It's also true. I had these when I was a kid, and by pushing them towards eachother, I could make the sound louder, and by muffling them with my hands, I could damp them out. That has to be vibratory acoustics.
Plus the sound TOTALLY trips out my son, makes him giggle like you wouldn't believe.
Whats Social Security? Is this some sort of American thing again? Good lord, Americans start getting free money when they get old?! Man... up here in Canada, we have to work, save, and invest wisely to have money when we retire, or be lucky enough to have a career with a pension. All you have to do in the states is... not die.
Well, all the way to the St Laurence would be fascinating to see, since it's in British Columbia, above the Idaho/Montana border.;)
Yeah, the river is pretty messed up, but downriver where it joins up with other tributaries it dilutes enough to allow some life, and by the time it reaches the ocean you can barely tell, but a large portion of the valley is pretty well poisoned. Cancer and leukemia rates are something like triple normal, but there's so few people (just Cominco workers, and their families) living there that the statistics don't make a big enough effect. And, really, people have known from the 40's that if you work there, you will be very well paid and probably die of poisoning. It's just one of those things. I've met people who worked there, and they are so casual about it, it's startling. "Yeah, I got something like four times the lethal dose of lead in me, and they can't get rid of it. *cough* Where's the beer? Who wants to play poker?"
The Cominco smelter is one of the oldest smelters in North America (Canada, actually) operating since 1895. I'll be closing down soon, thank god, although the river live in the area is not expected to return. Ever.
They had lead, arsenic, thallium, and lord knows what else poisoning there, and they didn't even tell anyone thallium was on the premises until 2001. There was a fine, an apology, and that was it. True, this is a bad example, since it is a huge old smelter, and not the most efficient thing in the world.
They ran some tests, and the amount of some elements in the clothing of Cominco workers was past the safe limit. This was clothing that had already been washed, mind you.
Tell someone from the Cominco smelter that metal poisoning is over-rated. They wouldn't be able to reply very well, because at the age of 30, their teeth have all fallen out, and the hair is close behind.
What would be the practical applications of these super-atom overlords? Extra-large selectively-reactive iodine atoms are cool, but I don't see just yet how it would revolutionize the world.
I understand this is the first step on a long staircase of discovery, but can anyone tell me where the staircase goes?
I have faith that there are enough people in Hollywood who violently admire the Watchmen movie to make sure it stays roughly true to the story. If they don't, we'll find out just how many people in the rest of the world feel the same way.:)
I'd notice, after playing Carmageddon for, oh, six hours straight, my driving skills would either suffer tragically or, depending on your point of view, suddenly improve. I never hit anyone, but I would go faster, turn aggressively, and generally shave several minutes off my travel time to wherever I was going. Of course, my girlfriend, who refuses to learn how to drive because cars scare her, would verbally beat the shit out of me after driving like that, so I responded by saying "Fine, I'll just go play Carmageddon." And, of course, a few hours later, she'd want a ride somewhere:) MWahahahahhaa.
Host: "Ricky, for backstabbing your team-mates, for sabotaging the air scrubbers, and for spacing Chunky the lovable hamster, you will have to spend minutes outside, watching us eat your freeze-dried Lunchables."
Ricky: "Ah, crap. Can I bring my luxury item?"
Host: "I don't see how a Palm Pilot will do you much good, but ok..."
I don't want Alberta to secede, just because it would cement in the minds of the Canadian Federal Government that everything west of Hudsons Bay doesn't deserve squat. We already have 1/3 of the population, and 1/5th the financial disbursement. If Alberta leaves and becomes an economic power, BC will have no choice but to revert to a hunter-gatherer-stoner society.
Back to the topic, though... cars that run on muffins.
Sitting president is from Conneticut. He, however, can point out Alberta on a map, since it has more oil than the Middle east, now that the oil sands have been properly plumbed.
I'm waiting for the day Bush declares Alberta the 51st state. It'll sure come as a shock to Albertans, who weren't consulted on the matter, but wouldn't dream of offending the 130,000 troops that just crossed the undefended border to "protect Canada from oil-targeted terrorism".
... is to put a Home Depot in orbit just a few minutes aread of the ISS. Everytime something breaks, they can just pop on over, use their points card, and in a few years, save up enough to buy a whole new ISS!
No, wait, they have to talk to HGTV and get Mike Holmes up there to completely renovate it. Mike can fix anything.
No, wait, they need to get it on Trading Spaces. The ground crew and the ISS crew switch, and redecorate eachother's workplace. How cool would that be? I'd watch.
No, wait! Someone call the TV networks! Survivor ISS!
