues to increase all over the world. All right! The second cohesive thought present in this paragraph.
How exactly am I supposed to respond to this fellow student in an appropriate manner? Sure I can pick it apart and make fun of it, maybe even divine some of the intent behind it, but seriously comment on it? Highly Doubtful.
Any Thoughts?
Mix
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
To Whom it May Concern.
Yet more random thoughts and musings from the mind of Foodie.
To Whom it May Concern:
Every one in life has something they are skilled at or have a talent for.
Everyone makes mistakes.
Unfortunately, your talent appears to be making mistakes and what's worse is, you never seem to learn from them.
To Whom it May Concern: I told you there would be at least 3 Super Bowl commercials that had monkeys. At least I won one of my bets. Stoopid Packers.
To Whom it May Concern: Lunch was great, we really have to do it more often.
To Whom it May Concern: Today is day 46
To Whom it May Concern: 6 years, 357 days, 16 hours, 29 minutes, 42 seconds.
To Whom it May Concern: The pen might indeed be mightier than the sword, but words only have as much power as one allows them to have, while a gladius thrust into your midsection is going to hurt regardless.
(Sorry bout the subtitles)
To Whom it May Concern: What would be the coolest gift? An orbital Space Cannon with plasma discharger and GPS targeting! Or you know. . . socks are cool too and probably more useful.
To Whom it May Concern:
Have we reached the tipping point over the cliff of collapse? Or is there still time to save the world from the destruction we hath wrought?
No, this time I'm not even thinking about the potential for political ruination and civilization crumbling to barbarism. Though barbarism is certainly the path of least resistance if there is world wide famine or gods forbid global warming and shit.
Yeah, Ive heard that quote as well. I don't think the exact number of meals away from anarchy we are really matters. The point is; take away all the creature comforts, deprive people of food, rest and relative safety and those wonderful, intelligent, caring, ethical, talking monkeys are going to be up in arms willing to do anything to survive. or you know, at home waiting for the government to save them.
Yeah and then the aliens show up. Dude seriously, how do we get from environmental studies class to space aliens in the span of a couple minutes?
I was speaking broadly about things like monoculture fields, our dependence upon pesticides selecting insects with immunity to survive, Monsanto's Terminator technology and domination over agribusiness, pollution of every sort, clear cutting, etc. etc. etc. you know that environmental mix and how much of our food supply is corn and soy.
First of all it doesn't matter if the aliens are cannibals because cannibalism implies you eat members of your own species, secondly If your not going to take this seriously, I'm going to have to find somebody else to help me with my homework.
What ever dude, I'll call Alf. at least he ate cats.
To Whom it May Concern: Why is the Alphabet in the order its in? No seriously, Why? Who got to decide and when?
To Whom it May Concern: The movie "The Sweetest Thing", yeah I liked it. Not sure why, but perhaps its satirical look at women and relationships, with characters that were complete caricatures and exceedingly bawdy humor. Especially the line, "How do you not know what a glory hole is?!?" or "That is the funniest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. I mean, I flew across that room. And you got fucked in the eye!" That's pure comedy gold my friend.
To Whom it May Concern: Wow, all I can say is Wow.
To Whom it May Concern:I hope the weather is nicer next week when you come for your visit. Though part of your Minnesota cold weather endurance may yet be intact, nobody really enjoys -2.
To Whom it May Concern: Hakuna Matata! At least you are out of an untenable position.
Mix
To Whom it May Concern:
Every one in life has something they are skilled at or have a talent for.
Everyone makes mistakes.
Unfortunately, your talent appears to be making mistakes and what's worse is, you never seem to learn from them.
To Whom it May Concern: I told you there would be at least 3 Super Bowl commercials that had monkeys. At least I won one of my bets. Stoopid Packers.
To Whom it May Concern: Lunch was great, we really have to do it more often.
To Whom it May Concern: Today is day 46
To Whom it May Concern: 6 years, 357 days, 16 hours, 29 minutes, 42 seconds.
To Whom it May Concern: The pen might indeed be mightier than the sword, but words only have as much power as one allows them to have, while a gladius thrust into your midsection is going to hurt regardless.
