Comment Re:It doesn't matter (Score 1) 202
you still need an "M" if you want to play the word "important" and get 48 points
Comment Re:Humble Bundle 1 (Score 1) 217
because i havent' paid for it?
getting humble 2 now
Google's Slideshow of Interesting Things 72
Kilrah_il writes "Google's Creative Labs came out with a slideshow of interesting things on the web. In the slideshow you will find 'a lot of interesting HTML5 apps, iPhone apps, visualization tools, 3D projections, art projects, creative YouTube videos, crowdsourcing services and many other interesting things.' It's basically a collection of fascinating little projects people have made and then distributed to the internet at large. Guaranteed to ruin your productivity for today. You can view it with Google Docs."
Submission + - Gates Foundation buys $23m of Monsanto shares
Dystopian Rebel writes: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has purchased 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock worth more than $23m US, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission from August 2010.
As reported by the Real Food blog, the significant investment by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in agribusiness giant Monsanto has been criticized by experts and activists who are concerned in particular about the impact of Monsanto's technology and the company's treatment of small-scale farmers in Africa.
Dr. Phil Bereano, University of Washington Professor Emeritus and recognized expert on genetic engineering, condemned the investment as an "enormous conflict of interest". "Monsanto has a history of blatant disregard for the interests and well-being of small farmers around the world, as well as an appalling environmental track record," he said in a press release. The investment, says Bereano, casts serious doubt "on the Foundation's heavy funding of agricultural development in Africa and purported goal of alleviating poverty and hunger among small-scale farmers."
As an example of Monsanto's destructive behaviour, the press release mentions that Monsanto gave free maize seeds to small-scale farmers. When the seeds failed to produce and the rate of crop failure reached 80%, Monsanto compensated large farming operations that purchased the seeds, but did nothing for the small-scale farmers.
"When the economic power of Gates is coupled with the irresponsibility of Monsanto, the outlook for African smallholders is not very promising," said Mariam Mayet, environmental attorney and director of the Africa Centre for Biosafety in Johannesburg. "Monsanto's aggressive patenting practices have also monopolized control over seed in ways that deny farmers control over their own harvest, going so far as to sue and bankrupt farmers for patent infringement."
As reported by the Real Food blog, the significant investment by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in agribusiness giant Monsanto has been criticized by experts and activists who are concerned in particular about the impact of Monsanto's technology and the company's treatment of small-scale farmers in Africa.
Dr. Phil Bereano, University of Washington Professor Emeritus and recognized expert on genetic engineering, condemned the investment as an "enormous conflict of interest". "Monsanto has a history of blatant disregard for the interests and well-being of small farmers around the world, as well as an appalling environmental track record," he said in a press release. The investment, says Bereano, casts serious doubt "on the Foundation's heavy funding of agricultural development in Africa and purported goal of alleviating poverty and hunger among small-scale farmers."
As an example of Monsanto's destructive behaviour, the press release mentions that Monsanto gave free maize seeds to small-scale farmers. When the seeds failed to produce and the rate of crop failure reached 80%, Monsanto compensated large farming operations that purchased the seeds, but did nothing for the small-scale farmers.
"When the economic power of Gates is coupled with the irresponsibility of Monsanto, the outlook for African smallholders is not very promising," said Mariam Mayet, environmental attorney and director of the Africa Centre for Biosafety in Johannesburg. "Monsanto's aggressive patenting practices have also monopolized control over seed in ways that deny farmers control over their own harvest, going so far as to sue and bankrupt farmers for patent infringement."
Comment Re:Oh no. Not again. (Score 1) 409
Didn't you get the memo? In the revised editions:
Boba Fett was Han Solo's Father, and jabba the hutt was the spawn of yoda, a slug, and a big bottle of tequila...
Here is to thinking boba fett was a better mystery figure than explained one(was he even human pre-E2?)
Boba Fett was Han Solo's Father, and jabba the hutt was the spawn of yoda, a slug, and a big bottle of tequila...
