https://develop.consumerium.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=House+Elf&feedformat=atomConsumerium development wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T22:40:23ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.6https://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=GodKing&diff=2315GodKing2003-11-10T09:05:48Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>The GodKing is the owner of the site, or its administrator, or any sysop that finally got ultimate power. He uses his authority a lot. Some people thinks this is fair (especially when the GodKing is the creator of the site, or the owner of the server) and good (because he can insure that certain guidelines stayed no disputed). Others think it is oppressive and limit the quality of participation.<br />
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To avoid becoming oppressive, the GodKing could stay away of his site if possible, be transparent in any of his decisions, and empower others whenever possible.<br />
GodKings should avoid threatening or scaring away editors, as they would resent it, and perhaps take revenge at worse, or stop contributing.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=GodKing&diff=1708GodKing2003-11-10T09:03:53Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>The GodKing is the owner of the site, or its administrator, or any sysop that finally got ultimate power. He uses his authority a lot. Some people thinks this is fair (especially when the GodKing is the creator of the site, or the owner of the server) and good (because he can insure that certain guidelines stayed no disputed). Others think it is oppressive and limit the quality of participation.<br />
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To avoid becoming oppressive, the GodKing could stay away of his site if possible, be transparent in any of his decisions, and empower others whenever possible.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Essential_projects&diff=2286Talk:Essential projects2003-11-10T08:51:19Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>[[Troll]]s suggest we must get all friends of this planet or even just [[some body]] that lives on it, working on these projects. If they already work on something closely related, we must convince them to work on these aspects specifically, since they are the key to getting what we need done, done, in time.<br />
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There is little time left. The [[w:ape genocide]] is proceeding. When their culture is gone, we too will go. We cannot save ours[[House elf|elves]] without them.<br />
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:my genocide is the next one planned ? Perhaps rightly so...:-(</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=House_elf&diff=1538House elf2003-10-18T07:10:11Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>A '''house elf''' is a [[friendly troll]]. Just like mom at home, they are generally not paid. They tend to do several things at the same time, such as chatting on the phone to their friend, typing on a keyboard, supervising the kids work, thinking they should not forget to make the pie for dinner, and paying the phone bill; thus forgetting sometimes that apples are necessary to make an apple pie.<br />
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Paid trolls think they are great consumers, because they have time to go shopping while the babies elves are at school. For this reason, they are good cible for advertisment and primary victims of [[propaganda]]. They are generally dedicated to their family, both because it is their duty, their role, and their fullfilment, but also because they have no revenu themselves, so are just tied to their employer.<br />
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Do not forget to pat your house elf, feed him crumbs. But no new socks !</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Patrick&diff=13658User talk:Patrick2003-06-15T11:55:29Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>Hello there and Welcome Patric. I hope you like it around here. If you have any questions I'd be happy to anwser at [[Consumerium:Village pump|Village pump]] or you can just go to my [[User_talk:Juxo|talkpage]] [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 17:23 Jun 14, 2003 (EEST)<br />
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:Thanks. - [[User:Patrick|Patrick]] 17:49 Jun 14, 2003 (EEST)<br />
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::Hello ? House Elf</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Polls&diff=878Polls2003-06-15T11:49:01Z<p>House Elf: A soapy issue</p>
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<div>'''This page is for conducting polls.''' <br />
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===How this works?===<br />
* Please place polls in reverse chronological order <br />
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* Inside a single poll use chronological order for your answers<br />
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===What should be the name for the [[Sourceforge]] project that develops the XML DTDs and Schemas?=== (start: [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 20:23 Jun 11, 2003 (EEST))<br />
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1. CIUML <sub>etymology: Consumables Information Unified Markup Language</sub><br />
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2. ConsumeriuML <sub>etymology: Consumerium Markup Language</sub><br />
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3. ConsuML (like "consume" with an "l" as in "liability", or ML as in "moral liability")<br />