Where are you getting any of the information you speak of? It clearly isn't from any of my posts. I haven't posted any of this with the intention of impressing people. I haven't said I randomly flip out and hit shit. I don't think it's a positive personality trait. I have never said anything along these lines.
You, however, seem to like the high school mentality perfectly well. You make anonymous comments, safe in the fact that no-one will ever be able to identify you. You sneak around, twisting words, trying to turn people against those you seem to have problems with.
I have a great job, a great wife, a great family, and I owe it all to the fact that I've used all the shit I went through in school to help me through the tough points in life. Sometimes I get frustrated and hit walls, which is a hell of a lot better than physically abusing my wife, or my son, something I've seen a lot of. I am not a bad-ass, I am just someone who has had enough of whiny, pathetic little fuckers like you trying to tear me down.
His crop is the Round-Up resistant stuff, which just scares me. I mean, Round-Up gives savage chemical burns to humans, and it has no effect on Canola? That can't be good. He was paid well for his land, and the use of it, by whoever planted and harvested his stuff, but after they left, half of his land was utter crap, so he sold them the rest of his land, packed up and moved out here to retire.
No problem for being harsh, I didn't fully explain myself (something that has gotten me into many a flame war here). Not ALL Canola is bad, but I still don't buy it (well, not entirely true, I have some Canola margarine, but it was on sale), after hearing this guy rant for about 8 hours straight about "getting shafted by the government".
Any"one" not any"thing". Would you rather I hit people, rather than chintzy posessions? If I do, maybe I can set a legal precedent. "Your honor, this guy on Slashdot told me to hit people, rather than punching bags or other solid objects when I need to vent some anger."
I heard all of this from a Canola farmer who moved next to my in-laws farm from Alberta a couple of years ago. I don't know what FUD stands for, but I happen to trust this fellow. I trust farmers a hell of a lot more than just about anyone else in this world, because they know that bullshit doesn't help anything except fertilization.
Sorry if this differs from your farm. I'm sure there are Canola harvests which use few pesticides and leave the soil fine, but his particular soil was unable to grow anything after three years of pesticide, herbicide and Canola growth.
Yes, after it is processed at extreme temperatures, it is exclusively food oil. The soil it's grown in is so toxic from pesticides and herbicides (which dont affect Canola at all) that nothing else except the toughest weeds will grow there, and cows who accidentally graze Canola usually get sick, or die.
Rapeseed isn't toxic, just unpleasant, but Canola is quite a few generations removed from Canola (which stands for Canadian Oil Agency).
Also, it has been linked to cancer rates here in Canada in the past decade, with decidedly scary results (but still inconclusive.)
Yes, I misunderstood your first post. This is not 100% refined, since they're seeing how little refining they can get away with and still have a viable product.
the particulate exhaust in biodiesel and greasel is moderately biodegradeable, and far more so than conventional fuels.
As for global demand, there's enough Canola to power the entire Canadian transit system, but not NEARLY enough for a world-wide demand. Even so, who says that we need one source for the planet? Everyone seems to assume that if we discover a new source of power, if it can't power the planet, it's useless. We could have a dozen, a hundred power sources, each one safely supplying their area. Wind, tidal, Canola, solar, hydrogen, whatever... think locally, save globally.
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It's also true. I had these when I was a kid, and by pushing them towards eachother, I could make the sound louder, and by muffling them with my hands, I could damp them out. That has to be vibratory acoustics. Plus the sound TOTALLY trips out my son, makes him giggle like you wouldn't believe.
htank you for shwoing us the errr of our splellings.
Oh, I have been zinged, and I love it!
Whats Social Security? Is this some sort of American thing again? Good lord, Americans start getting free money when they get old?! Man... up here in Canada, we have to work, save, and invest wisely to have money when we retire, or be lucky enough to have a career with a pension. All you have to do in the states is... not die.
... someone lost the beating stick, so you'll finally be allowed to rest in dignity, instead of indignity.
Yeah, the river is pretty messed up, but downriver where it joins up with other tributaries it dilutes enough to allow some life, and by the time it reaches the ocean you can barely tell, but a large portion of the valley is pretty well poisoned. Cancer and leukemia rates are something like triple normal, but there's so few people (just Cominco workers, and their families) living there that the statistics don't make a big enough effect. And, really, people have known from the 40's that if you work there, you will be very well paid and probably die of poisoning. It's just one of those things. I've met people who worked there, and they are so casual about it, it's startling. "Yeah, I got something like four times the lethal dose of lead in me, and they can't get rid of it. *cough* Where's the beer? Who wants to play poker?"
