Well... maybe not ban pencils... but perhaps force people to need a license to obtain a pencil- and maybe go through a 60 day wait period to stop crimes of passion.
Pencils are a dangerous weapon!
- I'm just not sure what they would use to fill out the application form for the license.
You joke... but I did get stabbed with a pencil on the playground. I had a "graphite" tattoo where the lead entered me- faded over a few years- but it remained for a while.
Amusing- how when people find themselves wrong they resort to the petty name calling.
Anyhow- quick google reveals many results... three below.
It is just rediculous that we continue to subsidize maize to a degree it deplaces vegetables from our diet. I'm sure you know better than Scientific American though that traces cattle feed to 90%+ maize.
I doubt they will be on the moon that quickly myself.
Not that, with significant investment it can't be done- but that there will be all sorts of hurdles to jump through- and all sorts of legal thingywatsits to deal with before a private corporation dares risk human life.
My only prayer is that they don't call the moonbase moonbase alpha and start storing nuclear waste on the other side of the moon.... and that we don't recalibrate the calendar so that 2020 becomes renamed 1999.
First off, I don't have a problem with "corn" I have a problem with Maize. "Sweet Corn" if you must.
The word "corn" usually refers to the most commonly grown grain in a region- it is a generic word- so means different things in different countries- and amongst older generations of Americans means different things depending what region you are from. Younger generations are more removed from agriculture so it means maize to them more.
Absolutely Maize is a problem- your 99cent hamburger would not cost 99 cents if it were not for subsized Maize. Over half the cost of maize production is subsidized- it would cost over double if it were not government subsidized. Cheap beef and pork comes from corn-fed animals.
Your 99cent hamburger (now $2+ hamburger) would also contain less fat if it were from a grass-fed cow... and have a superior taste.
Maize makes sweeteners cheaper and much more attractive to use in bulk quantities by food producers.
Look at bread ingredients- in the US which unproportionately subsidizes maize- you will see a lot more maize based sweetners than that of bread from overseas.
This is not as apparant in more quality breads... but your average pre-wrapped mass produced bread will have corn syrup in it. Do you think pre-subsidies bread would get corn syrup added?
You can bet that 99cent hamburger bun contains corn syrup too!
A simple study of economics would show that people prefer to pay less for things rather than more.
If truffles (not the chocolate) cost 99cents- people would eat them too.
Maize is a calorie rich- nutrient poor food. By making it cheaper and thereby adding to the appeal to the masses- you are prodding people to consume crap.
Yes, people have the choice what they eat (that's why I don't eat much sweet corn or hamburgers and have a decent body)- however for the goverment to promote the biggest item that has contributed to America's obesity is absurd.
Maize- and corn syrup useage has gone through the roof because it is so cheap.
Ahh-well the government will love then that not only do corn fed cattle have higher fat contents then grass fed cattle- they also require higher levels of antibiotics.
These antibiotics in farming is what leads to super bugs and antibiotic resistance in bacteria... which leads to...... higher health costs and prescription costs.
Government should double subsidies on maize immediately to help make the loop complete.
The crazy thing about the subsidies is that they encourage the growing of things like maize over vegtables and healthy alternatives.
Maize- yes that wonderful grain that contains almost no healthy nutrition compare to other grains that is often served instead of vegetables.
From which at subsidized prices we get artificially low sweetners such as corn syrup, and because it is used as animal feed (cattle, pigs)- meat prices drop.
Not that there is anything wrong with protein- but it is the high fat that goes along with it that would be missing from more veggies instead of a 99cent ham burger- or a steak.
The subsidies, especially the ones tilted towards encouraging farmers to grow maize of all things does nothign but encourage the obesity epidemic.
Cut the maize- grow healthier grains, healthier fruits and veggies- why are my tax dollars going towards making my neighbours into fat pigs?
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Well... maybe not ban pencils... but perhaps force people to need a license to obtain a pencil- and maybe go through a 60 day wait period to stop crimes of passion.
Pencils are a dangerous weapon!
- I'm just not sure what they would use to fill out the application form for the license.
You joke... but I did get stabbed with a pencil on the playground. I had a "graphite" tattoo where the lead entered me- faded over a few years- but it remained for a while.
Look, sweet corn is not fed to cattle. Only an fool who knows NOTHING about ag would think that.
BTW- I recommend you do a google so you know how silly that statement comes across. ;)
Ban on hard balls- does that mean I should stop using the thigh master with my sack?
Amusing- how when people find themselves wrong they resort to the petty name calling.
Anyhow- quick google reveals many results... three below.
It is just rediculous that we continue to subsidize maize to a degree it deplaces vegetables from our diet. I'm sure you know better than Scientific American though that traces cattle feed to 90%+ maize.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=that-burger-youre-eating-is-mostly-corn
http://www.paulkienitz.net/enron/kingcorn.html
http://www.nobody-knows-anything.com/2009/06/food-inc-the-review.html
And who sells the maize to Argentina?
