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  1. Re:question has already been answered on Smart Breeding to Beat Biotechnology? · · Score: 1

    Do a little looking besides the site put up by this guy and anti-GM sites.
    The fields in question had around 95%-98% of these seeds, far more then by accident or by wind blowing. The numbers that say this is far less including all of the guys crops not the fields specified in the lawsuit.
    The charges of him stealing the seed from someone else was dropped because of lack of evidence; no picutres or evidence beside he was growning the seed makes it a little hard to prove thief.
    The guy had intentionally planned the seed and resonable research showed that it was more then the wind putting the round-up resistance seed in the ground.
    The guy was nothing but a thief.

  2. Re:GM has more unexpected side effects on Smart Breeding to Beat Biotechnology? · · Score: 1

    That the organic food is different shape, sizes and fresher is not a factor of it being organic it is because they come from local, smaller sources.
    Your conventional fruits usally have to be shipped long distances so they are picked sooner so they are not as ripe, so they can survive the trip.
    Also larger producers will grade thier products dividing based on size and color, so that they all look the same at the store. For instances with organges the ones you get the store are all the prettiest, since that is what people look at to purchase, while the smaller ones are made into juice. Since the smaller ones(provided it is ripe) is more likly to contain more sugar they taste the best.

    Now your "organic" are probably going to be from a local source who needs to sell all items grown so you have the mixture of sizes and since they were local were probably picked when closer to being ripe. If you havn't try checking out your local farmers market or road side seller; most will provide you will the riper product without the extra "organic" price tag.

  3. Re:EVE Online on MMOG Subscription Winners, Losers Analyzed · · Score: 1

    The reason the graphics are good is because they are still background pictures that you can never get to; go grab the touched up NASA photos for the same effect. Once you get close to stuff the graphics are not that good.

    The biggest problem I had with Eve-online is that it does not know what type of game it wants to be. The best way to explain would be if you were playing the game of Monopoly and ever time you wanted to put up a house or hotel you had to go design a building, locate the materials and then take the time, in game, to build the house/hotel; you are then graded to make sure it meets certain min requirements. You don't get extra money for a better or worse building you just have to do it.

  4. Re:Dead On on MMOG Subscription Winners, Losers Analyzed · · Score: 1

    AC is coming out with an expanion pack to up the graphic and to add PK based castle type acitivies.

    EQ players are not going to move over in huge numbers to EQ2. If they wanted a better game they already exist, they stick because friends are there, they have powerful characters who thye don't want to loose, and EQ2 will not be EQ with new graphics and a new expantion pack.

    WoW will do about the same as SWG in the US; however in other markets it will be huge.

  5. Re:EU better watch out on American Airlines Is Third Company To Share Data · · Score: 1, Informative

    The EU already does this with non-EU visitors.
    As a visitor to an EU country you are required to give your passport to hotels. The hotels then send all that is send to interpol where it is stored for unknown amounts of time.
    In the US you are only tracked when you enter and certain forms of internal transportation; in the EU you get all of thoses in addition to every time you want to sleep indoors.

  6. Re:All over the place over here on Stoplights to Mete Out Punishment? · · Score: 1

    Make that stay right if you are a slow driver; let the fast drivers drive in the left lane.

  7. Re:All over the place over here on Stoplights to Mete Out Punishment? · · Score: 1

    In germany, and most of Europe, you are required to have a first aid kit(non-expired) and accident reflecting warning device(the triangle). This is checked during the standard car inspections.
    Thier is no requirement for a gas can, however thier is a fine(around $35US IIRC) if you run out of gas while on the autoban. Mainly because it is a stupid thing to happen(check your gas before traveling), and is a cause of accidents with a suddenly slowing down.
    As for the passing lane a new law went into effect 1st of April where it is illegal to "elephant race" basiclly keep your same speed when passing(mainly done by trailer trucks). The passing lane is for passing, the only expection on the autobon is when traffic is backed up. It is hard to pass thoses BMW with my mazda truck when the passing lane is filled with slow drivers.
    BTW clogging up passing lane is also illegal is most US states. However over here in Germany most drivers do recognize that if you are slow stay left.

  8. Re:God Bless Texas on Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases? · · Score: 1

    No need to calculate it your self here is a site that does it by each state.

  9. Re:Flamebait? Stupid mods on Auto-Censoring DVD Player · · Score: 2, Informative

    They only people for who it is illegal to sell the coverless books are the book stores who have signed an agreement with the book distributor that say instead of sending back the complete book they can send back just the front cover and they will destroy the book.
    In the book themselves some just have a warning that if the book it is a missing the front cover it could of been illegally sold, and for the would-be purchases not to buy it. As a purchasers I am under no legal requirement, just a moral one.

  10. Re:Google Ads on New Online Advertising Model Riles Journalists · · Score: 1

    Where it is really funny is with news sites.
    For instance eariler this week one site had an article on how in support of some sport player people wear afro wig. Some principal or someone like that wore one got photographed and then got into trouble for racal insensitivily. The google ads were filled with wig sellers.

