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From: farkas@eecg.toronto.edu (Keith I. Farkas)
Subject: Re: How to join IEEE Comp Society?
Message-ID: <1990Dec16.093830.11306@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: EECG, University of Toronto
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Date: 16 Dec 90 14:38:30 GMT
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In article <7Hg8T4w163w@cs.fau.edu> theo@cs.fau.edu (Theo Heavey) writes:
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>p.s. if it makes anyone feel better -- Comm of the ACM comes in those
>non-biodegradable bags too. Maybe they should switch to bio-degradable
>and make everyone happy.

FYI, there is no such thing as bio-degradable plastic. Plastic marketed as
being bio-degradable merely breaks down into much smaller pieces of plastic.
The only part of the plastic sheet which is bio-degradable is the substance
which holds these smaller pieces of plastic together. Plastic itself never
bio-degrades and thus will be with us forever.

I'm sure one of the reasons SPECTRUM comes in a plastic bag is so that IEEE
can mail both SPECTRUM and the Institute at the same time. Why don't they
combine the two publications into one? In fact, personally, I find the
Institute (printer on newsprint) far more interesting.

	-keith