Re: WPC 10K Post Challenge - You Ready?!
I was going to post something different however it took a long time to find a decent signal!
I was going to post something different however it took a long time to find a decent signal!
Well I had organic English Breakfast tea and had to go to work. Fog will be a while dissipating...
What does organic mean in this context in your language?
In general terms, organic means grown without the use of pesticides or other chemicals. I know there is a lot of 'ideas' to what organic means and you being a biologist I know you'll have some technical term for it.
In general , to me, it means more naturally grown food, better treated animals and better tasting product. I know people say you can't tell the difference by taste but I like to believe there is. Also I know 'organic' doesn't always mean animals get treated well but I do my best to buy food from producers that do and would love to be able to do so more easily.
I think better farming practices are needed and a reduction on our meat consumption is required. I'm also not against GMO cause I know that most of the people against it really don't know much about it, they're attacking a company mostly but generalize the 'harms' of GMO. Most of these people don't realise that most of our 'regular' food is a form of GMO.
If I'd post this article in any other thread, the people here would burn me like a witch.
Microsoft's Surface 2: New tablet, same problems
But apart from the teasing introduction into the article (only a hardcore fans would get mad at this, but people here sometimes behave like Justin Bieber fans instead of a tech community), I think it's well written and sums up a lot of problems. And I still like Engadget, it has good reviews, quite a lot of Windows Phone news, sometimes even a long time before WPC, and the live blogs are great as well.
Okay, in this case I actually got it right. We use the term "Bio" in the German language for the same.
I don't have any health concerns regarding GMOs. However from an ecological point of view, GMOs can be very dangerous. Modified plants that grow better and faster under worse conditions could have an advantage over the natural flora, similar to invading species. This means that in my opinion GMOs should be strictly regulated and tested to a high extend in this regard. Also there are some ethical issues with copyrights on crops, or plants that can't reproduce only so Syngenta and the like can charge every year for new seeds. But still, to feed our overpopulation, GMOs are most likely necessary.
I had forgotten that Bio is the term used in some countries. I sort of knew that. That could have saved a lot of explanation!
I just wanted to be sure if I understand it correctly, that is all. Maybe there had been a different meaning in a special context
It seems at this stage people don't understand the integration thinking that MS has and it's going to be a while before people will accept it.
I have to admit the therm 'organic' is silly though. Especially for a biologist I bet. Also someone like me who has some knowledge of biology and other sciences. I read popular science books and websites.
I want to be a magician when am older
Become a moderator and then you can make posts and threads disappear...
I want to be a magician when am older
BigPaddy as a moderator? What's next? Obama getting the peace Nobel prize?!
BigPaddy as a moderator? What's next? Obama getting the peace Nobel prize?!
Become a moderator and then you can make posts and threads disappear...
LOL!... I'm not sure what's funnier. The fact that Obama actually has a peace prize or the fact that BP could be a moderator.... BP with power... hmm.
For my first act, I make a member disappear.