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Comment 10% = 100% (Score 1) 293

Okay, who wants to explain to me how a 10% reduction in pig production ends up doubling the price? Also, my bacon from the food co-op will remain the exact same price until demand gets so crazy that each pig is worth about as much as a Ferrari.

Comment Re:Bah! (Score 1) 8

I actually used to work there and everything besides the pizza is frozen and simply thawed. I'm going for the shirt and the company, but I would 100% support a change of location (especially since there's only 6 of us so far) Maybe Cottage Inn instead? (Or grizzly peak, for better beer)

Comment Re:Tolkien, of course (Score 1) 726

Tolkien is good for kids, though by eight years old he may already be spoiled by television's constant action to thoroughly enjoy his works. Then again, the hobbit has songs and quite a bit of mostly family friendly action so thats still a good choice. I read Jurassic Park in first grade, but it took me all year and I was obscenely obsessed with dinosaurs, so I may already have been where you want your son to be.
I would also suggest books by Terry Pratchett -- namely The Wee Free Men, which is a great story from a child's point of view, is hilarious to read (even for you) and has two sequels that are very much in the same vein. The books are easily readable, and reasonably quick. (200 some pages)

Comment Re:Weather implications? (Score 1) 227

I know it doesn't vanish, but it can be relocated -- there's no promise that water taken from one area will be released in such a way that it rejoins the natural flow -- it could easily be locked up in some form, whether that be sewage or storage, or simply bottled and sent elsewhere. Depending on the water's use by whatever desert society is using it, it may never be released back into the system. Unlikely to have a major effect, I know, but I don't think anybody makes the argument that dams don't have an impact on how water flows in an environment. To me, that's what this is. A wind dam. Small now, but...

Comment Weather implications? (Score 1, Redundant) 227

Maybe this is the paranoid eco-terrorist hippy in me, but I wonder what kind of affect these things would have in already arid desert environments. I imagine that a field of a thousand of these things could seriously affect the local ecosystem, and perhaps the weather in neighboring areas. Though this would be good for Arrakis. Maybe Mars too actually. Now wouldn't that be something. Wouldn't even need to land near the poles to get a little H2O.

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