It's during times like these that you learn more about your fellow c'punks than you need to ...

You're correct. I had no clue that the Cypherpunks were such a shitty group.

On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Jim Choate wrote:

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Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 06:00:13 +0100 From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com> Subject: the shit hitting the fan

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LA has 1e7 people who shit about a kilo per day. Compute the volume of that after a week.

It's not the raw volume that's critical but rather the percentage of the average personal space per inhabitant versus how much to store a weeks worth. For the average person storing a weeks worth of solid waste in a platic bag with bleach, lye, or similar material is reasonable.

I've gone on long duration camping trips of about a weeks length and the storing and portage costs are not excessive (having a boat or horse helps move it around).

FlushMonger