(Sorry bout the subtitles)
To Whom it May Concern: What would be the coolest gift? An orbital Space Cannon with plasma discharger and GPS targeting! Or you know. . . socks are cool too and probably more useful.
To Whom it May Concern:
Have we reached the tipping point over the cliff of collapse? Or is there still time to save the world from the destruction we hath wrought?
No, this time I'm not even thinking about the potential for political ruination and civilization crumbling to barbarism. Though barbarism is certainly the path of least resistance if there is world wide famine or gods forbid global warming and shit.
Yeah, Ive heard that quote as well. I don't think the exact number of meals away from anarchy we are really matters. The point is; take away all the creature comforts, deprive people of food, rest and relative safety and those wonderful, intelligent, caring, ethical, talking monkeys are going to be up in arms willing to do anything to survive. or you know, at home waiting for the government to save them.
Yeah and then the aliens show up. Dude seriously, how do we get from environmental studies class to space aliens in the span of a couple minutes?
I was speaking broadly about things like monoculture fields, our dependence upon pesticides selecting insects with immunity to survive, Monsanto's Terminator technology and domination over agribusiness, pollution of every sort, clear cutting, etc. etc. etc. you know that environmental mix and how much of our food supply is corn and soy.
First of all it doesn't matter if the aliens are cannibals because cannibalism implies you eat members of your own species, secondly If your not going to take this seriously, I'm going to have to find somebody else to help me with my homework.
What ever dude, I'll call Alf. at least he ate cats.
To Whom it May Concern: Why is the Alphabet in the order its in? No seriously, Why? Who got to decide and when?
To Whom it May Concern: The movie "The Sweetest Thing", yeah I liked it. Not sure why, but perhaps its satirical look at women and relationships, with characters that were complete caricatures and exceedingly bawdy humor. Especially the line, "How do you not know what a glory hole is?!?" or "That is the funniest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. I mean, I flew across that room. And you got fucked in the eye!" That's pure comedy gold my friend.
To Whom it May Concern: Wow, all I can say is Wow.
To Whom it May Concern:I hope the weather is nicer next week when you come for your visit. Though part of your Minnesota cold weather endurance may yet be intact, nobody really enjoys -2.
To Whom it May Concern: Hakuna Matata! At least you are out of an untenable position.
Mix
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
To Whom it May Concern
Catching up on random thoughts and musings from the mind of Foodie.
To Whom it May Concern: Today is day 39.
To Whom it May Concern: I'm so glad Starz produced Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, even if it is only a 6 episode arc designed as a stop gap measure while they recast the lead role. Spartacus is a totally kickass show! That is if you like equal parts intrigue, sex, violence, and political power plays done in fine Ancient Roman Fashion.
To Whom it May Concern:
Yes I understand that 70 is indeed numerically greater than 69 or 42, But I think your missing the point.
To Whom it May Concern: It can't rain all the time.
To Whom it May Concern: Why are these women going back? I've watched 3 episodes of Teen Mom 2 and I'm pretty sure these guys are complete and total chadbags. Well maybe Corey isn't so bad, though it is funny that MTV feels the need for subtitles in case his drawl is a bit too thick for us Yankees.
To Whom it May Concern:
This is why one should never do their homework based exclusively on information from the internetz-
From Answers.com:
Question: What is a group of baboons called?
Answer: A gaytard or a troop.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_group_of_baboons_called
I'm guessing some 7th grader somewhere received a boatload of trouble for putting Gaytard down as an answer on a biology/life sciences test. And for some reason I find that thought absolutely hilarious.
To Whom it May Concern: Henry Rollins may not be all that familiar to you, but he should be.
To Whom it May Concern: Repeating the same actions over and over while expecting different results may not be clear cut insanity, but it does come pretty damn close.
To Whom it May Concern: Sometimes police officers aren't so bad. I wonder how many are named Chad?
To Whom it May Concern: 6 years, 351 days, 17 hours, 33 minutes, and about 31 seconds.
To Whom it May Concern: Have I mentioned I like Breasts?
To Whom it May Concern: Sweet!
To Whom it May Concern:
What did I learn in class this week?
