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...valid ecological and ethical objections to modifying other organisms, this case also points out some of the unacceptable technological flaws with biotechnology. Technologies whose side effects cannot be completely controlled fail to meet all of the purposes for which they were created, and therefore are insufficient. When a Pentium chip, for example, makes a mistake every million calculations, it's immediately recalled because its effects are unpredictable...
...with Starlink, the effects are greater than any computer chip mixup. Upon close scrutiny, though, this episode corroborates the view that GM biotechnology fails in both its short term and long term goals. In the short term, apart from the fact that the allergens were not supposed to be in the food in the first place, their presence defeats any notions of increased agricultural productivity. Anyone who's ever suffered from a food allergy will agree that they'd prefer to have less food than something that will send them into shock...
...tooth bonding, Smigel admits to being "a comedy bully." "I came up with funny things that caught on--nicknames and anthropomorphic cartoons and such," he says. "I genuinely liked the people I was making fun of; I just couldn't resist making fun of them. I lacked the empathy chip." His sensibility, however coarse, owes a major debt to Charlie Brown. Indeed, Charles Schulz was the first to graft existential adult thoughts into the adorable heads of babes and a beagle, and in the wake of his death some Peanuts fans have eagerly championed the strip's dark side, quoting...
Extiva DVD-N2000 SAMSUNG, $349.99 With a Nuon chip inside, this DVD player offers a slew of effects, including action capture and moving zoom. You can also use it to play video games. iPAQ H3650 Pocket PC COMPAQ, $499 The most powerful handheld Pocket PC features a rich color screen, a built-in MP3 player and scaled-down versions of popular Microsoft software titles. Buck Rogers, meet James Bond...
Solo 1150 Laptop GATEWAY, $1,299 This is a great deal on a hip, mobile machine with a crisp, 12.1-in. display, a 550-MHz chip and a year of prepaid Internet service...