> For the last, oh, 80 years at least, all paper has been made from trees grown for paper and lumber mills.
No, it's not. Source: I own a shit-ton of old paper mill property. There's still plenty of natural regrowth that is harvested, not from farms. Some wood is still actively harvested from the land I own and some of that goes to the paper mill in Jay, Maine. Some of it is replant but not all, not even close to all. This is not unique, there are many others just like mine. The trees weren't grown for paper and lumber mills. They just grew. They've been "just growing" on their own since before the replant laws went into effect. They're not grown for any special purpose.
I'm not actually sure why you'd say such a thing, actually. Yes, some is grown specifically for paper and lumber. It's certainly not all, it's not even close to all. Pine that's no good for lumber gets chipped or goes to paper. There's nothing special about it, it's not actually replant, it's not a tree farm. Now *some* of the property is tree farm and is all replanted. That's much newer growth.
It's okay. I actually *like* a brand of instant coffee. Taster's Choice. Yup... I well and truly like it. It's not even a "don't mind it" situation but an actual like. I buy it on a regular basis and it's great for when I just want a cup of coffee or have a desire for that specifically. Just plain ol' Taster's Choice, some cream, and a little sugar. Sometimes, just black. Sometimes just cream. Never just sugar.
My brother has one of 'em and uses some odd brand. Buggered if I know what the brand is but it's a medium-dark roast that they usually buy. It's actually not bad - I'd almost call it good. He gets them through the company he works for. They have the machine(s) in the office and some company delivers 'em. He orders a case of 'em through that same company - so it's not some rare, upper-market, stuff.
Umm... Most coffee makers of the drip variety actually have this neat invention where they have lines on the side. If you use those lines and do a little bit of math - you won't have to make a whole pot of coffee. It's a fairly new technology, called "measurement." I'm sure someone will help you out if you need it. You might be able to find a book at the library.
At home, I have a Bunn. It's hooked to the water lines and gives me hot water for tea or a pot of coffee really quickly as it keeps the water hot. It is awesome.
I may be a stickler but I think if you put up a poll that allows the public to name something, or something similar, you should follow through and act in accordance with the public's wishes. If the result of the poll was HMS Fuck It, then that's what it should be named. On the other hand, you probably shouldn't put things like that up for a public polling. That's just dumb and how you get Boaty McBoatFace. But they did do it and they should stick with that name.
Have I mentioned, lately, that I fucking love the Hind? No, it's too early in the day for me to be stoned. I seriously love that thing. I don't even (really) know how to fly a helicopter and I want one. I mean, I know the mechanics and how the collective works and what the controls do but I don't really know how to fly one. Man, I love the Hind. It's like a tank - that flies. It just needs a few more weapons and it'd be like every 6 year old boy's drawings of what a war-helicopter ought to look like.
Do you seriously think you're smarter than the many, many Ph.D laden folks who work on this every single day for a lifetime?
I'm not kidding - I'd love an answer. Do you really think they've not thought of this and that you're somehow more adept, smarter, and insightful than they are?
I see this a lot here on Slashdot and it baffles me. "They should do X!" Umm... They've already tried X and, for whatever reason, decided X was stupid. They really do know more than you. If they need their Windows box cleaned of malware and maybe defragged then I'm sure they'll let you know.
It's still not true. It's a bell curve. That means that there are a subset, however small, that are exactly average. If that's just 1% then there can be no more than 49.5% below average and 49.5% above average. Given that the IQ test is adjusted to make it so that the average is always 100 then... This, oddly, confuses people. Some of the people it confuses claim to be on the upper end of the scale.
Several years ago, maybe more, I started warning you that this was going to happen. I gave you ways to try to avoid it. You told me that I was an idiot and that they'd never enact "draconian lol" legislation - and you told me that you'd just do it anyhow. You guys are fucked.
There's no such thing in Cuba. You don't even need a tour guide. Source: Me. I've been to Cuba twice. I'm currently trying to go before I have to return home to Maine. I'm not sure why you'd state such a thing but it's not even remotely true. Yeah, it sucks to get caught in a lie but, you know, some of us actually travel and have traveled extensively.
Wait... You think we "increasingly have such people in charge?" Nah, the world has always been like this. There have always been lunatics in charge. You might even say we have fewer in-charge lunatics now than we've ever had. Can you imagine if Caligula had had nuclear weapons?