That species are going extinct at a rate 10-1000 times faster than "normal" background rates. Depending upon which scientist you ask, these rates are similar to those evidenced in the prior five mass extinctions of geological history.
Also; How to be a responsible Eco-Tourist. I jumped to the back of the book to see if there was a guide to Eco-Terrorism for the more hard core set.
To Whom it May Concern: It might be time for a batch of Papa George's Bean Soup
To Whom it May Concern: Wipeout is one of the funniest Television shows I have ever seen. Ridiculous I know. Essentially it's "Owww My Balls" from the movie Idiocracy. Presently on ABC, Thursday's at 7c/8e
To Whom it May Concern: Stoopid Cheddar Monkeys
To Whom it May Concern: Here is a bet I'd like to make in Vegas with regards to the super bowl- Who wins in a hair pulling fight Clay Matthews and his golden locks or Troy Polamalu and his Samoan Warrior Mane?
To Whom it May Concern:
Lets say I buy into the premise that in the future, Wars will be fought with robots.
I will even grant you the whole, robots only fight other robots argument.
But if they are not self replicating, or at least capable of replenishing and maintaining their population independent of human interaction, some nerdy,brilliant, yet disaffected programer will insert a subroutine that will kill us all. or you know at least maim us.
I don't know, perhaps the classic "take a chance"
So your saying the robots will be operated by tele-presence and it will be a gentleman's agreement not to use such devices against civilian targets? As opposed to all the other inventions that we expertly employ to provoke death?
Oh I see, yeah they only build these robots in deserted areas, and the fights can be televised. Seriously dude, I pretty sure that's the story behind the craptastic movie Robot Jox.
No I saw it once and that was enough. You want to learn more about your Reservation Rumbling Robots of Doom, you hunt that movie down your self.
Yeah, Netflix should have it, but trust me just go with your imagination, its bound to be better.
To Whom it May Concern: Not exactly a song stuck in my head, so much as the background soundtrack that has been playing in my mind off and on for about 2 weeks now.
To Whom it May Concern: Fenske's Wych Cult Stands Undefeated. Not bad for a bunch of space elves, with a penchant for latex, leather, whips and chains. When a national champion begins adapting his lists to reflect yours, you know you are on top of your game. And seriously, Reaver Jet Bikes rule! Combat drugs are just a nice bonus. The days when the Space Wolves or Ghost Warriors would crush Nurgle's Onions or the Tau Pansies on a regular basis wasn't that long ago.
To Whom it May Concern: Dude it was great you could make it out for gaming sunday. Seriously hope the next time isn't another decade.
To Whom it May Concern: Egypt.
To Whom it May Concern: What percentage of humanity is required for a fundamental shift in thinking? Or a fundamental shift in reality? Is such a thing really possible?
To Whom it May Concern: You know what they called the "storm of the century" in Minnesota? An Average Monday in January.
To Whom it May Concern: Seriously I love tacos! Tacos and Boobs. When I die and you go against my wishes and bury me with a headstone and stuff it better say that. He loved Tacos and Boobs.
To Whom it May Concern: Season three of Star Wars: The Clone wars is totally bad ass.
To Whom it May Concern: I just realized that I fill the requirements according to the Constitution to run for President. Who wants to be my running mate and who wants to give me money?
To Whom it May Concern: Whatever Dude. Rock On.
Mix
To Whom it May Concern: Today is day 39.
To Whom it May Concern: I'm so glad Starz produced Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, even if it is only a 6 episode arc designed as a stop gap measure while they recast the lead role. Spartacus is a totally kickass show! That is if you like equal parts intrigue, sex, violence, and political power plays done in fine Ancient Roman Fashion.
To Whom it May Concern:
Yes I understand that 70 is indeed numerically greater than 69 or 42, But I think your missing the point.
To Whom it May Concern: It can't rain all the time.
To Whom it May Concern: Why are these women going back? I've watched 3 episodes of Teen Mom 2 and I'm pretty sure these guys are complete and total chadbags. Well maybe Corey isn't so bad, though it is funny that MTV feels the need for subtitles in case his drawl is a bit too thick for us Yankees.
To Whom it May Concern:
This is why one should never do their homework based exclusively on information from the internetz-
From Answers.com:
Question: What is a group of baboons called?
