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davidstcldfl
02-19-2010, 04:29 PM
Badflash, That's great, that you got to be part of an article in the New York Times...on aquaponics, no less. I think that's pretty cool ! ..... :D

OK, they didn't list the link to here, which is a shame.... :cry: .....but you did get to bring the idea of aquaponics, to the attention of a lot of people. That's still a great thing.

dufflight
02-19-2010, 05:05 PM
It still gets a lot of people googling AP and that helps get the word out. If you plant enough seeds then people tend to come around in time.

badflash
02-19-2010, 08:07 PM
Yep, but I don't view myself as a dandilion. He got fluff from everyone else. I told him how it works. For my trouble I got a paragraph and a few good quotes. It probably won't help getting folks to HERE where the real good could be done.

From a comedy point of view, I am getting phone calls from all over the country asking if I am the guy in the NY Times article. If only the NY Times hadn't deleted the link I could give them some REAL answers. Idiots don't speak their phone numbers clearly enough, so I can't even call them back...

JCO
02-19-2010, 09:38 PM
That article turn out to be the biggest dog and pony show I've seen in awhile. There is nothing left to question now why the Aussies are so far ahead of the US in AP. I find it difficult to believe that so many uninformed persons had so much to say about something they knew absolutely nothing about because the NY Times reporter, even though he did apparently do some research, he berated the technology behind AP so much that he has created a laughing stock of a science that could feed millions in the future.

I was glad to see that Travis H. put in his penny's worth...I tried, but by the time I finally got registered, they had ceased accepting comments. Probably just as well, I have very little patience with idiots.

So, my trusted kin, we shall just keep plugging along and concern ourselves only with those that come knocking at our door seeking the wisdom that we have gleaned from our failures as well as our successes. Fifty years ago there was no such thing as a cell phone or laptop computer....time and progress marches on together. :mrgreen:

dufflight
02-20-2010, 02:20 AM
People will search the internet for info but usually refine the search to see if there is anyone doing it locally.

badflash
02-20-2010, 08:04 AM
Lets see if this boosts membership.

JCO
02-20-2010, 11:24 AM
Membership registrations have been holding pretty steady but the majority of them never even make it to the HELLO page let alone ask questions or make contributions. After all these years, I still don't understand it.

When I was a kid, I loved cartoons and I remember on skit from a news reel type cartoon...it showed a balding, big nosed, crossed eyed professor in his lab and as he looked at the camera with his one good eye, his statement was and I quote.

"HUMANS IS 'DA KRRAAAAAZIST PEOPLES"

After all these years, I have finally realized he wasn't so stupid after all. :lol: :mrgreen:

teknikAL
03-13-2010, 08:51 AM
That article turn out to be the biggest dog and pony show I've seen in awhile. There is nothing left to question now why the Aussies are so far ahead of the US in AP. I find it difficult to believe that so many uninformed persons had so much to say about something they knew absolutely nothing about because the NY Times reporter, even though he did apparently do some research, he berated the technology behind AP so much that he has created a laughing stock of a science that could feed millions in the future.[...]Yeah, that's all anything labled "NEWS" does these days, especially in the large entrenched establishments. At the risk of sounding anti-establishment, all the real info does not get spread with "NEWS", just enough with the right "spin" so that it doesn't threaten the establishment status quo and them rich folks still get paid. ;)
Ideas like AP, dirt farming without pesticides and chemical fertilizers (I hesitate to say "organic" as the "NEWS" has already labled that as flakey and a mistake that could not adiquately feed the population, a lie, thus protecting the hedgemony of a few huge companies). I like the term "clean food", and anyone with some dirt, seed, and/or livestock can and should do a small part.
I think that there are a lot of problems in the corporate feed lot monocropping system. The attempts by government to regulate the industry to keep it clean and healthy end up hurting the healthier system. For example, in NY there is a proposed law that would require all livestock to be rf id chipped. This is in responce to the problem of mad cow "downer" cows getting lost in the food chain. Where is that a problem? Feed lots with huge amounts of stock. RF chipping has a very expensive startup cost and an additional operation cost. Who gets hurt by this regulation? The small business with a few hundred head where "downer cows" are not a problem and the farmer "knows" his stock. An other example, the current head of the US Dept of Aq., a corporate company guy, even though appointed by the current alleged "socialist" government, is on the record to not allow soil building in organic farming by useing manure, as it is not safe. Organic farming already has procedures and government regulations that set rules for the entire process of composting raw manure so it isn't a hazard specifically for organic farming. Organic principles require it. Unfortunately, he feels it is unsafe, even though no actual food born illness can be traced to the use of composted manure. "Conventional" farms spread raw manure unregulated with many resulting illnesses over the years. Yet again, the process that creates the problems from it's large scale (and stupidity) affects the ability of the healthy clean process to actually survive. I can not think that it is anything but greed that drives the establishment practices, not good common sense, no matter what the science says.

teknikAL
03-13-2010, 08:58 AM
Membership registrations have been holding pretty steady but the majority of them never even make it to the HELLO page let alone ask questions or make contributions. After all these years, I still don't understand it.I registered in December, yet I could not log on until recently and never received any confirmation email at all nor a responce to my email to the admin. It was only after I contacted badflash through an other web site that I was shortly thereafter able to log in. Still have no contact from the website directly. Maybe they don't make it to the HELLO page as they can't log in? I couldn't. Now where is that HELLO page.... :?

wolfracer
03-13-2010, 10:36 AM
Welcome teknikAL! this is a pretty decent place for things aquaponic. Looking forward to hearing more from you.

jackalope
03-13-2010, 11:12 PM
technikAL Welcome to the forums .... sorry you've had so much problem accessing the forum, I can assure you it isn't intentional, we all want to see new members that have questions or answers, input or output ;) .... and we have a lot of knowledgeable members here who are glad to share.

As for the HELLO page, clik this link - Clik here ;) (http://diyaquaponics.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=73)

jackalope
03-13-2010, 11:14 PM
badflash, I don't suppose you have a copy of that article that you can copy and email to me .... I somehow missed it :?: :cry:

davidstcldfl
03-14-2010, 05:10 AM
Here's a link to the article.........

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/garden/18aqua.html