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xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:39:51 -0800

Incredible piece of work. I want to frame this!

Virtual Reality Game Gun is Todays BIG Thing in Technology - JUL 08, 2009

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:36:57 -0700

Absolute must for any serious gamer around. Get up from your couches and chairs, find a garage and spend the rest of your life in there.

17 Reasons to Avoid Technology (for a few days) | Streamlined Mind

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:37:09 -0700

Good reasons. Technology stresses people even if they don't notice it. If you turn off your phone and computer, radio and telly for at least one day and try these things out, you might return for more.

I just wonder why some people like to point out the faults in the text and give thumbs down because of that instead trying to get the actual point that the writer is trying to get to. It's not about knowing that books "exist" rather than to actually try to take a book, go outside and read it. Enjoy the outdoor air without having to worry about one's emails or socialize outside the StumbleUpon or some internet forums.

Such a simple thing as enjoying nature is so scarce these days that it's miracle people even go outside. I'd dare to claim that not many people even are able to light a fire without some liquids or matches. Besides, people get more obese each day because of TV dinners, McDonald's, Burger King, Pizza Hut etc. Learn to cook people. There's life outside your apartment, outside cities. Do you really want to see it only through the faint glow of your television or computer screen?

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:36:19 -0700

Words of wisdom, even though some people say there's just people in corporation.. it's true, but those are some nasty money-grubbing people in there. Others are just heartless bastards. There's no hidden-agenda or others in this. Other means than consumerism DO exist. :P

While I know this video has it's flaws there's some truth (which you should see Without resorting to stupid nitpicking (is it 30% or 25% etc.) and while e.g. Jayky sure seems to make good counter-points his logic is also flawed.
Here: http://seoblackhat.com/2008/12/21/stuff

I'm too tired to do any math, but some pointers from the site:
"80% of the world's original forests are gone."

Nearly 4 billion hectares of forest cover the earth's surface, roughly 30 percent of its total land area. So . . . if 80% is gone, that means that at one point 150% of the earth's land surface had forrest. I see.
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It's not the current forestation, but the original forests. I'd say 80% of the original forests are easily gone, replanted with trees to produce palm oil and other consumer directed woodstuff. The _original_ forests are at a fraction of what they used to be. That means, all of that wood has gone somewhere, if burnt, then they're in the air adding up to the global warming.

Next:
"According to these guys (referring to the rest of the supply chain), the people that live there don't own [the Amazon forests] even if they've been living there for generations"

Actually, the deforestation is being done precisely by the people that live there. That's the PROBLEM.
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Deforestation is done by the people who live there because they're paid well for cutting down the trees. By whom? You may ask. Maybe some big companies who'd like to have cheap stuff imported in some well paying countries might have their claws in there. Or maybe even some palm oil plants to fuel those "eco-friendly" cars.
More follows:
"There are over 100,000 synthetic Chemicals in use in commerce today"

Good! Just because something is synthetic, doesn't make it bad. In fact, those synthetic chemicals are a big reason why our standard of living is higher today than at any point in human history.
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Do you know anything about chemistry? Synthetics are not necessarily "bad", but they're certainly not good. Synthetic materials take a long time to disintegrate into the nature and therefore products that contain these materials cannot return to the natural cycle because no organisms are able to break them down anymore. Seriously, you're trying to debunk this video with your witty remarks and not using simple logic at all?

More follows:
"Only a Hand full have even been tested for harmful effects"

A hand full . . . that would be what? 5? 10? Lies!
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:) You *could* fit samples from quite a few of those chemicals in your hand.. ah.. you get it.
Next:
"If everyone Consumed at the US's rate, we would need 3-5 Planets"

No. We would just need to produce more.
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This is the best one so far. Where do you think you can just "produce more", out of thin air? There's no sampo of any sort that grinds endless amounts of oil, coal, wood, uranium, gold, silica and such for our needs. Nor is energy "free" unless renewable resources are used. Most of the energy being used in the world are from non-renewable sources which means they _will_ end at some point in the future. Not so fun anymore then, huh? Unless, of course you're able to find some way to extract energy out of ground, sand and such.
Room for one more:
"We have 5% of the world's Population, but we're using 30% of the worlds Resources"

So we use 30% of the world's water? we use 30% of the world's Air? We use 30% of the world's Soil . . . and then eat 30% of the world's food?

No.

The US does consume 25% (not 30%) of the world's energy - but so what? 2 billion people in the world don't even have electricity!
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Back to basics. RTFWiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_resources#Classification

You kids..

Auto-Tune the News 6 is Todays BIG Thing in Music - JUL 14, 2009

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:25:49 -0700

Another set of news from auto-tune news.

Things that make you go FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! - Systemwars

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:19:01 -0700

Has some people body parts, but they're so badly drawn that I don't think anyone could quickly flip through.

Anyway, another hilarious meme from 4chan. Enjoy..
Oops, forgot to attach a pic...

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....

Top 45 Unusual Stylish Super Mario Brothers Artworks | The Design Inspiration

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:19:53 -0700

Brilliant Mario Bros inspired artwork. Quite a few of them.

PWN or DIE - Video Game News, Reviews, Previews, and Features.

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:15:41 -0700

If popular actors were cast as video games characters. Any more suggestions?

http://endosymbiotic.tumblr.com/post/89152107/you-may-not-be-her-first-her-last-or-her-only

Fri, 08 May 2009 04:01:30 -0700

I don't know if Bob Marley ever said this or not, but this isn't BS and far from corny. If only everyone could live by this, there would be much less problems in the world.

http://boingboing.net/images/x09/pooflu.jpg

Fri, 01 May 2009 15:31:05 -0700

Poor piglet. That's what's happening around the world though, read from somewhere that Egypt is going to slaughter all the pigs in their country in order to counter swine flu. How's that going to help, huh?