Pollen didn't learn how to fly just because GMOs were made. This problem is something that has been happening for hundreds of thousands of years. The rates of outcrossing and introgression are ridiculously low, and any so-called "infected" crop can easily be removed. It's only stealing if you keep it.
I'm sorry, but you can't use the Schmeiser trial as evidence that the practice of saving seeds is going to be criminalized. The Supreme Court ruled that he knowingly kept and propagated Roundup Ready canola that he hadn't paid for. Since he knew that it was RR, and he kept it knowing that it wasn't his, he was at fault.
That's a far cry from having grown your own seeds for thirty years and then suddenly being forced to buy new ones.
You're over-simplifying. I highly doubt that the 25% that don't have internet access all have computers. I'm sure that, by now, anywhere from 5 to 10% of people who have computers don't have internet access, and they don't play games anyway. Except for Solitaire and Minesweeper.
(i.e. Extreme Use of Nearly Universal Cooling Hardware)
The folks at The Temple ov Thee Lemur" took an old 486 SX/25, cooled it down using nothing but a freezer and cold booze, and were able to overclock it to 247 Mhz and play HalfLife for two minutes before it crashed and burned.
Why is it always the popular planets that get recognition? Support the lesser-knowns! Get in touch with the nice folks at Sony and tell them that you want to go to Ord Mantell!
I like to maintain that they're from Kentucky, because that's what the Behind the Laughter episode states.
Attached to that document is a multi-page treatise on how that episode was a big joke anyway, and just because the actors who portray The Simpsons are from Kentucky doesn't mean that the show is set in Kentucky.
I, however, stand by my convictions, much like how it's obvious that The Common Man is the Man For All Seasons in the play of the same name.
It's frightening how well they've thought out things like this. From the article:
Technical drawing pens follow the same size-ratio principle. The standard sizes differ by a factor sqrt(2): 2.00 mm, 1.40 mm, 1.00 mm, 0.70 mm, 0.50 mm, 0.35 mm, 0.25 mm, 0.18 mm, 0.13 mm. So after drawing with a 0.35 mm pen on A3 paper and reducing it to A4, you can continue with the 0.25 mm pen. (ISO 9175-1)
Call me an incorrigible geek, but that little tidbit made me giddy.
While we're at it, I've always wanted to see a field guide to identifying common household microorganisms. For instance, what (sets of) critters are responsible for the "pink ones", "yellow ones", or "white ones"?
It's extremely tough to do this properly at home, because any group of household microorganisms is actually going to be a mixed population. It can be done, but be prepared to pick up some sterile-wrapped agar plates, a bunsen burner, and a large quantity of straight ethanol.
Back to the task at hand: it's often impossible to tell which bacteria is which based solely on its colour. To properly identify what bugs are crudding up your shower curtain it's best to have it done by a clinical lab where they can check the microorganism's nutritional requirements, motility, and microscopic appearance. There are entire books dedicated to the subject!
It's been two years since I've done any microbiology, so I'm probably pretty rusty. I'd say off the top of my head, though, that you're most likely to find that they're from the following genera (in no particular order): Escherichia, Proteus, Staphylococcus, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, Neisseria, Bacillis and Streptococcus.
As an aside, if you're a manufacturing geek and you ever get a chance to visit a Honda plant (such as the one in Alliston, ON), take it. The place is absolutely spectacular.
Namco's servers start looking a little like stars (ie. super-heated balls of gas) when hordes of avid Slashdot readers all attempt to simultaneously download a 10-megabyte MPEG file at once.
Previous posts have made suggestions to get your vision checked to see if you either need glasses or you need your prescription changed. I'd definitely opt for that with the suggestion that, in the meanwhile, you bump down your screen resolution and sit further away from the monitor if possible.
The reason I suggest this is that your eyes require no effort in order to focus on objects in the distance, but require the contraction of the ciliary muscles in order to focus on objects that are close up. This response, like any other muscle response, can fatigue if it's held for a long time.