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===Where should we host our mailinglist(s)?=== (start:[[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 20:23 Jun 11, 2003 (EEST))<br />
I've been thinking that we need at least two lists. One for developers, one for the interested.<br />
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0. nowhere - manage the entire project using a wiki - [http://meta.wikipedia.org meta.wikipedia.org] should actually be running [[w:Wikipedia:|Wikipedia]]<br />
- the "mailing list process" is only a way for a [[cabal]] to take over.<br />
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1. http://sourceforge.net (problems if we are going to have multiple projects)<br />
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2. http://groups.yahoo.com/ (the echelon will have us - they have everything anyway though)<br />
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3. http://pingviini.net (requires me to bug our root and do some configuration)<br />
::I guess using [http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman.html Mailman] like the 'pedia does is the best alternative [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 08:25 Jun 12, 2003 (EEST) <br />
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4. Use multiple providers?<br />
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What is the goal of Consumerium ? Pumping [[w:natural ressource]]s or helping exchanges between consumers, producers and traders ?<br />
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* House Elf : I want to buy [[w:local food]] in markets or supermarkets who know this is what I want, and who make the effort to respect my wishes, go and see local producers and trade with them. I don't want to lose my soap in the basin and [[waste]] it because of the bubbles.<br />
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Polls page started on 11.06.2003</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Consumerium:Village_pump&diff=850Consumerium:Village pump2003-06-15T11:36:43Z<p>House Elf: House Elf is the consumer perhaps ?</p>
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The purpose of this page is to ask questions about how we should go about things here and anwsering them.<br />
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This name is not good ihmo. There is nothing to buy and nothing to sell at a village pump. It is just a place to lose the soap. Please don't copy the english wiki for the sake of it.<br />
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My [[Consumerium:Market Place]] was a much better one.<br />
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Sigh. No one ever listen to a poor House Elf :-(</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Organic&diff=688Organic2003-06-07T05:27:57Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>An organic product (e.g. food, clothing) is made without the use of synthetic chemicals. It is likely to be free of human made [[w:pesticide|pesticide]]s and chemical [[w:fertilizer|fertilizer]]s.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Organic&diff=686Organic2003-06-07T05:27:16Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>An organic product (e.g. food, clothing) is made without the use of synthetic chemicals. It is likely to be free of human made [[w:pesticide]]s and [[w:chemical fertilizer]]s.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Twelve_leverage_points&diff=13584Twelve leverage points2003-05-14T08:22:30Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>[[w:Donella Meadows]]' '''[[w:Donella Meadows' twelve leverage points to intervene in a system|twelve places to intervene in a system]]''' applied to [[Consumerium]] :<br />
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*12. '''numbers (subsidies, taxes, standards)''' - article lengths, numbers of links, number of [[editor]]s<br />
*11. The '''size of buffers''' relative to the flows<br />
*10. '''material stocks and flows''' - server hardware, comfortable places to surf and type<br />
*9. The '''length of delays''', relative to the rate of system change<br />
*8. '''regulating negative feedback loops''' - ?????<br />
*7. '''driving positive feedback loops''' - <br />
*6. '''information flows''' (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) - [[XML/DTD]], talk pages<br />
*5. the '''rules of the system''' (incentives, punishment, constraints) (Mc Flurry stuff ?)<br />
*4. the '''power of [[w:self-organization]]''', e.g. of [[trolls]], [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=little_tin_god_sysop little tin god sysop]<br />
*3. the '''goals of the system''', e.g. avoiding becoming [http://disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia Wikipedia]<br />
*2. the '''mindset''' out of which the goals, rules, feedback structure arise<br />
*1. the '''power to transcend paradigms''', change mental structure.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Twelve_leverage_points&diff=575Twelve leverage points2003-05-14T08:14:01Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>[[w:Donella Meadows]]' '''[[w:Donella Meadows' twelve leverage points to intervene in a system|twelve places to intervene in a system]]''' applied to [[Consumerium]] :<br />
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*12. '''numbers (subsidies, taxes, standards)''' - article lengths, numbers of links, number of [[editor]]s<br />
*11. The '''size of buffers''' relative to the flows<br />
*10. '''material stocks and flows''' - server hardware, comfortable places to surf and type<br />
*9. The '''length of delays''', relative to the rate of system change<br />
*8. '''regulating negative feedback loops''' - ?????<br />
