But who will the overly litigious American peoples sue if something goes wrong? The doctor, who is, for all intents and purposes, not there? At any rate, while I am clearly attempting to facetious (sp?), this is really a very big step forward. I just don't want it working on me until they've worked out the bugs.
Doc
to keep these GMO's seperated, even from each other. I worked on a farm for several years, harvesting both commercial-grade soybeans (not for consumption, but they go into damn near everything else, especially newspaper ink) and field corn (not for eating off the ear, but goes into cereals, corn-bread mixes, corn flour, etc.)
The extremes that we went to, trying to keep the different varities of GMO soybeans and corn seperate from each other was insane, and would keep us out of the field for (sometimes) days. Cleaning the combine, the grain drill, the augers, the bins, the floors of the sheds, etc. All this is nescessary, too, because they test the grain when you take it to market, or to the larger holding bins. If they find even a ridicously low percentage of these GMO beans in a batch of non-GMO's, or in a different strain, they reject the whole batch, and you're out a couple of hundred bucks, as well as a couple of hundred bushel of grain. If the market or bin's miss it, and they accidentally infect a barge headed to Europe, that whole barge is rejected, and the fit really hits the shan.
Unfortunately, cross polination is still an issue with Bt corn, or the strain used to defeat corn-borer. You have to be careful as to where in the field rotations to place it, and you can't have too much of your crop as Bt corn, or the resistance develops inside the corn-borers, and it's endgame.
At any rate, when I see this kind of news, I can't help but think that the community, as a whole, is over-reacting, and actively blaming the farmers too often for something that is just a slip. It takes a helluva lot of work just to get the grain in and dried, let alone seperated, and even then you can't be 100% sure you've done it right. By all means, do the studies, and whatnot, but don't persecute the farmers anymore than you have to.
I dunno. It's hard, man. Just like everything else. Only they're feeding America, and the world.
For years, they've been toying with this idea...
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If I remember properly, at least. I've been reading about it in the agricultural papers for several years, about how pigs would make the perfect organ carriers, etc.
How interesting that they finally carried through with something. Hmph. Well, at least a pig's got personality, and personality goes a long way...or was that a dog?
by a fraction, 'one-twentieth the size' (i.e. multiply by (1/20=.05)) would be correct.
....Actually, if the debate on the symantecs of the statement still rages on, the above statement is STILL incorrect, as verified by the following statement:
'Times' here refers to multiplication
Ergo, in stating that something is one-twentieth the size, one is not expressly stating that it is multiplication that is being excercised. In order for the two above statements to be true, the following statement should be used:
as well as...
- A 18v Cordless Drill
- Several reserve batteries
- Drill bit extensions of varying lengths
- A full set of masonary bits
- A small step ladder
- A Hammer Drill
- Fishtape
- Miles of electrical tape
We'll, let it be said I've had to put some CAT-5 cable in some of the weirdest places, so I always come prepared to drill through concrete walls or steel I-beams to get the network hooked up...either that or tell them to screw off and go wireless, depending on how sensitive the data is.
All this equipment is, of course, just added on to a plethora of tools that come with us to a site. (Extenders, m-t-f connectors, plenty of RJ-45 heads, etc...)
Doc
I'm actually amazed that you took so long to type out something that could have just as easily been stated with two simple words, one being a verb, and the other being a pronoun.
With that said, you are obviously very bitter at Slashdot and it's members, as you are most probably Bill Gates. (Although one would hope that he would at least use the horrific spell-checker that MS built into Word before posting here. Yeesh. Grammar Grammar Grammar.)
As for the above story, about Kaz, why in the world would you buy a "passenger vehicle" with 8 wheels, that, by the websites admission, has all the sensibilities of a bus and a truck.
Am I missing something?
Re:Hmph....looks interesting...
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True.
Although, I'm sure he's speaking of the popular viewpoint of the masses, although not nescessarily the larger masses. They shed their pre-assigned persona of the shadowy-figure, lurking in the dark.
LOL
Have you ever tried mailing yourself an unsealed envelope? Especially with nothing inside it. If you ever recieved it at all, I'm sure you would be investigated immediatly.
Doc
Hmph....looks interesting...
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Looks like an interesting read. Now where can I download the e-book version of it?
Doc
"There are two essential rules to management. One, the customer is always right; and two, they must be punished for their arrogance."
