GM crops set to get go ahead

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'Medicinal' GM crops produced

'Medicinal' GM crops produced 05/17/2004 04:45 AM
Scientists have genetically engineered plants to produce health-promoting substances usually found in fish.

UN endorses biogen crops

UN endorses biogen crops 05/17/2004 10:22 AM
USA Today May 17 2004 2:07PM GMT

U.S. to Divulge More About Modified
Crops

U.S. to Divulge More About Modified
Crops 06/02/2004 01:06 AM
The Department of Agriculture plans to disclose more information about crops that are genetically engineered to produce pharmaceuticals, an official said.

Hurricanes take a toll on Southern crops

Hurricanes take a toll on Southern crops 09/19/2004 02:17 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Sun Sep 19, 04:21 am GMT

Savaged Nokia crops prices

Savaged Nokia crops prices 04/30/2004 01:54 AM
Bargain phones to stem market share drop

Apple crops up in Windows world

Apple crops up in Windows world 11/19/2003 02:06 PM
ZDNet Nov 19 2003 1:38PM ET

Apple Crops Up In Windows World

Apple Crops Up In Windows World 11/19/2003 10:31 PM
What's a Mac person to do at Comdex? Well, although the annual trade show is a Windows-dominated event, there are a few signs of Mac life here. By Ina Fried (CNET News.com via MyAppleMenu)

Tabasco Crops Too Hot for Bunnies
(Reuters)

Tabasco Crops Too Hot for Bunnies
(Reuters) 09/09/2004 09:16 AM
Reuters - Dutch farmers have devised a hot and spicy way to stop rabbits and rodents from munching their lettuce, carrots and wheat.

Canada Island May Boot GMO Crops

Canada Island May Boot GMO Crops 03/06/2004 01:52 AM
The leaders on a tiny island in Canada consider a ban on genetically modified crops. Not everyone thinks it's a good idea. Charles Mandel reports from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Farmers to check crops via internet

Farmers to check crops via internet 08/08/2004 05:31 AM
ninemsn Aug 8 2004 8:34AM GMT

N Korea crops hit by heavy rains

N Korea crops hit by heavy rains 08/02/2004 12:59 AM
Torrential rains severely damage crops in North Korea and leave hundreds of people homeless, reports say.

Rethinking Regulation of Engineered
Crops

Rethinking Regulation of Engineered
Crops 01/23/2004 12:14 AM
The Department of Agriculture is considering sweeping changes in its regulation of genetically engineered crops intended to cover more types of plants and insects.

Can Biotech Crops Be Good Neighbors?

Can Biotech Crops Be Good Neighbors? 09/26/2004 03:19 AM
The spread of pollen or seeds from genetically engineered plants is evolving from an abstract scientific worry into a significant practical problem.

Biotech crops rules to get re-engineered
(USATODAY.com)

Biotech crops rules to get re-engineered
(USATODAY.com) 01/26/2004 07:07 AM
USATODAY.com - When the U.S. Department of Agriculture revamps its regulations for bioengineered foods next year, the result is likely to be a significant shift in U.S. policy.

Tabasco crops too hot for Dutch bunnies
(Reuters)

Tabasco crops too hot for Dutch bunnies
(Reuters) 09/09/2004 05:42 AM
Reuters - Dutch farmers have devised a hot and spicy way to stop rabbits and rodents munching their lettuce, carrots and wheat.

USDA Sued Over Drug-Growing Crops

USDA Sued Over Drug-Growing Crops 11/14/2003 05:47 AM
Several consumer advocates and environmental groups join forces to sue the Department of Agriculture to block biotech companies from planting experimental crops engineered to produce medicine.

Acreage for genetically altered crops
grows

Acreage for genetically altered crops
grows 01/18/2004 05:58 AM
Boston Globe Jan 18 2004 9:46AM GMT

Narrow Path for New Biotech Food Crops

Narrow Path for New Biotech Food Crops 05/19/2004 11:45 PM
The time and money involved in clearing regulatory hurdles make it uneconomical to apply biotechnology to any but the most widely grown crops.

Move to Ban Altered Crops Is Focused on
California

Move to Ban Altered Crops Is Focused on
California 01/10/2004 10:10 PM
The center of the nation's anti-biotechnology movement can be found these days in Mendocino County, a quirky region with a strong streak of independence.

USDA to let public see more info on
biotech crops

USDA to let public see more info on
biotech crops 06/06/2004 12:13 AM
Usatoday.com - Thu Jun 3, 06:17 pm GMT

Brazil Passes Law Allowing Crops With
Modified Genes

Brazil Passes Law Allowing Crops With
Modified Genes 03/14/2005 06:16 PM
In a victory for biotechnology companies like Monsanto, Brazil approved legislation paving the way for the legalization of genetically modified crops.

Report urges more extensive review of
biotech crops

Report urges more extensive review of
biotech crops 07/28/2004 04:40 AM
SiliconValley.com Jul 28 2004 7:35AM GMT

Judge Rules in Favor of Environmental
Groups on Biotech Crops

Judge Rules in Favor of Environmental
Groups on Biotech Crops 08/06/2004 01:01 PM
Technology Review Aug 6 2004 5:05PM GMT

U.N. Unit Sees Great Promise in Biotech
Research on Crops

U.N. Unit Sees Great Promise in Biotech
Research on Crops 05/17/2004 10:28 PM
Genetically engineered crops hold great promise for feeding the 800 million people in the world who are chronically hungry, the United Nations food agency said.