A lot of Visine may help as well -- if you are spending a lot of time in front of a monitor you are probably blinking a lot less, too.
In a couple of years, fox is going to have to reach all the way back to In Living Colour in order to make DVD sales... because no one wants to buy anything that they currently air.
You mean a bunch of
volunteers didn't always think about the (l)users and created a bad UI? Wow, none of us knew that!
This attitude is exactly what's keeping OSS from taking off. Referring to people who use the software as lusers is indicative of the disrespect that is shown towards people who use computers but don't know how to recompile their kernel or build their own device driver.
This isn't high school any more, people. Time to grow up.
I believe that you're missing the point of the article. The point of episodic gaming is that the game itself would be provided free of charge, with extra content and storyline available at $5 per month.
Am I the only person that sees no internet connectivity as an advantage? I couldn't care less if my console can go online or not.
What I want is an excellent multiplayer experience that I can share with three other people in the room. Nintendo's games have got this in spades. A game of Mario Party just wouldn't be the same if the people you were playing against weren't in the same room.
I see nothing wrong with Nintendo forcing us to be social creatures in order to get our multiplayer fix. Let Microsoft and Sony make games that can be played online; the truth of the matter is all the multiplayer games I play are on Nintendo right now, except for Guilty Gear X2 (PS2) and Power Stone 2 (DC).
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Pollen didn't learn how to fly just because GMOs were made. This problem is something that has been happening for hundreds of thousands of years. The rates of outcrossing and introgression are ridiculously low, and any so-called "infected" crop can easily be removed. It's only stealing if you keep it.
I'm sorry, but you can't use the Schmeiser trial as evidence that the practice of saving seeds is going to be criminalized. The Supreme Court ruled that he knowingly kept and propagated Roundup Ready canola that he hadn't paid for. Since he knew that it was RR, and he kept it knowing that it wasn't his, he was at fault.
That's a far cry from having grown your own seeds for thirty years and then suddenly being forced to buy new ones.
That's ridiculous. While I do fully support the use of transgenic crops, I find it silly to force farmers into buying something they may not want.
Giving them the choice to buy GM seed is fine; forcing them to buy GM seed and abide by North American terms and conditions is debilitating.
You're over-simplifying. I highly doubt that the 25% that don't have internet access all have computers. I'm sure that, by now, anywhere from 5 to 10% of people who have computers don't have internet access, and they don't play games anyway. Except for Solitaire and Minesweeper.
(i.e. Extreme Use of Nearly Universal Cooling Hardware)
The folks at The Temple ov Thee Lemur" took an old 486 SX/25, cooled it down using nothing but a freezer and cold booze, and were able to overclock it to 247 Mhz and play HalfLife for two minutes before it crashed and burned.
The previous poster could be referring either to The Lion King or to the fact that Atlantis was eerily similar to Nadia: Secret of Blue Water. There's even a handy comparison chart.
Spooky!
From one Canadian to another, I'll concur with you: I've never heard anybody say "aboot".
I have, howevever, heard many "aboat"s, especially if you're in the Maritimes or the Ottawa Valley. Go figure!
Why is it always the popular planets that get recognition? Support the lesser-knowns! Get in touch with the nice folks at Sony and tell them that you want to go to Ord Mantell!
I'll disagree with you on one point--I dislike Batali intensely. To me, he ranks right up there with Martha Steward when it comes to condescention.
Sorry to be anal, but the dude's name is Tim Rogers, not Tim Roberts. :)
I like to maintain that they're from Kentucky, because that's what the Behind the Laughter episode states.
Attached to that document is a multi-page treatise on how that episode was a big joke anyway, and just because the actors who portray The Simpsons are from Kentucky doesn't mean that the show is set in Kentucky.
I, however, stand by my convictions, much like how it's obvious that The Common Man is the Man For All Seasons in the play of the same name.
