Few plants actually self pollinate. The mechanism is seen most often in some legumes such as peanuts. In another legume, Soybeans, the flowers open and remain receptive to insect cross pollination during the day; if this is not accomplished, the flowers self pollinate as they are closing. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-pollination
Cross pollination can't be stopped, cross pollination with GM foods cannot be stopped. GM foods disrupt the environment in ways that we don't really understand. Not to mention the fact that cross pollination estimates are considered grossly underestimated at best.*
I think it's an intriguing technology and it certainly has potential, but these companies have no clue what kind of a mess they're making. All they understand is that when the mess is made they will own it. Oh, here's another question, if I never buy GM seed but my crop reaches 14% GM contamination how do we assess my patent fees? If I'm a certified organic farmer I'm pretty sure I could sue, but otherwise I would be using patented technology.
so, it's ok that the backyard farmer's crop halves every year? Somehow I don't see how the farmer doesn't eventually become dependent on Monsonto. I think the general belief is that what Monsonto is doing is at the very least reckless and at the very worst an attempt to strangle the world's food supply with patents. Now I'm a man of science and I'm not particularly concerned with GM food, until it's designed to artificially deplete the food supply. It's not fear mongering, scientists have spent years dealing with invasive plants and animals that come from other countries, Monsonto is compounding the problems for their own personal gain.
this is one of the more overrated posts i've seen in a long time, clueless. a company that operates in most major cities? towerstream We're talking, DC, LA, New York, Boston, Chicago, etc... oh and some of their press releases date back to 2005, that's three years.
I see your point, but if I worked for Bill Gates, knowing what I know about software, I would expect more money than anywhere else. Personally, I blame microsoft at least in large part, for consumerism. The idea that you can foist worthless crap on people and if they have no other options, they will suck it right up.
I agree with you completely, too many people trash social networking. Now myspace is a horrible, god awful mess of html, images, and other such newb perversions of the internet, but, my girlfriend from sixth grade just found me in the other tab.
I'm just guessing here (didn't rtfa), but it seems like some people might be affected by the discrepancy while others aren't. Kinda like how some people are allergic to bees and we still try to help them, even though Most people don't have a problem.
This is bad? Seriously, there are more developers going in to Open Source Software. Who's to say that they don't care about security too. This is a good reason for the US Government to push OSS more, but this is not necessarily bad for security on our side, if we keep up. The US still has very good infrastructure, compared to our population, this has always been to our advantage.
You've been flying for at least 20 years, me I've never flown once, just something I've never done. Fact is, I'm inclined to walk in to the airport as if it was *any* other business I've been in. That's me.
This girl is either like me and unfamiliar with flying or she just doesn't identify her pet project as being portrayed as something negative. Maybe she didn't want to tell people about the shirt because they wouldn't really understand it anyways. Either way she doesn't belong in jail for any length of time greater than enough to explain herself and change her shirt, she's done nothing wrong.
This is from a city that just F*CKING made this same mistake. These are law enforcement people that must think bombs look EXACTLY like they do on TV.
Boston - here's your sign:
Welcome to Boston: LEDs lit on breadboards powered by batteries, shall not be worn, placed nor carried in any public area where civilians might feel at risk.
I hope I never have to buy electronics from Boston, I mean we know how dangerous the mail is, surely I wouldn't want to scare a postal worker. Hmmm, maybe MIT should quit teaching Electrical Engineering, they are after all, training accidental terrorists.
it's a court ordered time, time frame, this isn't "undue hardship", hell a lot of people start the work day at six, or work to accommodate a different time zone. These guys are bozos unless lawyers are subject to different (more relaxed) labor laws than everyone else.
hah, you can see the nevada nuclear test sites on google maps. The people that handle them are probably very competent, but america's arsenal is of an industrial nature, they don't want to wait on PHDs for shit that industrial monkeys can do. Of course our college monkey president just flew them over the US, maybe proving you're correct. If you think I'm being harsh let me remind you, he is commander in chief, during a war, overseeing a mistake that has not reportably happened before.
