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What a rubbish headline. And to think the owner is quoted in the same article saying ""They weren't in for a free-for-all". Bad reporting. And I have no idea how this came to be a …

To add to this, The Steiner system places a lot of value in surroundings and buildings and a lot of time and effort (or is it money?) goes into making the "learning environment" in…

Can confirm technophobia in the New Zealand Steiner system too. I believe things have improved somewhat, but TV was definitely the Antichrist.

"forty years of complete absence of nuclear accidents"? The same Wikipedia has a fairly large section on accidents at nuclear power plants, stating "worldwide there have been 99 ac…

I know it's easy to suggest as a New Zealander (lots of mountains, lots of rain, and not that many people), but that hydro you mention is ace, wish all our power came from it.

Android open? Like honeycomb?

"Both RIM and Microsoft "get" the Enterprise. This matchup makes sense for both of them" Based on what? I'd argue that they "got" enterprise, but are in the process of losing it. A…

It should be noted that UNSCREAR use the linear no threshold theory despite the lack of evidence regarding lower doses . Err on the side of safety.

Have you a source for that? I could well believe that the cancer risk is low and obviously is is uncommon for a dose of radiation to be large, but 'comparatively large' doses of ra…

A 'spokesman' has just announced in the last few hours that there are high cesium levels in leaking water that is measuring 1Sv per hour. That going to be somewhere in the depths o…

Perhaps the authorities are to blame for this problem. They are far from open about the issues and the plant has a long history of record falsification and other shenanigans. Now w…

The great thing about procrastination is that the reward comes now. Don't take that away from me.

Weird how the quality of conversation gets discussed repeatedly. And it's also strange to see a conversion of that length without typos (I couldn't see any..) or annoying emoticons…

I've got a business idea. I'll make this thing, you'll pay heaps for it, then pay each month to have it. Then, whenever someone wants you to do something they can press a button an…

Another agreement. My pet peeve. Real-estate agents should put a price on houses they are trying to sell. I'll either buy, or I won't. Who wants to pay for building reports and law…

I recently watched a blu ray at a friends, then tried to watch the special features listed on the cover. We couldn't. Turns out the blu ray player didn't have the most current firm…

Product idea?

It's interesting how great a baring the quality of the question has on the quality of the answer. Good questions get (usually) good answers. I regularly get caught in the crossfire…

Does "I told you so" ever work in any situation? It only ever makes people mad. Unfortunately being right can't be pointed out in many situations.

The Christchurch figure is a debatable one, as the government is talking it up so as to justify an asset sale (national park mining and power companies are current favourites) whil…

As I understand it, spreading out the waste leads to more material being contaminated. Surrounding concrete, pipes, cranes beams etc... Most equipment used ends up contaminated. I …

Are the containment domes intact in Japan? Edit: found this on IAEA site: "Containment remains intact at Fukushima Daiichi Units 1, 2 and 3". It doesn't even mention the 4th, but d…

Go easy... "it was the earthquake and tsunami." they didn't go together in any of the scenarios they ran.

Wondered when someone would mention that. Had seen the link to it in the comments on the Cringely article, posted by a Cringely sceptic. Weird coincidence that it happen the month …