Forget the Wall Street Journal. This needs to resonant with the Dicks and Janes that walk main street USA. The US is racking up record deficits and debts, a huge chunk of which is borrowed from foreigners. It's economy is still reliant on important strategic resources like oil. There is only so long it can go on doing this. At some point, the US must produce goods and services for the global marketplace that are competitive enough to generate the tax base to not only stem future deficits, but also pay down some of the accrued debt. When I put what this article has to say together with some of the more recent studies on US literacy and numeracy, the picture is pretty scary. There is some life to the US economy right now, but what happens when all the stimulus money dries up, and foreign investors realize that US T-Bills, savings bonds, and even US currency potentially isn't worth the paper it is written on? The financial turmoil of the last 12 months is going to look like a cakewalk then.
Thanks cmarvin42! I think his closing remark,"Also note that glyphosate, especially when sold by Monsanto is fucking expensive." is evidence enough as to how simplistic this individual is. Perhaps if he and the other uninformed ilk on this board did a little homework too, they might find that Syngenta, BASF, and a number of other companies also either have or will soon have their counterparts to Monsanto's glyphosate resistant technology contrary to their claims of 'Monsanto's monopoly'.
AC, whoever you might be, can you prove to me that you are directly involved with the investigation of these cases, have the expertise to properly do so, and have real evidence to substantiate your claim? I am an agrologist here in Canada. If I made such claims without such investigation and substantiating evidence I'd be guilty of both professional misconduct before my governing body, and libel. Chances are you are probably one of simpletons that parrot the propaganda that some organizations use to scare the simple-minded members of the public into donating dollars to their cause so they can protest at the next WTO, G20, or similar meeting. And if it isn't GMOs (or soon synbio) that agriculture uses to support its business model, you'll find other faults with agriculture, be it SSCM or VMS technology. The fact you would say to quote, "Monsanto's seeds are engineered to be infertile too" shows me what an idiot you are.
Most of the anti-GMO crowd is pretty simple in their thinking. They'll rave about organic crops that rely heavily on tillage techniques which promote oxidation of soil organic matter, breakdown of soil structure, and other adverse effects, but condemn GMOs like Round-Up Ready crops that enable zero-tillage systems that preserve soil organic matter, moisture, and structure.
Next time your dentist needs to drill a cavity in your mouth, can I suggest he use this little puppy to do the job: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tete-de-foreuse-p1010268.jpg. It's right in keeping with your suggest for a 30 series John Deere in a Japanese hort crop.
Has anyone considered what the future looks like for MS when I can use my I can use my Apple i device of choice in conjunction with WiMax to access FOSS and other applications running on Google servers?
Problem is, all the American engineers that know how to create a durable vehicle are busy building Mars rovers, instead of your next Impala/Taurus/Sebring.
As an agrologist that grew up in the dairy industry, I can tell you right now this is one of the most laughable initiatives to come along in a long time. Too bad the people proposing this don't have half a clue about how we use genetics in the production of livestock products. THERE WILL BE NO MEAT OR MILK COMING FROM ANY CLONED ANIMALS FOR A LONG TIME. These people are wasting everyone's time.
Ditto! I have a HP 2605dn as well. Great home office machine. As for photos, my wife is into printing those, and for that she heads down to London Drugs.
As a marathon runner over the years I have noticed something with new runners that show up at our winter-spring clinics who have recently or are trying to quit smoking. The ones that stick with the regime (about 16 weeks) that it takes to prep for a marathon I have repeatedly told me that they lose their nicotine craving almost totally, and that the running seems to be a big part of it. These are people who were previously quite hardcore smokers for a number of years. Could it be that running (and other forms of exercise) that stimulates new brain cell production also rewires the brain from its nicotine addiction in smokers?
This is precisely the relevance. An excellent example is Hanover Hill Starbuck, possibly the world's most famous Holstein bull. The Centre d'Insemination Artificielle du Quebec (CIAQ) worked with University of Montreal researchers back around 2000 to produce a clone precisely for this purpose. The original had died in the late 90s after siring over 200,000 offspring.
