[cctop]

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/61326...-by-storm/

[cctop]

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/61326...-by-storm/

[CompSci87]

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/61326...-by-storm/

https://dilbert.com/strip/1994-07-03

[CompSci87]

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/61326...-by-storm/

https://dilbert.com/strip/1994-07-03

[martyup]

Boron - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron
Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5. Produced entirely by cosmic ray spallation and supernovae and not by stellar nucleosynthesis, it is a low-abundance element in the Solar system and in the Earth's crust.

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15 Surprising Benefits of Boron | Organic Facts
https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/minerals/boron.html
Boron is a biological trace mineral that has been studied for its many health benefits if consumed in the daily diet. Health conditions such as arthritis and osteoporosis can be managed with medications prescribed by a doctor but more importantly with a diet that includes boron.

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Boron, California - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron,_California
Boron (formerly Amargo, Baker, Borate, and Kern) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States.  Boron is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Red Rock Mountain at an elevation of 2,467 feet (752 m).

Boron, California Operations | U.S. Borax | U.S. Borax

https://www.borax.com/borax-operations/boron-california
U.S. Borax, part of Rio Tinto, is a global leader in the supply and science of borates—naturally-occurring minerals containing boron and other elements. We are 1,000 people serving 500 customers with more than 1,700 delivery locations globally.

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What Is Borax and Where Can You Get It?
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-borax-where-to-get-608509
Borax is a natural mineral with a chemical formula Na 2 B 4 O 7 • 10H 2 O. Borax also is known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate or disodium tetraborate. It is one of the most important boron compounds.

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[martyup]

Boron - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron
Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5. Produced entirely by cosmic ray spallation and supernovae and not by stellar nucleosynthesis, it is a low-abundance element in the Solar system and in the Earth's crust.

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15 Surprising Benefits of Boron | Organic Facts
https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/minerals/boron.html
Boron is a biological trace mineral that has been studied for its many health benefits if consumed in the daily diet. Health conditions such as arthritis and osteoporosis can be managed with medications prescribed by a doctor but more importantly with a diet that includes boron.

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Boron, California - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron,_California
Boron (formerly Amargo, Baker, Borate, and Kern) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States.  Boron is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Red Rock Mountain at an elevation of 2,467 feet (752 m).

Boron, California Operations | U.S. Borax | U.S. Borax

https://www.borax.com/borax-operations/boron-california
U.S. Borax, part of Rio Tinto, is a global leader in the supply and science of borates—naturally-occurring minerals containing boron and other elements. We are 1,000 people serving 500 customers with more than 1,700 delivery locations globally.

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What Is Borax and Where Can You Get It?
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-borax-where-to-get-608509
Borax is a natural mineral with a chemical formula Na 2 B 4 O 7 • 10H 2 O. Borax also is known as sodium borate, sodium tetraborate or disodium tetraborate. It is one of the most important boron compounds.

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[BostonCard]

Yeah, but are you intrigued by it?

BC

[BostonCard]

Yeah, but are you intrigued by it?

BC

[martyup]

Yeah, but are you intrigued by it?

BC

Actually, I've been intrigued by the 20 Mule Team brand for a long time.  It was named after the freight wagons that hauled the borax from the mines to the railhead.  

Twenty-mule teams were teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that transported borax out of Death Valley from 1883 to 1889. They traveled from mines across the Mojave Desert to the nearest railroad spur, 165 miles (275 km) away in Mojave. The routes were from the Harmony and Amargosa Borax Works to Daggett, California, and later Mojave, California. After Harmony and Amargosa shut down in 1888, the mule team's route was moved to the mines at Borate, 3 miles east of Calico, back to Daggett. There they worked from 1891 until 1898 when they were replaced by the Borate and Daggett Railroad.

The wagons were among the largest ever pulled by draft animals, designed to carry 10 short tons (9 metric tons) of borax ore at a time.

[martyup]

Yeah, but are you intrigued by it?

BC

Actually, I've been intrigued by the 20 Mule Team brand for a long time.  It was named after the freight wagons that hauled the borax from the mines to the railhead.  

