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    Weiye Chen
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    Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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      Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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      Mike Dimmick
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      Because it's a lot cheaper to dump it here, in the short run, at least. Personally I'd prefer not to use up all our fossil fuels on flinging rubbish into the sun.

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        Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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        ashoooo
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        After a few hundred years the weight of the earth would be significantly lesser?:confused: -- I'm a shareware signature. Send $5 to use me. Send $10 for the manual.

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          Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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          Jeremy Falcon
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          Scenario A: We dump it all on the moon. Thousands of years later the moon gets too big and gravity sends it crashing into Earth. We all die. Scenario B: We dump it in space. Instead of children for looking for comets in the future, kids will gather around to look at streaks of trash in their telescopes. Scenario C: We send the trash further than possibly imaginable. Aliens mistake impeding trash as a sign of war. They visit Earth and kill us all. Jeremy Falcon

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            Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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            Maximilien
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            WeiyeChen wrote: instead of recyclying it or whatever? I would cost a bundle to send trash in space ... we should recycle as much as possible ( and I'm not doing a good job at it ! ); and companies to reduce the amount of packaging to a minimum, and offer easy access to recycle and reuse ( for example, my shampoo bottle should be easilly refillable at the store)


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              Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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              Aryo Handono
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              Why don't we left the trash in Earth and all of us are moving to Mars ? :-D:-D:-D "Courage choose who will follow, Fate choose who will lead" - Lord Gunner, Septerra Core "Press any key to continue, where's the ANY key ?" - Homer Simpsons Drinking gives me amazing powers of insight. I can solve all the worlds problems when drunk, but can never remember the solutions in the morning. - Michael P Butler to Paul Watson on 12/08/03

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                Scenario A: We dump it all on the moon. Thousands of years later the moon gets too big and gravity sends it crashing into Earth. We all die. Scenario B: We dump it in space. Instead of children for looking for comets in the future, kids will gather around to look at streaks of trash in their telescopes. Scenario C: We send the trash further than possibly imaginable. Aliens mistake impeding trash as a sign of war. They visit Earth and kill us all. Jeremy Falcon

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                I like scenario C -- I'm a shareware signature. Send $5 to use me. Send $10 for the manual.

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                  Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                  Lost User
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                  First of all, there is nothing wrong with stupid thoughts ! Secondly, I suspect that if you look at payload figures, more waste is created building the spacecraft... Remeber, to get rid of the rubbish it would need to escape the earth completely not just go into orbit. Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D

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                    Scenario A: We dump it all on the moon. Thousands of years later the moon gets too big and gravity sends it crashing into Earth. We all die. Scenario B: We dump it in space. Instead of children for looking for comets in the future, kids will gather around to look at streaks of trash in their telescopes. Scenario C: We send the trash further than possibly imaginable. Aliens mistake impeding trash as a sign of war. They visit Earth and kill us all. Jeremy Falcon

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                    Jim Crafton
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                    Why not just launch it at the Sun and have it burn it all up? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned

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                      Why not just launch it at the Sun and have it burn it all up? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned

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                      Three reasons... One, it would be too expensive to burn up the spacecraft that sends the trash along with the trash. Two, if we didn’t use a spacecraft, it would take a mighty big slingshot to get the trash all way to the sun. :) Three, and most importantly, we don’t know with 100% certainty what we are dealing with and if the sun will react to it poorly. And, I for one don’t want to go screwing around with the sun to make it hotter or cooler because either way we’re all dead. Jeremy Falcon

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                        Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                        Joel Holdsworth
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                        Back in 1995 it used to cost $1million to get 1kg into space! I think it's gone down a bit since then, but the principle still holds. Joel Holdsworth

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                          Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                          Roger Allen
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                          Most of our trash is in fact the chemicals and components we need. Its just currently in the wrong form. If we throw it all off the planet, we just end up denuding[^] the planet of the things we will need in the long term. This will cause further environmental damage, as we dig up new resources. We should put much more effort into recycling. I seem to remember a good New Scientist article recently about a new form of recycler that simulates the plate tectonics of the earth and gives almost 100% recycling of all components. But it was thought that it will mature just a bit too late to save the human race. Typical! :sigh: Roger Allen - Sonork 100.10016 Roger Wright: Remember to buckle up, please, and encourage your friends to do the same. It's not just about saving your life, but saving the quality of life for those you may leave behind...

