Very expensive? I'd like to point out that my 64GB N9 cost me a few thousand less Philipino pesos than my Galaxy SI did. I don't call that very expensive. I'd say it's competitively priced.
That's great, unless you're in the US. To date there is no phone that will work on more than 1-2 carriers, and most that do are not capable of the fastest data connection (think dial-up speeds).
The Nokia N9 is pentaband. In the US 3G works on AT&T and T-Mobile.
You can still buy one that's unlocked, not on contract, obviously as you noted the initial cost is higher, but it's possible.
When I still lived in the States I had a Nokia 5800 and N97-mini, both were bought on the open market, not at the cellular provider and they worked just fine.
I knew I couldn't be the only one. Granted, I live in the Philippines now, but I am from the States
I have a Nokia N9 that I bought outright and just go pre-paid on it, previously had a Galaxy S. One of the best things for me about pre-paid here is that I can just turn the network on, use it and turn it off. There's a set fee of 5 pesos/15 minutes of use. I rarely use it with all the WIFI around, but when I need it that's pretty cheap and easy to do and the coverage here is very good. Now if only the American providers would adopt something more like this rather than forcing smart phone owners to an "unlimited" contract.
Again, the genes I was talking about for drought tolerance are NOT expressed in the grain. If you're eating the whole rice plant, you're doing it wrong!
We're working to develop rice that can still produce even under drought conditions using genes from bacteria, genes that aren't expressed in the grain itself at all.
This is something that could be quite useful to farmers, yet because of shortsightedness and Greenpeace, efforts like this may never be released for use.
It's not all about poisoning insects, or killing weeds, some of the GMO stuff is done to, you know, help people eat.
It's amazing to me that current science fails to appreciate the power of nature to overcome our tweaking and fiddling.
As a current scientist, we don't fail to understand at all.
We warned against this sort of thing, we've seen it before
It's the fault of the companies and the growers. For Bt corn you were supposed to plant a small reserve of non-Bt to prevent resistance in the corn borer. Of course many farmers thought, "My neighbor will do that" so they didn't. Or in the case of Roundup, it's so easy to use that growers no longer wanted to go to the effort of using a different mode of action, thus resistance is built up because you don't eliminate the weeds with another chemical that's still effective.
While I was in Singapore over the weekend I saw this advertised quite heavily.
Even in the airline's (Cebu Pacific) magazine it was mentioned. I suspect in affluent portions of SE Asia like this it will do well.
Surely someone who had an N900 is capable of installing a custom ROM and/or converting the filesystem to ext4 which would overcome many of these issues you described.
I know, Samsung should've done this in the first place, but at least the phone is open enough to do this with it.
The potatoes were sprayed with a herbicide, not an insecticide!
Not to mention that the article is incorrect. Phytophthora infestans is the pathogen that causes the disease called late blight. It is not the disease itself.
Because real world problems don't occur only in _my_ discipline of study.
Plant diseases are a natural occurrence but just because I'm a plant pathologist that can point out the causes and how to prevent them in an ideal situation, the fact is that there are social, economic, agronomic and many other factors that influence whether rice disease might or might not occur in a given farmer's field. THAT is why we need cross-disciplinary research.
Maybe where you live, but I never lived in a state where that happened. Besides that, how do you allocate the $$ amount? If I took several trips out of state, I'd rack up the miles, quickly. How do you determine that use vs. my normal driving to work? Not saying it's a good idea, but that's the basic flaws in the use of the odometer only.
You're local library must have better support than my parents' does.
I encouraged them to get an e-reader, after I got one and found that I liked it quite a bit. I suggested the library as a good place to get books. When Mom checked they had about 150 books available and many were childrens' books. Hardly compelling for me to suggest that someone should just borrow from the library with pitiful support like this.
Good points, the only thing I'd say is that their "Greatest Hits" - 'Echoes', follows the same type of format as their studio albums and live albums. The songs are carefully selected and ordered and often run together blending the end and introduction of the next.
That said, few artists now actually put much effort into making an actual album, and they'll readily admit it. They put effort into making the single for a 99cent download. That's different than when vinyl was king and Pink Floyd was still making new music. Because of that, I can respect their wishes to keep it all together as one piece, but it's true, the world's changed, but this music didn't.
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Very expensive? I'd like to point out that my 64GB N9 cost me a few thousand less Philipino pesos than my Galaxy SI did. I don't call that very expensive. I'd say it's competitively priced.
That's great, unless you're in the US. To date there is no phone that will work on more than 1-2 carriers, and most that do are not capable of the fastest data connection (think dial-up speeds).
The Nokia N9 is pentaband. In the US 3G works on AT&T and T-Mobile.
You can still buy one that's unlocked, not on contract, obviously as you noted the initial cost is higher, but it's possible.
When I still lived in the States I had a Nokia 5800 and N97-mini, both were bought on the open market, not at the cellular provider and they worked just fine.
