Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 some one asked me in another chat room re being a vegan, and i never do this but, women as vegans do we swallow you know what, if we do it at all,.............and i am very sorry if i have offended by asking the question, sorry, catherine >"Danielle Kichler" > > >Re: Re: oh, that will be helpful...disposable razors last longer >Sun, 25 May 2003 12:17:36 -0400 > >I think it's supposed to be an alternative to renting--you don't have to >worry about returning your DVDs to the rental place. And the people who are >like that are less likely to want to ship 'em back to the company to be >recycled. > >Danielle > > > >"This is your American dream >Everything is simple in the white and the black >You will never need to see the grey anymore >You will never have to be afraid."--Everclear > > > > > >----Original Message Follows---- >"mint_faery" > > > Re: oh, that will be helpful...disposable razors last >longer >Sat, 24 May 2003 21:15:40 -0000 > >-I'm confused...why would they want DVDs to degrade? Just to get us >to buy more? HUH? Gotta read this one... >-- In , EBbrewpunx@c... wrote: > > > > It sounds like a bad movie. Wait, it IS a bad movie. A bad DVD, to > > be precise -- at least from an environmental standpoint. A >division > > of Walt Disney this August will begin selling DVDs that self- >destruct > > after 48 hours, dubbed EZ-Ds. After an EZ-D's plastic packaging is > > opened and it's exposed to oxygen, the disk plays perfectly for 48 > > hours; then a chemical reaction makes it unreadable and consumers >can > > toss it in the trash. Environmentalists are not impressed. "It's > > unintelligent and illogical to take a durable, reusable product >like > > a DVD and turn it into a product that becomes waste in 48 hours," > > said David Wood of the Computer TakeBack Campaign. Flexplay, the > > company that manufactures the disks, says buyers could mail the >old > > EZ-Ds off to a company that recycles DVDs. But enviros point out > > that the target market for EZ-Ds seems to be the supremely lazy, > > folks who are not likely to take any extra effort to ensure the >disks > > get recycled. > > > > straight to the source: Wired News, Katie Dean, 21 May 2003 > > > >_______________ >Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > Get the gossip faster - it's FREE with MSN Messenger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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