"Trojan Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant in Rainier, Oregon, USA, and the only nuclear power plant to be built in Oregon. After only sixteen years service it was closed by its operator, Portland General Electric, almost twenty years before its design lifetime.
The iconic 499 foot tall cooling tower was demolished via dynamite implosion at 7:00 AM on May 21, 2006. This event marked the first implosion of a nuclear cooling tower in the U.S."
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Sunday March 05, 2006
Video: Silicon Valley Fight Club
Interesting video about a group of guys who take out their agression on each other with plastic knives, rolled up oprah magazines, Hello Kitty toilet seats, cookie sheets, and other objects, click here to view it.
6 year old Ulf Wong solves a Rubik's Cube in 37.89 seconds. I've seen videos of it being solved faster, many you could tell that the cube was not properly scrambled to begin with, so this one is very impressive, even forgetting about his age.
Ashl : Nice website! Lots of good videos. Colleen Feeney : That is just wrong. They must want to burn their house down. Talk about cukoo for Cocoa Puffs!!
Sunday February 12, 2006
Video: Disconnecting 500kV
"This is how disconnecting a 500kV line under load looks like."
A clip showing a cut-out that is built backwards intead of forwards, giving the illusion of movement from a stationary object. Watch the end of the video to see how it is pulled off.
The Sawstop system induces an electrical signal onto the blade and then monitors that signal for changes. The human body has a relatively large inherent electrical capacitance and conductivity- if the system detects this, the blade drops out in 5 miliseconds! Check out the video when the saw comes in contact with a hotdog..
A skydiver with jet engines strapped to his feets jumped from a balloon. He was the first human to fly a jet without a jet. Here is a video of the event.
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