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                            Scenario A: We dump it all on the moon. Thousands of years later the moon gets too big and gravity sends it crashing into Earth. We all die. Scenario B: We dump it in space. Instead of children for looking for comets in the future, kids will gather around to look at streaks of trash in their telescopes. Scenario C: We send the trash further than possibly imaginable. Aliens mistake impeding trash as a sign of war. They visit Earth and kill us all. Jeremy Falcon

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                            Jeremy Falcon wrote: Scenario B: We dump it in space. Instead of children for looking for comets in the future, kids will gather around to look at streaks of trash in their telescopes. I think that was an episode of Futurama....


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                              Alright, this thought suddenly flashes across my mind. Since we can send spacecraft out of earth's atmosphere, why can't we just dump our trash into the universe :wtf:, instead of recyclying it or whatever? :~ Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life...

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                              Christopher Duncan
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                              I propose an incremental approach, starting with small achievements and building up to larger ones. Let's start with the lawyers. Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World

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                                Three reasons... One, it would be too expensive to burn up the spacecraft that sends the trash along with the trash. Two, if we didn’t use a spacecraft, it would take a mighty big slingshot to get the trash all way to the sun. :) Three, and most importantly, we don’t know with 100% certainty what we are dealing with and if the sun will react to it poorly. And, I for one don’t want to go screwing around with the sun to make it hotter or cooler because either way we’re all dead. Jeremy Falcon

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                                Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                you don't need a space craft - all you need is a sling shot. :) -- Try walking in my shoes. You stumble in my footsteps.

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                                  you don't need a space craft - all you need is a sling shot. :) -- Try walking in my shoes. You stumble in my footsteps.

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                                  Jeremy Falcon
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                                  We think alike Jörgen. Reread reason number two. :) Jeremy Falcon

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                                    We think alike Jörgen. Reread reason number two. :) Jeremy Falcon

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                                    Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                    :doh: Double you tee eff is wrong with my eyes? Please ignore my outbursts of grave senility. -- Try walking in my shoes. You stumble in my footsteps.

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                                      :doh: Double you tee eff is wrong with my eyes? Please ignore my outbursts of grave senility. -- Try walking in my shoes. You stumble in my footsteps.

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                                      Jeremy Falcon
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                                      Ya know, I've been wondering something. What's the correct way to pronounce your name? :) Jeremy Falcon

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                                        Ya know, I've been wondering something. What's the correct way to pronounce your name? :) Jeremy Falcon

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                                        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                        That's a tough one. :) The J is pronounced pretty much like a Y before a vowel. Just a bit harder pronounciation than in, for example, You. Definately not a hard English J as Journal. As for ö, I can't seem to find a matching English sound. Think of u in further, but shorter/snappier. The r is like a German r. A very distinct and sharp r, almost rolling like a Scottish r. The last part, gen, is pronounced as a German would. A strong g.. like a "blunt k" so to speak. Nothing like g in gender, but mure like g in great. En would be pronounced as en I suppose. :) So, all in all, the pronounciation of my name is mostly German like. But I guess that won't help you much if you haven't studied German. -- Try walking in my shoes. You stumble in my footsteps.

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                                          That's a tough one. :) The J is pronounced pretty much like a Y before a vowel. Just a bit harder pronounciation than in, for example, You. Definately not a hard English J as Journal. As for ö, I can't seem to find a matching English sound. Think of u in further, but shorter/snappier. The r is like a German r. A very distinct and sharp r, almost rolling like a Scottish r. The last part, gen, is pronounced as a German would. A strong g.. like a "blunt k" so to speak. Nothing like g in gender, but mure like g in great. En would be pronounced as en I suppose. :) So, all in all, the pronounciation of my name is mostly German like. But I guess that won't help you much if you haven't studied German. -- Try walking in my shoes. You stumble in my footsteps.

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                                          Jeremy Falcon
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                                          I think my head hurts now. :) Jeremy Falcon

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