*7. '''driving positive feedback loops''' - <br />
*6. '''information flows''' (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) - [[XML/DTD]], talk pages<br />
*5. the '''rules of the system''' (incentives, punishment, constraints) (Mc Flurry stuff ?)<br />
*4. the '''power of [[w:self-organization]]''', e.g. of [[trolls]]<br />
*3. the '''goals of the system''', e.g. avoiding becoming [[w:Wikipedia]]<br />
*2. the '''mindset''' out of which the goals, rules, feedback structure arise<br />
*1. the '''power to transcend paradigms''', change mental structure.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Twelve_leverage_points&diff=574Twelve leverage points2003-05-14T04:31:49Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>[[w:Donella Meadows]]' '''[[w:Donella Meadows' twelve leverage points to intervene in a system|twelve places to intervene in a system]]''' applied to [[Consumerium]] :<br />
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*12. '''numbers (subsidies, taxes, standards)''' - article lengths, numbers of links, number of [[editor]]s<br />
*11. The '''size of buffers''' relative to the flows<br />
*10. '''material stocks and flows''' - server hardware, comfortable places to surf and type<br />
*9. The '''length of delays''', relative to the rate of system change<br />
*8. '''regulating negative feedback loops''' - ?????<br />
*7. '''driving positive feedback loops''' - <br />
*6. '''information flows''' (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) - [[m:person DTD]], [[m:spacetime DTD]], [[m:Special:Recentchanges]], talk pages<br />
*5. the '''rules of the system''' (incentives, punishment, constraints) (Mc Flurry stuff ?)<br />
*4. the '''power of [[w:self-organization]]''', e.g. of [[trolls]]<br />
*3. the '''goals of the system''', e.g. avoiding becoming [[w:Wikipedia]]<br />
*2. the '''mindset''' out of which the goals, rules, feedback structure arise<br />
*1. the '''power to transcend paradigms''', change mental structure.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Twelve_leverage_points&diff=573Twelve leverage points2003-05-14T04:28:02Z<p>House Elf: just the frame</p>
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<div>[[en:Donella Meadows]]' '''[[en:Donella Meadows' twelve leverage points to intervene in a system|twelve places to intervene in a system]]''' applied to Wikipedia:<br />
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*12. '''numbers (subsidies, taxes, standards)''' - article lengths, numbers of links, number of [[editor]]s<br />
*11. The '''size of buffers''' relative to the flows<br />
*10. '''material stocks and flows''' - server hardware, comfortable places to surf and type<br />
*9. The '''length of delays''', relative to the rate of system change<br />
*8. '''regulating negative feedback loops''' - ?????<br />
*7. '''driving positive feedback loops''' - <br />
*6. '''information flows''' (who does and does not have access to what kinds of information) - [[m:person DTD]], [[m:spacetime DTD]], [[m:Special:Recentchanges]], talk pages<br />
*5. the '''rules of the system''' <br />
*4. the '''power of [[en:self-organization]]''', e.g. of [[trolls]]<br />
*3. the '''goals of the system''', e.g. avoiding becoming [[Wikipedia]]<br />
*2. the '''mindset''' out of which the goals, rules, feedback structure arise<br />
*1. the '''power to transcend paradigms''', change mental structure.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Ecoregion&diff=567Talk:Ecoregion2003-05-09T19:33:37Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>:I have a problem with the definition given by WWF, as it add to this one "with boundaries that approximate the original extent of natural communities prior to major land-use change". I think this approach tends to consider that these areas were static (which is only true on a very small time scale) and the preanthropic areas were the "right" ones (when thinking in terms of biodiversity conservation). Besides, on some continents, it is likely major land-use change occured quite a long time ago. I think they focus too much on what would have been expected to be found given local conditions, "if" human had had no impact whatsoever.<br><br />
:This is not dreamland, this is consumerium. I question defining ecoregion more as a potentiality than a reality. Both are important, but if ecoregions are defined with that limitation in mind, trade issues, borders issues, will perhaps not be addressed very well.<br />
::I think there must be strong [[visions]] of what this can do, so I support using ecoregions and whole-planet systems ([[atmosphere]], [[climate]]) being as the basis of all [[ecology risk]] information, while [[country]], [[trade]], [[border]] questions must be how you deal with [[social risk]]. There's really no other way. <br />
:::I agree with house elf (142) on the separation of area of denomination for [[social risk]] and [[ecology risk]], though some further distinctions must be made to assess [[social risk]] eg. [[free zone]]s (zones with special [[tax]] and [[labor law]] exemptions like some [[textile]] heavy free zones in middle america (fevelas?)<br />
:::Further solid [[waste]] and [[emission]]s (aerosolised or liquid pollution) must be treated as different cases since emissions don't follow national or other borders, but are a [[global]] issue. I have no expertese in this area, so I'm hoping someone else will look into this [[waste]] and [[emission]] [[assesment]] issue. [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 15:52 May 9, 2003 (EEST)</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Ecoregion&diff=13565Ecoregion2003-05-09T14:29:06Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>An '''ecoregion''' is defined as being a cartographical delineation of distinct [[w:ecology|ecological]] areas, land or water, identified by its [[w:geology|geology]], [[w:topography|topography]], [[w:soil|soil]]s, [[w:vegetation|vegetation]], [[w:climate|climate]] conditions, a distinct assemblage of natural communities and [[w:species|species]], [[w:water|water]] resources, as well as anthropic factors.<br />
