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Listed below are comments made by Mark_PL between Wednesday, 16th July 2008 and Wednesday, 14th January 2009.

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But is it art? 9:36pm on 14 Jan 2009 This is certainly a piece of art, and a very good one at that. It makes one grin and is thought-provoking.

Czechs are famous for their sense of humour anyway.

Well done.
Norwegian shelter 11:03pm on 12 Jan 2009 @65:

"But why should Gasprom provide for Ukr. tubes' technical maintenance, Ukr. quite able to pump up gas for its technical needs from its undeground reservoirs."

The moment Gasprom pays 'market level' transit fees to Ukraine the need to provide technical gas will stop for Gasprom.

"Gasprom says it owns more than half of the gas in underground reservoirs on Ukraine territory.."

A very interesting claim, esp. confronted with Ukrainian claim of having paid for said gas...

Gasprom lost its credibility as a reliable business partner quite a while ago and no amount of 'claims' will change that.

In a short term we must grind teeth and live with the bully, investing in a rapid deployment of atomic energy plants.
Missing memory amnesty 2:22pm on 17 Sep 2008 #1 pinkfloydareace wrote:

"With memory sticks, as they are small, there is no chance of putting names on."

Right, but there is _plenty_ of space to put your name *in* them. I do this with every data storage card or USB drive I own, by copying a smal text file to the device. Inside the file, usually named _README.txt or _OWNER.txt, are my contact details and a polite request to contact me in case the device is found.
Any witches and warlocks out there? 7:40pm on 12 Sep 2008 Long, long ago, in another galaxy (or was it in another portal, directed at geeks) it has been noted, that Euro currency symbol is nothing else but a QUAKE II sign placed sideways. So go figure... :-)
A serious summit 09:58am on 01 Sep 2008 Mendemus (#1) - very well said. I'd like to add that Georgia is in fact worth fighting for if not for higher motives then for purely economical, as they host the only remaining Russia-independent gas and oil pipeline. Europe is like man hooked on drugs, those being Russian oil and gas. Either we start a therapy (a painfull one, doubtlessly) or we will end in a Soviet gutter sooner rather than later. We should be firm and determined, playing dead won't help.
France builds nuclear future 2:06pm on 21 Jul 2008 @ #140

The point is not about cooling the reactor but about getting rid of the waste heat. If I recall correctly the efficiency of steam turbine generator is below 33%, so approx. 2/3 of the supplied energy must be dispersed to the environment. Large bodies of water are perfect for this purpose.
France builds nuclear future 11:53am on 20 Jul 2008 @ 117
SB2 wrote: "They have a reason for building their nuclear reactors on the coast."

Yes, and the real reason is they need a lot of cooling water, so enough of that Chernobyl nonsense, please.
France builds nuclear future 3:08pm on 16 Jul 2008 Gentlemen,

please don't mix dreams with reality. Dreaming about solar panels is fine, but in most European countries there simply isn't enough sun radiation, or the sunny days are interspersed with long periods of bad weather, to make this idea feasible for everyday use.

The reality is that Russia is already holding us by the boll.cks energywise, so we should build as many reliable power plants of our own as possible. This is a fact.

Dreaming about changing energy usage patterns across whole societies is nice, but this process will not take place overnight, it is more like generations long. And another fact is we need energy NOW.

Considering the facts I don't understand why we aren't building reactors in every European country.

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