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Cross pollination can't be stopped, cross pollination with GM foods cannot be stopped. GM foods disrupt the environment in ways that we don't really understand. Not to mention the fact that cross pollination estimates are considered grossly underestimated at best.*
*http://www.i-sis.org.uk/GMcontamination.phpI think it's an intriguing technology and it certainly has potential, but these companies have no clue what kind of a mess they're making. All they understand is that when the mess is made they will own it. Oh, here's another question, if I never buy GM seed but my crop reaches 14% GM contamination how do we assess my patent fees? If I'm a certified organic farmer I'm pretty sure I could sue, but otherwise I would be using patented technology.
so, it's ok that the backyard farmer's crop halves every year? Somehow I don't see how the farmer doesn't eventually become dependent on Monsonto. I think the general belief is that what Monsonto is doing is at the very least reckless and at the very worst an attempt to strangle the world's food supply with patents. Now I'm a man of science and I'm not particularly concerned with GM food, until it's designed to artificially deplete the food supply. It's not fear mongering, scientists have spent years dealing with invasive plants and animals that come from other countries, Monsonto is compounding the problems for their own personal gain.
this is one of the more overrated posts i've seen in a long time, clueless. a company that operates in most major cities? towerstream
We're talking, DC, LA, New York, Boston, Chicago, etc... oh and some of their press releases date back to 2005, that's three years.
seems to me like slashdot has been supporting it just fine.
I see your point, but if I worked for Bill Gates, knowing what I know about software, I would expect more money than anywhere else. Personally, I blame microsoft at least in large part, for consumerism. The idea that you can foist worthless crap on people and if they have no other options, they will suck it right up.
I agree with you completely, too many people trash social networking. Now myspace is a horrible, god awful mess of html, images, and other such newb perversions of the internet, but, my girlfriend from sixth grade just found me in the other tab.
Wha... no link?
Exactly, 4 working days, trying to resolve mindless recursive dependencies was enough to convince me that Red Hat just didn't give a sh*t.
dependency hell
I'm just guessing here (didn't rtfa), but it seems like some people might be affected by the discrepancy while others aren't. Kinda like how some people are allergic to bees and we still try to help them, even though Most people don't have a problem.
Hugin and Munin travel the world bearing news and information to Odin.
/. was already pretty damned close to what it is today, visually at least.I don't know, about half those stories look like they were duped last week :P
So, what happens when you search "(Score:6 Funny)" site:slashdot.org, on Google?
I'm building a nerd saber I need one tube of internets to channel the online side of the force.
screw a flying car, I want 1" miniatures that sit on top of these legs. Oh, and a map where they can move straight.
CAD derivatives are quicker, less precise, like a blaster vs a light saber, only few use light sabers, many use blasters.
This is bad? Seriously, there are more developers going in to Open Source Software. Who's to say that they don't care about security too. This is a good reason for the US Government to push OSS more, but this is not necessarily bad for security on our side, if we keep up. The US still has very good infrastructure, compared to our population, this has always been to our advantage.
If i had one dollar for every brain you dont have, i would have $1.
Your math is bad, or you're trying to prove a point. I have one brain, I don't have around six-billion human brains.
You've been flying for at least 20 years, me I've never flown once, just something I've never done. Fact is, I'm inclined to walk in to the airport as if it was *any* other business I've been in. That's me.
This girl is either like me and unfamiliar with flying or she just doesn't identify her pet project as being portrayed as something negative. Maybe she didn't want to tell people about the shirt because they wouldn't really understand it anyways. Either way she doesn't belong in jail for any length of time greater than enough to explain herself and change her shirt, she's done nothing wrong.
This is from a city that just F*CKING made this same mistake. These are law enforcement people that must think bombs look EXACTLY like they do on TV.
Boston - here's your sign:
Welcome to Boston:
LEDs lit on breadboards powered by batteries, shall not be worn, placed nor carried in any public area where civilians might feel at risk.
I hope I never have to buy electronics from Boston, I mean we know how dangerous the mail is, surely I wouldn't want to scare a postal worker. Hmmm, maybe MIT should quit teaching Electrical Engineering, they are after all, training accidental terrorists.
I think I'll write a fictional story about what would happen if my neighbor took a shit.. Wanna read it?
I think I'll wait for the movie :)
to welcome our wiimote toting sith overlords.
I disagree, how else would I know where I can go to put some lead into a retarded "thinkofthechildren" publicity whore lawyer?
it's a court ordered time, time frame, this isn't "undue hardship", hell a lot of people start the work day at six, or work to accommodate a different time zone. These guys are bozos unless lawyers are subject to different (more relaxed) labor laws than everyone else.
which operating system runs your virtual server room?
hah, you can see the nevada nuclear test sites on google maps. The people that handle them are probably very competent, but america's arsenal is of an industrial nature, they don't want to wait on PHDs for shit that industrial monkeys can do. Of course our college monkey president just flew them over the US, maybe proving you're correct. If you think I'm being harsh let me remind you, he is commander in chief, during a war, overseeing a mistake that has not reportably happened before.