REMOTE SENSING – THINK PIECE
December 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLOF course, farmers like to say they hate computers. After all agriculture is as far removed from the world of pointy-headed IT technicians as you can get. But actually the truth must be told: computers are useful, especially in helping out with paperwork. They can take the strain out of mind-numbing subsidy applications and leave farmers more time to grow and rear things. Sure computers can crash, get viruses, and so on. But they are getting more reliable every year and easier to use too. Compare Microsoft XP with operating systems of the 1980's ...
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