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Comment Re:This isn't necessary (Score 1) 403

by jarbrewer (#26876821) Attached to: Spiraling Skyscraper Farms For a Future Manhattan

"By 2050 nearly 80% of the worldâ(TM)s population will reside in urban centers, and 109 hectares of arable land will be needed to feed them."

Assuming this quote is accurate, then that means we'll have plenty of land to grow crops on (because not as many people live in rural areas).

Especially considering we'll be able to feed everyone in the world using just over a square kilometer of land.

Comment Re:It's my computer (Score 1) 535

by jarbrewer (#26757835) Attached to: Google Earth 5.0 Silently Changes Update Policy
Apologies that I've pulled this completely off-topic. -- Ultimately, my preference, if the chemicals are properly documented on the food, is that the choice remain with me... in the sense that I want to decide if trans-fats are too much of a hassle. What I don't want is someone who thinks he has my interest at heart going to the State of New York and asking that I not be given the choice.

I just don't see the need to escalate this from a fairly benign individual decision about the level of hassle associated with the new rev of Google Earth into some sort of (to quote from the GP of your original post) war.

Comment Re:It's my computer (Score 1) 535

by jarbrewer (#26756699) Attached to: Google Earth 5.0 Silently Changes Update Policy
Umm, If you don't like DRM, then don't buy DRM encumbered music! If you do want to listen to your music on all the devices you own, you still have options. For instance, you can simply buy the CD and do the work required to translate that music into the format desired for playback on whatever device you like, be it MP3 player, analog turntable, or full in-house symphony orchestra. If the effort is too great for any given device, perhaps what you should question is the wisdom of purchasing, say, an in-house symphony orchestra.
If you want to see the ocean floor, you have at least two choices: use Google Earth, or swim to the bottom of the ocean. The only real question is, is any available choice better than 'not' seeing the bottom of the ocean?

Comment Re:Since When Was It Legal (Score 1) 575

by jarbrewer (#26472819) Attached to: Wiretapping Program Ruled Legal

. . . for any citizen to conspire, support, or engage in activities whose sole purpose is the violent overthrow of the Constitution?

Since December 15, 1791.

The first amendment allows freedom of expression, even if the idea being expressed is to abolish the existing government.

You've conflated the Constitution with the Government.
Those who are trying to overthrow the Constitution are significantly more dangerous than those who are simply trying to overthrow the government.

Researchers One Step Closer To Creating Life 292

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the mad-science dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute are potentially one step closer to creating life. In an experiment they recently created enzymes that can replicate and evolve. 'It kind of blew me away,' said team member Tracey Lincoln of the Scripps Research Institute, who is working on her Ph.D. 'What we have is non-living, but we've been able to show that it has some life-like properties, and that was extremely interesting.'"

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