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  1. Belisarius

    The story of Quantas A380 flight QF32,as told by one of the pilot on-board. +pics

    Does the A380 always have a flight crew of five?
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    He really is a Dear Leader
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    Very much doubt that it's true. KJI has a habit of making grandiose gestures that really come to nothing. As for how many NK citizens are in Japan, the Japanese immigration bureau at the Ministry of Justice doesn't distinguish between those from North and South. Neither does KJI, for that...
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    This misunderstanding is not helped by language barrier. I don't know about other languages but in Spanish, meltdown is referred to as "fusión del reactor", implying a fusion chain reaction. A better word in Spanish would be "sobrecalentimiento" - overheating.
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    Oh... I'll just use my walking frame to hobble off out into the snow now. I may be some time.
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    Vessel Liberator from Blake's 7

    Thanks, I never saw the model before.
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    Must say the IEAE reports have become much more informative since they got their boots on the ground and haven't had to rely on patchy Japanese info. http://www.iaea.org/press/?p=1537#more-1537 Curious about one thing: the recommended iodine doses: So when you're 39 years old you need 76mg...
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    Vessel Liberator from Blake's 7

    OK Jon, it's not on OH, it's not on RagTag, where is it please I beg of you?
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    Flight Question Going to the moon - prograde or retrograde orbit?

    Try IMFD Base Approach. Set the source to Moon, target a place on Earth with Lat and Long, or use a base name. Wait for the correct ejection time, usually when you're on the far side of the moon. If it looks like you're going to thrust directly into the Moon surface, something's wrong. Don't...
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    Is Religion A Force For Good In The World?

    Thanks for the correction, checked some "scriptures" and you're absolutely right.
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    While the politicians play politics-as-usual games: LDP resists 'grand coalition' http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110320003127.htm
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    Looks like the burial of the spent fuel pool is getting under way: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/21/japan.nuclear.reactors/?hpt=T2
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    Saw a rad-hardened US Army FOX vehicle being loaded onto a cargo plane and heard that US Army vehicles were on the scene in Fukushima (forgotten the source, sorry) An excellent 10 minute BBC radio report about the 1999 Tokaimura nuclear accident here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fc7th
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    OHM XR5 Air Jamaica

    Excellent - just what my Rasta colony on Mars needed!
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    Cairan talks about conflicting information. If you go to NHK right now you'll see the following headlines: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20_31.html
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    Haiti - Wyclef Jean shot but not serious

    This from AP http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gtZGGUSswKMJg1HIOF9aI1k-r0yw?docId=798f2329d4f947e4abd530154871e6bb His Yéle Foundation: http://www.yele.org/ His song "If I was President" Best wishes for full recovery
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    News Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, & Nuclear Disaster

    BBC video report on their rolling log shows a Japan Times graphic on radiation levels around the area, all low. Couldn't find the graphic on the JT website, but there IS radiation data from NISA (Japanese Nuclear Industrial Safety Agency) in the form of PDF reports from around the risk area...
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    Not in charge of any dangerous machinery at the moment, except the iPod player. Ooops... wife and kids back from real life, got to go. Cheers
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    I'm on a roll ... must be all the beer I've consumed
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    I thought Ernie was Bert's friend in Sesame Street.
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