Sure, hybridization occurs in nature, but nature doesn't hybridize plants to become sterile as botanists do.
There are a ton of trees that are engineered to be sterile. Spring Snow Crabapple is a good example. A lot of people love how beautiful they are when they bloom in the spring, but they hate dealing with yard litter once they begin to fruit.
Of course, this doesn't always work. Some trees that are supposed to be sterile end up producing something. Cottonless cottonwoods occasionally produce cotton, for example. Seedless watermelons sometimes have some seeds.
Is that what nature meant? I agree with you that sure, nature does hybridize plants as part of evolution, apples are a great example. But these hybridizations occur over the course of a very long time, not over the course of ten years or so in a garden lab.
Which is why you read/. and not websites such as Plant Select, Proven Winners, Monrovia, and so on.
As someone who is very familiar with the tree and plant industry, the concept of hybridized plants affecting the bees is intriguing and maybe does merit some consideration.
I spoke to a customer today who wanted to know if we carried Bloomerang Lilacs. I have heard about them (they are an ever blooming hybridized lilac) from others but hadn't read much about them until today. These plants are certainly being modified in ways that make them very different than what nature intended.
Bloomerang are just one of many hybridized plants that are popular and available today. People love them. Nobody wants those boring old silver maples of 100 years ago, they want Autumn Blaze Maples, designed to grow fast, stay hardy, and have spectacular fall color.
When I first heard about CCD, my first instinct was that it was due to all the smoke and haze in the atmosphere from wildfires. I learned about it while near Santa Cruz and it was not long after they had some serious fires. I'm sure my theory is not really the cause, but it does make sense, bees don't like smoke.
I would rather have bees than cell phones any day. I remember life before cell phones and I prefer it. Nothing irritates me more than seeing someone almost cause an accident while talking on the phone, and I see it several times a week.
If they are indeed affecting bees, then I say we arm the bees with cell phone nuking super powers so they attack anyone acting like a damn fool while driving.
Funny, but a good point nonetheless. "Netbooks" were doomed from the beginning with the name. It's too general and subjective.
At first glance, when I saw "Ultraportable" I thought 7-9" screen. Of course I deemed that instinctual response on thinking it's smaller than a netbook. It is a better name from the standpoint that it better defines the product's size, but who cares?
Apple is in the business of household names. Of course they'll do their damndest to define a type of product for the next generation or longer. I guess that means the marketing teams getting left behind end up coming up with some new product that sounds like everything not Apple.
Whatever you call the 7 feature where you drag your window to the left or right edge of the screen to have it fill half the screen. This is by far the most useful thing they have done since forever.
.NET
Bing Maps
the Super key
DOS
What do all of these things have in common? (though I'm not sure about the drag-to-edge thingy).
Can't they just hire someone from Bell Labs who has actually turned an idea into an awesome product the entire world relies on?
Where is the flaw? Do they think they're the Yankees and can just throw more money at it? Maybe they need to start thinking along the lines of the A's and try instead to build intelligently and within their means.
How difficult would it be to account for this vibration performance degradation in such a case?
If you had some kind of vibration sensor that measured vibration levels, couldn't it then talk back to code telling it to slow down because there's too much vibration?
We seemed to make a relatively painless procedure of the digital TV switch. Or maybe I never noticed since I have been using internet for TV for so long. I don't even know how to set up a regular TV anymore.
While I, and others I'm sure as well, would agree with you, you used the word 'harmony' in a way many of us are uncomfortable with. I would have used the phrase "Once equilibrium is lost" instead.
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Don't get me wrong, I hate Crapple as much as the next guy. I just don't care if they have a temporary monopoly on something I could care less about.
Yeah, they have a monopoly... on their customers. Caveat Emptor.
...and I'll add that I know that this is not the likely primary cause of CCD, I just found the ideas interesting.
Sure, hybridization occurs in nature, but nature doesn't hybridize plants to become sterile as botanists do.
There are a ton of trees that are engineered to be sterile. Spring Snow Crabapple is a good example. A lot of people love how beautiful they are when they bloom in the spring, but they hate dealing with yard litter once they begin to fruit.
