I don't know about the arsenic, but they should be building clocks out of the cesium.
On a serious note, the fact that it is the recycling stream in the first place is an indication that the initial use was wasteful. My complaint would be more against any process that is adding more arsenic and cesium to the waste stream. Three cheers for the people that are doing the hard work trying to clean it up after them.
You are absolutly right, but I would take it a step farther and say that it applies to every aspect of our industrial society. I wish more people would realize that being green is only a by-product of being more efficient. This isn't a war between the environmentalists and the industrialists, it is a war between efficiency and waste.
At the risk of oversimplifying, what is pollution? It's a layman's term for entropy. The conversion of a good from an ordered state into an unordered state. Every drop of industrial pollution is a reduction in shareholder value: heat, energy, and resources that could have been saved are lost. Every drop of consumer pollution is reflected in higher heating bills, lighting bills, and gasoline bills. The only reason it is cheaper to pollute than it is not to pollute is that we are rarely asked to pay for the real costs of what we consume.
No, the left used to be about tolerance. Now, the left, just like the right, if about winning at all cost; we're just not as good at it as the Rove crew.
But, if we on the left have to sacrifice a few principles about niceness and tolerance to ensure that national parks aren't turned into parking lots, that our govenment doesn't become the new Taliban, and that our grandchildren aren't buried under more trillions of dollars of debt then I guess we'll have to do what we have to do.
In related news, a new version of Mosaic will be created using the recently announced Netscape code base which will be based on the Firefox 1.0 code base which is based on the Mozilla code base which split off of the Netscape code base which was inspired by the creator of the Mosaic browser.
In related, related news, a new version of Spyglass, secretly in development, has been canceled after Microsoft threatened to sue for copyright and patent infringment.
Dutch research institute TNO has unveiled what it believes is the most boring picture ever taken. The image contains 2.5 gigapixels or 7.5 gigabyte worth of pictures of the roof of some office park. It is composed of 600 single images shot by a computer-controlled pan-tilt unit that was incapable of actually viewing anything of any interest to anyone. Afterwards, all photos where stiched together using the capacity of 5 high-end pc's in about 24 hours time. Three graduate students died of boredom; services will be held somewhere exciting, like a morgue. Never have so many, downloaded so much, for so little...
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It isn't an impossible task, he's just going about it the wrong way. Most MP3's are 3MB or so, right? Why not write a program that randomly generates files in the 2 to 5MB range, throws out the ones that aren't valid MP3, and puts the rest in his library. Not only would you get every song ever recorded but you would get every variation of every song ever recorded (at least in that range). Even better, he would own the copyright on every new song that will ever be generated from this point forward.
It's really pretty simple; here's a code fragment:
for(int i = 0; i < Math.pow(2, 5242880), ++i) {
File f = generateRandomFile(i);
if(isValidMP3(f)) {
saveToLibrary(f))
} }
No need to thank me, I'm just trying to do a service for the future generations and save this guy the headache of all those lawsuits...
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The problem is that, unlike "TurboExcel", "TurboSpread" is actually a registered trademark of the Mazoola Margarine Company. Or maybe it's the XXX Porn Distribitor Inc., I'm not sure.
Here's a question. After sticking a fish into his ear, how was Dent able to read every alien language he encountered? The listening issue was covered, but reading?
Let's look at this from the reverse. Let's imagine that the article, after bringing up the link to breast cancer to abortion, then spent the next 451 paragraphs discussing every, possiblehealthrisk of NOT having an abortion. Whould you be in favor of that article? In case you are curious: a legal abortion is much safer than a full term pregnancy. Don't get me started on the risks to all life on this planet from overpopulation.;-)
Are you telling me that you can't write a browser review and say: "Explorer doesn't handle this standard CSS and Firefox does." or "Firefox allows tabbed browsing and explorer doesn't". You have two products (physical objects that you can experience directly) and you can't write up a review that comes up with a judgement that A is better than B for the following reasons?
Anyway, I think I recognize your prediciment especially when dealing with emotionally charged issues like abortion, religion, and heliocentric planetary systems, but I think your example is a bit of a straw man.
It is an interesting, but little known fact, that the sentence "this sentence cannot be proved to be true", if translated into ancient Sanscrit, can, in fact, be proven to be true, but, unfortunately, the proof that the sentence is true can not be translated back into English.
I don't think he's "advocating their suppression". I think there is simply a point where you have to say to the contrarians, "put up or shut up". Basically, the problem is that for every true visionary who fights the odds and eventually wins the consensus that his ideas are correct, there are nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninty-nine egotistical blowhards who are sure their thier individual genius, religious belief, and background in property management gives them the insight to overturn all of the mainstream scientific consensus.
Here's a new one. Apparently right-wing nut-jobs don't want to be called "religous right" or "christian right" anymore, now the preferred term is "christian conservative". I don't know about the consensus on "right-wing nut-jobs".
No the other 2%, with 3 digit id's, are sitting around drooling on themselves, eating Geritol, and complaining that "Back in my day we played NetHack on randomly generated ASCII dungeons, and doggonit, we liked it".