I'll resend it when I'm at that PC - just in case it got eaten. And yes, yes I've forgotten everything.:/ I was wondering why you'd not replied - I figured you were busy. Now I know you didn't get it. Email really needs to be more reliable or, maybe, I need to we need to run our own servers to make sure we control the rules.
Ignoring is not actually a term that I'd use when describing Nazis. In fact, if they'd just ignored those they hated then there probably wouldn't have needed to be a giant FUCKING WAR because of their behavior. Slaughtering millions and bombing other people's property into rubble is not exactly "ignoring." Unless, of course, you've got a very different definition of ignoring than I do.
The fear of being replaced by a computer, by an intelligent machine, is hardly new. Back in the late 50s and early 60s there were even movies and televisions shows that touched on the topic of being replaced by the "Big Brain." At the time, of course, computers were literally taking quite a few tasks away from humans. Like always, many of us short-sighted humans didn't stop to realize that this would be creating other jobs and would require less menial/repetitive labor.
I don't remember if it was a movie or a television show but it had a Vax in it and a couple of office working ladies. They were accountants or human computers, I don't recall which, and the computer actually was malicious. One of the scenes was the computer trashing the office and throwing reams of paper around and pushing paper out through the printer (it was the feed stock paper back then, usually) and I seem to recall the two ladies kept their jobs. Err... It's probably been 40 to 45 years since I've seen the movie so you'll have to forgive my lack of detailed memory.;-)
This is true. I'm part black and I'm hung like a wild-studded gerbil. And I don't mean ¼" from the ground.:( Ah well... The missus says he's cute. Then he spits at her.
> On a scale from black to white, this was Mexican.
Does that mean you keep it clean? You know, maybe Spic-n-Span clean? I guess, maybe, if you had liquid cooling and there was some condensation then it could have a wet back?
On a more serious note, if I were into putting bumper stickers on my cars (and I am not - not now, I did when I was younger and didn't care about keeping them) I'd seriously consider getting a bumper sticker that says, "Jesus is my gardener." Yeah, it'd piss off all sorts of people. Some folks would laugh for the wrong reason. Some would laugh for the right reason. Some would be baffled when they notice the color of my skin.;-)
I'm most definitely not white. I'm not really sure how to describe me but white is not a word that I'd use. I'm kind of brown(ish). I'm mostly Amerindian (Micmac tribe) and some Black African and some White European. Mostly, I am a mutt. It makes it really hard to fill in paperwork that asks for my race. Sometimes, I check 'em all. Sometimes I check the "other" option and write in "human." A few times, I've written my race as "Davidian." I'm reasonably certain that I'm about as minority as minority can be, however. While there do seem to be a lot of Davids, there are very few that are like me in genetic makeup.
Now I'm reminded of the KitH skit...
"These are the Dave's I know, I know. These are the Dave's I know. Some of them are David and some of them are Dave..."
That was actually a good television show. But, like almost always, I digress.
Yup. They tell me that I'm sane and I've made sure to get second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. opinions on it. (I go talk to a therapist fairly often when I'm home, I find it good to have someone objective to talk to.) Yet, I was a functional addict and alcoholic for years. I would literally leave meetings and shoot up in the bathroom. I kept rigs in my office. I was into Fentanyl (80x stronger than heroin) so I could wear a patch if I had to travel. I also drank. I drank for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We had a bar and a pool table in the back of our home office. I used it often.
I functioned just fine. It wasn't really a problem. In fact, I did quite well. It was when I retired that something broke in my head. I didn't actually use more drugs or drink more alcohol (I don't think) it's just that my body/brain somehow knew it didn't actually have to function any more. I turned into a sloppy drunk and was nodding out and drolling on myself with a rig in my hand and blood staining my trousers. My neighbor, I've mentioned her many times, used to come check just to make sure I was alive - she's the same person I call my house cleaner 'cause I pay her and that's what she does. Sometimes she lets me pretend to be the boss.
Anyhow, it was weird. It's like my brain flipped a circuit. I was no longer a functional alcoholic, I was just a drunk. I was no longer "chipping." I was a junkie. I put shitloads of money in my veins and up my nose - obscene amounts. Like, numbers that would scare people. I've tried to figure it out, using averages and average street prices (I tended to buy in bulk) and the numbers are too shameful for me to actually mention.
