Word: chipping
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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...
...said and done in his name and under his authority, but the man himself was barely seen or heard. Since the morning after the stillborn election, Austin's strategy was to have Bush be the victor who must patiently tolerate a few technicalities. But Gore's plan to chip away at that notion has had an effect. It helped that Gore won the popular vote. And the Gore message--count all the votes--may have been expedient, but it was also simple. Bush's response wasn't: We can't trust people to count the votes fairly, he said...
...Gateway Connected Touch Pad ($599) drew the biggest crowds. It has a touchscreen, so you can pick it up like a notebook and write directly on its screen with a stylus. While it's easy to use, it's also technologically cutting edge: a low-power Crusoe chip gives it extra-long battery life, and instead of Microsoft's Windows it runs the crash-proof operating system Linux. Needless to say, Bill Gates was not spotted admiring this...
...class comedy bully, which is not the class clown. I came up with funny things that caught on - nicknames and anthropomorphic cartoons and such. I genuinely liked the people I was making fun of, I just couldn't resist making fun of them. I lacked the empathy chip. I thought I was just having a good time. Because a lot of the people I made fun of were good friends of mine. Sometimes I was their best friend. I'd just be like, "Come on, you're 12 years old and you have tits. That's funny...