I don't know very much specifically about hemp either but anything being grown and harvested in monoculture depletes the soil.
In order for the plant to grow it needs to synthesize food using light and in order to synthesize light it needs various elements that are absorbed from the soil through the roots. Basically in order to grow the plant needs to take something out of the soil. So unless you simply let the plant die and decay in the spot where it lived (which is definetly not the case with industrial hemp) something is being taken out of the ground, eventually depleting the nutrient stores.
For a good introduction to soil quality and preservation I suggest An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard. It's an old book but still contains alot of relevant information.
Monoculture _ANYTHING_ is going to deplete soil quality (without massive amounts of fertilizer) and will eventually lead to erosion (even with the fertilizer). Monocultures are bad, period.
Where do you think the British usage of the word 'Gypsies' came from in the first place? Basically what you're saying that a group of delinquints have been given a name that historically is used to refer to another group of people who aren't necessarily delinquint themselves but are commonly blamed for dinlinquint activity based solely on their heritage. How is this not racism, and how is racism not a problem?
Even though the polution is occurring in different parts of the world doesn't mean we can wash our hands of it. Although none of the locations listed in TFA are in our backyard the #1 and #5 spots in the list are caused by a US based company (Doe Run). So although the polution is occuring elsewhere it has its roots in the developed world.
Also as the GP states, much of this polution is a result of modern world consumption and demand for the lowest price no matter what. So blaming the countries where the polution is occuring is a 'highly deceptive practice'.
There is a big difference between the two packages. The CLARAty software seems to offer some basic robot functionality for 'emergent behavior' which is lacking in the Player framework which seems to be only a platform for simulation and communication.
In lamans terms, the CLARAty software provides interface for common 'bottom up' robot behaviors such as avoiding obstacles, position estimation, mapping, path planning etc. This stuff may seem trivial but is actually quite complex and having an interfaces that provides these functionalities will allow programmers to concentrate on more interesting stuff (such as task determination, collaboration, etc.) instead of having to redo work that's already been done by someone else. Eventually (and I mean a loooooong time down the road) with enough layers of behavior Jetsons'esque robots will 'evolve' into existence.
It's like being able to see the beginning of evolution from an autonomous robot's point of view.
If a female finds the toilet seat in a wrong position then she will most probably yell at the male involved. Although most likely correct this really should have a source...
"I do believe that Firefox must contain more 'awesome' functionality out of the box," says blogger Chris Pirillo. "Otherwise, you're having to run a browser with a zillion plug-ins -- and none of them aware that other plug-ins might be running." Well if Chris Pirillo says so it must be true! Can someone please tell me why running lots of plugins should be any different than running one big program? If the program is designed right plug-ins that interfere with one another should be a rarity.
If you don't believe me just look at the eclipse platform. The platform itself provides no functionality other than being able to add plugins, everything else is yup you guessed it, a plug-in.
Not only are they willing to charge students an arm and a leg but they will use their exclusivity contract to stop student groups from selling snacks or holding fundraisers that involve the sale of food. One time they even shut down a muffin sale raising money for orphans!
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I don't know very much specifically about hemp either but anything being grown and harvested in monoculture depletes the soil. In order for the plant to grow it needs to synthesize food using light and in order to synthesize light it needs various elements that are absorbed from the soil through the roots. Basically in order to grow the plant needs to take something out of the soil. So unless you simply let the plant die and decay in the spot where it lived (which is definetly not the case with industrial hemp) something is being taken out of the ground, eventually depleting the nutrient stores. For a good introduction to soil quality and preservation I suggest An Agricultural Testament by Sir Albert Howard. It's an old book but still contains alot of relevant information.
Monoculture _ANYTHING_ is going to deplete soil quality (without massive amounts of fertilizer) and will eventually lead to erosion (even with the fertilizer). Monocultures are bad, period.
Where do you think the British usage of the word 'Gypsies' came from in the first place? Basically what you're saying that a group of delinquints have been given a name that historically is used to refer to another group of people who aren't necessarily delinquint themselves but are commonly blamed for dinlinquint activity based solely on their heritage. How is this not racism, and how is racism not a problem?
Even though the polution is occurring in different parts of the world doesn't mean we can wash our hands of it. Although none of the locations listed in TFA are in our backyard the #1 and #5 spots in the list are caused by a US based company (Doe Run). So although the polution is occuring elsewhere it has its roots in the developed world. Also as the GP states, much of this polution is a result of modern world consumption and demand for the lowest price no matter what. So blaming the countries where the polution is occuring is a 'highly deceptive practice'.
There is a big difference between the two packages. The CLARAty software seems to offer some basic robot functionality for 'emergent behavior' which is lacking in the Player framework which seems to be only a platform for simulation and communication.
In lamans terms, the CLARAty software provides interface for common 'bottom up' robot behaviors such as avoiding obstacles, position estimation, mapping, path planning etc. This stuff may seem trivial but is actually quite complex and having an interfaces that provides these functionalities will allow programmers to concentrate on more interesting stuff (such as task determination, collaboration, etc.) instead of having to redo work that's already been done by someone else. Eventually (and I mean a loooooong time down the road) with enough layers of behavior Jetsons'esque robots will 'evolve' into existence.
It's like being able to see the beginning of evolution from an autonomous robot's point of view.
Not only are they willing to charge students an arm and a leg but they will use their exclusivity contract to stop student groups from selling snacks or holding fundraisers that involve the sale of food. One time they even shut down a muffin sale raising money for orphans!