"...low taxes, limited government, and an aggressive offense against terrorism are good ideas!?"
You meant to write "boated, expensive government" right? The USAPATRIOT act and half-trillion dollar deficits wouldn't normally be considered conservative successes under any administration but Bush's. But, hey, 66% ain't bad. At Yale in the 60's, they would probably round it up to a 'C-' if you were a rich legacy admission.
3K?! Damn, you guys with the low five-digit ids. Still trying to spend that tech bubble money.;-)
On a serious note, I hope California has a plan for getting the money back once the patents start getting filed. I'd hate to think of California footing the bill for the rest of us; especially the red, religious-fanatic, welfare states.
Yeah, I made a similar bet for the Democrats. A few shares of stock in Ballard Power (BLDP), a maker of fuel cells. Down 14% today. I guess no one is really expecting "energy independence" anymore; though $20 says Dick and Bush will use that as a selling point when they start drilling in caribou mating grounds by this time next year.
The C++ standard template library uses MAGIC PIXIE DUST and MOONBEAMS for the data structures. Java Containers, on the other hand, are held together with PURE THOUGHTS and KITTEN WHISKERS. That's how they avoid using pointers...;-)
Do you think the revisionists are going to go after Egypt next? What is their agenda? Other than manufacturers who might desire to protect the image of the pyramid (based on structures that were built upon the bones of thousands of slave laborers) as a symbol of peace and regeneration to drug-addled hippies and soccer moms, I am not aware of a focused lobby that has a vested interest in covering up the crimes of that ancient civilization.
I would have thought that the revisionists would attempt to "clean up" the history of China first. By whitewashing the history books of the deviousness and violence of Chinese history, I think, the revisionists would leave us as a nation susceptible to their subtle tricks and leave us at a disadvantage when we must face down that growing asian power. Already, across middle America, housewives consult books on Feng Suei and eat with chopsticks without considering the tragedy of the millions that died in the construction of the Great Wall.
I think you should drive as fast as you want. In fact I saw a State Trooper once fail to use his turn signals and he was passing on the right.
When you apply your cogent argument after being pulled over I have little doubt that you will be vindicated. In fact I would be surprised if the officer of the law doesn't immediately mend his ways. But, that won't mean that you have to begin to obey the laws as well because I am fairly confident that somewhere, at some time, some police officer is commiting a traffic violation thus justifying your crusade.
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On a serious note, the fact that it is the recycling stream in the first place is an indication that the initial use was wasteful. My complaint would be more against any process that is adding more arsenic and cesium to the waste stream. Three cheers for the people that are doing the hard work trying to clean it up after them.
You are absolutly right, but I would take it a step farther and say that it applies to every aspect of our industrial society. I wish more people would realize that being green is only a by-product of being more efficient. This isn't a war between the environmentalists and the industrialists, it is a war between efficiency and waste.
At the risk of oversimplifying, what is pollution? It's a layman's term for entropy. The conversion of a good from an ordered state into an unordered state. Every drop of industrial pollution is a reduction in shareholder value: heat, energy, and resources that could have been saved are lost. Every drop of consumer pollution is reflected in higher heating bills, lighting bills, and gasoline bills. The only reason it is cheaper to pollute than it is not to pollute is that we are rarely asked to pay for the real costs of what we consume.
But, if we on the left have to sacrifice a few principles about niceness and tolerance to ensure that national parks aren't turned into parking lots, that our govenment doesn't become the new Taliban, and that our grandchildren aren't buried under more trillions of dollars of debt then I guess we'll have to do what we have to do.
Breasts bad! Guns good!
Books bad! FOX good!
Facts bad! Faith good!
Environment bad! SUV good!
Freedom bad! Patriotism good!
Endangered Species Act bad! USAPAT RIOT act good!
In related news, a new version of Mosaic will be created using the recently announced Netscape code base which will be based on the Firefox 1.0 code base which is based on the Mozilla code base which split off of the Netscape code base which was inspired by the creator of the Mosaic browser.
In related, related news, a new version of Spyglass, secretly in development, has been canceled after Microsoft threatened to sue for copyright and patent infringment.
Let's rewrite that intro shall we?
Most Boring Picture Ever Taken
Dutch research institute TNO has unveiled what it believes is the most boring picture ever taken. The image contains 2.5 gigapixels or 7.5 gigabyte worth of pictures of the roof of some office park. It is composed of 600 single images shot by a computer-controlled pan-tilt unit that was incapable of actually viewing anything of any interest to anyone. Afterwards, all photos where stiched together using the capacity of 5 high-end pc's in about 24 hours time. Three graduate students died of boredom; services will be held somewhere exciting, like a morgue. Never have so many, downloaded so much, for so little...
It's really pretty simple; here's a code fragment:
No need to thank me, I'm just trying to do a service for the future generations and save this guy the headache of all those lawsuits...EARN $300,000 to $750,000 PER MONTH working from the PRIVACY of your own HOME!!!!
