As Robert Heinlein pointed out, tractors don't reproduce. On a low-tech planet, you're better off with a draft animal that not only reproduces, but is fueled by an easily acquired and replaceable resource.
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
'The Message'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 5:51:10 am PDT #4148 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Frankenbuddha - Aug 10, 2005 5:51:39 am PDT #4149 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's not like they were grazing on vacuum grass.
Cows - vacuum sealed for freshness.
DCJensen - Aug 10, 2005 5:53:07 am PDT #4150 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Seal-a-meal them Hoover heifers.
tommyrot - Aug 10, 2005 5:54:03 am PDT #4151 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is there a ZipLoc bag big enough to hold a cow?
tommyrot - Aug 10, 2005 5:54:41 am PDT #4152 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Freeze-dried cow - just add water.
Calli - Aug 10, 2005 5:55:58 am PDT #4153 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I think that's called "soup", tommyrot.
tommyrot - Aug 10, 2005 5:57:51 am PDT #4154 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yes, but I think that in The Future, they will have mastered the technology of freeze-dried cow reanimators.
Betsy HP - Aug 10, 2005 5:58:15 am PDT #4155 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I had issues with that, too. As I learned in geography class, it only makes sense, when you're using expensive transport, to transport high-value per unit weight things. Concrete blocks travel by truck, and they don't travel far. Computer chips travel all around the world by airplane.
Even today, with current technology, people are much more likely to ship bull semen than to ship the actual bull.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 10, 2005 5:59:01 am PDT #4156 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm suddenly flashing on Janene Garafolo's Comedy Central ad about the jerky chew rehydrator.
DCJensen - Aug 10, 2005 6:01:45 am PDT #4157 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Even today, with current technology, people are much more likely to ship bull semen than to ship the actual bull.
You can't sell and butcher semen and have steaks in a few weeks' time.