Posted in: TEPCO ready to try again with water decontamination system See in context
The issue is that they keep adding water to cool the reactors, but since they leak, they keep adding more water. The water run-off becomes contaminated with radioactive isotopes which is getting into the environment. That is the issue. If the fuel rods can cool down without heating up again, they wouldn't need to keep adding water. They are trying to shut down the reactor all together. Currently, the water used to cool the fuel rods is drained and held in pools. The pools are getting full. In the meantime, they will try to clean the water to reduce possible harm to the environment in case they they need to release more water. Ideally, having pure water is ideal for cooling but, more important than cooling now is preventing further harm to the area. The contamination will have huge impact on fisheries, agriculture, food supply, health, among other issues. Indirectly, the economy would get worse and worse.
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Posted in: Inner ear headphone See in context
I had heard about the wire fragility before I bought mine. I would recommend getting them from Biccamera and having them extend the warranty by 3 years by just giving them the points you would have earned from the purchase. If you bought one set in Japan and even if the warranty is over, you can pay for the repair and get a new pair. They don't repair them, they just replace them.
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Posted in: Inner ear headphone See in context
I definitely recommend the Shure SE530. You can check them out here: http://store.shure.com/store/shure/en_US/pd/productID.105460100
The difference is that these earphones have 3 drivers in each ear. It is very much like 3 way speakers. They separate the low frequencies from the high frequencies. Even Jason6 would appreciate these with his bad hearing because they are sound isolating. A lot of earphones on the market have sound cancelling. Those work by having microphones on each of the earphones and cancels out the outside sound with the sound from the source (ipod etc.). The problem with that is legitimate sounds from the source do get cancelled out as well distorting the true sound. Even then, not all the sound is cancelled out. With the Shure 530's, on an airplane, you can barely hear the sound of the engines and you can have the sound source volume really low and not hear the outside world! I have a pair and they are worth it. They are a bit pricey but they have no comparison.
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Good Lord what a monstrosity. Will I try this? No way Pedro!
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