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Oct. 9th, 2002 06:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zotzThere's a feature on John Sulston in the Grauniad today. Seems fairly accurate in tone, from what I've heard from people who've worked with him : "No more humble or decent man can ever have won the prize."
There's also an editorial that's worth a look : In owning rice strains or copyrighting treatments used for centuries, big business has furthered its own aims over the globe's citizens. Sir John, whose voice will carry further thanks to the Nobel prize, still needs to speak up.
FWIW, today's going better than yesterday. One in, and one of the problem projects has been looked at elsewhere and it's been agreed that it's also basically ready. I've also finished a film by taking some pictures of the carp in the lake, and worked out roughyl what the problem with the Rollei is - now all I need to do is find a camera shop that'll be prepared to touch the thing.
There's also an editorial that's worth a look : In owning rice strains or copyrighting treatments used for centuries, big business has furthered its own aims over the globe's citizens. Sir John, whose voice will carry further thanks to the Nobel prize, still needs to speak up.
FWIW, today's going better than yesterday. One in, and one of the problem projects has been looked at elsewhere and it's been agreed that it's also basically ready. I've also finished a film by taking some pictures of the carp in the lake, and worked out roughyl what the problem with the Rollei is - now all I need to do is find a camera shop that'll be prepared to touch the thing.