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World Wildlife Fund ecologists currently divide the land surface of the Earth into 8 major [[w:ecozone|ecozone]]s containing 867 smaller terrestrial ecoregions. The ecozones are very well-defined, following major continental boundaries, while the ecoregions are subject to more change and controversy. WWF add to the general definition that boundaries of an ecoregion "approximate the original extent of natural communities prior to major land-use change".<br />
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Some propose the ecoregions as stable borders for [[w:bioregional democracy]] initiatives.<br />
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<div>:I have a problem with the definition given by WWF, as it add to this one "with boundaries that approximate the original extent of natural communities prior to major land-use change". I think this approach tends to consider that these areas were static (which is only true on a very small time scale) and the preanthropic areas were the "right" ones (when thinking in terms of biodiversity conservation). Besides, on some continents, it is likely major land-use change occured quite a long time ago. I think they focus too much on what would have been expected to be found given local conditions, "if" human had had no impact whatsoever.<br><br />
:This is not dreamland, this is consumerium. I question defining ecoregion more as a potentiality than a reality. Both are important, but if ecoregions are defined with that limitation in mind, trade issues, borders issues, will perhaps not be addressed very well.<br />
::I think there must be strong [[visions]] of what this can do, so I support using ecoregions and whole-planet systems ([[atmosphere]], [[climate]]) being as the basis of all [[ecology risk]] information, while [[country]], [[trade]], [[border]] questions must be how you deal with [[social risk]]. There's really no other way.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Consumer&diff=2820Talk:Consumer2003-05-07T13:53:06Z<p>House Elf: ?</p>
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<div>Procrustes (or Procuste) was a robber of Attica, who placed all who fell into his hands upon an iron bed. If they were longer than the bed, he cut off the legs; if shorter, he stretched them till they fitted it. Any attempt to reduce men to one standard, one way of thinking, or one way of acting, is called placing them on Procrustes' bed, and the person who makes the attempt is called Procrustes.<br />
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<div>[[Bio waste]] and [[non recyclable]]s in the same bin; Sounds strange. I mean that bio waste can easily be recycled to [[humus]] (dirt? ground?).<br />
Welcome to [[Consumerium]] [[User:House Elf|House Elf]]. I hope you enjoy contributing to the [[motivation|cause]]. Yer article on [[Procruste]] should be integrated into [[w:Procrustes]] to benefit the greater public IMO. Thanks for your input on [[GM]]. I redirected [[GMO]] to [[GM]], since GMOs produce GM [[product]]s. And our focus is on [[product]]s available to [[consumer]]s and the [[companies]] producing them. [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 23:21 May 6, 2003 (EEST)<br />
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Good evening. Thanks for your welcome. I have probably not understood what you want to do with consumerium yet; so my apologies for any misplaced article.<br />
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:No prob. Your point on [[Talk:Procruste]] is an important one. We just should move the discussion elsewhere.<br />
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Biowaste and non-recyclage : yes, it is stupid. I do not know whether the grey bin is further looked into, and bio waste put apart from non degradable. I do not think so. Perhaps later, we will have an pink bin for the biowaste, and keep the grey for the non-degradable.<br />
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: I've been thinking that there should be accurate information on [[recycling]] to avoid excess work for those who recycle (eg. If [[beverage]] [[cartons]] are just [[burn]]t to produce [[heat]] and avoid [[land fill]]ing, then there is no need to wash them thoroughly, on the other hand if they are used to produce some "new" material, then having a clean recycled material would be important. This is maybe not an Consumerium issue, and should be addressed by local [[waste disposal]]/[[recycling]] authorities/operatives, but it's been on my mind. Maybe here is an thread for a new [[features|feature]]. Hmmm. I'll write some on it soon.<br />
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::yes. Please do. Idea : the thorough cleaning might not only be a recycling issue, but also a health issue. A yellow recycling bin is emptied only once a week (should I mention the garbage men did not pick it up on the 1rst of may ?), then the content waits in a storage area... Microorganisms (among others) will likely grow. Potentially a health issue for the ones handling the stuff later in the process. <br />
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I am not sure though GM products is a good idea. As I explained, there is a confusion between the GMO (which is sometimes directly consumed) and the product generated by the GMO (which is sometimes not GM at all).<br />
