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Cloning III (BAH!)
So after many hours of pondering (and some pointers from my San Francisco expert), I've come to the conclusion that using the gamete/meiosis process for demethylating DNA ready for cloning just won't work. The problem is the DNA recombination that occurs simultaneous to demethylation will irrevocably shuffle the genetic material preventing an exact ( Read more... ) -
Cloning Wierd Science II (Geek Alert)
So in discussion with a fairly knowledgeable gentleman I found a flaw in my original cloning method. During the first stage of meiosis (production of the daughter nuclei) the chromosomes can undergo genetic recombination. This recombination would prevent my original method from gathering a complete genome of the donors DNA ( Read more... ) -
Human Cloning (Geek-Alert)
So I was sitting at a night-club with some friends this evening discussing literature while the Burlesque performers were practicing getting their pasties gyrating in unison back stage.
Both my friend and I had read all of Heinlein's Lazarus Long stories, however his girl-friend had never heard of them. We covered some of the back-plot including ( Read more... ) -
Day in the good life
Lets see what I did today...- Boating in San Francisco Bay - Check
- Trying to dock a boat after dark with 3 beers - Check
- Sanding Drywall Mud - Check
- Eating 'mild' mexican grilled food - Check
- Accidentally eating a chunk of Jalapeno pepper - Cheauch!
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Bad physics jokes
Happy Turkey Day.
I got these two groaners in the mail today. Obviously I've subscribed to the wrong mailing lists:
Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I think I've lost an electron." The other says "Are you sure?" The first says, "Yes, I'm positive."
A neutron walks into a bar, orders a beer. "How much will that be?" he asks. "For ( Read more... ) -
Of Religion and Science
There's a man in California I do work for on a regular basis. Let me tell you a few things about him:- He graduated MIT.
- He runs his own business.
- He's done numerous MIT lectures on mathematics and signal processing.
- His knowledge of physics is quite extraordinary.
- He's a devout Christian.
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Of Atheism and Hedonism.
I find myself wondering whether there is a link between Atheism and Hedonism. I'm most certainly not implying that one needs to be an Atheist to be a Hedonist; certainly there are numerous religions that incorporate hedonism as one of their corner-stones. What I am wondering is whether a pure Atheist must necessarily embrace Hedonism ( Read more... )