  11. Re:planetside on Golden Cog Awards Celebrate MMO Winners · · Score: 1

    That is because it really was not that innovative.
    Compared to other FPS such as BF1942,UT it does not add anything to the battle except for larger numbers of people at once and with thoses others you can have upto 64 people, and world war II online had thoses large scale battles.
    If they really wanted to be innovative they would of created destroyable bridges/factories/building/etc and allowed it so that wars could be won; then switched to a new map.

  12. Re:wasnt there an aggreement on this? on Weapons in Space · · Score: 1

    How was it ignored?
    The US went by the letter and spirit of the treaty when it said it was not longer going to be governed by it.
    Stop all your hate speech.

  13. Re:The States on Weapons in Space · · Score: 0, Troll

    Where have we seen global warming? On what planet??

    We only have evidence on regional warming, and we also have evidence on regional cooling. And thoses only if you look at specific times.

  14. Re: Evil Government Intrusion on Congress To Force Cable a la Carte Plans · · Score: 1

    In most places the cable company is given the monolpy by the local city government just like other utilities; so in most cases they are actualy public monopolies.
    Check with you city officials and see when the current contract expires and lobby to get them provide this type of service on the next contract.

  15. Re:Well on Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually it is recent treaties, it is redone around every 10 years again depending on country, and this is standard with all places where the US has military bases. Also it is the same with militay members of other countries assigned to work in the US.
    Do a search for SOFA or Standard of Forces agreement.
    Also it depends on the type of crime and the location where the crime was committed.

  16. All you anti-American people. on Extradition of Warez Suspect Blocked · · Score: 1, Informative

    One wonders how the US government would react if a foreign nation tried a similar approach.
    Try doing some minor research the US and other countries do it all the time, but I guess it more fun to be anti-american without the knowledge.
    Try looking at some like this. Or this or this
    The fact is the US extridites people to other countries all the times, denies extradition attempts and the same happens to it.

  17. Re:Free as in "get out of my face" on EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million, Officially · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It is not a matter of choice.
    It is a matter that microsoft has a near monopoly. As such it comes other restriction. The main one(at least in the US and similar in the EU) is that you cannot use your monopoly in one area to get a monopoly in another.

  18. Re:Clearing some terms up on World of Warcraft Beta Dissected · · Score: 1

    PvE is more player vs evironment. Also seen as PvM Player vs MOB.
    Back in the days of diku MUDs most things were called objects in the code to create something the players could attack you created a mobile object or MOB. You still see people use the term MOB for anything in game that can be attacked.
    Also emote is for emotion. It is usally put in a different style so people use it for alot of different stuff.
    DPS is damager per second. It is a way to bring all weapons to a common comparison point. So a weapon that attacks once a second for 1 point of damage and a weapon that attacks every 10 seconds for 10 points of damage has the same DPS.

  19. Re:Where does the ownership go? on 100-Year Domain Renewals? · · Score: 1

    They would just be treated like any other debt or obligation for any other company.
    If purchased the new company would be obligated to provide service as detailed in the agreement when you pay the contract.
    If network solutions went belly up and no one purchased it and its info, then you are probably in trouble like everyone else.
    If the government decided to take over all control then depending on which government you might get a prorated money back or nothing at all.

  20. Re:Nuked not on U.S. Prepares to Get Nuked · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunatly, the explosion is not the bad part of the dirty bomb. The problem and why it more destructive then a regular bomb is the clean up.
    The explosives of the dirty bomb would cause the tiny fragments of radioactive materials to be inbedded in all surronding structures. Thier is no effective method of removing all that material without the removal of all structures.
    So while the buildings could be structurally safe, they would have to be removed because of the radiation damage, unless you could get someone to agree to live with whatever small level thier is.

  21. Re:Let me just say this... on FCC to Regulate 'Profane' Speech · · Score: 1

    Check out what is happening in Italy. They are more upset then the US, and it was for a TV show displaying a surgery.

  22. Re:Maybe... on Blizzard's World of Warcraft Beta Goes Live · · Score: 1

    The most anticipated MMO amoung the general population was The Sims Online.
    SWG was up there but was still primarily a "geek" population.

    But my main reason of posting was to rant yet again against a terrible game by Blizzard Warcraft III. Here you have a game that game nothing new to the RTS domain and even worse did a very poor job of implementing all the previous ideas.

  23. Re:Diamonds on Microsoft and EU Talks End · · Score: 1

    Ignoring artifical diamonds(look honey I got you an artifical diamond for your weding ring is not going to work) and focus on the Russian diamonds.
    They have tried this before the problem is that debeers has huge stockloads of diamonds of all qualities. Alot of the russian diamonds that previous were widly available were lower quality so debeers lowed the price of thoses diamonds killed the market for the russians then bumped it up again.

  24. Re:No Loss on EA's Earth and Beyond MMOG To Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Give Eve a try it has alot of interesting ideas and for $5 it is worth the 1 free month.
    The best description of Eve would be a game of monopoly where you had to located and purchase, then nail-by-nail build your houses and hotels.

  25. Re:Take a look under the hood. on Dept. Of Homeland Security Chooses Groove, P2P · · Score: 1

    MS paid a bunch of money to license groove, they were suppose to add alot of groove functionality into ms-office.
    this was around 3-4 years ago have not kept up with the latest developments.