Twenty-mule teams were teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that transported borax out of Death Valley from 1883 to 1889. They traveled from mines across the Mojave Desert to the nearest railroad spur, 165 miles (275 km) away in Mojave. The routes were from the Harmony and Amargosa Borax Works to Daggett, California, and later Mojave, California. After Harmony and Amargosa shut down in 1888, the mule team's route was moved to the mines at Borate, 3 miles east of Calico, back to Daggett. There they worked from 1891 until 1898 when they were replaced by the Borate and Daggett Railroad.

The wagons were among the largest ever pulled by draft animals, designed to carry 10 short tons (9 metric tons) of borax ore at a time.

[82lsju]

Yeah, but are you intrigued by it?

BC

Actually, I've been intrigued by the 20 Mule Team brand for a long time.  It was named after the freight wagons that hauled the borax from the mines to the railhead.  

Twenty-mule teams were teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that transported borax out of Death Valley from 1883 to 1889. They traveled from mines across the Mojave Desert to the nearest railroad spur, 165 miles (275 km) away in Mojave. The routes were from the Harmony and Amargosa Borax Works to Daggett, California, and later Mojave, California. After Harmony and Amargosa shut down in 1888, the mule team's route was moved to the mines at Borate, 3 miles east of Calico, back to Daggett. There they worked from 1891 until 1898 when they were replaced by the Borate and Daggett Railroad.

The wagons were among the largest ever pulled by draft animals, designed to carry 10 short tons (9 metric tons) of borax ore at a time.

are you a fan of Death Valley Days???

Under the Death Valley Days title, the program was sponsored by Pacific Coast Borax Company, which during the program's run changed its name to U.S. Borax Company following a merger. Advertisements for the company's best-known products, 20 Mule Team Borax, a laundry additive, Borateem, a laundry detergent, and Boraxo, a powdered hand soap, were often done by the program's host. Death Valley was the scene of much of the company's borax mining operations. The "20-Mule Team Borax" consumer products division of U.S. Borax was eventually bought out by the Dial Corporation, which as of 2014, as a division of the German consumer products concern Henkel, still manufactures and markets them. Rio Tinto Group absorbed the U.S. Borax mining operations in 1968[10] and now owns the TV series.[11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley_Days#Borax

[82lsju]

Yeah, but are you intrigued by it?

BC

Actually, I've been intrigued by the 20 Mule Team brand for a long time.  It was named after the freight wagons that hauled the borax from the mines to the railhead.  

Twenty-mule teams were teams of eighteen mules and two horses attached to large wagons that transported borax out of Death Valley from 1883 to 1889. They traveled from mines across the Mojave Desert to the nearest railroad spur, 165 miles (275 km) away in Mojave. The routes were from the Harmony and Amargosa Borax Works to Daggett, California, and later Mojave, California. After Harmony and Amargosa shut down in 1888, the mule team's route was moved to the mines at Borate, 3 miles east of Calico, back to Daggett. There they worked from 1891 until 1898 when they were replaced by the Borate and Daggett Railroad.

The wagons were among the largest ever pulled by draft animals, designed to carry 10 short tons (9 metric tons) of borax ore at a time.

are you a fan of Death Valley Days???

Under the Death Valley Days title, the program was sponsored by Pacific Coast Borax Company, which during the program's run changed its name to U.S. Borax Company following a merger. Advertisements for the company's best-known products, 20 Mule Team Borax, a laundry additive, Borateem, a laundry detergent, and Boraxo, a powdered hand soap, were often done by the program's host. Death Valley was the scene of much of the company's borax mining operations. The "20-Mule Team Borax" consumer products division of U.S. Borax was eventually bought out by the Dial Corporation, which as of 2014, as a division of the German consumer products concern Henkel, still manufactures and markets them. Rio Tinto Group absorbed the U.S. Borax mining operations in 1968[10] and now owns the TV series.[11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley_Days#Borax

[martyup]

Yep.

[martyup]

Yep.