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So... He was supposed to destroy the seed from his own land and change the way he farmed because it had been contaminated by Monsanto's genes drifting in the breeze? Sounds like he has grounds for a damage suit.
He didn't end up with those genes in his crop from nothing. He says that it must have been contamination from neighbouring crops. (Cross-pollenation.) Monsanto dropped all claims that he directly used their seed. It's also stated quite clearly that he never used Roundup on his fields.
That's the problem with patenting living things. You don't have to worry about patented self-sealing stembolts crawling into your parts bins from nextdoor and breeding like bunnies.
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He saved the seed from his own fields. How was he supposed to seperate out the Roundup-ready contaminated stuff?
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Canola is the fancy name they switched to after marketing figured out why rape seed wasn't selling. (Except for China where they don't know what the word means.)
It wasn't designed to run on other OSs and Microsoft didn't promise that it would. DRDOS mimicked MSDOS well enough to run it. Microsoft was under no obligation to insure that Win 3.1 would run over DRDOS. The question is did Microsoft deliberately make a commercial shipping version incompatible? Quite likely, but not in that case. They've done so many scuzzy things that there's no point in inventing more.
It wasn't that there was an incompatibility. (Might be, might not be.) It was that Win 3.1 beta users were only supposed to be running it over MSDOS. Any errors they reported or technical support they required would be a waste of Microsoft's time since they were using an unsupported platform.
The error message did suck:
Non-fatal error detected: Error number [varied].
Please contact Windows 3.1 beta support.
Press enter to exit or C to continue.
Something like "Unsupported OS detected. Proceed at own risk (Y/N)?" might have been better. In any event, that code was turned off in the shipping version of Win 3.1.
1. A low prolonged sound expressing sadness, grief or pain.
2. Any similar sound, eg made by the wind or an engine.
3. colloq
A complaint or grumble.
4. colloq
Someone who complains a lot.
They were dead, now they're up and shambling around and making moaning noises. However the question of whether they still have a soul left remains unanswered. Until that's determined, the Resurrected vs. Zombiefied issue is moot.
where it appears that some versions of Windows 3.x simply refused to install on it for no good reason and providing only confusing errors.
That was a beta version of Windows, the error message wasn't very confusing, and the reason wasn't hard to understand: Why give out a beta version of Windows and then try to provide technical support for someone else's OS? I'm pretty sure that version of Windows would run over DRDOS, but would always give the warning message.
Yes, I almost added more about OS-9 because it doesn't deserve to be lumped under "a few years". I think that chart (like a lot UNIX/Internet history) tends to be from the viewpoint of universities and linked companies who didn't have to go out and fiddle with micros much.
It's a good thing that it doesn't have dozens of OSs that didn't last long enough or have enough impact to be worth charting. SWTPC's UniFlex, Microware's OS-9, Cromemco's Cromix, etc. They'd last a few years then sink away. Many weren't that close to UNIX, but were certainly inspired by it.
Robbie fell on hard times after his movie career burned out. He did have a few guest shots on shows like Lost In Space, but word got around fast that you couldn't depend on him. One day he'd be fine, the next he'd be lurching around the set shouting "Crush! Kill! Destroy!"
Rather sad. He never even made it into late night TV commercials.
If you can't wait for the cinemas to install this technology, swift application of a roll of duct-tape (to the heads of cell phone users) will also work.
The only reason it's been neglected for so long is that in the past CDs have come from trusted sources. Well no more.
Yeah, in the past only respectable haxors and pirates could burn CDs, but now any punk record company can burn their own--you have to be careful these day!
or perhaps even just a simple "look on this site to see the license agreement" blurb.
That's just a shrinkwrap licence that they can arbitrarily change even after you've opened it. Maybe I should pass a small card to the store clerk that states that they are responsible for huge consulting rates of my time if I have to clean malware off my computer? (Full "agreement" available on my website.)
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So... He was supposed to destroy the seed from his own land and change the way he farmed because it had been contaminated by Monsanto's genes drifting in the breeze? Sounds like he has grounds for a damage suit.
That's the problem with patenting living things. You don't have to worry about patented self-sealing stembolts crawling into your parts bins from nextdoor and breeding like bunnies.
He saved the seed from his own fields. How was he supposed to seperate out the Roundup-ready contaminated stuff?
Canola is the fancy name they switched to after marketing figured out why rape seed wasn't selling. (Except for China where they don't know what the word means.)
If she also pulls out a can of fava beans, run!
"Yes, Bob is here, but no, I won't pass the phone to him."
Do us all a favour then: Don't get the camera model. :)
It wasn't designed to run on other OSs and Microsoft didn't promise that it would. DRDOS mimicked MSDOS well enough to run it. Microsoft was under no obligation to insure that Win 3.1 would run over DRDOS. The question is did Microsoft deliberately make a commercial shipping version incompatible? Quite likely, but not in that case. They've done so many scuzzy things that there's no point in inventing more.
The error message did suck:
Something like "Unsupported OS detected. Proceed at own risk (Y/N)?" might have been better. In any event, that code was turned off in the shipping version of Win 3.1.Very well. Take him out and shoot him. Didn't they ever tell you "publish or perish"?
That's not a Babylon 5 sound site. Now, this is a Babylon 5 sound site! (Wow! Check the bloopers too.) A zipped "death incarnate"
I would have gone for something a little more forceful like Susan Ivanova's "death incarnate" speech. :P
Heh. You knew that Helm to starboard! is a hard turn to the right when you wrote that. Admit it!
What makes you think that they ever brought back the original Coke?
They were dead, now they're up and shambling around and making moaning noises. However the question of whether they still have a soul left remains unanswered. Until that's determined, the Resurrected vs. Zombiefied issue is moot.
That was a beta version of Windows, the error message wasn't very confusing, and the reason wasn't hard to understand: Why give out a beta version of Windows and then try to provide technical support for someone else's OS? I'm pretty sure that version of Windows would run over DRDOS, but would always give the warning message.
Yes, I almost added more about OS-9 because it doesn't deserve to be lumped under "a few years". I think that chart (like a lot UNIX/Internet history) tends to be from the viewpoint of universities and linked companies who didn't have to go out and fiddle with micros much.
It's a good thing that it doesn't have dozens of OSs that didn't last long enough or have enough impact to be worth charting. SWTPC's UniFlex, Microware's OS-9, Cromemco's Cromix, etc. They'd last a few years then sink away. Many weren't that close to UNIX, but were certainly inspired by it.
Rather sad. He never even made it into late night TV commercials.
If they didn't put wallpaper over the windows, what does it matter if they're open or closed? (Assuming no special glass/mesh.)
If you can't wait for the cinemas to install this technology, swift application of a roll of duct-tape (to the heads of cell phone users) will also work.
Yeah, in the past only respectable haxors and pirates could burn CDs, but now any punk record company can burn their own--you have to be careful these day!
That's just a shrinkwrap licence that they can arbitrarily change even after you've opened it. Maybe I should pass a small card to the store clerk that states that they are responsible for huge consulting rates of my time if I have to clean malware off my computer? (Full "agreement" available on my website.)