Of course, this doesn't always work. Some trees that are supposed to be sterile end up producing something. Cottonless cottonwoods occasionally produce cotton, for example. Seedless watermelons sometimes have some seeds.
Is that what nature meant? I agree with you that sure, nature does hybridize plants as part of evolution, apples are a great example. But these hybridizations occur over the course of a very long time, not over the course of ten years or so in a garden lab.
Which is why you read /. and not websites such as Plant Select, Proven Winners, Monrovia, and so on.
As someone who is very familiar with the tree and plant industry, the concept of hybridized plants affecting the bees is intriguing and maybe does merit some consideration.
I spoke to a customer today who wanted to know if we carried Bloomerang Lilacs. I have heard about them (they are an ever blooming hybridized lilac) from others but hadn't read much about them until today. These plants are certainly being modified in ways that make them very different than what nature intended.
Bloomerang are just one of many hybridized plants that are popular and available today. People love them. Nobody wants those boring old silver maples of 100 years ago, they want Autumn Blaze Maples, designed to grow fast, stay hardy, and have spectacular fall color.
-1 ignorant.
When I first heard about CCD, my first instinct was that it was due to all the smoke and haze in the atmosphere from wildfires. I learned about it while near Santa Cruz and it was not long after they had some serious fires. I'm sure my theory is not really the cause, but it does make sense, bees don't like smoke.
I actually just drove through a swarm of bees on my way home from work last week. Several dozen splat marks are still there.
Tell that to MacCauley Caulkin.
I would rather have bees than cell phones any day. I remember life before cell phones and I prefer it. Nothing irritates me more than seeing someone almost cause an accident while talking on the phone, and I see it several times a week.
If they are indeed affecting bees, then I say we arm the bees with cell phone nuking super powers so they attack anyone acting like a damn fool while driving.
i loled at cosmonaut
Wait, isn't a fundamental of the free market that each individual does what is best for themselves, which in turn benefits society?
Mod parent -1 Jaded.
Tell them to use whatever they want, as long as it works. Let them figure out interoperability.
"Oh yeahhhhhhh. Tootally forgot about copyrighted stuff. Ooops."
Funny, but a good point nonetheless. "Netbooks" were doomed from the beginning with the name. It's too general and subjective.
At first glance, when I saw "Ultraportable" I thought 7-9" screen. Of course I deemed that instinctual response on thinking it's smaller than a netbook. It is a better name from the standpoint that it better defines the product's size, but who cares?
Apple is in the business of household names. Of course they'll do their damndest to define a type of product for the next generation or longer. I guess that means the marketing teams getting left behind end up coming up with some new product that sounds like everything not Apple.
Yeah but there's always "Sexual Healing".
Impact event last year spewed gas into the atmosphere which is now caught in the belt concealing the SEB from view.
Stranded tourists will be complaining of cancelled flights for years.
I thought it came from Shabalba?
or...
"Don't you just hate pants?"
Insightful? This must be coming from the man who knew too much.
Pay for something else!
Could it be that Federal Regulators might actually want you to stop subscribing to crappy services?
Adam Smith would be so proud.
What do all of these things have in common? (though I'm not sure about the drag-to-edge thingy).
Somebody else did them first.
Can't they just hire someone from Bell Labs who has actually turned an idea into an awesome product the entire world relies on?
Where is the flaw? Do they think they're the Yankees and can just throw more money at it? Maybe they need to start thinking along the lines of the A's and try instead to build intelligently and within their means.
How difficult would it be to account for this vibration performance degradation in such a case?
If you had some kind of vibration sensor that measured vibration levels, couldn't it then talk back to code telling it to slow down because there's too much vibration?
One improves the environment, one destroys it.
We seemed to make a relatively painless procedure of the digital TV switch. Or maybe I never noticed since I have been using internet for TV for so long. I don't even know how to set up a regular TV anymore.
While I, and others I'm sure as well, would agree with you, you used the word 'harmony' in a way many of us are uncomfortable with. I would have used the phrase "Once equilibrium is lost" instead.