Re:Emphasis on the light, please.
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First off, you mean staple crops. Stables are what you keep horses in.
Secondly, who said this has to be used for our staples? Okay, so the grains still come from the midwest. No big deal because they're a lot easier to transport without having to worry about rot. Potatoes are sort of in the same boat.
However, crops such as mushrooms, berries, tomatoes, lettuce, etc etc etc could do quite well in those greenhouse type environments. They could be harvested when they are actually ripe and delivered fresh unlike what we have now where they are picked green and allowed to ripen off the vine (in the case of things like berries and tomatoes).
Additionally, with the space saved in the midwest, farmers would be able to practice better crop rotation practices in order to let their fields rest while maintaining the same yeild.
It's a topic that I'm not completely ignorant on considering that I grew up on a farm.
Re:Emphasis on the light, please.
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Not all plants require a great deal of light. For example, berries tend to do better in the shade. Some of our foodstuffs don't even require light at all - like mushrooms.
Re:Emphasis on the light, please.
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Anyone who's worked in even the most windowed office building knows that only the spaces next to the windows get the light.
Actually, I recall seeing several years ago, a show on a house that had "light fixtures" that were actually putting out natural light by, if memory serves, fiber optics that started at the outside of the house and piped the light through the building.
Who says the 3am calls have to be full of fury? The person you origionally replied to was talking about calls from women not getting through your whitelist because they weren't added to it.
Maybe I'm not the standard geek, but I've gotten a whole lot of calls at weird hours that were more interesting than they were furious. Of course, I was usually out at the time and the calls were coming to my cell. If I'm asleep, I turn off the ringer. =]
However, I have to admit that getting called by drunk people who dialed the wrong number (someone's number was like one digit different than mine) can be downright hilarious.
Funny and Scary indeed. The sad thing is that so many people on here seem to feel that way.
I tend to be rather more practical. I've used and release both open and closed source stuff. Some of the zealots on the other hand...
It kind of makes you wonder how many of them actually writes software for a living. I'm also amazed that I haven't seen Twitter on this discussion yet...
You forgot at least one other type - the practical ones. We use the tools that make the most sense for the job without wanting to be part of a holy war.
The bans came about because of Cuba's dealings with the Soviet Union.
It was sort of an extension of the Monroe Doctrine, trying to prevent a European power from establishing control in the region. In this case, they especially didn't want a *communist* power to establish itself.
To that end, they built Cuba into a boogey man of a magnitude that, even after the threat was gone, the public would have reacted badly to resuming trade relations. Now it's just kind of a political convention in the United States that, no matter what happens, Cuba is bad.
All in all, things would have probably gone better if Walt Disney had let Nikita Kruzchev into his park to see Mickey Mouse and if Castro had actually made the cut and gotten into major leauge baseball instead of going back home and going into politics because he wasn't good enough on the field.
You're quite welcome. Some people don't seem to see the difference between being cynical and being apathetic.
Then again, I sometimes think that I have have cynicism down to an artform. Somehow, though, I still hope it turns out better than I think it will. Go figure.
I'd say that qualifies more as cynicism than apathy. He's not saying he doesn't care, just that he doesn't think it's going to be actually followed through on.
Given past practices, I have to say that I agree with that sentiment. I think the chances are good that the administration is just going to ignore the demands.
I have to admit that one of the first things I thought was "Pass the barbeque sauce!"
I figure a ton and a half of barbequed dino-chicken should be food enough for a nice party (considering some of the ones we've had where we roasted half a cow). Besides, eating something that would probably want to eat you first is a case of turnabout being fair play in my book.
I was amazed that the Radio Shack here actually has bins and shelves of parts. It's the first one I'd seen since like the early to mid 90s.
Ironically the only reason I found this out is because I finally decided since I couldn't find it anywhere else, *maybe* Radio Shack might carry Cold Heat soldering irons (though I seriously doubted it because of the ones I'd been into in the past 10 years). To my surprise, they actually had several in stock.
The people working there still didn't really know anything about the parts, but at least they carried them...
For another, killing the thief after the theft is done serves no other purpose than revenge.
Incorrect. It prevents that person from victimizing others and serves as a deterrant to other people who might want to rob or harm other people for their own gain.
When faced with the reality that trying to rob someone carries the very real possibility of severe bodily harm or death, theft becomes less appealing since most thefts are preformed against targets that the theif is relatively certain won't defend themselves.
Simply rolling over and accepting theft is only an encouragement to theives.
Google-wise, I have a similar situation. There are two other people in this field with my name - one is a former VP at Sun and the other is another software developer.
Since I come first in Google, I get mail for them on occasion (I'm sure the fact that I have jameshollingshead.com doesn't help). The last time I got mail for the former Sun VP James, I gave the lady the right contact information and asked her to say hello for me (again).
I would imagine it has to be fun for the HR people trying to figure out how I can be in three places at once =]
I'm just glad someone took the bait. Though, I have to say that, knowing slashdot, I figured there would be someone around that would want to prove me wrong about professed knowledge. I would have hated for the joke to go to waste. =]
Human nature can sometimes be predictable (not to mention downright amusing even if he did try to insult me:P)
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First off, you mean staple crops. Stables are what you keep horses in.
Secondly, who said this has to be used for our staples? Okay, so the grains still come from the midwest. No big deal because they're a lot easier to transport without having to worry about rot. Potatoes are sort of in the same boat.
However, crops such as mushrooms, berries, tomatoes, lettuce, etc etc etc could do quite well in those greenhouse type environments. They could be harvested when they are actually ripe and delivered fresh unlike what we have now where they are picked green and allowed to ripen off the vine (in the case of things like berries and tomatoes).