I knew I couldn't be the only one. Granted, I live in the Philippines now, but I am from the States
I have a Nokia N9 that I bought outright and just go pre-paid on it, previously had a Galaxy S. One of the best things for me about pre-paid here is that I can just turn the network on, use it and turn it off. There's a set fee of 5 pesos/15 minutes of use. I rarely use it with all the WIFI around, but when I need it that's pretty cheap and easy to do and the coverage here is very good. Now if only the American providers would adopt something more like this rather than forcing smart phone owners to an "unlimited" contract.
Again, the genes I was talking about for drought tolerance are NOT expressed in the grain. If you're eating the whole rice plant, you're doing it wrong!
We're working to develop rice that can still produce even under drought conditions using genes from bacteria, genes that aren't expressed in the grain itself at all. This is something that could be quite useful to farmers, yet because of shortsightedness and Greenpeace, efforts like this may never be released for use.
It's not all about poisoning insects, or killing weeds, some of the GMO stuff is done to, you know, help people eat.
Psst, rice already is grown in a monoculture. Two and three cropping seasons per year.
The possibility already exists for this to happen.
With corn pollen drift is a problem, with rice not so much. It's "estimated" at 0.1% spread/mixing because as scientists we wouldn't say "zero".
It's amazing to me that current science fails to appreciate the power of nature to overcome our tweaking and fiddling.
As a current scientist, we don't fail to understand at all.
We warned against this sort of thing, we've seen it before
It's the fault of the companies and the growers. For Bt corn you were supposed to plant a small reserve of non-Bt to prevent resistance in the corn borer. Of course many farmers thought, "My neighbor will do that" so they didn't. Or in the case of Roundup, it's so easy to use that growers no longer wanted to go to the effort of using a different mode of action, thus resistance is built up because you don't eliminate the weeds with another chemical that's still effective.
Please, next time, don't blame us scientists...
Wish I had mod points for this you. Thanks for introducing some sanity to this discussion.
I don't see why you can't. It may not be common, but it's certainly possible.
"Oh, by the way, which one's Pink?"
They must've learned to count from Monte Python.
One, two, FIVE!
While I was in Singapore over the weekend I saw this advertised quite heavily. Even in the airline's (Cebu Pacific) magazine it was mentioned. I suspect in affluent portions of SE Asia like this it will do well.
GMO's are harmless and good for you.
Interesting thought since this article was about white rice which is not a GMO...
Surely someone who had an N900 is capable of installing a custom ROM and/or converting the filesystem to ext4 which would overcome many of these issues you described.
I know, Samsung should've done this in the first place, but at least the phone is open enough to do this with it.
:Ralph Wiggum:
My computer is from the future, it has Linux!
:/Ralph Wiggum:
The potatoes were sprayed with a herbicide, not an insecticide!
Not to mention that the article is incorrect. Phytophthora infestans is the pathogen that causes the disease called late blight. It is not the disease itself.
Harrumph.
Because real world problems don't occur only in _my_ discipline of study.
Plant diseases are a natural occurrence but just because I'm a plant pathologist that can point out the causes and how to prevent them in an ideal situation, the fact is that there are social, economic, agronomic and many other factors that influence whether rice disease might or might not occur in a given farmer's field. THAT is why we need cross-disciplinary research.
Official inspections every year?
Maybe where you live, but I never lived in a state where that happened. Besides that, how do you allocate the $$ amount? If I took several trips out of state, I'd rack up the miles, quickly. How do you determine that use vs. my normal driving to work? Not saying it's a good idea, but that's the basic flaws in the use of the odometer only.
And how was it constructed? What does it run on? Either way, I suspect oil is/was involved.
You're local library must have better support than my parents' does.
I encouraged them to get an e-reader, after I got one and found that I liked it quite a bit. I suggested the library as a good place to get books. When Mom checked they had about 150 books available and many were childrens' books. Hardly compelling for me to suggest that someone should just borrow from the library with pitiful support like this.
That I've seen so far here in south-east Asia.
I've finally had to change my ring-tone. No one in the States had a Nokia so the default ring was OK. Not here...
While I adore Flickr, and have a pro account, it's not my "backup"
Flickr does not s
While I adorefire Flickr, and have a pro account, it's not my "backup".
Flickr does not store the "original" image in all cases, see http://thomashawk.com/2011/01/20mb-file-size-limits-on-photo-sharing-sites-are-stupid.html
I think it's foolish to consider a "back" something that costs you $25/year and you have no say in whether they delete your profile or not.
Good points, the only thing I'd say is that their "Greatest Hits" - 'Echoes', follows the same type of format as their studio albums and live albums. The songs are carefully selected and ordered and often run together blending the end and introduction of the next.
That said, few artists now actually put much effort into making an actual album, and they'll readily admit it. They put effort into making the single for a 99cent download. That's different than when vinyl was king and Pink Floyd was still making new music. Because of that, I can respect their wishes to keep it all together as one piece, but it's true, the world's changed, but this music didn't.