Who's Rhet?
He's that guy who doesn't give a damn.
It's still a valid point. Gold is irrelevant. A couple thousand tonnes are produced each year, and the estimated total production for all of history is estimated at 158000 tonnes. By contrast, copper production is tens of millions of tonnes per year . Even given its better conduction properties, gold will always be a drop in the bucket for electrical applications, albeit an important one for specialized uses (e.g., electronics, obviously).
Wrong. Silver is the best conductor of electricity. Copper is a close second. Gold is third and Aluminum is fourth.
Just use gold instead!
But really, we have a lot of otherwise useful metals being punted around in the form of money at the moment. We should use digital money and put the metal stuff to better use.
Gee, I guess the US & Zimbabwe are way ahead of the curve.
Me, and just about everyone else I know. While we may or may not have done something wrong, this most likely will not be revealed by our search histories. I like privacy because I enjoy my privacy. That's all there is too it. Why do I need to want to hide something so Google doesn't know about it? I'm sick of Google. Is there an alternative search engine that might have some concept of privacy rights?
At least one: ixquick
The problem is that everyone is a wrongdoer by someone's definition.
Yes, and google bends over for anyone with enough clout.
You are a moron. Google Search logging the queries is not the problem. Google Analytics is. If I query Google it really isn't that surprising that they know what I am searching for. But they really shouldn't know every single time I visit Slashdot, without even using Google to get there.
And here again the problem is not that I can't protect me against that. I can. The problem is that the vast majority of web users doesn't even know about it.
Yes, exactly. I use noscript firefox extension and it's astounding how many sites have installed a google-analytics script in return for higher page rankings, even ones who are supposedly concerned about privacy.
Considering that many people use other browsers and that most firefox users probably don't even know about noscript or why they need it, the compromising of privacy by google-analytics is on a huge scale.
BTW, on the other end, try to use a private search engine such as the ixquick meta search engine, which doesn't store your IP.
All I saw was "blah blah blah, we eat roadkill."
This is probably unfair, but I feel that that aspect of your story diminishes your credibility.
Ever hear of the Roadkill Cafe? Their motto is "From Your Grill to Ours"
Ol' Dad was 92 when the cancer got him, and I still feel the humiliation of that last time we went hiking, when he left me behind, dizzy and panting, on the climb back to the car. He was a moderate with his eating, (coffee, bacon, and eggs every morning) and refused medication up to his last days. I don't know how much is genetic, but the Kentucky Mountaineer lifestyle, minus tobacco, seems to have been beneficial.
My guess is the carcinogens in the bacon finally got him.
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