Call me an incorrigible geek, but that little tidbit made me giddy.
While we're at it, I've always wanted to see a field guide to identifying common household microorganisms. For instance, what (sets of) critters are responsible for the "pink ones", "yellow ones", or "white ones"?
It's extremely tough to do this properly at home, because any group of household microorganisms is actually going to be a mixed population. It can be done, but be prepared to pick up some sterile-wrapped agar plates, a bunsen burner, and a large quantity of straight ethanol.
Back to the task at hand: it's often impossible to tell which bacteria is which based solely on its colour. To properly identify what bugs are crudding up your shower curtain it's best to have it done by a clinical lab where they can check the microorganism's nutritional requirements, motility, and microscopic appearance. There are entire books dedicated to the subject!
It's been two years since I've done any microbiology, so I'm probably pretty rusty. I'd say off the top of my head, though, that you're most likely to find that they're from the following genera (in no particular order): Escherichia, Proteus, Staphylococcus, Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, Neisseria, Bacillis and Streptococcus.
Just out of curiosity, why are you taking clarithromycin instead of, say, azithromycin, which has fewer unpleasant side effects?
:)
Sorry: I just wrote the exam for my fourth-year pharmacology course and it's still very much fresh in my mind
No such thing exists. More like "Nerdular Nerdence".
This was mentioned previously, but I'll expand on it by saying that Honda has mandated that, by the end of this year, 95% of the products and materials be recyclable. This is on top of Honda of Canada (as an example) recycling 98% of their manufacturing waste.
As an aside, if you're a manufacturing geek and you ever get a chance to visit a Honda plant (such as the one in Alliston, ON), take it. The place is absolutely spectacular.
Repeat after me: Agent Orange is in no way related to RoundUp.
Agent Orange is a mixture of 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (reference).
RoundUp is glyphosate: N-(phosphonomethyl) glycine (reference 1, reference 2).
How do these Alps keyswitches differ from the buckling leaf spring ones that you can get on, say, the models from PCKeyboard.com?
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Regardless, if I had a Mac I'd buy one of those suckers in a second. I desperately miss the old clickety-clack of the Keyboards of Ancient Past.
Namco's servers start looking a little like stars (ie. super-heated balls of gas) when hordes of avid Slashdot readers all attempt to simultaneously download a 10-megabyte MPEG file at once.
Previous posts have made suggestions to get your vision checked to see if you either need glasses or you need your prescription changed. I'd definitely opt for that with the suggestion that, in the meanwhile, you bump down your screen resolution and sit further away from the monitor if possible.
The reason I suggest this is that your eyes require no effort in order to focus on objects in the distance, but require the contraction of the ciliary muscles in order to focus on objects that are close up. This response, like any other muscle response, can fatigue if it's held for a long time.
A lot of Visine may help as well -- if you are spending a lot of time in front of a monitor you are probably blinking a lot less, too.
Good luck!
They've already stooped to this low!
This attitude is exactly what's keeping OSS from taking off. Referring to people who use the software as lusers is indicative of the disrespect that is shown towards people who use computers but don't know how to recompile their kernel or build their own device driver.
This isn't high school any more, people. Time to grow up.
I believe that you're missing the point of the article. The point of episodic gaming is that the game itself would be provided free of charge, with extra content and storyline available at $5 per month.
Am I the only person that sees no internet connectivity as an advantage? I couldn't care less if my console can go online or not.
What I want is an excellent multiplayer experience that I can share with three other people in the room. Nintendo's games have got this in spades. A game of Mario Party just wouldn't be the same if the people you were playing against weren't in the same room.
I see nothing wrong with Nintendo forcing us to be social creatures in order to get our multiplayer fix. Let Microsoft and Sony make games that can be played online; the truth of the matter is all the multiplayer games I play are on Nintendo right now, except for Guilty Gear X2 (PS2) and Power Stone 2 (DC).
The important part is that it will still be out before Duke Nukem: Forever.