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: Hmm. I'm not familiar with [[GM]] issues at all. I just feel that it's an issue to many [[consumer]]s (including myself)<br />
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Would you perhaps like to reveal where you are from and what do you do in genral. We have these couple of [[w:Internet Troll|trolls]] (eg. see: [[142.177.X.X]]) around that just use IP-addresses and it's a little annoying, since it's impossible to communicate with them in a normalised manner (talk pages, email, IM...). It's not a must, but it'd be nice. [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 00:13 May 7, 2003 (EEST)<br />
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<div>a sort of a troll fighting against standardization...<br />
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Shouldn't this article be in [[Wikipedia]]. This isn't really relevant to our [[Consumerium:FAQ|goal]]<br />
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Well...I did not mention it was also a kamasutra position, which "would" have been irrelevant here...<br />
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But...I had the feeling it was relevant here, as I believe one of the threat a consumer is meeting is the attempt to reduce him/her to one standard. <br />
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:[[Homogenity]] is very good for the [[capitalist]] [[market economy]], since everybody will [[work]]/[[consume]] much harder to gain some difference from the rest of the people, if everyone desires the same things. [[Heterogenity]] on the other hand is better for the [[planet]] since people don't have to strive so much to feel oneself as an individual, thus reducing the [[ecological]] strain caused by people.<br />
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Such as most food portions being adapted to a family of four. Or directing a whole population to eat one product rather than a variety, or for everyone to eat more salty than before to increase drinks sales. To feed everyone with Mac Donald, even if that require small adaptations depending on countries. hum<br />
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:HumHum. The consumers get what they want or they get what the marketing people believe the consumers could be tricked to believe to want. No?<br />
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::Very true. Now, if you are single, marketing people will have a tough time convincing one, that he wants to eat the same dinner four days in a row. Okay, my potatoes are cooked.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:House_Elf&diff=541User talk:House Elf2003-05-06T23:42:41Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>[[Bio waste]] and [[non recyclable]]s in the same bin; Sounds strange. I mean that bio waste can easily be recycled to [[humus]] (dirt? ground?).<br />
Welcome to [[Consumerium]] [[User:House Elf|House Elf]]. I hope you enjoy contributing to the [[motivation|cause]]. Yer article on [[Procruste]] should be integrated into [[w:Procrustes]] to benefit the greater public IMO. Thanks for your input on [[GM]]. I redirected [[GMO]] to [[GM]], since GMOs produce GM [[product]]s. And our focus is on [[product]]s available to [[consumer]]s and the [[companies]] producing them. [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 23:21 May 6, 2003 (EEST)<br />
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Good evening. Thanks for your welcome. I have probably not understood what you want to do with consumerium yet; so my apologies for any misplaced article.<br />
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Biowaste and non-recyclage : yes, it is stupid. I do not know whether the grey bin is further looked into, and bio waste put apart from non degradable. I do not think so. Perhaps later, we will have an pink bin for the biowaste, and keep the grey for the non-degradable.<br />
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I am not sure though GM products is a good idea. As I explained, there is a confusion between the GMO (which is sometimes directly consumed) and the product generated by the GMO (which is sometimes not GM at all).</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:GM&diff=13572Talk:GM2003-05-06T23:36:00Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>a sort of a troll fighting against standardization...<br />
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Shouldn't this article be in [[Wikipedia]]. This isn't really relevant to our [[Consumerium:FAQ|goal]]<br />
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Well...I didnot mention it was also a kamasutra position, which "would" have been irrelevant here...<br />
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But...I had the feeling it was relevant here, as I believe one of the threat a consumer is meeting is the attempt to reduce him/her to one standard. Such as most food portions being adapted to a family of four. Or directing a whole population to eat one product rather than a variety, or for everyone to eat more salty than before to increase drinks sales. To feed everyone with Mac Donald, even if that require small adaptations depending on countries. hum</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Procruste&diff=528Talk:Procruste2003-05-06T22:19:42Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>a sort of a troll fighting against standardization...</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Procruste&diff=529Procruste2003-05-06T22:18:42Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>Procrustes (or Procuste) was a robber of Attica, who placed all who fell into his hands upon an iron bed. If they were longer than the bed, he cut off the legs; if shorter, he stretched them till they fitted it. Any attempt to reduce men to one standard, one way of thinking, or one way of acting, is called placing them on Procrustes' bed, and the person who makes the attempt is called Procrustes.<br />
