Additionally, by cherrypicking the desired gene, he won't have to give up, or struggle to retain, other traits that are 'pushed out' by the crossbreeding, which will supplant 50% of the genes in the first-generation cross.
Going after GMO is more like banning filters than screwdrivers.
I see 'black lights' as blindingly bright. I can't be in the same room with one. I'm a freak, but I understand this also affects some folks who've had cataract surgery.
And I'm wondering how you plan to coat rain, snow, and dust.
But they'd need to be wraparound goggles, not just frontal lenses. Otherwise you've created a shitload of blind spots.
Some years ago I had a pair of sunglasses that had opaque side panels. Sure informed me how much I use peripheral vision to drive -- I couldn't drive wearing the bloody things, it was like being half-blind.
BTW I see in the dark like a vampire, it's nearly always bright enough for me to drive without any lights. Problem is, then other folks can't see me... not to mention the stupid deer...
I don't think it's assholicness. In my observation, it's some kind of herd instinct, to not be 'left behind'.
I say this because I was passenger/trainer with a new driver who was trying extra hard to be road-polite, yet when someone tried to pass her (even on a 4-lane!), she'd unconsciously speed up -- and she didn't notice she was doing so until I pointed it out. I knew her well enough to know it was NOT intentional.
Most drivers don't have someone watching their every move to bitchslap this behavior, so they just unconsciously do it -- and since they don't even notice themselves doing it, would swear up and down they did no such thing. You don't get anywhere telling these people they're assholes. You get further telling 'em to watch their speedometer better, so they learn to be aware of these unintentional behaviors.
Probably not baked bread (heat kills yeast) but either bread dough, or later, a small reserve from the brew itself -- much how sourdough uses a bit of the previous batch.
I remember 20-some years ago, a good chunk of San Diego County (not inside a military reserve) was cordoned off because it was infested with old ordnance. I don't recall how it was dealt with beyond that.
Ah, thanks. Interesting stuff. Now I'm wondering how long it takes for the ship to become surrounded to the point of no return, ie. how easy is it to make a mistake in judgment and wind up stuck?
Probably 45 or 50 years ago, I saw a documentary on icebreakers... doubt it's what Netflix carries but ya never know. Of course by now all I remember is that I saw it.:)
Roald Amundsen wrote about such stuff back in the day, might have to revisit some of his journals since I see they're on archive.org now.
I'm gonna make shit up here, but I think there's some logic worth investigating:
Maybe you had a slight reaction (affecting your sense of balance and such) to the quake's equivalent of an EMP pulse, which I'd think would happen at the moment the slip started -- like a giant static charge, maybe affecting local magnetic fields. And I expect the initial slip starts some time before the event we call a quake.
On a related note, I have this little vibrating massage doohickey, that if I use it on my scalp, it makes my eyes jiggle so everything looks bent.
Which started when the migrations from the coastal metro areas began impacting farm and ranch country. Locals know enough not to let their dogs chase cows and to close gates behind themselves, and not drive off the existing roads. These newly-arrived city yahoos didn't. Having had enough of the resulting property destruction, farmers reacted by closing off their land, and now access is by request, rather than allowed by default.
You should find out how many of those animals are local, and how many are imported from out of the area or out of state. Many shelters now import dogs to fill their cages. The humane society in Nampa, Idaho actually advertised on Craigslist, wanting to buy puppies so they could resell 'em. (I saw the ad myself.)
Per CDC figures, the rescue industry imports over 300,000 dogs from overseas every year (the last figure I saw was 307,000). If we're full up, why are they importing a quarter of all the dogs sold in the U.S. today??
We're not equipped with fangs and claws and horns, so we equip ourselves with weapons instead.
Go out into the wild and try hunting anything bigger than a cat without some sort of armament. Deer kill a few hunters every year; they'd kill a lot more people trying to bring 'em down without being armed. And bear hunting, that'd be a REAL sport!
They actually have offered the 'solution' of birth control for wild animals. How they expect to manage this in the wild escapes me, but I suspect the real goal was introducing it into ranges used for livestock, so as to damage the sources for commercial meat.
The local Fish & Game keeps stats on hunter success, and this past deer season it was running around 12-13%. So the 'sport' aspect is that chances are you won't 'win', whether you hunt for meat or not.
To my mind, it's not worth the trouble if you're not gonna eat it, but even purely trophy hunters usually have a guide or other hirelings who are more than happy to haul home any unwanted meat. I remember reading about trophy hunts in Africa, where as soon as Great White Hunter had gone off with what he wanted from his kill, the natives swarmed out of the bush and took the rest.
