The plans for the “noah’s ark” of the plant world were recently released by the Global Crop Diversity Trust. It goes like this, they plan to store seed samples for all the crops on earth far below the permafrost on the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway(wikipedia). The reasoning behind it is that the trust feels that while there are already some 1300 seed banks worldwide, many of them are located in unstable areas, so the seeds need some safe keeping. This seems another measure that relies on technology to save us in the future. I guess though if the earth is like burning up, or in a new ice age, it’ll prove pretty hard to grow anything. That said, it seems a good idea to try and save what we can. I hope it works out, and they don’t need sponsorship from Monsanto.
Konrad von Finkenstein has been named as the Chair of the Canadian Radio and television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Von Finkenstein previously was a federal judge where he recently decided that merely placing files in a shared directory on a computer is not illegal.
first off, GO BEARS! and next, the super bowl is totally excellent for hi-tech video wizardry. Im pretty much convinced that the industry is pushed towards making advances via sports. So for the 2007 super bowl, here’s what it takes to to make a show of the big game:
