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Banana to be Sequenced
GodsMadClown writes "New Scientist
reports
that a global consortium plans to sequence the genetic code of a wild banana from east Asia. Because bananas are triploidal instead of diploidal, they are only able to reproduce asexually, which means that it adapts slower than organisms reproducing sexually. 'One rule of joining the consortium is that any invention developed through the project and protected [by patent] will be made available to smallholders through a royalty-free license,' says Emile Frison, director of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain."
I thought so.
Come here baby.
I just realized that I'm not a nerd, and that none of this stuff matters.
I'm outta here!
and now... The Adventures of CALCULATOR MAN
Armed with the latest technology in graphing calculators, CALCULATOR MAN prowls the high school, looking for devious criminals who refuse
to use all the functions on their calculators.
In this action-packed episode, CALCULATOR MAN must face his greatest enemy yet, Science Boy. This criminal mastermind refuses to let lab
partners do any work, and insists on doing the whole lab by himself. He is now wanted in two different science departments, and is on Mrs.
Lawrence's 10 Most Wanted List.
Scene 1:
Hanover Park High School Commons
Student A:
Look, up in the sky. It's a computer!
Student B:
No, it's a differential equation!
Student C:
No, It's CALCULATOR MAN!
Calculator Man (Singing):
Here I am to graph a function!
Student C:
Help, Help. Evil Science Boy's henchmen have taken my Casio fx770GB
hostage. What am I going to do?
Calculator Man:
Have no fear, Calculator Man is here. I'll have your Casio back in
no time.
Scene 2:
14.817 levels below ground, 44 Tremont Dr.
Science Boy:
(While doing the usual mixture of chemicals in test tubes with the
flicker of a mad scientist in his eye.) They thought me mad. They
said it couldn't be done. I'll prove them all wrong! I'll do the
whole chemistry lab by myself, or so help me, I'll die trying.
Evil Henchman 1:
You summoned me, o lord Nerd..uhh..Science Boy.
Science Boy:
(In a whiny tone) I told you to stop calling me that. You hurt my
feelings. Anyway, listen while I tell you my devious plan.
Evil Henchman 1:
But I already know your devious plan.
Science Boy:
You idiot. It's not for you. It's so all those stupid morons reading
this play know what I'm going to do. Evil henchmen these days,
Geeze.
Evil Henchman 1:
But Sir...
Science Boy:
Shut up. Another oscillation of your harmonic acoustic generator and
your calculator is going to silicon heaven.
Evil Henchman 1:
But...
cience Boy:
That's IT. Say bye-bye, Ti-85.
Evil Henchman 1:
No, stop, please. I'll give you anything. Here, take my girlfriend,
but please, let the calculator go.
Girlfriend:
You will? How dare you. Why I ought to...(Starts hitting him with
the back side of a Ti-36x Solar)
Science Boy:
5....4....3....2....1....BANG (And he pulls the trigger. The bullet
shatters the LCD, and pieces of glass go flying everywhere.)
Evil Henchman 1:
Ow, Ouch, C'mon stop, I didn't mean it. Honest. Nooooo. My Baby!
(Runs up to the smoking carcass of the Ti-85, tears streaming down
his face.) No, I won't leave you.
To be continued...
banana.
Weee!
On a totally unrelated note, a nerd reading slashdot in sweden overdosed on coffee today.
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.
I know how to spell "banana". But I do not know when to stop.... bananana?
It's time to change the forum where us intelligent individuals talk. Take a look at the current state of Slashdot and the stories they publish on the frontpage.
..And this story about humanoid robots got rejected (by CmdrTaco):
HONDA'S HUMANOID ROBOT ASIMO MADE IT'S FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE:
Honda's two-year old humanoid robot Asimo made its first public appearance in Malaysia at an event launched by Science, Technology and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Law Hieng Ding here yesterday. Take a look at these impressive movies of Asimo in action!
(Though I can't confirm whether or not he hit 'snooze')
wanna sequence my banana?
so, why is the eyecon of payper liesense stock markup FraUD, now willing to 'share' the virotic saycrud kode, of the ill eagle kingdumb? more 'insight'? or is that bulLIEned fear?
.controll) of seattle, (and the rest of US) is imminent. stand buy. i mean, sell. i mean, lookout bullow. run for yOUR 0pti0ns, should you have any left.
obviously, some sort of ?pr? plot, designed to oppose the dogooders, while jacking off the prize of the billybuks even more. hoping J., will be a bull to billed momeNTdumb.
see also: "survival of the javites", parts won & duckx.
despite all the whoreabully bad ?pr? deception, spewed frothiLIE buy the naykid furor et AL (before becoming 'open' sourcerers themselves), the penguinista rebels continue to storm inland from both coasts. other rumours confirm, that the emancipation (from softwar gangster
place yOUR bets early, so as to avoid being shut DOWn/out.
va.msn.?net? why bother?
1: You do not talk about consortium.
You are a Type 0 troll (One that can't use the words "its" and "it's" correctly).
..when I read "asexually" I was reminded of an old school chum's brother who used to torture my favorite science teacher in highschool.
It usually went something like:
teacher: "Who can tell me what organisms reproduce asexually?"
Kyle: "Uhm, your wife?"
Other such interactions usually went like:
Kyle: "So, Mr. Cronshy. How's your wife and my kids?"
Kyle even managed to lock him and a female teacher in a closet during class once.
Needless to say, Kyle was kicked out of that class.
Like I said, OT but funny (to me at least) and I've got karma points to burn, so..
Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
In Afghanistan
U S come
And you wanna go home
Hey Mr. Taliban
Osama bin Ladin
US come
And you wanna go home
Sending one missile
Two missile, three and four!
Missile come
And you wanna go home
Sending five missile
Eight missile, seven and eight!
Missile come
And you wanna go home
Deo, dee-eeoo
US come
And you wanna go home
...the banana sequences you! Sorry, just had to try it on.