The AI-generated cat pictures thread
10-02-2011, 03:43 PM
#4702
Oh dude, that’s hilarious. And accurate. The clip-on shades are capital. However, I must credit this guy for not wearing painfully bright white New Balance kicks or a black leather fanny pack, both of which are commonly found on the modern professional hardass in my area.
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10-02-2011, 05:02 PM
#4704
Oh dude, that’s hilarious. And accurate. The clip-on shades are capital. However, I must credit this guy for not wearing painfully bright white New Balance kicks or a black leather fanny pack, both of which are commonly found on the modern professional hardass in my area.
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10-03-2011, 09:54 AM
#4717
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Maryville TN
Posts: 878
Total Cats: 79
I guess the two cooling towers were never completed? I found a couple photos of them in an online album http://uk.photos.com/search?freetext_field=Chernobyl where you can buy pictures, but sadly you can't see very large versions of them..
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10-03-2011, 12:40 PM
#4719
Boost Pope
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Chicago. (The less-murder part.)
Posts: 33,018
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Also, I previously referred to "the Chernobyl meltdown" and realized that this is technically inaccurate. While a partial meltdown did occur, this was actually a secondary failure which occurred after the explosion had destroyed the reactor.
The principle failure mode at Chernobyl 4 was an uncontrolled power excursion which caused superheating of the core, flash vaporization of the coolant, and a steam explosion. This is what lifted the upper biological shield and caused the distribution of the core into the surrounding environment. After that had taken place, the fuel which hadn't been ejected melted down, and the graphite moderator (both inside the remains of the core and all over the ground outside) caught on fire and added to the problem by dispersing radioactive ash.
In essence, imagine you have a pressure cooker on the stove. It's sitting there at low heat, and then all of a sudden, you focus the whole power of the sun directly onto it. The water inside will try to all boil at once, raising the pressure vaster than the relief valve can operate, and within just a few milliseconds, the whole lid will blow right off the top, causing most of the radioactive potatoes inside to be splattered all over the kitchen.
Here is what the Exclusion Zone looks like today, it's actually turned into a remarkable wildlife sanctuary:
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