But it was something about the no longer needing to be functional, no longer having people depend on me, no longer having a company to keep afloat, no longer having to worry about money, no longer having to worry about appearing to be "normal." That just snapped. I went, without changing usage quantities, to dysfunctional and junkie stage. (Gotta be honest, there were some good times, good times indeed.)
And yes, they insist that I'm sane. I started the alcohol as a kid and the opiates while in my early teens when I broke an ankle and then a wrist in short succession. At first it was the codeine and that warm blanket feeling. Then I pretended that made me sick so they gave me stronger stuff - but I kept the first script, and it just worked its way through that. They didn't do much testing in the military so I kept on going - the corpsman was my friend. Then, 30 years later, I'm strung out and puking and shitting at the same time trying to quit. *sighs* Never again... I don't ever want to go through withdrawals again.
But yeah, they assure me that I'm perfectly sane. I'm not sure that I agree with them so I keep getting second opinions but, so far, they all tell me that I'm not just sane but that I'm pretty much the definition of sane. I'm not sure how they come up with that considering the drug and alcohol abuse/addiction but they're the experts and I'm the junkie.
I did do rehab, by the way. I was on a monster dose of Suboxone for quite a while but I've been weaning myself off of them. I haven't actually taken any in a while now but I have been smoking a bit of weed and I'm in Florida so I can't admit to it but there's all sorts of Bolivian Marching Powder in the area.
They're quite convinced that I'm sane. Three out of the four voices in my head seriously disagree with the sentiment!;-)
Hmm... I should probably post this as an AC but, alas, I am not a coward and I'm always suggesting that people accept responsibility and be accountable. It would be hypocritical for me to post this as an AC. Well, that and my particular posting style would likely give it away. So, here it is in all its glory.
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Do you always show up as the new guy and try to tell other people what to do? Do they usually listen or do they laugh at you and then ignore you?
> For the last, oh, 80 years at least, all paper has been made from trees grown for paper and lumber mills.
No, it's not. Source: I own a shit-ton of old paper mill property. There's still plenty of natural regrowth that is harvested, not from farms. Some wood is still actively harvested from the land I own and some of that goes to the paper mill in Jay, Maine. Some of it is replant but not all, not even close to all. This is not unique, there are many others just like mine. The trees weren't grown for paper and lumber mills. They just grew. They've been "just growing" on their own since before the replant laws went into effect. They're not grown for any special purpose.
I'm not actually sure why you'd say such a thing, actually. Yes, some is grown specifically for paper and lumber. It's certainly not all, it's not even close to all. Pine that's no good for lumber gets chipped or goes to paper. There's nothing special about it, it's not actually replant, it's not a tree farm. Now *some* of the property is tree farm and is all replanted. That's much newer growth.
It's okay. I actually *like* a brand of instant coffee. Taster's Choice. Yup... I well and truly like it. It's not even a "don't mind it" situation but an actual like. I buy it on a regular basis and it's great for when I just want a cup of coffee or have a desire for that specifically. Just plain ol' Taster's Choice, some cream, and a little sugar. Sometimes, just black. Sometimes just cream. Never just sugar.
My brother has one of 'em and uses some odd brand. Buggered if I know what the brand is but it's a medium-dark roast that they usually buy. It's actually not bad - I'd almost call it good. He gets them through the company he works for. They have the machine(s) in the office and some company delivers 'em. He orders a case of 'em through that same company - so it's not some rare, upper-market, stuff.
Umm... Most coffee makers of the drip variety actually have this neat invention where they have lines on the side. If you use those lines and do a little bit of math - you won't have to make a whole pot of coffee. It's a fairly new technology, called "measurement." I'm sure someone will help you out if you need it. You might be able to find a book at the library.
At home, I have a Bunn. It's hooked to the water lines and gives me hot water for tea or a pot of coffee really quickly as it keeps the water hot. It is awesome.
No, say that while sticking your tongue out and pinching it so it can't move.
I may be a stickler but I think if you put up a poll that allows the public to name something, or something similar, you should follow through and act in accordance with the public's wishes. If the result of the poll was HMS Fuck It, then that's what it should be named. On the other hand, you probably shouldn't put things like that up for a public polling. That's just dumb and how you get Boaty McBoatFace. But they did do it and they should stick with that name.
