Existing means for such production involve inserting a tiny cell with a tail into a not-quite-as-tiny spherical cell and waiting for approximately nine months. Simply because we do not currently fully understand the mechanisms involved does not mean we will be unable to replicate this type of production in the future.

You might want to take the blinders off. The EFF does a number of really great things, but they are not always the Robin Hood everyone makes them out to be.

A guy I met recently told me his story of the EFF. I don't recall all the details, but here's the gist:

Business owner is using Facebook for promotion of his company.

Owner's FB account is suspended because someone claimed trademark ownership of the business' name.

Several other businesses with similar names also have accounts suspended. The specific part of the name that is questionable is the use of "Urban Gardening/Urban Gardeners".

Business owner gets lumped in with other businesses in court case. His case was different because of the type of trademark he was allegedly infringing. Because he got incorrectly lumped in with the case, he was responsible for the outcome as well.

EFF took the case for these defendants and refused to acknowledge the special circumstance this business owner had compared to the others because it was a high prestige case for them. As a result the business owner unfairly lost his business name.

I'm not trying to flame the EFF, but before I heard this story, I had the same impression everyone around here does; the EFF is a bastion of freedom and watches the backs of the little guys. Ultimately, they are just like any other group of lawyers and will throw anyone to the wolves if they are not part of their agenda.

Your instinct's reactions are better than a chip's?

There is a larger picture than you are seeing. Consider the Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) and this interesting bit from Colorado State University:

Yes, these trees are susceptible to MPB because of the reason you state (over crowding, more stressed, etc). I don't disagree with that. But you cannot overlook the fact that winters simply haven't been killing these bugs the way that has been done in the past. Less frequent cold snaps means more beetles able to kill more trees that are already stressed which leads to a more devastating outbreak and massive increases in fuel loads in the forest. How is that not an after effect of a warming climate?

This, I am assuming, is also why there are a trillion different names for pot these days. I recently bought something called "Seal Team 303". It was nice, but I know that in probably less than two years, nobody will know what that "strain" is, because everything will have new names again.

Indeed, and I'd bet they deliver!!

If you look at the Denver area, you'll quickly see that it's not so much of a community being able to make themselves a high-tech hub, it's more about some high tech people being able to open some high-tech businesses in an area not known for being high-tech ... and succeeding.

The peripherals matter. Denver has a robust economy thanks to a large number of federal jobs. I'm not saying Denver is a "tech-hub" (well, any more than Sacramento would become a "tech-hub") but there are definitely a healthy amount of tech companies here, both small and large. We have plenty of stuff for the young employees (all the outdoors you could want, great looking women, active night life). I don't think Sacramento can compare when you look at these peripherals. Sure, it will compare favorably to Stockton or Fresno, but simply because it's a couple hours from Silicon Valley doesn't make it prime for a tech boom. You've got to want to attract young smart people, and I'm sorry, but nobody graduates and decides they're moving to Sacramento.

Hey GM, you know what car I'd like to buy? A brand new, 1992 Toyota Pickup (Hilux). Brand new. I'd prefer locks and windows that engage manually. I'd prefer that I wasn't beeped at incessantly if my seat belt is not clipped in or my lights are on. I'd also like to have physical switches that control heat, etc.

I do not want an internet plan.

I do not want an "infotainment" system.

I do not want cameras mounted all over.

I do not want a tailgate that automatically deploys for anything.

I do not want a steering wheel with buttons all over it.

I do not want a seat with buttons all over it.

I do not need a special box for my sunglasses or garage opener.

Okay, I know, I have a huge lawn that people keep walking on, but really, why is there NOBODY that sells basic vehicles that aren't loaded with all sorts of "safety features" that simply provide a safer way to do unsafe things while you drive? Hell, you can't even buy a light-duty pickup anymore (though they might still classify them as such). I am in a vehicle to move myself and optionally some other materials from point A to point B. I don't need to be entertained. I don't need a computer to tell me how to drive. I just want to go somewhere.

... and with that, I will return to my fruitless search looking for the guy who was smart enough to buy a warehouse full of 1992 Toyota pickups and keep them garaged for 20 years.

It's not difficult to print out select pages and bring them to class. As a student, the inconvenience of having to print so-and-so pages before class tomorrow is good trade for not having to lug around 60 lbs of books several miles each day in a crappy backpack.

Come to think of it, maybe I just have spun that angle harder and showed up to school with a full frame trekking pack. When the teachers would ask me about it, I simply tell them I need it prevent permanent back damage from hauling their "district approved" textbooks to and from school everyday. Ha... oh well, witch of the stairwell.

Sure, okay. Granted, when I had the idea, you could still register pretty much most generic nouns as a domain name, though, what's to stop a student from just printing out the few pages they might need in class? That way you could take notes on the material itself without having to worry about paying for the book.

When I was a computer savvy high school student back in 1994, I was fed up with having to lug 60 pounds of books to and from school every day (we had lockers, but weren't allowed to use them). It seemed like a really trivial concept to provide PDF documents of the books to those students who opted in. Hand me a CD at the beginning of the term and be done with it.

Here we are, some 20 years later, and the idea has still never been done in a reasonable way. The only logical conclusion is that educators are simply not interested in educating, their only interest is to sell the things students are obligated to purchase.

... and maybe to fire ballistic spongey goo at anything it is about to collide with.

I see these signs all the time, sometimes the child will be on a little scooter or something with those lines trailing them to denote movement.

That kid doesn't look too slow to me.

If a business has made its money by "borrowing from the future" through unsustainable and environmentally damaging practices, and that business is subsequently put out of business because of legal reform that makes their practices impractical financially, well yes, you are hurting certain current economic concerns, but in the long run those concerns would continue to do more harm than good.

Ask yourself the same question before you turn the radio down and tell people to shush while you look for a street address in an unfamiliar city.