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From: jmfbahciv on 8 Feb 2010 09:24 Bret Cahill wrote: >>>>>>> There's something about agriculture that encourages invention. >>>>>> Monotony I expect. >>>>> Nah, mostly poverty and isolation. You have to get the job done, or >>>>> the crops fail and you lose your farm. Puts a premium on being able >>>>> to keep things working and to improvise. >>>>> A recent issue of IEEE Spectrum had an article about the power plant >>>>> engineers in Gaza restarting their plant by collecting almost 200 >>>>> car batteries. Same deal, different situation. >>>> Framing is very competitive; you live or die by crop yield. >>> Like all futures traders they are all hoping for some >>> disaster that will wipe out the competition and limit supply. >>> A crop adjuster in Florida explained why he has job security. > >>> "Farmers won't plant without crop insurance." >> Plenty do just that. > > Depends on the location. Florida has cold snaps, hurricanes and > citrus canker. > > In some areas of California farmers have complete control over > everything except maybe markets. They can check out prices and start > planting whatever is in short supply the next day. You are talking nonsense. It takes a complete growing cycle. What is in short supply today won't be 6 months from now. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 8 Feb 2010 09:25 John Fields wrote: > On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:11:55 -0800, John Larkin > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:56:56 -0800 (PST), Bret Cahill >> <BretCahill(a)peoplepc.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>> There's something about agriculture that encourages invention. >>>>>> Monotony I expect. >>>>>> --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...(a)netfront.net --- >>>>> Nah, mostly poverty and isolation. You have to get the job done, or the >>>>> crops fail and you lose your farm. Puts a premium on being able to keep >>>>> things working and to improvise. >>>>> A recent issue of IEEE Spectrum had an article about the power plant >>>>> engineers in Gaza restarting their plant by collecting almost 200 car >>>>> batteries. Same deal, different situation. >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Phil Hobbs >>>> Framing is very competitive; you live or die by crop yield. >>> Like all futures traders they are all hoping for some disaster that >>> will wipe out the competition and limit supply. >> But unlike lawyers and futures traders, farmers actually make useful >> stuff. > > --- > Not only that, > > "The American farmer is the only man in our economy > who buys everything he buys at retail, sells everything > he sells at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." > > John F. Kennedy, 9-22-1960 > > JF Shows how stupid he was. /BAH
From: Bret Cahill on 8 Feb 2010 11:50 Maybe a really sophisticated video game could teach how to think outside the box. Bret Cahill
From: jmfbahciv on 9 Feb 2010 08:46 John Fields wrote: > On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:29:39 -0800, John Larkin > <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:25:12 -0500, jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote: >> >>> John Fields wrote: >>>> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:11:55 -0800, John Larkin >>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>>>> But unlike lawyers and futures traders, farmers actually make useful >>>>> stuff. >>>> --- >>>> Not only that, >>>> >>>> "The American farmer is the only man in our economy >>>> who buys everything he buys at retail, sells everything >>>> he sells at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." >>>> >>>> John F. Kennedy, 9-22-1960 >>>> >>>> JF >>> Shows how stupid he was. >>> >>> /BAH >> Never vote for anyone with charisma. > > --- > /BAH for president!!! > Can't, I'm allergic to politics. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 9 Feb 2010 08:48
John Larkin wrote: > On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:25:12 -0500, jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote: > >> John Fields wrote: >>> On Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:11:55 -0800, John Larkin >>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:56:56 -0800 (PST), Bret Cahill >>>> <BretCahill(a)peoplepc.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>>> There's something about agriculture that encourages invention. >>>>>>>> Monotony I expect. >>>>>>>> --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: n...(a)netfront.net --- >>>>>>> Nah, mostly poverty and isolation. You have to get the job done, or the >>>>>>> crops fail and you lose your farm. Puts a premium on being able to keep >>>>>>> things working and to improvise. >>>>>>> A recent issue of IEEE Spectrum had an article about the power plant >>>>>>> engineers in Gaza restarting their plant by collecting almost 200 car >>>>>>> batteries. Same deal, different situation. >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> Phil Hobbs >>>>>> Framing is very competitive; you live or die by crop yield. >>>>> Like all futures traders they are all hoping for some disaster that >>>>> will wipe out the competition and limit supply. >>>> But unlike lawyers and futures traders, farmers actually make useful >>>> stuff. >>> --- >>> Not only that, >>> >>> "The American farmer is the only man in our economy >>> who buys everything he buys at retail, sells everything >>> he sells at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." >>> >>> John F. Kennedy, 9-22-1960 >>> >>> JF >> Shows how stupid he was. >> >> /BAH > > Never vote for anyone with charisma. > Nobody will listen to you :-). I'm still waiting for the OP to define what IP is. /BAH |