Have I mentioned, lately, that I fucking love the Hind? No, it's too early in the day for me to be stoned. I seriously love that thing. I don't even (really) know how to fly a helicopter and I want one. I mean, I know the mechanics and how the collective works and what the controls do but I don't really know how to fly one. Man, I love the Hind. It's like a tank - that flies. It just needs a few more weapons and it'd be like every 6 year old boy's drawings of what a war-helicopter ought to look like.
Do you seriously think you're smarter than the many, many Ph.D laden folks who work on this every single day for a lifetime?
I'm not kidding - I'd love an answer. Do you really think they've not thought of this and that you're somehow more adept, smarter, and insightful than they are?
I see this a lot here on Slashdot and it baffles me. "They should do X!" Umm... They've already tried X and, for whatever reason, decided X was stupid. They really do know more than you. If they need their Windows box cleaned of malware and maybe defragged then I'm sure they'll let you know.
The scary thing is, all of those rules are there for a reason.
It's still not true. It's a bell curve. That means that there are a subset, however small, that are exactly average. If that's just 1% then there can be no more than 49.5% below average and 49.5% above average. Given that the IQ test is adjusted to make it so that the average is always 100 then... This, oddly, confuses people. Some of the people it confuses claim to be on the upper end of the scale.
Several years ago, maybe more, I started warning you that this was going to happen. I gave you ways to try to avoid it. You told me that I was an idiot and that they'd never enact "draconian lol" legislation - and you told me that you'd just do it anyhow. You guys are fucked.
He might just have a near endless supply of rocket scientists. The problem being that they're not particularly *good* rocket scientists.
There's no such thing in Cuba. You don't even need a tour guide. Source: Me. I've been to Cuba twice. I'm currently trying to go before I have to return home to Maine. I'm not sure why you'd state such a thing but it's not even remotely true. Yeah, it sucks to get caught in a lie but, you know, some of us actually travel and have traveled extensively.
Wait... You think we "increasingly have such people in charge?" Nah, the world has always been like this. There have always been lunatics in charge. You might even say we have fewer in-charge lunatics now than we've ever had. Can you imagine if Caligula had had nuclear weapons?
Check out the size of the door that she's climbing out of. That's some very heavily armored material.
I'll resend it when I'm at that PC - just in case it got eaten. And yes, yes I've forgotten everything. :/ I was wondering why you'd not replied - I figured you were busy. Now I know you didn't get it. Email really needs to be more reliable or, maybe, I need to we need to run our own servers to make sure we control the rules.
Ignoring is not actually a term that I'd use when describing Nazis. In fact, if they'd just ignored those they hated then there probably wouldn't have needed to be a giant FUCKING WAR because of their behavior. Slaughtering millions and bombing other people's property into rubble is not exactly "ignoring." Unless, of course, you've got a very different definition of ignoring than I do.
The fear of being replaced by a computer, by an intelligent machine, is hardly new. Back in the late 50s and early 60s there were even movies and televisions shows that touched on the topic of being replaced by the "Big Brain." At the time, of course, computers were literally taking quite a few tasks away from humans. Like always, many of us short-sighted humans didn't stop to realize that this would be creating other jobs and would require less menial/repetitive labor.
I don't remember if it was a movie or a television show but it had a Vax in it and a couple of office working ladies. They were accountants or human computers, I don't recall which, and the computer actually was malicious. One of the scenes was the computer trashing the office and throwing reams of paper around and pushing paper out through the printer (it was the feed stock paper back then, usually) and I seem to recall the two ladies kept their jobs. Err... It's probably been 40 to 45 years since I've seen the movie so you'll have to forgive my lack of detailed memory. ;-)
This is true. I'm part black and I'm hung like a wild-studded gerbil. And I don't mean ¼" from the ground. :( Ah well... The missus says he's cute. Then he spits at her.
> On a scale from black to white, this was Mexican.
Does that mean you keep it clean? You know, maybe Spic-n-Span clean? I guess, maybe, if you had liquid cooling and there was some condensation then it could have a wet back?