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A procruste is also an insect (coleopter), found all over Europe. He is a predator and feed on other coleopters, snails, slugs, caterpillars or mature fruits. He lives below rocks, in humid forests where he hides below moss. When he is bothered by another living being, he release by anus a very smelly odor (butyric acid), this compensates its lack of wings and give it them to escape.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=Procrustes%27_Bed&diff=13575Procrustes' Bed2003-05-06T22:13:19Z<p>House Elf: moved to "Procruste"</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Procruste]]<br />
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<div>Procrustes was a robber of Attica, who placed all who fell into his hands upon an iron bed. If they were longer than the bed, he cut off the redundant part; if shorter, he stretched them till they fitted it. Any attempt to reduce men to one standard, one way of thinking, or one way of acting, is called placing them on Procrustes' bed, and the person who makes the attempt is called Procrustes.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=E-waste&diff=2936E-waste2003-05-06T22:07:00Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>'''e-waste''' (never spelled with a capital E) is [[waste]] from [[electronics]]. It is often [[toxic waste]]. Also some types of electronics like [[cell phone]]s are thrown away on average once a year. Many projects focus on [[electronics re-use]] and [[electronics recycling]], and [[electronics standards]] to minimize [[obsolescence]]. One such is [[Project_Procrustes]].<br />
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Google does not know [[Project_Procrustes]] as described here, where can it be found? Should I understand this as a critique to my suggestion to using [[Java]] as the programming language. I know it's not the most [[ecological]] in terms of performance. [[User:Juxo|Juxo]] 22:00 May 6, 2003 (EEST)<br />
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[[Procrustes' Bed]]</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=User:House_Elf&diff=13573User:House Elf2003-05-06T16:57:44Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>Yesterday evening, I needed to put the trash outside. It was getting smelly. It is quite a job since our wastes have to be selected and put apart. Hum...glass must be brought outside next street, in the green container;paper, plastic and tins in the yellow container (after thorough cleaning), fruits, veggies, oily stuff and non recyclables in the grey container. Bulbs in the big box at the top of the shelf, batteries in the box hidden in the shoe storage, I must remember to bring the old broken oven to the public landfill. I am lucky waste water just goes down the drain. I must not forget to keep the bottle plastic tops for the money gathering for sick refugees, and the wine bottle corks for school....<br />
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These are tough times for House Elves. Very hard to remember all this without making mistakes.</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=GM&diff=530GM2003-05-06T16:45:57Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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<div>A [[w:GMO]] is an artificially [[w:genetic modification|engineered]] living organism, whose genome has been modified. Modern biotechnological techniques allow to pick up one or several genes on one organism (bacteria, virus, animal, plant) to insert it in another organism. The technique used is different from traditional breeding, as it may create new organisms previously unknown in nature and as it allows crossing between species.<br />
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GMOs production and use are very controversial topics, and some consider it a major issue that consumers be ultimately the ones to choose whether they accept them or not.<br />
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A consumer may be<br />
* a person using a GMO to produce a good (e.g. a farmer using GM corn seed)<br />
* or a person consuming a good made from a GMO (e.g. a vegetarian eating a soya steak made from GM soya plant)<br />
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This right to decide is meaningfull only when <br />
* consumers are provided enough information to make up their mind on the topic : e.g. ''what is a GMO'', ''what are the potential or proved benefits'', ''what are the potential or proved ecological, sociological or economical negative impacts of GMO production and use''<br />
* consumers are able to give a [[w:feedback]] to the producer of the GMO or to the user of the GMO producing the final good.<br />
* consumers are able to have impact on the legal decisions as regards GMO experiments, production, use, [[traceability]] and [[labelling]]<br />
* consumers are provided information about which products contains (or do not contain) GMO and which products were produced (or not produced) by GMOs<br />
* consumers are given the opportunity to purchase the products they chose to consume, preferably at similar costs for the two channels<br />
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See also [[w:informed consent]]</div>House Elfhttps://develop.consumerium.org/w/index.php?title=GM&diff=524GM2003-05-06T16:43:08Z<p>House Elf: </p>
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