I can't wait until they apply this to the beef industry. It's a bit of a shot in the dark right now over producing tender steaks. Basically we don't know what we have until it is hanging on a hook and then it was castrated as a calf. It will take a few years yet, but with cloning, we can recreate that animal as a bull and finally have tender beef all the time.
Yes, productivity is typically increased by about 10% because the udder is being kept clear of milk. This also basically eliminates mastitis as well. These machines are a big win all around for farmers, the cows themselves, and in the end, the consumer too.
Cows actually like to get milked. They don't want to walk around with their udder full. They were doing research with the first generation of robotic milkers when I was doing my Masters at Guelph in the early 90s. Robotic milking is a big win-win. I wish we had these things when I was growing up on the farm. They liberate the farmer from the milking process (at least twice a day), and they provide a much more natural experience for the cow. In the wild, lactating animals don't just feed their young twice a day. The research from the early 90s showed these machines being used on average 6 times a day by each cow, which coincidentally is about the same frequency a cow will nurse her calf. Clearing the udder of milk more frequently typcally increases a cow's milk production by about 10%, a win for the farmer. Less milk in the udder also means a drop in bacterial infections in the udder. Again a win for the farmer (and the cow) who doesn't have to go through the expense and time of treating mastitis.
I also recall somewhere that a number of senior automotive execs became extremely leery of MS after they did a presentation of some grand vision they had for the automotive industry. Apparently they the auto execs) like the fact that QSSL, besides making a solid product in QNX, has decided that is all they are going to do. MS could take a lesson from QSSL- do one thing and do it right.
I lost one brother in 88 to this disease. He was hospitalized in 87 and had been on heavy medication for a year with a lot of side effects. The drugs were a lot more cruel then, so he found his own cure.
A second brother starting showing signs in about 90. We lost him in 97. May they both rest in peace.
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Forget the Wall Street Journal. This needs to resonant with the Dicks and Janes that walk main street USA. The US is racking up record deficits and debts, a huge chunk of which is borrowed from foreigners. It's economy is still reliant on important strategic resources like oil. There is only so long it can go on doing this. At some point, the US must produce goods and services for the global marketplace that are competitive enough to generate the tax base to not only stem future deficits, but also pay down some of the accrued debt. When I put what this article has to say together with some of the more recent studies on US literacy and numeracy, the picture is pretty scary. There is some life to the US economy right now, but what happens when all the stimulus money dries up, and foreign investors realize that US T-Bills, savings bonds, and even US currency potentially isn't worth the paper it is written on? The financial turmoil of the last 12 months is going to look like a cakewalk then.
Thanks cmarvin42! I think his closing remark,"Also note that glyphosate, especially when sold by Monsanto is fucking expensive." is evidence enough as to how simplistic this individual is. Perhaps if he and the other uninformed ilk on this board did a little homework too, they might find that Syngenta, BASF, and a number of other companies also either have or will soon have their counterparts to Monsanto's glyphosate resistant technology contrary to their claims of 'Monsanto's monopoly'.
AC, whoever you might be, can you prove to me that you are directly involved with the investigation of these cases, have the expertise to properly do so, and have real evidence to substantiate your claim? I am an agrologist here in Canada. If I made such claims without such investigation and substantiating evidence I'd be guilty of both professional misconduct before my governing body, and libel. Chances are you are probably one of simpletons that parrot the propaganda that some organizations use to scare the simple-minded members of the public into donating dollars to their cause so they can protest at the next WTO, G20, or similar meeting. And if it isn't GMOs (or soon synbio) that agriculture uses to support its business model, you'll find other faults with agriculture, be it SSCM or VMS technology. The fact you would say to quote, "Monsanto's seeds are engineered to be infertile too" shows me what an idiot you are.
Most of the anti-GMO crowd is pretty simple in their thinking. They'll rave about organic crops that rely heavily on tillage techniques which promote oxidation of soil organic matter, breakdown of soil structure, and other adverse effects, but condemn GMOs like Round-Up Ready crops that enable zero-tillage systems that preserve soil organic matter, moisture, and structure.