'Gene flow' underscores growing concern
over biotech crops

'Gene flow' underscores growing concern
over biotech crops 09/22/2004 07:04 PM
SiliconValley.com Sep 22 2004 11:01PM GMT

New Zealand internet-based mapping
system helps farmers prevent crops from
being contaminated through cross-po

New Zealand internet-based mapping
system helps farmers prevent crops from
being contaminated through cross-po 04/16/2004 02:26 PM
SeedQuest Apr 16 2004 7:24PM GMT

What's Ahead for C++?

What's Ahead for C++? 08/17/2004 01:14 PM
These days, Microsoft's C# gets the lion's share of the attention (and ink). But Microsoft is continuing to work on Visual C++.

Don't Get Ahead of Yourself

Don't Get Ahead of Yourself 03/14/2005 06:07 PM

Here are two things that cut so many good ideas off at the knees. These two factors are the two biggest things that stop good ideas from getting implemented and make programmers pause when they should forge ahead.

1. The Urge to Generalize
Say you come up with an idea for a little transaction management system — a tracking app that follows a sales transaction from inception to closure. It works well for your company, but — you think — if I unleash this on the world, then it has to be able to handle other things, right?

I have to abstract the simple "Transaction Name" field away to be able to handle "Buyers" and "Sellers" in case someone wants to use it for third party brokerage, right? And what exactly constitutes a transaction? I need to have an object oriented "Attributes" sub-system to be able to handle any information they want to store, right? Etc. Etc.

Pretty quickly, you've decided that it's just too much work to do all this stuff you just made up and imposed on yourself, so forget it.

I think programmers equate "The software doesn't handle that" with "I can't make it do that because I suck." We never want to say no or have to admit that our software wasn't designed to do everything. If our image editing program can't also balance our checkbook, then we have somehow failed and it's not worth releasing.

(In terms of content management, I've talked about the The Urge to Generalize here. For some reason, I discussed it in positive terms...)

2. The Fear of Expansion
So you get past the first hurdle with your little transaction management system, and you're coding happily away. But then your mind starts to look down the road....

You think, well, I should put something in here so the user can indicate that an invoice was sent for payment. I mean, people don't want to do double-entry, right? But then why can't this system just generate the invoice....and track receipt of the payment...and display aggregate customer sales figures...etc.

Before you know it you (1) have mentally evolved your simple app into an accounting system, and (2) scared the crap out of yourself because there are apps like Peachtree and Quickbooks that do this better, and (3) thrown in the towel.

Why do we look at every app as always getting bigger? I appreciate ambition, but the problem with this is at the end of every development road is a bigger app that you're going to run into and encroach at some point. Why can't we stop three-quarters of the way down this road and just be happy with that? Do one thing and do it well. (Josh Clark has been very good at this, judging from the comments on this entry.)

These two things have killed millions of good ideas before they even got out of the starting gate. As programmers, we think too much, sometimes. Your app (1) doesn't need to handle every possible scenario, (2) encompass every aspect of functionaity, and (3) continue evolving into a successfully bigger and bigger app.

If this little essay makes sense to you, read this one from Joel Spolsky. Same concept from a little different angle:

These are the people I call Architecture Astronauts. It's very hard to get them to write code or design programs, because they won't stop thinking about Architecture. They're astronauts because they are above the oxygen level, I don't know how they're breathing. They tend to work for really big companies that can afford to have lots of unproductive people with really advanced degrees that don't contribute to the bottom line.

The Functionality Astronauts are just as dangeous as the Architecture Astronauts.

Dark Age Ahead

Dark Age Ahead 05/03/2004 04:06 AM
Alright, so it's a descent into schilling, but there can be no more exciting news to greet a sunny Monday morning than that of a new book by Jane Jacobs. Not content with blowing out the back of my intellectual...

Faster XML ahead?

Faster XML ahead? 03/23/2005 07:46 AM
The W3C is closer to tackling sluggish XML performance, but not everyone agrees with the group's approach.

Big changes ahead for Flash

Big changes ahead for Flash 04/07/2005 03:45 PM
Macromedia promises significant changes to Flash interface and video capabilities, and talks about tech for cell phone carriers.

Danger ahead?

Danger ahead? 07/06/2004 08:41 AM
CNET Asia Jul 6 2004 1:10PM GMT

Trouble ahead

Trouble ahead 07/30/2004 01:53 AM
USA Today Jul 30 2004 6:02AM GMT

Moving ahead with the best of the old

Moving ahead with the best of the old 04/11/2005 06:17 AM
Computer Weekly Apr 11 2005 9:39AM GMT

Broadband changes ahead

Broadband changes ahead 07/18/2004 12:52 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Fri Jul 16, 07:52 am GMT

What's next? A look ahead to 2004

What's next? A look ahead to 2004 12/28/2003 05:27 AM
Boston Globe Dec 28 2003 4:08AM ET

Comair changes ahead

Comair changes ahead 12/29/2004 09:47 AM
USA Today Dec 29 2004 1:53PM GMT

Playboy gets go-ahead to sue AOL

Playboy gets go-ahead to sue AOL 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
Playboy gets the right to sue AOL unit Netscape in a breach of copyright case over the term "playmate".

Looking Ahead, Looking Small

Looking Ahead, Looking Small 05/15/2004 11:37 AM

I'm at the Foresight Institute's annual Senior Associates gathering. It's off the record, so no blogging will result.

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