Answer: A gaytard or a troop.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_group_of_baboons_called
I'm guessing some 7th grader somewhere received a boatload of trouble for putting Gaytard down as an answer on a biology/life sciences test. And for some reason I find that thought absolutely hilarious.
To Whom it May Concern: Henry Rollins may not be all that familiar to you, but he should be.
To Whom it May Concern: Repeating the same actions over and over while expecting different results may not be clear cut insanity, but it does come pretty damn close.
To Whom it May Concern: Sometimes police officers aren't so bad. I wonder how many are named Chad?
To Whom it May Concern: 6 years, 351 days, 17 hours, 33 minutes, and about 31 seconds.
To Whom it May Concern: Have I mentioned I like Breasts?
To Whom it May Concern: Sweet!
To Whom it May Concern:
What did I learn in class this week?
That species are going extinct at a rate 10-1000 times faster than "normal" background rates. Depending upon which scientist you ask, these rates are similar to those evidenced in the prior five mass extinctions of geological history.
Also; How to be a responsible Eco-Tourist. I jumped to the back of the book to see if there was a guide to Eco-Terrorism for the more hard core set.
To Whom it May Concern: It might be time for a batch of Papa George's Bean Soup
To Whom it May Concern: Wipeout is one of the funniest Television shows I have ever seen. Ridiculous I know. Essentially it's "Owww My Balls" from the movie Idiocracy. Presently on ABC, Thursday's at 7c/8e
To Whom it May Concern: Stoopid Cheddar Monkeys
To Whom it May Concern: Here is a bet I'd like to make in Vegas with regards to the super bowl- Who wins in a hair pulling fight Clay Matthews and his golden locks or Troy Polamalu and his Samoan Warrior Mane?
To Whom it May Concern:
Lets say I buy into the premise that in the future, Wars will be fought with robots.
I will even grant you the whole, robots only fight other robots argument.
But if they are not self replicating, or at least capable of replenishing and maintaining their population independent of human interaction, some nerdy,brilliant, yet disaffected programer will insert a subroutine that will kill us all. or you know at least maim us.
I don't know, perhaps the classic "take a chance"
So your saying the robots will be operated by tele-presence and it will be a gentleman's agreement not to use such devices against civilian targets? As opposed to all the other inventions that we expertly employ to provoke death?
Oh I see, yeah they only build these robots in deserted areas, and the fights can be televised. Seriously dude, I pretty sure that's the story behind the craptastic movie Robot Jox.
No I saw it once and that was enough. You want to learn more about your Reservation Rumbling Robots of Doom, you hunt that movie down your self.
Yeah, Netflix should have it, but trust me just go with your imagination, its bound to be better.
To Whom it May Concern: Not exactly a song stuck in my head, so much as the background soundtrack that has been playing in my mind off and on for about 2 weeks now.
To Whom it May Concern: Fenske's Wych Cult Stands Undefeated. Not bad for a bunch of space elves, with a penchant for latex, leather, whips and chains. When a national champion begins adapting his lists to reflect yours, you know you are on top of your game. And seriously, Reaver Jet Bikes rule! Combat drugs are just a nice bonus. The days when the Space Wolves or Ghost Warriors would crush Nurgle's Onions or the Tau Pansies on a regular basis wasn't that long ago.
To Whom it May Concern: Dude it was great you could make it out for gaming sunday. Seriously hope the next time isn't another decade.
To Whom it May Concern: Egypt.
To Whom it May Concern: What percentage of humanity is required for a fundamental shift in thinking? Or a fundamental shift in reality? Is such a thing really possible?
To Whom it May Concern: You know what they called the "storm of the century" in Minnesota? An Average Monday in January.
To Whom it May Concern: Seriously I love tacos! Tacos and Boobs. When I die and you go against my wishes and bury me with a headstone and stuff it better say that. He loved Tacos and Boobs.
To Whom it May Concern: Season three of Star Wars: The Clone wars is totally bad ass.
To Whom it May Concern: I just realized that I fill the requirements according to the Constitution to run for President. Who wants to be my running mate and who wants to give me money?
To Whom it May Concern: Whatever Dude. Rock On.
Mix
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