Here is to thinking boba fett was a better mystery figure than explained one(was he even human pre-E2?)
Comment Re:GM (Score 1) 835
You can't have an article about Monsanto, without links to the Monsanto Song
Listen free online, and can be bought from the artists
Comment Re:Half-Life 3? (Score 1) 135
Cake or Death?
Comment Re:Great... (Score 1) 84
Super Prize for Gas Powered Games/MS for having Dungeon Siege 1 have DRM that is not Vista compatible(Wait there is a patch if you use Vista SP0)
Yes, the patch wont install if you have SP1
Here is thanking the person that wrote the NoCD crack that gets it working(in Vista any SP)
Yes, the patch wont install if you have SP1
Here is thanking the person that wrote the NoCD crack that gets it working(in Vista any SP)
Comment Re:KOTOR II (Score 1) 84
Strange, I played the unpatched versino of Dragon Age with maybe 2 crashes in the entire 80+ hour game.
And neither of them was game breaking
As for the "KotOR 2 was rushed, pity the Devs", more importantly, pity the people that bought it. The storyline was a mess filled with philosophical Mumbo-Jumbo. Was worse than trying to read Dune:Messiah(Okay, maybe it was a tie)
And neither of them was game breaking
As for the "KotOR 2 was rushed, pity the Devs", more importantly, pity the people that bought it. The storyline was a mess filled with philosophical Mumbo-Jumbo. Was worse than trying to read Dune:Messiah(Okay, maybe it was a tie)
Comment Re:KOTOR II (Score 1) 84
Hear Hear
Mod Parent Up
Down with Obsidian...
Mod Parent Up
Down with Obsidian...
Comment Re:Remember their motto... (Score 1) 84
And here is hoping that the sequel will be made by Bioware
Comment Re:Remember their motto... (Score 1) 84
KotOR2 ended - by forcing the player to run into a brick wall.
Prize for closest Light Side/Dark Side endings for a Star Wars game goes to ... KotOR2
Prize for closest Light Side/Dark Side endings for a Star Wars game goes to
Comment Re:Remember their motto... (Score 1) 84
KotOR2 better than KotOR1 for story telling?
What version of KotOR2 did you play? The still in progress Comunity Expansion Pack?
KotOR1 took the best bits of the Star Wars Trilogy, and reorganised them to make something just as epic and fun
KotOR2 was more like "How ccan we make the plotline deep and meaningful, without adding anything?
The box art villain had to be killed before he was named
And the whole cutting Jedi off from the force?
KotOR2 suffered from a bad case of post-credits-WTF-happened-Read-Wiki syndrome
Even the box art is wrong(prize to the person who can spot 2 impossible screenshots there...)
What version of KotOR2 did you play? The still in progress Comunity Expansion Pack?
KotOR1 took the best bits of the Star Wars Trilogy, and reorganised them to make something just as epic and fun
KotOR2 was more like "How ccan we make the plotline deep and meaningful, without adding anything?
The box art villain had to be killed before he was named
And the whole cutting Jedi off from the force?
KotOR2 suffered from a bad case of post-credits-WTF-happened-Read-Wiki syndrome
Even the box art is wrong(prize to the person who can spot 2 impossible screenshots there...)
Comment Re:I have the first review (Score 1) 84
KotOR2
Patch of steam near the beginning that freezes your character
Being saved by a destroyed(killed) party member(after they have been killed)
Making impulsive-Revan a good guy?
Should i carry on?
Patch of steam near the beginning that freezes your character
Being saved by a destroyed(killed) party member(after they have been killed)
Making impulsive-Revan a good guy?
Should i carry on?
Comment Re:Never played DS 1 or 2. Any opinions on them? (Score 1) 84
The early combat areas were monotonous
Then Obsidian should fit right in
Here is to remembering(and hopefully soon forgetting) that terrible space mining station in KotOR2 with only boring mining robots that couldn't hit the broad side of a bus