- Dogbert
The best way to prove your copyright, now-a-days, is to put the material in an envelope, stamp it, mail it to yourself, and then simply leave it sealed, and file it away. The postmark on the letter is your "date of copyright" in a round-about way. It gives you the power of a date, whereas, if you didn't do this, it's a long battle of trying to prove exactly when you did create said work.
I've done this several times for various things I've written/designed, and I've never had to use it, thankfully. A lawyer buddy of mine says it's the best way to do it if you don't want to go through the infernal hell that is the "National Copyright Office".
N
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or are they just attempting to patent a somewhat altered "cookie" system?
no one put up the obligatory "In Soviet Russia..." joke, yet?
*sigh*
But who will the overly litigious American peoples sue if something goes wrong? The doctor, who is, for all intents and purposes, not there? At any rate, while I am clearly attempting to facetious (sp?), this is really a very big step forward. I just don't want it working on me until they've worked out the bugs.
Doc
Unfortunately, cross polination is still an issue with Bt corn, or the strain used to defeat corn-borer. You have to be careful as to where in the field rotations to place it, and you can't have too much of your crop as Bt corn, or the resistance develops inside the corn-borers, and it's endgame.
At any rate, when I see this kind of news, I can't help but think that the community, as a whole, is over-reacting, and actively blaming the farmers too often for something that is just a slip. It takes a helluva lot of work just to get the grain in and dried, let alone seperated, and even then you can't be 100% sure you've done it right. By all means, do the studies, and whatnot, but don't persecute the farmers anymore than you have to.
I dunno. It's hard, man. Just like everything else. Only they're feeding America, and the world.
How ironic. ( grin )
If I remember properly, at least. I've been reading about it in the agricultural papers for several years, about how pigs would make the perfect organ carriers, etc. How interesting that they finally carried through with something. Hmph. Well, at least a pig's got personality, and personality goes a long way...or was that a dog?
'Times' here refers to multiplication
Ergo, in stating that something is one-twentieth the size, one is not expressly stating that it is multiplication that is being excercised. In order for the two above statements to be true, the following statement should be used:
"One-twentieth times the size"
as well as...
- A 18v Cordless Drill
- Several reserve batteries
- Drill bit extensions of varying lengths
- A full set of masonary bits
- A small step ladder
- A Hammer Drill
- Fishtape
- Miles of electrical tape
We'll, let it be said I've had to put some CAT-5 cable in some of the weirdest places, so I always come prepared to drill through concrete walls or steel I-beams to get the network hooked up...either that or tell them to screw off and go wireless, depending on how sensitive the data is. All this equipment is, of course, just added on to a plethora of tools that come with us to a site. (Extenders, m-t-f connectors, plenty of RJ-45 heads, etc...)
Doc
With that said, you are obviously very bitter at Slashdot and it's members, as you are most probably Bill Gates. (Although one would hope that he would at least use the horrific spell-checker that MS built into Word before posting here. Yeesh. Grammar Grammar Grammar.)
As for the above story, about Kaz, why in the world would you buy a "passenger vehicle" with 8 wheels, that, by the websites admission, has all the sensibilities of a bus and a truck.
Am I missing something?
Although, I'm sure he's speaking of the popular viewpoint of the masses, although not nescessarily the larger masses. They shed their pre-assigned persona of the shadowy-figure, lurking in the dark.
Either that, or I'm off my rocker. Either way.
N
LOL
Have you ever tried mailing yourself an unsealed envelope? Especially with nothing inside it. If you ever recieved it at all, I'm sure you would be investigated immediatly.
Doc
Looks like an interesting read. Now where can I download the e-book version of it? Doc "There are two essential rules to management. One, the customer is always right; and two, they must be punished for their arrogance." - Dogbert
The best way to prove your copyright, now-a-days, is to put the material in an envelope, stamp it, mail it to yourself, and then simply leave it sealed, and file it away. The postmark on the letter is your "date of copyright" in a round-about way. It gives you the power of a date, whereas, if you didn't do this, it's a long battle of trying to prove exactly when you did create said work. I've done this several times for various things I've written/designed, and I've never had to use it, thankfully. A lawyer buddy of mine says it's the best way to do it if you don't want to go through the infernal hell that is the "National Copyright Office". N