Well, HEX (read the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett if you don't know it) runs on ants. But it is still a bit big. And off course, I doubt that you want ants on your lap.
I'm abosolutely against virtual (so by definition non-existing) currency. You can judge the real money for tampering. There already exists so much "digital money" which was never printed and therefore does not exist at all.
Very true. Modern agriculture has caused more than enough desert-forming even in developed countries. Take a good look at the Alentejo in Portugal, for example. This was once the main grain producing area for the Iberian Peninsula. Now it almost dead.
With Permaculture principles, this can be reversed, however. In fact, the people in Tamera have done exactly that.
Oh, you mean that people would starve if we did NOT pollute the precious soil with chemicals? How silly of me.
Some people ARE interested in what is in a museum. Builders of historical instruments, for instance. As an instrument builder, I like this tremendously. The object of my interest can now be printed, and I can take a good look up close. In the museum, the object is behind glass, unless you make an appointment to measure it. In the case of the Haags Gemeentemuseum, for example, this fails.
Off coarse not. There is a router at South Africa. There the packets are routed to swallows (African ones off course. Everyone knows they are stronger than European ones).
I just came back from the Alentejo, Portugal. After they cut down the forests to do modern agriculture, they had a quick and short profit. Now, the land is almost dead, the fertile soil landed in the Atlantic and most farmers have left. People in Tamera (which is in the same province) are doing a hell of a job to make their land fertile again with priciples of permaculture. Before they switched to modern agriculture, the Alentejo was the main grain-producing area of the Iberic peninsula. Now it is rapidly turning into a desert.
No chemical fertilizer will help if the soil is cooked dry in summer and washes away into the Atlantic with the winter rainfalls. Only a healthy, locally adapted, biodiversity helps there.
if the ultimate consumers were to make it themselves rather than outsource its growth or manufacture.
There are some good solutions in The Humanure Handbook. That does not change corporate agriculture, but a little awareness on our behaviour is a good thing.
As Mark Boyle (The Moneyless Man) once said: if we knew how hard it was to purify our drinking water, we sure as hell wouldn't shit in it.
Good luck with that. Some of these laws were made in the 18th century (which in law terms was a lot like right now), and we are still suffering from them. If food corporations use waste in the food production, get yourself an FDA for example. But the FDA mainly assures that it is legal to use all kinds of junk in the production of food. As like today, the laws were usually fighting symptoms, not problems. So working hours got regulated, but massive theft of land (the Enclosure) was supported. And an Enclosure of the public domain is happening right now.
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Well, HEX (read the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett if you don't know it) runs on ants. But it is still a bit big. And off course, I doubt that you want ants on your lap.
It only works if you watch. Otherwise, it doesn't exist...
I DO thrust the US government to invade my privacy. The US can only blame the Australians for having learned how the US behaves.
Agree. In fact, digital, non-backed money is as far from the gold standard as possible.
I'm abosolutely against virtual (so by definition non-existing) currency. You can judge the real money for tampering. There already exists so much "digital money" which was never printed and therefore does not exist at all.
Absolutely. I put every gram of it there myself.
Just a thought: will wearing such a T-shirt block you from security cameras?
Wow. This must be the first SlashBookMark.
I'd rather count on Milla Jovovich.
That invention is called a vegetable garden.
What makes you think that?
Very true. Modern agriculture has caused more than enough desert-forming even in developed countries. Take a good look at the Alentejo in Portugal, for example. This was once the main grain producing area for the Iberian Peninsula. Now it almost dead.
With Permaculture principles, this can be reversed, however. In fact, the people in Tamera have done exactly that.
Oh, you mean that people would starve if we did NOT pollute the precious soil with chemicals? How silly of me.
Some people ARE interested in what is in a museum. Builders of historical instruments, for instance. As an instrument builder, I like this tremendously. The object of my interest can now be printed, and I can take a good look up close. In the museum, the object is behind glass, unless you make an appointment to measure it. In the case of the Haags Gemeentemuseum, for example, this fails.
Off coarse not. There is a router at South Africa. There the packets are routed to swallows (African ones off course. Everyone knows they are stronger than European ones).
But where can I be safe from the eyes of facebook?
Who owns the copyright?
Yes. Just feed me and I fart in their general direction.
So all those people who annoy me with their senseless conversations in the train are actually doing a good thing?
I just came back from the Alentejo, Portugal. After they cut down the forests to do modern agriculture, they had a quick and short profit. Now, the land is almost dead, the fertile soil landed in the Atlantic and most farmers have left. People in Tamera (which is in the same province) are doing a hell of a job to make their land fertile again with priciples of permaculture. Before they switched to modern agriculture, the Alentejo was the main grain-producing area of the Iberic peninsula. Now it is rapidly turning into a desert.
No chemical fertilizer will help if the soil is cooked dry in summer and washes away into the Atlantic with the winter rainfalls. Only a healthy, locally adapted, biodiversity helps there.
Actually, modern agriculture is exceptionally efficient.
If you mean in eroding the soil and in poisoning the environment, you are correct. Modern giant monocultures mainly serve the chemical industry.
if the ultimate consumers were to make it themselves rather than outsource its growth or manufacture.
There are some good solutions in The Humanure Handbook. That does not change corporate agriculture, but a little awareness on our behaviour is a good thing.
As Mark Boyle (The Moneyless Man) once said: if we knew how hard it was to purify our drinking water, we sure as hell wouldn't shit in it.
How do I vote with my cash? By not being able to buy the computer I want because there is an operating system forced down my throat?
Good luck with that. Some of these laws were made in the 18th century (which in law terms was a lot like right now), and we are still suffering from them. If food corporations use waste in the food production, get yourself an FDA for example. But the FDA mainly assures that it is legal to use all kinds of junk in the production of food. As like today, the laws were usually fighting symptoms, not problems. So working hours got regulated, but massive theft of land (the Enclosure) was supported. And an Enclosure of the public domain is happening right now.
Yes, we need a Stop Our Politicians Act.
"NO". And I hereby put this answer in the public domain.