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The Machine That Changed The World

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I'm trying to decide, which has changed the world most.... the printing press, or computers... In the end, I think I may just pick flushing toilets.

And they were probably a mistake. (http://permaculture.wikia.com/wiki/Tree_bog)

Pretty silly - the sewage treatment company could use willows if they worked in bulk. Instead they use settling and digestors. Still open-air in our town. Sludge is used as landfill and sometimes fertilizer/soil amendment. What's the difference?

1) the sewage treatment company uses lots of energy and fairly clean (often drinkable) water to transport the sewage to their large-scale plants.

2) chances are that users will feel more responsible for a local, small-scale system, and not 'kill' it by flushing down all kinds of chemicals.

Oh, we have enough infrastructure in the rich world to make flushing toilets work.

The comments section on that page alsi mention these:

* Deathbed Vigil - The last days of Commodore 1994 2 hr dvd

* Commodore 64 Training Tape Host Jim Butterfield 1983 2 hr dvd

* Once Upon Atari 1999 4 Episodes 2 hr DVD

* http://www.youtube.com/user/TTVRewind/videos?flow=grid&v...

to the point: torrent - http://waxy.org/bt/seed/The%20Machine%20That%20Changed%20the...

It's also on youtube as a playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcR74y61xZk&playnext=1...

Sounds like this is in violation of copyright, so don't expect it to be available for long.

It's a pretty old documentary (I helped Andy track it down) and that blog entry has been up since 2008, so it's probably going to stick around.

I remember listening to a special segment on the AMC cable channel about "unofficial" film archivists who were willing to break the copyright law to preserve old films. A lot of them ended up getting hired officially to continue to do their work once the movie studios found out they could make money on old films (vhs/reruns/etc).

perhaps archive.org?

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