Oh yes. I had an N97 Mini. It was my backup phone after I switched to a Galaxy S, then N9 and finally my Xperia Z, until the Mini was stolen. The build quality was wonderful. The keyboard was fantastic. The thickness of the phone wasn't so great.

If you mean from the cold war, yes, you're right. However, as the English language evolves it's come to mean the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America rather than it's original meaning.

From what I've seen, weight isn't as much an issue as the overall dimensions.

At least most of the airlines I travel on have a 7kg weight limit, which I could easily pass with my 46L backpack that's still smaller than most roller bags.

Regarding the EM spectrum thing, I noticed it too. I flew from Houston to Manila with United last year. Taking off from Houston we allowed to use devices, landing in Hawaii we were allowed to use devices. Change planes in Hawaii. Taking off we were allowed to use devices. However, upon landing in Guam (still part of the US and on the same plane) we were not allowed to use devices?

THIS! I've since left academia, but while there I saw it start. The decrease in funding by the state to the "state" schools has hurt universities immensely.

That I'll get the job I have now.

I'm not at a major university, I'm at a large agricultural NGO with my own lab of 11 researchers and a PhD student who is hosted at the uni down the street. However, according to their model there's less than 80% chance that I'll become a PI.

I'd be interested to know what's different. I realise that it's a model, thus it's wrong. Still, I guess ~80% is a pretty strong relationship for something like this. It was fun to try.

Have you used a Kindle or any other e-reader with a touch screen? Your fingerprint comment makes me think that you've not tried one. I had one of the old Sony touch screen e-Readers and now a Kindle Paperwhite. I get more fingerprints on the bezel than on the screen (never) because it's not glossy.

+5 Informative? With a statement like this?

You'd best edit Wikipedia, quickly, then! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

Chemical pesticides date back 4,500 years, when the Sumerians used sulfur compounds as insecticides. The Rig Veda, which is about 4,000 years old, also mentions the use of poisonous plants for pest control.

Hmm, Gimp is fairly decent for a Photoshop alternative. I know pros won't be switching, but I'm proficient enough with it that I still prefer it now.

However, Gimp won't cover Illustrator. Inkscape does a damned good job with SVGs.

I'm a scientist, not a designer, so these cover the needs of me and my lab for no cost. I can do nice looking posters and whatnot with these tools, quite efficiently.

Mmm, yes, I while had cell phones that I mainly used when I still lived in the States; I also had a landline in my home. Two cordless phones in the house that used. However, I had a cheap corded phone that I just kept in a cabinet in case of an emergency. Like the 7 days we were without power due to an ice storm. Corded phone came out, I was able to keep in contact. Sure, I could charge my cell phone in the car, but I had to leave the car running to do that.

Blaming GMOs for this is silly. We've had herbicide resistant weeds before. It's the cultural practices used in production. Scientists warn of this and companies give guidelines on proper use, e.g. refuges of non-Bt corn to help prevent resistance from building up in insect population, use different mode of action herbicides, etc. but farmers (yes my father was one) often ignore these guidelines and do what's easy. Thus the problems.

Well, since you're not "anti-science" why have you not read the literature? Reductions in mycotoxins and pesticide application seem like a verygoodthing to me. Just two articles of general nature, but there's plenty of others out there...

http://www.ask-force.org/web/Benefits/Phipps-Park-Benefits-2002.pdf http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1081/TXR-200027872

"a bunch more"? I'm not aware that the label rate of RoundUp changed once RR Soybean was introduced. In fact, there's plenty of scientific evidence that says that pesticide applications and use of fossil fuels and soil erosion were reduced when these soybeans were introduced.

As for RoundUp Ready corn, everyone conveniently forgets Atrazine and the other *zines that were used and leached into groundwater etc. prior to it's introduction.

Your "bunch more" really is a "bunch less".

Don't look now but, GMOs have been around for at least 15 years now...

Errm, Monsanto has nothing to do with Golden Rice and Dr. Shiva is a physicist, hardly an expert on biological organisms. Oh and RTFA linked from /. There's a bit in there about the supposed "suicicide-GMO" link.