Reads with Scotch ’s Comments (group member since Mar 14, 2008)

Reads with Scotch ’s comments from the Axis Mundi X group.

Charissa I really don't know why you are getting so upset. So they are writers... they are a part of that "performer culture" in Hollywood that thinks their opinions mean something. Being that most of them haven't been sober in a decade I don't think they should be encouraged to put their opinions forward on a global platform, It doesn't matter if it will have an effect on policy or not. They can go do the same thing on HBO's Real Time.

sorry if for no other reason then I don't want to encourage any Hollywood type to think their opinion means anything, the answer still remains Bad idea. Do we really need more Dixie chicks, or pairs hiltons, or Gweneth paltrows, or jane fonda's. No we really really don't, and I disagree with anything that might give them the slightest inclination of such.

Eh... I side with the cretin, Charissa :)

still... would you invite pairs hilton to the white house for a discussion?

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To discuss anything other then her complete insignificance?

I just say this is one more reasons why the UN shouldn't be taken seriously.

Charissa wrote: ""No Boys Allowed", "My Vagina", "Pussy Monster"."


So angry vagina music...

I don't know what is more disturbing the article, or this thread... since none have been inflicted with a gaping vag wound (that I know of) I am going to go with the safer choice, the article is disturbing.

Heh!

Hey! don't get all misogynistic on me now. That would result in spankings.

Wow... I mean WOW! I was not expecting to hear "GE" "Stockholder" and "impressed" in the same day let alone in the same paragraph.

I think there are other companies out there that can do a better job of innovating our energy infrastructure. GE is an orgy of bad moves and worse decisions. frankly I am surprised they were able to scrounge together enough money to put up that web page.

Then way down on the list they still do business with Iran.

koala= vicious little bastards

Steve Irwin= dumb ass who through complacency lost his healthy respect for nature, and paid the price for it.

jello= jiggly fun snack!

well that would be what a union is all about...

I think the problem with our (two?) teachers unions here is; they seem to never have education quality as the priority. That and they have too much power, they are actually dictating what happens in the education system. Perfect example of bureaucrats running the things instead of elected officials.

Orion Orion Orion!

Heh!


Holy cheese and crackers! All of this because I asked what was thought about the suspension of shuttle operations until 2020...

Ok so we can't get rid of the students, but there are many teachers that don't need to be in a classroom, we can all agree there yes? We have all had or known a teacher that simply doesn't have the ability to make a connection with students...

So we all agree the system is broken. We probably agree on the problems of the system. We just don't agree on how to fix it. Great were Americans and arguing is what we do...

So about that Orion...

You need to get past that Debbie. The main point being more money isn't going to turn around the american education system. The system needs to be purged.

So restructure the education system, don't give it more money to burn. I say again we spend more per student then anyone else. More money won't help. Spending what they all ready have in a responsible way might. Agood place to start is working on the points you brought up.

And I laugh out loud at anyone that says American kids aren't lazy.

I think we already spend more money per student then any other country, more money isn't going to make lazy American kids any smarter.

I think putting money into the space program is far more productive then 90% of the "stimulus package"

Bringing it back to the space program... I heard this morning that the Shuttle is to be shelved until it's replacement (Orion I think) comes into operation in 2020. Thoughts, is this a good move? Are we now just standing still, or taking a step backwards...

That is blasphemy Charissa!

On a long enough time line we die if we stay here. Plus there is a finite amount of resources planet side so we need to expand out. If we go muck about in the water do you know what will happen? The same thing that happens everywhere else, we will ruin it.

So if were going to ruin something lets ruin something far away that will take us aeon's to ruin; outer-space! :D (eh, never mind about the low orbit debris fields...)

I get what your saying. We had new pump turbines engineered here, pump turbines are not that uncommon, but one's bigger then most houses are, so these where engineered and built specifically for the line. When equipment and machinery is built for a targeted purpose it tends to cost astronomical amounts(Heh); it is just the nature of the beast when dealing with the cutting edge. When anything breaks the replacement needs to be retooled, when it doesn't work as intended a fix needs to be engineered tooled and then installed.

I digress, When the SR (strategic reconfiguration) turbines were produced by Siemens we had specific environmental guidelines, and operating tolerances, expectations. The SR turbines were suppose to operate with a 60% and some change reduction in emissions; additionally they were suppose to be robust enough to handle the environment conditions in the arctic. They were suppose to be able to function without reduced efficiency down to -70., and up to +95. And lastly they need to be able to function without interruption for 6 months.

Well Siemens failed across the board we are over a billion into this project and have not met a single milestone (in reality on paper it appears that we are almost done.)

Failure(1) The turbines overheat if it is warmer then +15. We have spent MILLIONS on auxiliary cooling alone and to be honest it isn't really making an impact. On the other side once we hit the -35 mark it starts to freeze up, so we have to throw up an ass load of auxiliary portable gas heaters to raise the temp to optimal operating temps (around zero).

Failure(2) The engineered environmental equipment is a complete failure. The SR turbines simply do not function when they are in place and engaged. If we don't use the scrubbers the SR equipment runs dirtier then the legacy equipment. (this is where the insurance comes in) Siemens is responsible for all State and federal fines accrued during this "dirty" time, and the cost of materials to produce functioning emissions control equipment.

Failure(3) The SR equipment has not has a consecutive operation period of more then 3 weeks at any station that is "complete".

Wow I really digress ok to the point I miss sold my idea... Were 6 years into a project that was suppose to be a 3 year deal. Were at 8 times the cost and still the end is nowhere in sight. If it wasn't for these contracted "ownership of failure" provisions then the pipeline would be bankrupt. So I suppose calling it an insurance policy is not accurate.