Comments for purple motes http://purplemotes.net a journal of whimsy and hope Mon, 07 May 2012 22:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on persons in jail or in prison for child-support debt by Jhon http://purplemotes.net/2011/03/22/persons-in-jail-for-child-support-debt/#comment-2337 Jhon Mon, 07 May 2012 22:01:57 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=5308#comment-2337 Don't marry! spread the word, save as many men as you can.. Don’t marry! spread the word, save as many men as you can..

]]> Comment on COB-8: the importance of editing by COB-70: bureaucracy triumphed over Bolsheviks http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/04/cob-8-the-importance-of-editing/#comment-2324 COB-70: bureaucracy triumphed over Bolsheviks Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:43:24 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/04/cob-8-the-importance-of-editing/#comment-2324 [...] and editing is critical, generic bureaucratic work.  When one manager or editor falls, others face increased [...] [...] and editing is critical, generic bureaucratic work.  When one manager or editor falls, others face increased [...]

]]> Comment on Wednesday’s flowers by Farwest http://purplemotes.net/2012/04/25/wednesdays-flowers-263/#comment-2309 Farwest Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:00:34 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=8345#comment-2309 The Calypso orchid (commonly called the fairy slipper or Venus’s Slipper ) grows in many regions; however, many people travel from far and wide to the Columbia Gorge in Oregon to see beautiful displays of the Calypso orchid growing in old growth forest. The calypso is easily disturbed and it does not transplant well because its single leaf has a very limited ability to photosynthesize and it cannot provide all the nutrients the plant needs. As a result this orchid is dependent on very specific soil fungi available in undisturbed forest to provide the nutrients that this orchid needs. Thus, you will have to hike in the undisturbed forest to see it growing. The calypso orchid is named after a Greek nymph in Homer's "Odyssey". The calypso nymph lived a solitary life on an island. After Odysseus was washed ashore on the nymph's island, the nymph kept him prisoner for seven years. This orchid truly has the ability to capture a hiker's heart. In the old growth forest in Columbia Gorge, the calypso orchids often look like small pink pearls on a sea of drab browns and greens. These tiny flowers are only an inch wide; however their brilliant magenta color and boldly patterned lip make up for their small size. Seeing the picture is wonderful, but it is no comparison to seeing them live in an old growth forest. The Calypso orchid (commonly called the fairy slipper or Venus’s Slipper ) grows in many regions; however, many people travel from far and wide to the Columbia Gorge in Oregon to see beautiful displays of the Calypso orchid growing in old growth forest. The calypso is easily disturbed and it does not transplant well because its single leaf has a very limited ability to photosynthesize and it cannot provide all the nutrients the plant needs. As a result this orchid is dependent on very specific soil fungi available in undisturbed forest to provide the nutrients that this orchid needs. Thus, you will have to hike in the undisturbed forest to see it growing. The calypso orchid is named after a Greek nymph in Homer’s “Odyssey”. The calypso nymph lived a solitary life on an island. After Odysseus was washed ashore on the nymph’s island, the nymph kept him prisoner for seven years. This orchid truly has the ability to capture a hiker’s heart. In the old growth forest in Columbia Gorge, the calypso orchids often look like small pink pearls on a sea of drab browns and greens. These tiny flowers are only an inch wide; however their brilliant magenta color and boldly patterned lip make up for their small size. Seeing the picture is wonderful, but it is no comparison to seeing them live in an old growth forest.

]]> Comment on case study of trade-off between control and distribution by assertion of rights in early personal authorship http://purplemotes.net/2007/01/22/case-study-of-trade-off-between-control-and-distribution/#comment-2286 assertion of rights in early personal authorship Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:27:11 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/01/22/case-study-of-trade-off-between-control-and-distribution/#comment-2286 [...] communicative trade-offs between control and distribution in the Reformation [...] [...] communicative trade-offs between control and distribution in the Reformation [...]

]]> Comment on Wednesday’s flowers by Gordon Achtermann http://purplemotes.net/2012/04/11/wednesdays-flowers-261/#comment-2275 Gordon Achtermann Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:02:22 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=8226#comment-2275 This is a beautiful picture. This is a beautiful picture.

]]> Comment on COB-69: mushroom management works by Douglas Galbi http://purplemotes.net/2012/04/01/cob-69-mushroom-management-works/#comment-2243 Douglas Galbi Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:30:51 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=8179#comment-2243 Thanks for your knowledgeable comment. We agree that bureaucrats, like mushrooms, can help save the world. Thanks for your knowledgeable comment. We agree that bureaucrats, like mushrooms, can help save the world.

]]> Comment on COB-69: mushroom management works by Farwest http://purplemotes.net/2012/04/01/cob-69-mushroom-management-works/#comment-2240 Farwest Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:36:27 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=8179#comment-2240 You essay implies that mushrooms only grow on dead wood. This is far from the case. For example there are over 4000 species of mycelium that grow on the roots of Douglas Fir trees. Some mycelium may be minute, forming a colony that is too small to see, and some may be large. There is a site in eastern Oregon that has a contiguous growth of mycelium that is the size 1,665 football fields and that is 2,200 years old. This is the largest "plant" in the world ( see “Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World” by Paul Stamets)-- On reflection there are a considerable number of similarities between mycelium and bureaucrats. I suggest that COB explore this topic You essay implies that mushrooms only grow on dead wood. This is far from the case. For example there are over 4000 species of mycelium that grow on the roots of Douglas Fir trees. Some mycelium may be minute, forming a colony that is too small to see, and some may be large. There is a site in eastern Oregon that has a contiguous growth of mycelium that is the size 1,665 football fields and that is 2,200 years old. This is the largest “plant” in the world ( see “Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World” by Paul Stamets)– On reflection there are a considerable number of similarities between mycelium and bureaucrats. I suggest that COB explore this topic

]]> Comment on COB-8: the importance of editing by COB-69: mushroom management works http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/04/cob-8-the-importance-of-editing/#comment-2232 COB-69: mushroom management works Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:37:09 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/2007/03/04/cob-8-the-importance-of-editing/#comment-2232 [...] becomes either publicly or privately collaborative.”  This combines all the benefits of editing with all the benefits of meetings.  It’s potentially a huge contribution to [...] [...] becomes either publicly or privately collaborative.”  This combines all the benefits of editing with all the benefits of meetings.  It’s potentially a huge contribution to [...]

]]> Comment on making music and video creation easy and fun by Douglas Galbi http://purplemotes.net/2012/03/11/making-music-and-video-creation-easy-and-fun/#comment-2100 Douglas Galbi Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:54:00 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=5472#comment-2100 When I was weeping over Needle's impending demise, I searched you out on the web and found some post about you creating metal on an iPad and the world never being the same. Can't seem to find it now. Glad that you're still having fun. Wish it was by working on Needle! I do enough with computers. With appreciation for my telecom work, I think I'm just going to continue to bang on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_old_telephone_service" rel="nofollow">POTS</a>. When I was weeping over Needle’s impending demise, I searched you out on the web and found some post about you creating metal on an iPad and the world never being the same. Can’t seem to find it now. Glad that you’re still having fun. Wish it was by working on Needle!

I do enough with computers. With appreciation for my telecom work, I think I’m just going to continue to bang on POTS.

]]> Comment on making music and video creation easy and fun by glenn mcdonald http://purplemotes.net/2012/03/11/making-music-and-video-creation-easy-and-fun/#comment-2099 glenn mcdonald Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:18:12 +0000 http://purplemotes.net/?p=5472#comment-2099 GarageBand is reason enough to buy an iPad all by itself. GarageBand is reason enough to buy an iPad all by itself.

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