Next time your dentist needs to drill a cavity in your mouth, can I suggest he use this little puppy to do the job: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tete-de-foreuse-p1010268.jpg. It's right in keeping with your suggest for a 30 series John Deere in a Japanese hort crop.
Has anyone considered what the future looks like for MS when I can use my I can use my Apple i device of choice in conjunction with WiMax to access FOSS and other applications running on Google servers?
Check it out. Nice little tool set for non-profits. At the right price too.
Problem is, all the American engineers that know how to create a durable vehicle are busy building Mars rovers, instead of your next Impala/Taurus/Sebring.
As an agrologist that grew up in the dairy industry, I can tell you right now this is one of the most laughable initiatives to come along in a long time. Too bad the people proposing this don't have half a clue about how we use genetics in the production of livestock products. THERE WILL BE NO MEAT OR MILK COMING FROM ANY CLONED ANIMALS FOR A LONG TIME. These people are wasting everyone's time.
Ditto! I have a HP 2605dn as well. Great home office machine. As for photos, my wife is into printing those, and for that she heads down to London Drugs.
As a marathon runner over the years I have noticed something with new runners that show up at our winter-spring clinics who have recently or are trying to quit smoking. The ones that stick with the regime (about 16 weeks) that it takes to prep for a marathon I have repeatedly told me that they lose their nicotine craving almost totally, and that the running seems to be a big part of it. These are people who were previously quite hardcore smokers for a number of years. Could it be that running (and other forms of exercise) that stimulates new brain cell production also rewires the brain from its nicotine addiction in smokers?
Problem not solved. Think about when the branding party takes place in the animal's life versus when it is slaughtered.
This is precisely the relevance. An excellent example is Hanover Hill Starbuck, possibly the world's most famous Holstein bull. The Centre d'Insemination Artificielle du Quebec (CIAQ) worked with University of Montreal researchers back around 2000 to produce a clone precisely for this purpose. The original had died in the late 90s after siring over 200,000 offspring.
I can't wait until they apply this to the beef industry. It's a bit of a shot in the dark right now over producing tender steaks. Basically we don't know what we have until it is hanging on a hook and then it was castrated as a calf. It will take a few years yet, but with cloning, we can recreate that animal as a bull and finally have tender beef all the time.
I thought Microsoft was actually working on software for the bulls, to help them do what they do best.
Yes, productivity is typically increased by about 10% because the udder is being kept clear of milk. This also basically eliminates mastitis as well. These machines are a big win all around for farmers, the cows themselves, and in the end, the consumer too.
Cows actually like to get milked. They don't want to walk around with their udder full. They were doing research with the first generation of robotic milkers when I was doing my Masters at Guelph in the early 90s. Robotic milking is a big win-win. I wish we had these things when I was growing up on the farm. They liberate the farmer from the milking process (at least twice a day), and they provide a much more natural experience for the cow. In the wild, lactating animals don't just feed their young twice a day. The research from the early 90s showed these machines being used on average 6 times a day by each cow, which coincidentally is about the same frequency a cow will nurse her calf. Clearing the udder of milk more frequently typcally increases a cow's milk production by about 10%, a win for the farmer. Less milk in the udder also means a drop in bacterial infections in the udder. Again a win for the farmer (and the cow) who doesn't have to go through the expense and time of treating mastitis.
That's right. There is China too.
What happened to QNX? I thought Ford was already working with them. Moving to MS would be a big step backward.
I also recall somewhere that a number of senior automotive execs became extremely leery of MS after they did a presentation of some grand vision they had for the automotive industry. Apparently they the auto execs) like the fact that QSSL, besides making a solid product in QNX, has decided that is all they are going to do. MS could take a lesson from QSSL- do one thing and do it right.
I thought QNX was pretty much getting this market wrapped up. Why would automakers want to switch to WinCE after a taste of QNX?
I lost one brother in 88 to this disease. He was hospitalized in 87 and had been on heavy medication for a year with a lot of side effects. The drugs were a lot more cruel then, so he found his own cure.
A second brother starting showing signs in about 90. We lost him in 97. May they both rest in peace.