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  1. Computational molecular biology tools by spiffy1 · · Score: 1 · on Learning About Genetic Engineering On The Net
    "Computational Molecular Biology" aka "Bioinformatics" is the making of algorithms used to study genetic codes. I am currently taking a class on this subject, some of the professor's lecture notes are available online in Powerpoint format. Here are some of the resources I learned to use in this class:

    Codon Usage Database
    DNA is encoded as a series of nucleotides (G,A,T,C), but interpereted in groups of three, called "codons." This is a database of the frequencies of all 4^3 combinations for various species.

    Info on Blast and FastA
    We can also compare the genomes of various species to see how similar they are. The above link is a short description of how two of the major programs work, BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) and FastA (not an acroynm). There's some theoretical background on genome sequence comparison on Dr. Just's page.

    If you want use BLAST to search for for things with similar genomes, just grab your favorite chunk of DNA and take it on down to the BLAST homepage at the NCBI, and let it search for chunks of DNA that are similar.
    Don't know any gene sequences for you favorite organism? Then head to NCBI and type its scientific name into the "Search GenBank" box at the top.

    If you're tired of this computer stuff, learn how actual DNA is scanned onto microarrays for analysis. Or, better yet, learn to build your own!

    (And to think I was browsing Slashdot because I wanted to take a break from studying this.)

  2. offtopic (piglatin) by Hot+Grits · · Score: 1 · on Apple Forces Aqua Themes Off themes.org

    this has a web page to pig latin converter.


    http://voyager.cns.ohiou.edu/~ jrantane/menu/pig.html

  3. Lashdotsay by meersan · · Score: 1 · on German Law Firm claims Linux Trademark

    If you thought that was sad, try this.

  4. Re:Not a big worry of mine..... by razorwire · · Score: 1 · on Some Nuke Plants Still Have Y2K Bugs

    Surprisingly, there's not too much info out there. This is the best that I could find:
    http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~p iccard/entropy/perrow.html
    It's a review of the book Normal Accidents: Living With High-Risk Technologies by Charles Perrow. The bit about the Fermi incident is about halfway down the page.
    --

  5. Re:Chris Cunningham by steven_r · · Score: 1 · on Neuromancer: The Movie

    A quick web search turned up the following site


    Chris Cunningham Director File

    It is a director file on Chris Cunningham. Lots of Pics from his videos and other interesting stuff.

    Steve