Guns don't kill people Apple does,
or something like that.
You do realise that Apple now own the naming rights to any household pets you aquire in the future and you must now name all of them "Steve".
- and that's not even the strangest thing hidden in that EULA.
We don't have to reinvent the rocket... That makes a huge difference.
We probably have all the technology we need now to get the fundementals up there.
The main problem is who will pay for it? How will they get their moneyback? And how many lawyers do you have to bend over for to make it a reality.
Profits to costs and risks are too high. It's feasible- if there were significant motivation it could be done...
That said. It won't be done that quick.
Oswald's rule of EULA:
If you have to scroll the EULA is no good and few people will read it.
I'm planning an occupy Moon Unit Zappa movement.
I doubt they will be on the moon that quickly myself.
Not that, with significant investment it can't be done- but that there will be all sorts of hurdles to jump through- and all sorts of legal thingywatsits to deal with before a private corporation dares risk human life.
My only prayer is that they don't call the moonbase moonbase alpha and start storing nuclear waste on the other side of the moon. ... and that we don't recalibrate the calendar so that 2020 becomes renamed 1999.
Moon base in 2020? So I've got 9 years to work on embellishing my CV.
Although my arse contains only 1% of my intelligence- over 50% of my slashdot comments come out my arse.
The rest of my body will now be staging Occupy My Arse. Richard Simmons has been denied membership.
ughhh,
GrammEr nazis will have a field day with that post! :(
Who cares if it can't take photos or connect to facebook.
It sill has enough wait to make a pig disgruntled if you throw it at one.
That's how the ancients used to play angry birds.
First off, I don't have a problem with "corn" I have a problem with Maize. "Sweet Corn" if you must.
The word "corn" usually refers to the most commonly grown grain in a region- it is a generic word- so means different things in different countries- and amongst older generations of Americans means different things depending what region you are from. Younger generations are more removed from agriculture so it means maize to them more.
Absolutely Maize is a problem- your 99cent hamburger would not cost 99 cents if it were not for subsized Maize. Over half the cost of maize production is subsidized- it would cost over double if it were not government subsidized. Cheap beef and pork comes from corn-fed animals.
Your 99cent hamburger (now $2+ hamburger) would also contain less fat if it were from a grass-fed cow... and have a superior taste.
Maize makes sweeteners cheaper and much more attractive to use in bulk quantities by food producers.
Look at bread ingredients- in the US which unproportionately subsidizes maize- you will see a lot more maize based sweetners than that of bread from overseas.
This is not as apparant in more quality breads... but your average pre-wrapped mass produced bread will have corn syrup in it. Do you think pre-subsidies bread would get corn syrup added?
You can bet that 99cent hamburger bun contains corn syrup too!
A simple study of economics would show that people prefer to pay less for things rather than more.
If truffles (not the chocolate) cost 99cents- people would eat them too.
Maize is a calorie rich- nutrient poor food. By making it cheaper and thereby adding to the appeal to the masses- you are prodding people to consume crap.
Yes, people have the choice what they eat (that's why I don't eat much sweet corn or hamburgers and have a decent body)- however for the goverment to promote the biggest item that has contributed to America's obesity is absurd.
Maize- and corn syrup useage has gone through the roof because it is so cheap.
And that is always HTML5 right! ;)
Yeah... it really went over the top when United Artists announced that the Bond film would be called:
Occupyssy.
Bill Gates is clearly in the 1%.
Occupy Gate.
Thank goodness I hate flash- always have- worst thing to have happened to the web. OK, shockwave is worse.
And what percentage of malware took advantage of flash flaws- it was quite a high percent if I recall.
Completely misread the title as
"Man made lighting" - I was getting all excited thinking they would soon be able to add photo-luminescent genes into people.
You know at the bars all the men are going to want to hit on the girl whose buttocks glow like a fire fly.
Ahh-well the government will love then that not only do corn fed cattle have higher fat contents then grass fed cattle- they also require higher levels of antibiotics.
These antibiotics in farming is what leads to super bugs and antibiotic resistance in bacteria... which leads to... ... higher health costs and prescription costs.
Government should double subsidies on maize immediately to help make the loop complete.
The crazy thing about the subsidies is that they encourage the growing of things like maize over vegtables and healthy alternatives.
Maize- yes that wonderful grain that contains almost no healthy nutrition compare to other grains that is often served instead of vegetables.
From which at subsidized prices we get artificially low sweetners such as corn syrup, and because it is used as animal feed (cattle, pigs)- meat prices drop.
Not that there is anything wrong with protein- but it is the high fat that goes along with it that would be missing from more veggies instead of a 99cent ham burger- or a steak.
The subsidies, especially the ones tilted towards encouraging farmers to grow maize of all things does nothign but encourage the obesity epidemic.
Cut the maize- grow healthier grains, healthier fruits and veggies- why are my tax dollars going towards making my neighbours into fat pigs?