Re: PostgreSQL to detect nuclear explosions

Le 14/06/2015 19:59, David Fetter a écrit :
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 12:26:18PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 9:47 AM, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 01:37:28PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>>>> On 06/12/2015 02:26 AM, damien clochard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/143842
>>>>
>>>> Seems like we should be able to get a t-shirt out of this. Or maybe a
>>>> hazmat suit with an elephant on it. ;-)
>>>
>>> Elephant in a hazmat suit!
>>
>> This may be a sensible topic for the Japanese audience..
>
> I'd think that preventing proliferation of nuclear weapons would be
> near and dear to the hearts of people in Japan, which is the only
> country thus far that has been attacked by another country with
> nuclear weapons.
>
> What am I missing?
>

While it's interesting to see PostgreSQL being used in the nuclear
domain, I agree that it is not something worth promoting publicly.

From a French perspective, the whole nuclear industry is nothing to be
proud of. Areva, the French nuclear flagship, is currently struggling with :

* technical failures on its new generation of reactors (EPR)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/07/areva-nuclear-anomalies-idUSL6N0X41S920150407
http://www.dianuke.org/jaitapur-arevas-epr-an-industrial-failure-say-experts/

* political scandals :
http://www.economist.com/node/21547812

* billion-dollar financial losses :
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/20/us-areva-results-idUSKBN0LO0OK20150220

* massive layouts :
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/07/us-areva-employment-cuts-idUSKBN0NS0SH20150507

* ... and an increasing number of accidents :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_power_accidents_by_country#France

I'm pretty sure we can choose some other industrial sectors to emphasize
the rise of PostgreSQL.