Posts by Hermes Conran

Re: It seems entire nation is waiting for El Reg readers to tell them whats going on

What happened was almost certainly a simple change to the overnight batch run. Not properly tested before implementation and caused a problem that was not caught before the end of the run. The batch run completed and the online systems were brought up for the next day and then the problem was spotted. You then have to back out the online transactions, back out the batch run back out the change, rerun the batch, reapply the online transactions. Unfortunately the overnight batch takes all night to run and doing all that other stuff is time intensive too. This problem stems from the RBS takeover of Natwest, RBS (small bank) management says "why the hell does this mainframe stuff take so long and cost so much?" Natwest management say "Well it's all the testing and expensive mainframe staff" RBS management look to India and thinks hmm......

you mean strong language like..

"Anti Nuclear Fruit Cakes"?

I'm guessing,

it's less than the annual subsidy to any one of the major (massively profitable) oil producing companies.

(Flames for burning oil installation.)

Fry the suckers!!!

I really hate mozzies......

yes, I was expecting Mr Page.....

to explain how great this triumph is.

if you listen carefully...

You can hear a billion fart apps....

Ceres is in the asteroid belt,

between Mars and Jupiter.

@ Black betty

Infrasound aqffecting health? Aircraft waring light intrusive? You are really reaching there...

@ Madmike & Svanevid

Agreed trace amounts of uranium (all isotopes) are present in coal (and some soil) but plutonium isn't. Plutonium does not occur in nature and is widely argued to be the most poisonous substance known. I'm glad you're so confident that the incompetants who are in charge of Japan's NP to dig up and dispose of thousands (millions?) of tons of dangerously radioactive topsoil but I'm not.

I wouldn't like to live next to a coal powered plant either but I don't believe that coal and NP are the only two choices.

All very interesting Andydaws....

how do you explain the plutonium in the soil outside the reactor building?

ever heard of

convection?

(flames for melting reactor)

Too right..

I need someone to tell me why the water that managed to give radiation burns to workers near the reactor is safe and healthful.....

You're right trach....

The effect of radioactive releases into the environment is often stated as the number of extra cancer cases. This is normally a very small number compared to the overall number of cases but there will still be a handful of people who die from cancer who would not have. It's impossible to tell which are the extra ones so there's no comeback for the people responsible for contaminating the environment.

"No credible authority thinks they're in any immediate danger"

My mistake Andydaws, full radiation suits must be a northern japanese fashion at the moment.

A bottle of Paracetemol,

will not still be poisoning people in a thousand years....

Call me a doom monger, but....

Three explosions, one ongoing fire, four deaths so far, a significant release of radioactivity and a still worsening situation does not seem good. This is still not over and the whole truth is not out yet.

Isn't tsunami

a japanese word?

Boo Hoo!

"I swore at people who disagree with me and my comment got deleted!"

Grow up Norkolk, El Reg are in now way tree huggers, (I know because I am). You were just offensive.