Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Not for music, but for programming. I imagine musical pros would go "Whoa, 
> how do you do that?" when seeing some of the cool programs you're written.

  Nah. How many people look at an average house in the middle of a city
and say "wow, the architect who designed this is really good and clearly
knows his job"? Most people just think "yeah, a house".

  Or when people drive over a bridge, how many of them think "wow, the
person who designed this thing is really talented, I could never do this
myself"? Most people don't even notice.

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Warp wrote:

>   Nah. How many people look at an average house in the middle of a city
> and say "wow, the architect who designed this is really good and clearly
> knows his job"? Most people just think "yeah, a house".
> 
>   Or when people drive over a bridge, how many of them think "wow, the
> person who designed this thing is really talented, I could never do this
> myself"? Most people don't even notice.

Indeed. I'm sure I already mentioned that one about "This feature should 
be easy to add. After all, it only requires one additional button on the 
Customer screen."

For that matter... tea bags. What are tea bags made out of?

You didn't say paper, did you?

Think about it. If you get paper wet, it instantly falls apart. If you 
get it even slightly moist, it falls apart. So... what the **** are tea 
bags made of?! I mean, you pour BOILING WATER onto them! And then you 
squish them, and they still don't break.

For that matter, what the hell kind of glue to you glue them shut with 
that doesn't disolve in boiling water, and is non-toxic??

Ever stop to think about THAT? Huh?? ;-)

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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Not for music, but for programming. I imagine musical pros would go "Whoa, 
>> how do you do that?" when seeing some of the cool programs you're written.
> 
>   Nah. How many people look at an average house in the middle of a city
> and say "wow, the architect who designed this is really good and clearly
> knows his job"? Most people just think "yeah, a house".
> 
>   Or when people drive over a bridge, how many of them think "wow, the
> person who designed this thing is really talented, I could never do this
> myself"? Most people don't even notice.
> 

Me for one. But then I live in a country that is rich in architecture.

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PS Nice playing,

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Orchid XP v8 a écrit :

> 
> For that matter... tea bags. What are tea bags made out of?
> 
> You didn't say paper, did you?
> 
> Think about it. If you get paper wet, it instantly falls apart. If you
> get it even slightly moist, it falls apart. So... what the **** are tea
> bags made of?! I mean, you pour BOILING WATER onto them! And then you
> squish them, and they still don't break.
> 
> For that matter, what the hell kind of glue to you glue them shut with
> that doesn't disolve in boiling water, and is non-toxic??

1: Tea bag are bad.
They are a misuse of the original intend: individual dose of tea, to be
removed from the bag. Lazyness and clueless make such wonders!

The "paper" is made of long vegetable fibers (such as abaca, a kind of
banana cultivated for its fibers on the trunk), as opposed to the finely
reduced fibers (and stones) in your nicest glossy white sheet of paper.

The glue can be just any thermoplastic: PVC or polypropylene.
As it does not disolve, it can be toxic, no problem, you're not supposed
to chew the teabag.

2: Worse than tea bag for the environment: the coffee capsule.

3: Use a tea infuser, only junk the exhausted tea-leaves.

It took some Americans to start the tea-bag, but Europeans are to be
blamed for the capsule.

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Le_Forgeron wrote:

> 1: Tea bag are bad.
> They are a misuse of the original intend: individual dose of tea, to be
> removed from the bag. Lazyness and clueless make such wonders!

And the fact that a teabag is much simpler and easier than trying to 
seperate out the tealeaves afterwards? (Believe me, I've tried this.)

What puzzles me is that nobody has yet had the idea of just selling the 
resulting infusion, rather than the leaves themselves. (Then again, 
anything with water in it is more expensive, so...)

> The "paper" is made of long vegetable fibers (such as abaca, a kind of
> banana cultivated for its fibers on the trunk), as opposed to the finely
> reduced fibers (and stones) in your nicest glossy white sheet of paper.
> 
> The glue can be just any thermoplastic: PVC or polypropylene.
> As it does not disolve, it can be toxic, no problem, you're not supposed
> to chew the teabag.

I see...

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Invisible a écrit :
> Le_Forgeron wrote:
> 
>> 1: Tea bag are bad.
>> They are a misuse of the original intend: individual dose of tea, to be
>> removed from the bag. Lazyness and clueless make such wonders!
> 
> And the fact that a teabag is much simpler and easier than trying to
> seperate out the tealeaves afterwards? (Believe me, I've tried this.)
> 

Why separate afterward, from a tea-infuser ? Rinse and flush!
Reusing tea bag ?

Keep your tea leaves dry and in metal box until you need them.

> What puzzles me is that nobody has yet had the idea of just selling the
> resulting infusion, rather than the leaves themselves. (Then again,
> anything with water in it is more expensive, so...)
> 
And what do you think Lipton is selling under the name ice(d) tea, in
venture with PepsiCo ?
A lot of canned and bottled water with various flavours.


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Le_Forgeron wrote:

> Why separate afterward, from a tea-infuser ? Rinse and flush!
> Reusing tea bag ?
> 
> Keep your tea leaves dry and in metal box until you need them.

I've tried keeping the leaves in a box, and using a tea strainer to 
remove them after you add the water. It never, ever, removes all of 
them. There's always bits of tea leaf left over.

Some people say that by observing the pattern of the leaves at the 
bottom of the cup, you can predict the future...

>> What puzzles me is that nobody has yet had the idea of just selling the
>> resulting infusion, rather than the leaves themselves. (Then again,
>> anything with water in it is more expensive, so...)
>>
> And what do you think Lipton is selling under the name ice(d) tea, in
> venture with PepsiCo ?
> A lot of canned and bottled water with various flavours.

Haven't heard of that one...

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Invisible wrote:
> What puzzles me is that nobody has yet had the idea of just selling the 
> resulting infusion, rather than the leaves themselves. 

I feel I must be misunderstanding something here. Either that, or England is 
ripe for a british version of Starbucks to come in and make billions.

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Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> What puzzles me is that nobody has yet had the idea of just selling 
>> the resulting infusion, rather than the leaves themselves. 
> 
> I feel I must be misunderstanding something here. Either that, or 
> England is ripe for a british version of Starbucks to come in and make 
> billions.
> 

Remember that it is Andrew writing here :-)
If we go to a Starbucks type tea house then all is lost. :-(


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