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W∴ Balboos wrote: unsustainable
Exactly.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: may also be used as a kind of fertilizer
I think not. It's used to balance pH, being calcium based. There is no substitute other than similarly alkaline rocks.
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Member 9082365 wrote: I think not. It's used to balance pH, being calcium based.
..I'm just reading up on what marlstone consists of 
Since it is not a nutrient, it is not a fertilizer. Good to know that plants indeed do not eat rocks 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Watch me take both sides on this!
"A New Report . . . " didn't say who's report (particularly who sponsored it - so unless I learn the source I'd value it a little below worthless.
YET . . .
Even though vegetarian for 44 years (as of today), I do not eat or encourage eating Organiclly grown foods. Consider that in areas where there are no pesticides available that half the food produced is eaten by various vermin.
There's nothing wrong with chemical fertilizers - they do a fantastic job. I have no problem with feeding my lovely Serrano peppers their light blue soup. That being said, I've composted my garbage and that stuff is truly amazing. The difference is (as with Mother's Milk vs. Formula) the missing trace nutrients and what is referred to as organic matter. There are even plants that hate manured soil (e.g., carrots). Blanket statements in this realm are foolish.
GMO crops are a wonder innovation - the alternatives are either world-wide starvation as the population outstrips the ability to grow food more productively, or, the old standbyes:
1 - plague (reduce population)
2 - war (reduce population)
3 - chop down more forests for planting (environmental catastrophe).
4 - increase food supply simply by not feeding it to animals for meat production*
You're welcome to choose one or more of the above, starve people, or try to evolve faster than through classical plant breeding with just-in-the-nik-of-time-science.
As for Nature Food? Just remember that belladonna is natural (and organic!) So is aflatoxin, botulinum toxin and countless other natural delights; natural spring water containing arsenic is probably not a good choice as a beverage.
The reason some people can spend their money on organic food is because most of us don't!
*roughly 10 to 1 protein conversion - very wasteful.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: 4 - increase food supply simply by not feeding it to animals for meat production*
However salad is what food eats.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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If only - but, alas, so much grain is fed to the food-flocks.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Hey, it is a bad joke. 
Growing up in a rural area, I was shocked to find out they feed meat to cows. The cows I knew of got hay and grain (corn grown on the farm) and were grass feed. Good eating for a non-vegetarian.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Don't worry - I saw your smiley face thingee.
As for feeding cows meat - ask the English (and Europeans, in general) how good an idea that is.
Mad Cow disease actually requires such practices to 'prosper'.
Also noticed in certain cannibal tribes (where they dine on ancestors after one year) - who died from a prion disease which now they will carry and die from so their kids can chow down on it too.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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The main qualm I decided I have with Organic food (other than one's only little garden) is that it is, in fact selfish - diminishing the worlds available food supply.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Eating is by definition a self-centered activity.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: Eating is by definition a self-centered activity.
So is dropping the kids off at the pool.
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No, that would be other-centered since it's focused on the kids.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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"dropping the kids off at the pool" is a term for going to the bathroom (#2, in particular).
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 My bad, I took it literally. 
Yes, I've heard it before, but rarely.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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UpDog?
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: UpDog?
I think you mean, Wassup dawg!?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Why don't you ask Cortana?
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do you mean this Updog[^] 
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Ehmm... you are asking about Win10... did you realize the contradiction? 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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It really smells like Updog here.
/ravi
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What is updog?
Grammatically perfect joke disruptor
Geek code v 3.12 {
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
}
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
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den2k88 wrote: What is updog?
It is this[^].
/ravi
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Well, today I just found my first big massive hate in Win10.
The onedrive implementation........online only files are now not accessible through the file explorer and you have to get them via a browser.
I hope 'they' realise the error of their ways and put it back to how it should be!
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