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0 pointsgambiting2mo ago0 comments

They could, if they were specced correctly. Wasn't the story that they intentionally requested robots hardened against lower radiation level than required to not disclose the true extent of the catastrophe? So the German company that built them underspecced the shielding and so they died quickly.

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ceejayoz2mo ago

The real story is a little less dramatic - it got stuck, and that meant it was exposed to the radiation for much longer than planned.

hinkley2mo ago

That doesn't quite dovetail with the story I've heard about them shooting the elephant's foot with a gun to spall off a sample. I think there's still some damage control in some of the stories.

Which is to say, lies.

echelon2mo ago

> specced

Totally orthogonal, but you just reminded me of a pet peeve I have.

This word is correct, but I can't stand it.

I wish we spelled this "specked", even though that has a homonym.

Like trafficked, panicked, frolicking, etc.

"specced" makes my brain wince.

eqvinox2mo ago

> Like trafficked, panicked, frolicking, etc.

Those aren't truncations of longer words though?

I'd write it as spec'ed but that's German grammar with ' as a truncation mark (signifying the omitted "ifi").

ninalanyon2mo ago

It's also normal English usage.

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butvacuum2mo ago

specked means to have specks. It is an entirely different word.

HPsquared2mo ago

Maybe spec'd

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