JEREMY JAMES did IT, SO CAN YOU!!!!!!!
THIS is NOT a SCAM, It REALLY works!!!!!
FOR MORE information MAIL TO make_millions.com
The problem is that, unlike "TurboExcel", "TurboSpread" is actually a registered trademark of the Mazoola Margarine Company. Or maybe it's the XXX Porn Distribitor Inc., I'm not sure.
Here's a question. After sticking a fish into his ear, how was Dent able to read every alien language he encountered? The listening issue was covered, but reading?
Let's look at this from the reverse. Let's imagine that the article, after bringing up the link to breast cancer to abortion, then spent the next 451 paragraphs discussing every, possible health risk of NOT having an abortion. Whould you be in favor of that article? In case you are curious: a legal abortion is much safer than a full term pregnancy. Don't get me started on the risks to all life on this planet from overpopulation. ;-)
Are you telling me that you can't write a browser review and say: "Explorer doesn't handle this standard CSS and Firefox does." or "Firefox allows tabbed browsing and explorer doesn't". You have two products (physical objects that you can experience directly) and you can't write up a review that comes up with a judgement that A is better than B for the following reasons?
Anyway, I think I recognize your prediciment especially when dealing with emotionally charged issues like abortion, religion, and heliocentric planetary systems, but I think your example is a bit of a straw man.
It is an interesting, but little known fact, that the sentence "this sentence cannot be proved to be true", if translated into ancient Sanscrit, can, in fact, be proven to be true, but, unfortunately, the proof that the sentence is true can not be translated back into English.
I don't think he's "advocating their suppression". I think there is simply a point where you have to say to the contrarians, "put up or shut up". Basically, the problem is that for every true visionary who fights the odds and eventually wins the consensus that his ideas are correct, there are nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninty-nine egotistical blowhards who are sure their thier individual genius, religious belief, and background in property management gives them the insight to overturn all of the mainstream scientific consensus.
I just found the link to the article on Slate.
Here's a new one. Apparently right-wing nut-jobs don't want to be called "religous right" or "christian right" anymore, now the preferred term is "christian conservative". I don't know about the consensus on "right-wing nut-jobs".
No the other 2%, with 3 digit id's, are sitting around drooling on themselves, eating Geritol, and complaining that "Back in my day we played NetHack on randomly generated ASCII dungeons, and doggonit, we liked it".
Not a single lost job. That's a pretty high threshold for a policy or treaty. I guess free trade agreements are off the table for the next four years.
"...low taxes, limited government, and an aggressive offense against terrorism are good ideas!?"
You meant to write "boated, expensive government" right? The USAPATRIOT act and half-trillion dollar deficits wouldn't normally be considered conservative successes under any administration but Bush's. But, hey, 66% ain't bad. At Yale in the 60's, they would probably round it up to a 'C-' if you were a rich legacy admission.
3K?! Damn, you guys with the low five-digit ids. Still trying to spend that tech bubble money. ;-)
On a serious note, I hope California has a plan for getting the money back once the patents start getting filed. I'd hate to think of California footing the bill for the rest of us; especially the red, religious-fanatic, welfare states.
Yeah, I made a similar bet for the Democrats. A few shares of stock in Ballard Power (BLDP), a maker of fuel cells. Down 14% today. I guess no one is really expecting "energy independence" anymore; though $20 says Dick and Bush will use that as a selling point when they start drilling in caribou mating grounds by this time next year.
The C++ standard template library uses MAGIC PIXIE DUST and MOONBEAMS for the data structures. Java Containers, on the other hand, are held together with PURE THOUGHTS and KITTEN WHISKERS. That's how they avoid using pointers... ;-)
I never said She wasn't. I just like taking Thursdays off. (Wednesdays and Fridays, too, but there is only so much I think I can get away with...)
Do you think the revisionists are going to go after Egypt next? What is their agenda? Other than manufacturers who might desire to protect the image of the pyramid (based on structures that were built upon the bones of thousands of slave laborers) as a symbol of peace and regeneration to drug-addled hippies and soccer moms, I am not aware of a focused lobby that has a vested interest in covering up the crimes of that ancient civilization.
I would have thought that the revisionists would attempt to "clean up" the history of China first. By whitewashing the history books of the deviousness and violence of Chinese history, I think, the revisionists would leave us as a nation susceptible to their subtle tricks and leave us at a disadvantage when we must face down that growing asian power. Already, across middle America, housewives consult books on Feng Suei and eat with chopsticks without considering the tragedy of the millions that died in the construction of the Great Wall.
I think you should drive as fast as you want. In fact I saw a State Trooper once fail to use his turn signals and he was passing on the right.
When you apply your cogent argument after being pulled over I have little doubt that you will be vindicated. In fact I would be surprised if the officer of the law doesn't immediately mend his ways. But, that won't mean that you have to begin to obey the laws as well because I am fairly confident that somewhere, at some time, some police officer is commiting a traffic violation thus justifying your crusade.
Power to the people, brother!