And if nothing else, the coyotes and hyenas will be glad to clean up after you.
...with over 40 years and +2500 dogs worth of experience. I usually have ~50 dogs in my kennel, and I do all my own kennel work. I've watched more dogs shit and scooped more poop than these researchers could ever hope to.
And I think they're losing sight of the sheer force of habit. About half of all dogs will always crap in the same spot, facing the same direction, and which direction depends mostly on their surroundings. Frex, most crap facing 'forward' (toward the door of their kennel, or if in a yard, toward the house), so naturally the daily act winds up aligned one way. Rotate the kennel 90 degrees and you'll rotate the direction the crapping dogs face with it.
The other half crap wherever they stop moving, which may be random or may be their notion of a convenient spot, but as a rule will still be facing toward their idea of what's public space'.
It's probably an aspect of the instinct to protect one's blind side, especially when vulnerable. But magnetic fields? They should try rotating their kennel. Seriously.
[My current kennel is a big square. So I get dogs facing four different directions to crap. Plus those that just go wherever the hell they stop moving.]
The "TSA culture" has made it worse, by promoting the Little Tin God mentality, abetted by today's worst-first reactions. But as someone said, never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity (or, I'd add, ignorance).
What's probably needed are regs to the effect that anything confiscated has to be held pending 1) notification to the owner, and 2) examination by a qualified person (akin to a legal expert, called in at need), but 3) it cannot just be destroyed and thus made Not Our Problem.
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Problem is -- who else can afford to fund the research?
Universities? Well, their research money still has to come from somewhere.
Additionally, by cherrypicking the desired gene, he won't have to give up, or struggle to retain, other traits that are 'pushed out' by the crossbreeding, which will supplant 50% of the genes in the first-generation cross.
Going after GMO is more like banning filters than screwdrivers.
It also assumes that even if the 'natural' and 'GMO' plants are biochemically identical, one has evil magical properties that the other does not.
[My background is biochem/microbiology, so I kinda have a clue.]
I see 'black lights' as blindingly bright. I can't be in the same room with one. I'm a freak, but I understand this also affects some folks who've had cataract surgery.
And I'm wondering how you plan to coat rain, snow, and dust.
But they'd need to be wraparound goggles, not just frontal lenses. Otherwise you've created a shitload of blind spots.
Some years ago I had a pair of sunglasses that had opaque side panels. Sure informed me how much I use peripheral vision to drive -- I couldn't drive wearing the bloody things, it was like being half-blind.
BTW I see in the dark like a vampire, it's nearly always bright enough for me to drive without any lights. Problem is, then other folks can't see me... not to mention the stupid deer...
I don't think it's assholicness. In my observation, it's some kind of herd instinct, to not be 'left behind'.
I say this because I was passenger/trainer with a new driver who was trying extra hard to be road-polite, yet when someone tried to pass her (even on a 4-lane!), she'd unconsciously speed up -- and she didn't notice she was doing so until I pointed it out. I knew her well enough to know it was NOT intentional.
Most drivers don't have someone watching their every move to bitchslap this behavior, so they just unconsciously do it -- and since they don't even notice themselves doing it, would swear up and down they did no such thing. You don't get anywhere telling these people they're assholes. You get further telling 'em to watch their speedometer better, so they learn to be aware of these unintentional behaviors.
Probably not baked bread (heat kills yeast) but either bread dough, or later, a small reserve from the brew itself -- much how sourdough uses a bit of the previous batch.
Meanwhile, my town recently built a new library that IIRC cost $26M (for a town of ~35,000) so they must think *somebody* uses it.
I remember 20-some years ago, a good chunk of San Diego County (not inside a military reserve) was cordoned off because it was infested with old ordnance. I don't recall how it was dealt with beyond that.
Ah, thanks. Interesting stuff. Now I'm wondering how long it takes for the ship to become surrounded to the point of no return, ie. how easy is it to make a mistake in judgment and wind up stuck?
Probably 45 or 50 years ago, I saw a documentary on icebreakers... doubt it's what Netflix carries but ya never know. Of course by now all I remember is that I saw it. :)
Roald Amundsen wrote about such stuff back in the day, might have to revisit some of his journals since I see they're on archive.org now.
I hadn't known that's how they work, thanks for the info. How thick can they break up?
A month after setting 40+ new low temp records across the U.S. ....??
