> It also strikes me that it will not be very long before livestock is
> genetically engineered to be dumber and meatier, and better adapted to
> living in industrial conditions.If we're willing to count artificial
selection as genetic engineering, it
has been happening since pre-literate
times, and is called "domestication".-Dave> "When the truck leaves Arkansas, the invoice leaves via the U.S. mail
> and they both arrive at about the same time," Collins says. "If our
> receiving clerks could sign onto the network and do an electronic
> handshake with the driver-you're over an item on this case, that case
> was damaged-we're all in agreement, and then Tyson could send a clean
> invoice about which there is no dispute."I can see the value to a system which
guaranteed that the truck would show
up with all items as ordered -- but if
there's going to be spoilage anyway, I
don't see how much value that "clean"
invoice provides -- just think about
the costs of reliable networks versus
reliable protocols on unreliable ones.If the trucks are unreliable, then the
sticky pads seem like the clear winner
for return on IT capital investment.
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