Modern Day Noah's Ark Dying

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Posted by Hemos on Monday February 4, 2002 @06:09AM from the down-into-the-great-blue-under dept.

hype7 writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is running a story about the Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development's Gene Bank, which appears to be running out of funding. It seems a terrible shame, because the Bank has managed to accumulate thousands of Australian and foreign endangered species; a kind of modern day Noah's Ark. At the moment it's in limbo, using funds diverted from other projects to keep it in ER, but the prospects aren't looking good."

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w00t! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 06:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Phrist, biznatches!
FP by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 06:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

BLLAAAAHHH. This is pretty lame.
3rd post by Firetree · 2002-02-04 06:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

yeah dont we all love 3rd posts???? =P
Re:Noah's Ark by Mattcelt · 2002-02-04 06:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Monash... This is God, Monash...

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Patriots win!! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 06:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Rams got 0wn3d.
Windows for Linux by IAgreeWithThisPost · 2002-02-04 06:36 · Score: -1, Offtopic

In light of major corporation sponsership of Linux, including companies such as HP and IBM, Microsoft has announced they will be releasing Windows on Linux.

"We have decided the core linux OS is in dire need of a GUI which actually works," says Richard Belzer, Sr. Marketing Representative. "KDE and Gnome do not offer the performance of our products"

But don't look for Windows XP for Linux anytime soon, Microsoft has decided to rollout Windows 95 for Linux.

"Windows 95 both performs better than any GUI Linux offers, and also has more application support," stated Mr. Belzer. "We are assuming that because the average Linux user is used to GUI's such as KDE and GNOME, which are sluggish and problematic, that Windows 95 would actually be a step up for them."

Windows 95 for Linux is expected to be released by Fall 2002.

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Re:Well Duh! by Xiver · 2002-02-04 06:40 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You Sir are an idiot.

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Holiday in Australia by October_30th · 2002-02-04 06:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Man, and I just my whole workday trying to figure out the least expensive way to go out and have a decent holiday in Australia. It's just too damn expensive!
I don't mean it's too expensive locally. It's just far too fucking expensive to fly there! You really should move your continent closer to the rest of the populated world. ;-)

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Re:*BSD is dying!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 06:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

i hate you goatsexman
Re:Well Duh! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 06:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Please do not use the proper noun "Sir" when responding to these idiots. Use the uncapitalized "sir" instead.
Dying? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 06:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Just like *BSD, right?
Re:Well Duh! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 06:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What i said was a joke. I personally believe blind faith in a book rediculouse. (can you imagine if they had started to warship the Lorax? Or the Alchemist? The world would be better off.)
Re:Well Duh! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 06:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Damn...all Ican say is damn, that was a damn good one. I meant the origional post to be true, but, I'd have to admit, a lanky mexican gang banger being brought back as Jésus would be funny as fuck.

Though, perhaps it would be even more funny if they brought back one of those guys who sells oranges by the off ramp.
Re:Well Duh! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-02-04 07:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"I was doing my finances and accidently proved that god doesn't exist" -Homer Jay Simpson