On a more serious note, if I were into putting bumper stickers on my cars (and I am not - not now, I did when I was younger and didn't care about keeping them) I'd seriously consider getting a bumper sticker that says, "Jesus is my gardener." Yeah, it'd piss off all sorts of people. Some folks would laugh for the wrong reason. Some would laugh for the right reason. Some would be baffled when they notice the color of my skin. ;-)
I'm most definitely not white. I'm not really sure how to describe me but white is not a word that I'd use. I'm kind of brown(ish). I'm mostly Amerindian (Micmac tribe) and some Black African and some White European. Mostly, I am a mutt. It makes it really hard to fill in paperwork that asks for my race. Sometimes, I check 'em all. Sometimes I check the "other" option and write in "human." A few times, I've written my race as "Davidian." I'm reasonably certain that I'm about as minority as minority can be, however. While there do seem to be a lot of Davids, there are very few that are like me in genetic makeup.
Now I'm reminded of the KitH skit...
"These are the Dave's I know, I know. These are the Dave's I know. Some of them are David and some of them are Dave..."
That was actually a good television show. But, like almost always, I digress.
I did Nazi that coming...
*is not proud of his behavior*
That doesn't make him any less correct.
Yup. They tell me that I'm sane and I've made sure to get second, third, fourth, fifth, etc. opinions on it. (I go talk to a therapist fairly often when I'm home, I find it good to have someone objective to talk to.) Yet, I was a functional addict and alcoholic for years. I would literally leave meetings and shoot up in the bathroom. I kept rigs in my office. I was into Fentanyl (80x stronger than heroin) so I could wear a patch if I had to travel. I also drank. I drank for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We had a bar and a pool table in the back of our home office. I used it often.
I functioned just fine. It wasn't really a problem. In fact, I did quite well. It was when I retired that something broke in my head. I didn't actually use more drugs or drink more alcohol (I don't think) it's just that my body/brain somehow knew it didn't actually have to function any more. I turned into a sloppy drunk and was nodding out and drolling on myself with a rig in my hand and blood staining my trousers. My neighbor, I've mentioned her many times, used to come check just to make sure I was alive - she's the same person I call my house cleaner 'cause I pay her and that's what she does. Sometimes she lets me pretend to be the boss.
Anyhow, it was weird. It's like my brain flipped a circuit. I was no longer a functional alcoholic, I was just a drunk. I was no longer "chipping." I was a junkie. I put shitloads of money in my veins and up my nose - obscene amounts. Like, numbers that would scare people. I've tried to figure it out, using averages and average street prices (I tended to buy in bulk) and the numbers are too shameful for me to actually mention.
But it was something about the no longer needing to be functional, no longer having people depend on me, no longer having a company to keep afloat, no longer having to worry about money, no longer having to worry about appearing to be "normal." That just snapped. I went, without changing usage quantities, to dysfunctional and junkie stage. (Gotta be honest, there were some good times, good times indeed.)
And yes, they insist that I'm sane. I started the alcohol as a kid and the opiates while in my early teens when I broke an ankle and then a wrist in short succession. At first it was the codeine and that warm blanket feeling. Then I pretended that made me sick so they gave me stronger stuff - but I kept the first script, and it just worked its way through that. They didn't do much testing in the military so I kept on going - the corpsman was my friend. Then, 30 years later, I'm strung out and puking and shitting at the same time trying to quit. *sighs* Never again... I don't ever want to go through withdrawals again.
But yeah, they assure me that I'm perfectly sane. I'm not sure that I agree with them so I keep getting second opinions but, so far, they all tell me that I'm not just sane but that I'm pretty much the definition of sane. I'm not sure how they come up with that considering the drug and alcohol abuse/addiction but they're the experts and I'm the junkie.
I did do rehab, by the way. I was on a monster dose of Suboxone for quite a while but I've been weaning myself off of them. I haven't actually taken any in a while now but I have been smoking a bit of weed and I'm in Florida so I can't admit to it but there's all sorts of Bolivian Marching Powder in the area.
They're quite convinced that I'm sane. Three out of the four voices in my head seriously disagree with the sentiment! ;-)
Hmm... I should probably post this as an AC but, alas, I am not a coward and I'm always suggesting that people accept responsibility and be accountable. It would be hypocritical for me to post this as an AC. Well, that and my particular posting style would likely give it away. So, here it is in all its glory.