Additionally, with the space saved in the midwest, farmers would be able to practice better crop rotation practices in order to let their fields rest while maintaining the same yeild.
It's a topic that I'm not completely ignorant on considering that I grew up on a farm.
Not all plants require a great deal of light. For example, berries tend to do better in the shade. Some of our foodstuffs don't even require light at all - like mushrooms.
Anyone who's worked in even the most windowed office building knows that only the spaces next to the windows get the light.
Actually, I recall seeing several years ago, a show on a house that had "light fixtures" that were actually putting out natural light by, if memory serves, fiber optics that started at the outside of the house and piped the light through the building.
Who says the 3am calls have to be full of fury? The person you origionally replied to was talking about calls from women not getting through your whitelist because they weren't added to it.
Maybe I'm not the standard geek, but I've gotten a whole lot of calls at weird hours that were more interesting than they were furious. Of course, I was usually out at the time and the calls were coming to my cell. If I'm asleep, I turn off the ringer. =]
However, I have to admit that getting called by drunk people who dialed the wrong number (someone's number was like one digit different than mine) can be downright hilarious.
Exchanging numbers at clubs is now considered normal.
Confused yet? =)
:P
I don't know about the GP, but I'm not. Might have something to do with the fact that I'm from Ohio though
Your name was not required on the form, but the teachers issued specific instructions about how to hand the forms forward,
That's when you "accidently" drop the forms on the floor, scattering them.
Personally, I always thought he should have left the last three letters off of his username.
Funny and Scary indeed. The sad thing is that so many people on here seem to feel that way.
I tend to be rather more practical. I've used and release both open and closed source stuff. Some of the zealots on the other hand...
It kind of makes you wonder how many of them actually writes software for a living. I'm also amazed that I haven't seen Twitter on this discussion yet...
You forgot at least one other type - the practical ones. We use the tools that make the most sense for the job without wanting to be part of a holy war.
The bans came about because of Cuba's dealings with the Soviet Union.
It was sort of an extension of the Monroe Doctrine, trying to prevent a European power from establishing control in the region. In this case, they especially didn't want a *communist* power to establish itself.
To that end, they built Cuba into a boogey man of a magnitude that, even after the threat was gone, the public would have reacted badly to resuming trade relations. Now it's just kind of a political convention in the United States that, no matter what happens, Cuba is bad.
All in all, things would have probably gone better if Walt Disney had let Nikita Kruzchev into his park to see Mickey Mouse and if Castro had actually made the cut and gotten into major leauge baseball instead of going back home and going into politics because he wasn't good enough on the field.
You're quite welcome. Some people don't seem to see the difference between being cynical and being apathetic.
Then again, I sometimes think that I have have cynicism down to an artform. Somehow, though, I still hope it turns out better than I think it will. Go figure.
I'd say that qualifies more as cynicism than apathy. He's not saying he doesn't care, just that he doesn't think it's going to be actually followed through on.
Given past practices, I have to say that I agree with that sentiment. I think the chances are good that the administration is just going to ignore the demands.
In Joust, you were riding an ostrich as player one or an emu as player two and neither of those fly, so I think he's alright.
I have to admit that one of the first things I thought was "Pass the barbeque sauce!"
I figure a ton and a half of barbequed dino-chicken should be food enough for a nice party (considering some of the ones we've had where we roasted half a cow). Besides, eating something that would probably want to eat you first is a case of turnabout being fair play in my book.
I was amazed that the Radio Shack here actually has bins and shelves of parts. It's the first one I'd seen since like the early to mid 90s.
Ironically the only reason I found this out is because I finally decided since I couldn't find it anywhere else, *maybe* Radio Shack might carry Cold Heat soldering irons (though I seriously doubted it because of the ones I'd been into in the past 10 years). To my surprise, they actually had several in stock.
The people working there still didn't really know anything about the parts, but at least they carried them...
For another, killing the thief after the theft is done serves no other purpose than revenge.
Incorrect. It prevents that person from victimizing others and serves as a deterrant to other people who might want to rob or harm other people for their own gain.
When faced with the reality that trying to rob someone carries the very real possibility of severe bodily harm or death, theft becomes less appealing since most thefts are preformed against targets that the theif is relatively certain won't defend themselves.
Simply rolling over and accepting theft is only an encouragement to theives.
Contrary to what some people think, I do enjoy being the bearer of good news.
Glad I could be of help. Honestly speaking, I want to get them myself at some point.
Same thing they'll do to you if you say something before Friday - ignore you because you don't contribute obscene amounts to their campaign funds...
The white powered stuff was KNO3 - Potassium nitrate.
:P
It was fun to do yourself too. That's what I got for tutoring chem lab for a few years
That's rather funny.
Google-wise, I have a similar situation. There are two other people in this field with my name - one is a former VP at Sun and the other is another software developer.
Since I come first in Google, I get mail for them on occasion (I'm sure the fact that I have jameshollingshead.com doesn't help). The last time I got mail for the former Sun VP James, I gave the lady the right contact information and asked her to say hello for me (again).
I would imagine it has to be fun for the HR people trying to figure out how I can be in three places at once =]
Where does Slashdot find them, and why do they keep sending them to me??
You can view his other show. His website sells boxed sets of both his origional show and the second one he did in the 80's.
My favorite pop culture reference to him was always Mr Lizard on Dinosuars.
Timmy, you start up the nuclear reactor while I stand behind this protective lead shielding.
*boom*
We're going to need another Timmy!
I'm just glad someone took the bait. Though, I have to say that, knowing slashdot, I figured there would be someone around that would want to prove me wrong about professed knowledge. I would have hated for the joke to go to waste. =]
:P)
Human nature can sometimes be predictable (not to mention downright amusing even if he did try to insult me