Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Award for the World’s Stupidest Headline Goes To…

Posted on 2011-03-31 by TJ

Fox News, for “Japan’s Nuclear Rescuers: ‘Inevitable Some of Them May Die Within Weeks’” In other news, it is inevitable that every person reading this may get hit by a bus on the way home today, it is inevitable that … Continue reading →

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Democracy, Coalitions and Conservatism

Posted on 2011-03-27 by TJ

I really will get back to poetry Real Soon Now, although I note I get many more hits on non-poetical topics than otherwise. No better demonstration of the malaise of the modern world, really. But for now: politics. I am … Continue reading →

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Semantics, CSS and Tables

Posted on 2011-03-26 by TJ

Just as a warning to the easily nauseated, I’m going to wind up talking about DSSSL before I get to the end of this post. I’ve been spending a lot of time lately with PHP and CSS while working up … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on Radiation

Posted on 2011-03-23 by TJ

To talk about the health effects of “radiation” is much like talking about the health effects of “viruses”. If I tell you I’ve been exposed to a virus, you really can’t say anything much about my likely health outcome. Maybe … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on Nuclear Power

Posted on 2011-03-20 by TJ

Despite having three degrees related to nuclear engineering, power generation and nuclear physics, I’ve never actually worked in the nuclear industry, as it became completely moribund around the time I started my Master’s, which more-or-less coincided with the explosion, fire … Continue reading →

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Gibberish and Innuendo

Posted on 2011-03-14 by TJ

A friend of a friend on Twitter characterized CNN’s recent coverage like this: CNN in nutshell: But it *could* melt down, right? It *could* be catastrophically awful, yes? Radiation in the air! People will die, right? He appears to be … Continue reading →

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Notes on Nuclear Meltdown

Posted on 2011-03-12 by TJ

People with huge anti-nuclear axes to grind spread baseless fear. You can tell when an organization has a name like “Institute for Policy Studies” that it has a major political agenda that has nothing to do with studying policy, but … Continue reading →

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Drafts

Posted on 2011-03-01 by TJ

There are drafts of posts here that I have no recollection of writing, and some things I remember that do not exist in this particular reality. I’m not usually quite so scattered, but I’ve been saying that for six months … Continue reading →

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