(Locally -- south-central Montana -- the new record was 3 degrees below the old, and the daily temps were already way at the bottom of the range.)
Followed by probably the warmest Jan.1st I've seen.
I think I've moved to Australia by mistake.
And various journals by Roald Amundsen:
http://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Amundsen%2C+Roald%2C+1872-1928%22
Don't icebreakers have specially reinforced hulls? If it's not a proper icebreaker, I'm wondering if it's at risk to get crushed as the ice moves.
I'm gonna make shit up here, but I think there's some logic worth investigating:
Maybe you had a slight reaction (affecting your sense of balance and such) to the quake's equivalent of an EMP pulse, which I'd think would happen at the moment the slip started -- like a giant static charge, maybe affecting local magnetic fields. And I expect the initial slip starts some time before the event we call a quake.
On a related note, I have this little vibrating massage doohickey, that if I use it on my scalp, it makes my eyes jiggle so everything looks bent.
Sorry, didn't know the name (or the incident). The Wiki link would have helped.
I think any time there are black ops (and black ops have existed throughout history) there's potential and probability of such 'accidents'. :(
Which started when the migrations from the coastal metro areas began impacting farm and ranch country. Locals know enough not to let their dogs chase cows and to close gates behind themselves, and not drive off the existing roads. These newly-arrived city yahoos didn't. Having had enough of the resulting property destruction, farmers reacted by closing off their land, and now access is by request, rather than allowed by default.
You should find out how many of those animals are local, and how many are imported from out of the area or out of state. Many shelters now import dogs to fill their cages. The humane society in Nampa, Idaho actually advertised on Craigslist, wanting to buy puppies so they could resell 'em. (I saw the ad myself.)
Per CDC figures, the rescue industry imports over 300,000 dogs from overseas every year (the last figure I saw was 307,000). If we're full up, why are they importing a quarter of all the dogs sold in the U.S. today??
So if there's a moral equivalence, PETA is arguing that 95% of humans should be killed.
I'm not being facetious; I think that's actually what they're arguing, in a backdoor sort of way.
We're not equipped with fangs and claws and horns, so we equip ourselves with weapons instead.
Go out into the wild and try hunting anything bigger than a cat without some sort of armament. Deer kill a few hunters every year; they'd kill a lot more people trying to bring 'em down without being armed. And bear hunting, that'd be a REAL sport!
They actually have offered the 'solution' of birth control for wild animals. How they expect to manage this in the wild escapes me, but I suspect the real goal was introducing it into ranges used for livestock, so as to damage the sources for commercial meat.
The local Fish & Game keeps stats on hunter success, and this past deer season it was running around 12-13%. So the 'sport' aspect is that chances are you won't 'win', whether you hunt for meat or not.
To my mind, it's not worth the trouble if you're not gonna eat it, but even purely trophy hunters usually have a guide or other hirelings who are more than happy to haul home any unwanted meat. I remember reading about trophy hunts in Africa, where as soon as Great White Hunter had gone off with what he wanted from his kill, the natives swarmed out of the bush and took the rest.
And if nothing else, the coyotes and hyenas will be glad to clean up after you.
...with over 40 years and +2500 dogs worth of experience. I usually have ~50 dogs in my kennel, and I do all my own kennel work. I've watched more dogs shit and scooped more poop than these researchers could ever hope to.
And I think they're losing sight of the sheer force of habit. About half of all dogs will always crap in the same spot, facing the same direction, and which direction depends mostly on their surroundings. Frex, most crap facing 'forward' (toward the door of their kennel, or if in a yard, toward the house), so naturally the daily act winds up aligned one way. Rotate the kennel 90 degrees and you'll rotate the direction the crapping dogs face with it.
The other half crap wherever they stop moving, which may be random or may be their notion of a convenient spot, but as a rule will still be facing toward their idea of what's public space'.
It's probably an aspect of the instinct to protect one's blind side, especially when vulnerable. But magnetic fields? They should try rotating their kennel. Seriously.
[My current kennel is a big square. So I get dogs facing four different directions to crap. Plus those that just go wherever the hell they stop moving.]
The "TSA culture" has made it worse, by promoting the Little Tin God mentality, abetted by today's worst-first reactions. But as someone said, never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity (or, I'd add, ignorance).
What's probably needed are regs to the effect that anything confiscated has to be held pending 1) notification to the owner, and 2) examination by a qualified person (akin to a legal expert, called in at need), but 3) it cannot just be destroyed and thus made Not Our Problem.
And much like Calvinism, only the Elect can be Saved.