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Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity?
Reply #30 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 9:37pm

Emma wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 6:37pm:

Cliff48 wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 1:03pm:

I have value - I do - I am worth about $7.50 as a raw material to manufacture Soylent Green

Probably more than that Cliff48.. hey have you read the BOOK.!!???

Nah not the Bible... Roll Eyes

the book " Make Room Make Room" by Harry Harrison (hmm however improbable that seems)

The BOOK that lead to the movie with C Heston..

another view of a possible future.

In the end we'll even run out of insects to eat.. if Mother chooses starvation as the way to dispose of us.

Happy happy joy joy

No, unfortunately I haven't. I'll put it on my list

And on unlikely names, I always thought Edward Woodward had to be a 'made up' name, but it is his real name.

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Reply #31 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 9:53pm

miketrees wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 9:34pm:

I hope you feel better Emma, sounds like reality is getting you down.

I think the happy people i know choose not to know, not to think too deeply.

Right now I am feeling down about facing the workplace psychopaths tomorrow.

Yeah commiserations miketrees..

tomorrow is another day.. likely to be similar to today...

But I'm Lucky ( always look on the bright side of life)

at least.. on my part

I only have to go and face the freaks when I feel like it.... I no longer must rise before the sun ... fight the freeway,, and work... Been there done that .. and hey things change...

well.. circumstances change.. nothing ever remains the same .. for ever.. so.. heyy tomorrow is another day... who knows??

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Reply #32 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 10:01pm

Emma wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 9:53pm:

miketrees wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 9:34pm:

I hope you feel better Emma, sounds like reality is getting you down.

I think the happy people i know choose not to know, not to think too deeply.

Right now I am feeling down about facing the workplace psychopaths tomorrow.

Yeah commiserations miketrees..

tomorrow is another day.. likely to be similar to today...

But I'm Lucky ( always look on the bright side of life)

at least.. on my part

I only have to go and face the freaks when I feel like it.... I no longer must rise before the sun ... fight the freeway,, and work... Been there done that .. and hey things change...

well.. circumstances change.. nothing ever remains the same .. for ever.. so.. heyy tomorrow is another day... who knows??

If you give up they win. Buck up, stiff upper lip old chaps. The day is not over until taps is played.

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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity? Reply #33 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 10:08pm NEVER GIVE UP... that's my motto.. altho... sometimes its not appropriate in social settings..
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Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity?
Reply #34 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 10:15pm

No, unfortunately I haven't. I'll put it on my list

And on unlikely names, I always thought Edward Woodward had to be a 'made up' name, but it is his real name.
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wood wood? yeh..

speaking of the world... a faint link here...

did you know that..?

.. well I always laughed when I heard about the World Series Baseball games etc.. in the US. Thinkin' who do they think they are .. "world" series .. when noone else much in the world plays the game.. OK Japan etc.. BUT... seemed like

so much spin... till I heard huh huh huh ha ha ha
It was named after the man who started the whole schmeil..!!!

A Mr World. !!! Grin

Somethings aren't so obvious.. Grin

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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity? Reply #35 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 10:21pm the world series baseball was not named after a "mr world". Bodybuilding and baseball are 2 different disciplines.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity? Reply #36 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 10:30pm No dickhead... a real man named Mr World. .... Not a title a NAME.!! Well .. if its wrong.. blame Stephen Fry ... oh and I think even heard something similar from Letterman.
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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity? Reply #37 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 10:36pm no such person, dickhead.
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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity? Reply #38 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 10:37pm God some people are dumb. Really, really dumb.
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Reply #39 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 11:17pm

Emma wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 6:26pm:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 2:23am:

Dear Emma, couple the Jevons paradox with Bill Gates idea about automation where he said automation will increase the efficiency of an 'efficient process' but will likewise increase the inefficiency of an 'inefficient process' and we are back to the start of the industrial revolution...

- us voting consumers have been fed hollywood ideas and cheap electronica comfort thru preferential trade deals(!..as Judith Sloane herself calls them..!) Shocked

and the idea of productivity and what is and is not efficient has to raise it's head at some point...

Lastly: nothing grows exponentially Wink

i.e. life is sinusodial !!

Had to look that up in a dictionary..

given your spelling

i guess you refer to a sine curve being a better representation of life than 'exponential'..

what can I say??

, I'm no mathmetician

but
aren't we like a pyramid scheme.. ??

Sinusoidal goes up and down: exponential only goes one way..pyramid scheme is someone elses lingo: try last nail or bobby or possibly anyone but me

I suppose pyramid scheme refers to long term sinusoidal: it's a joke of a world and ya gotta be careful because the tidal wave of money involved changes circumstances quickly- potentially!

--> hence socialist ideas to smooth the economic cycles...

Automation is why mums and dads got out of investing in the stockmarket, for instance:

THIS ITSELF MUST HAVE CONSEQUENCES AND HISTORY WILL BE WRITTEN BY IT... imho atleast Cool

HOW MUCH,

I dunno, but it plays a significant part I would say: just saying!

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Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity?
Reply #40 - Jul 20^th, 2014 at 11:17pm

Emma wrote on Jul 20^th, 2014 at 10:30pm:

No dickhead...
a real man named Mr World. .... Not a title a NAME.!!

Well .. if its wrong.. blame Stephen Fry ... oh and I think even heard something similar from Letterman. Tongue

lol yep, I enjoy QI too

but unfortunately Ian is correct..... i did some google searches ...

Quote:

The 1904 Reach Guide reported on this first official "World's Championship Series," (played in 1903) using a name first coined in 1886 by the Spalding (of athletic equipment fame) Base Ball Guide in reference to the post-season game between Chicago and St. Louis. Spalding's editor noted that since both teams were already "champions of the United States" in their respective leagues, the winner of the post-season games would be "world" champions, hence the "World's Championship Series." Spalding's continued to refer to post-season games by this name, adding that as other nations embraced baseball, their winning teams would participate in the playoffs, turning the "World's Championship Series" into a reality.

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Reply #41 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 12:46am

such is life..

ya gotta laugh thanks Cliff48

er perhaps I need an updated dictionary..?? Sinusoidal...
a sine curve .n. the graph of the equation y = sin x

well whatever you say ...

"I suppose pyramid scheme refers to long term sinusoidal: it's a joke of a world and ya gotta be careful because the tidal wave of money involved changes circumstances quickly- potentially!"

you get the drift ..well done..
I don't have the training to talk about these things in tech...
I just comment as it seems valid..

Still.. it is an appealing idea.. the World series I mean... 'cos otherwise it says.. Yanks really are that full of it they think they represent the centre of the cosmos, and all else are simply to serve.

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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity? Reply #42 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 7:51am if anyone was wondering if brain cells grow back after major substance abuse then heres your answer, no they dont.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity? Reply #43 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 9:03pm well.. you WOULD be the expert on THAT wouldn't you..??
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ian Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 9451	Re: the World's Cheapest Commodity? Reply #44 - Jul 21^st, 2014 at 9:20pm Emma wrote on Jul 21^st, 2014 at 9:03pm: well.. you WOULD be the expert on THAT wouldn't you..?? after reading some of your posts, yes.
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