They had lead, arsenic, thallium, and lord knows what else poisoning there, and they didn't even tell anyone thallium was on the premises until 2001. There was a fine, an apology, and that was it. True, this is a bad example, since it is a huge old smelter, and not the most efficient thing in the world.
They ran some tests, and the amount of some elements in the clothing of Cominco workers was past the safe limit. This was clothing that had already been washed, mind you.
Tell someone from the Cominco smelter that metal poisoning is over-rated. They wouldn't be able to reply very well, because at the age of 30, their teeth have all fallen out, and the hair is close behind.
I understand this is the first step on a long staircase of discovery, but can anyone tell me where the staircase goes?
I have faith that there are enough people in Hollywood who violently admire the Watchmen movie to make sure it stays roughly true to the story. If they don't, we'll find out just how many people in the rest of the world feel the same way. :)
I'd notice, after playing Carmageddon for, oh, six hours straight, my driving skills would either suffer tragically or, depending on your point of view, suddenly improve. I never hit anyone, but I would go faster, turn aggressively, and generally shave several minutes off my travel time to wherever I was going. Of course, my girlfriend, who refuses to learn how to drive because cars scare her, would verbally beat the shit out of me after driving like that, so I responded by saying "Fine, I'll just go play Carmageddon." And, of course, a few hours later, she'd want a ride somewhere :) MWahahahahhaa.
Ricky: "Ah, crap. Can I bring my luxury item?"
Host: "I don't see how a Palm Pilot will do you much good, but ok..."
Back to the topic, though... cars that run on muffins.
I'm waiting for the day Bush declares Alberta the 51st state. It'll sure come as a shock to Albertans, who weren't consulted on the matter, but wouldn't dream of offending the 130,000 troops that just crossed the undefended border to "protect Canada from oil-targeted terrorism".
No, wait, they have to talk to HGTV and get Mike Holmes up there to completely renovate it. Mike can fix anything.
No, wait, they need to get it on Trading Spaces. The ground crew and the ISS crew switch, and redecorate eachother's workplace. How cool would that be? I'd watch.
No, wait! Someone call the TV networks! Survivor ISS!
I suppose you better stop using utensils, since they were invented a long time ago, too. So were clothing, wheels, and computers.
You, however, seem to like the high school mentality perfectly well. You make anonymous comments, safe in the fact that no-one will ever be able to identify you. You sneak around, twisting words, trying to turn people against those you seem to have problems with.
I have a great job, a great wife, a great family, and I owe it all to the fact that I've used all the shit I went through in school to help me through the tough points in life. Sometimes I get frustrated and hit walls, which is a hell of a lot better than physically abusing my wife, or my son, something I've seen a lot of. I am not a bad-ass, I am just someone who has had enough of whiny, pathetic little fuckers like you trying to tear me down.
This conversation is over.
How did I wipe out humanity?
No problem for being harsh, I didn't fully explain myself (something that has gotten me into many a flame war here). Not ALL Canola is bad, but I still don't buy it (well, not entirely true, I have some Canola margarine, but it was on sale), after hearing this guy rant for about 8 hours straight about "getting shafted by the government".
I believe it every night and day.
I believe I can fly away...
But seriously, folks. I believe we, as a species, are screwed. I can't prove it, but I'm pretty sure you all will prove me right soon enough.
Any"one" not any"thing". Would you rather I hit people, rather than chintzy posessions? If I do, maybe I can set a legal precedent. "Your honor, this guy on Slashdot told me to hit people, rather than punching bags or other solid objects when I need to vent some anger."
Sorry if this differs from your farm. I'm sure there are Canola harvests which use few pesticides and leave the soil fine, but his particular soil was unable to grow anything after three years of pesticide, herbicide and Canola growth.
I was close. I was essentially right.
Rapeseed isn't toxic, just unpleasant, but Canola is quite a few generations removed from Canola (which stands for Canadian Oil Agency).
Also, it has been linked to cancer rates here in Canada in the past decade, with decidedly scary results (but still inconclusive.)
the particulate exhaust in biodiesel and greasel is moderately biodegradeable, and far more so than conventional fuels.
As for global demand, there's enough Canola to power the entire Canadian transit system, but not NEARLY enough for a world-wide demand. Even so, who says that we need one source for the planet? Everyone seems to assume that if we discover a new source of power, if it can't power the planet, it's useless. We could have a dozen, a hundred power sources, each one safely supplying their area. Wind, tidal, Canola, solar, hydrogen, whatever... think locally, save globally.