Mutious

1403 pts ยท July 25, 2014


Isn't it "bright eyed and bushy tailed"?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Average is closer to an hour. Longest was 4 hours. I would need more space, but there are a number of reasons why slow and steady is best.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

For reference, the absolute fastest startup I ever did was an emergency start, and that still took roundabout 20 minutes.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

How fast you can achieve criticality, and how fast you can do it safely are two entirely different things.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The requirements to become a RO at a nuclear plant are actually more stringent than becoming a nuclear engineer at one.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Some reactor operators are engineers. Most are not. Operations and engineering are different disciplines, essentially.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That video must be greatly accelerated. Reactor startup is a slow, gradual process. (Former military and civilian reactor operator here).

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Accidentally replied to myself and not you, but my response is above. Pretty sure the checker fucked up.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Notice the other guy crouching nearby is out by the wing tip on the opposite side, clear of the jet wash.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It looks like he was positioned too far towards the center of the aircraft, the exhausts are just to either side of the fuselage. 1/2

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

His Chief is going to chew his fucking face off. As an ex-carrier crewmen they don't fuck around with flight deck safety.

9 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 1

You do know that you can go deep without hitting the cervix? Hell, you can actually get past it, above or below usually. Feels great.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

As someone in the solar power industry, pretty much everything said there is wrong. Please stop.

10 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 3

This gentleman speaks the truth. I have verified it with mine own eyes.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You visited the Nuclear Regulatory Committee?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Visual acuity is derived from both the eyes and brain. Their eyes are far superior to ours, their brains not so much.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Dat elastic deformation.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is that picture that they thought were tiny dinosaurs a troop of coati? I fucking love those things.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I thought Wankel engines were more commonly referred to as Rotary engines.

10 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Agreed. Join the military and you aren't reliant on them for anything. Though you do sort of get a new set of parents.

10 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 1

This, the majority of the actual energy came from U-238 atoms split by the high energy neutrons produced by the fusion stage.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That is to say, it is not an efficient source of destructive energy in and of itself. It is used primarily as a booster.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The inclusion of fusion in nuclear bombs acts primarily as a source of extra neutrons to fuel more vigorous fission chain reactions.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not a miscalculation per se, but rather an unexpected reaction involving one of the two naturally occuring isotopes of lithium.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

At first I thought he was a one trick pony with the sign slide thing. I was wrong.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

My brain and stomach say yes. The inside of my mouth says "God, please, no."

10 years ago | Likes 40 Dislikes 0

That is easily one of the worst misspellings I have seen in a while. I pronounced the word differently in my head and it was awful.

10 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Isn't it tamale in English?

10 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Lost me at the end there.

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

That's the basis for modern day twin scroll turbos, right?

10 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0