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Genome Surprise
Catskul writes "Along with the news that the polished and (more nearly) complete human genome being published Monday, comes a surprising observation about the genome: We have substantially fewer genes than expected; between 27,000 and 40,000 as compared to an original estimate of 140,000." Update: 04/14 01:22 GMT by T : For everyone who can't look at a Z, headline updated with an S in "surprise."
Ingredients
1 genome (preferably human)
4 eggs
1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup shredded Jack cheese
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
3 chopped peeled green chiles
One 16-ounce package frozen hash browns
Shaker of paprika --dust top of casserole just before putting in oven - looks pretty.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a small casserole dish with vegetable oil spray, 7 to 8 inches square or round. Line the pan with 1/2-inch layer of potatoes. Beat eggs. Add dry ingredients and beat well. Blend in remaining ingredients. Batter will be lumpy. Pour in dish and bake 25-30 minutes.
Serves 4.
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Does this mean that we're all inbred? I think I'm going to log off and go play my banjo with uncle grandpa for awhile.
IAAL
I happen to like my monkey-like tail thank you very much!
Intelligence fading....
Its probably because you just lost around 110,000 genes. It could happen to anyone.
Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!
Science: Genome Surprize
Scientists still haven't found the gene for bad spelling...
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I need to know how many genes we have in Libraries of Congress - these numbers just don't make any sense otherwise.
sic transit gloria mundi
It does mean that we have great low level instruction optimization, however. Built-in compression, at the hardware level.
27k base pairs you say? Each one being one of a possible four, making it representable with two bits? Faboo... You can store a complete human blueprint in under 14KB. Lets start encoding and launching our codes all over creation, as self-extracting executables, of course. Homo Sapiens cum Code Red. Digital panspermia.
The REAL jabber has the user id: 13196
What you do today will cost you a day of your life
Damn you scientists.
scientist 1: Hey have you seen gene #40,001?
...In other news scientists revealed today that
we have substantially fewer genes than expected; between 27,000 and 40,000 as compared to an original estimate of 140,000. Experts say that this discovery means that chimpanzees are even more like humans than people are...
scientist 2: It was just here with the others next to my sandwich...Oh.
scientist 1: Great, you ate 40,001 through 140,000! Forget this.
scientist 2: But what'll I tell the press???
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He'll sue citing the DMCA.
Mobo finds you puny earthling, with your 40,000 genes, quite humorous, and worthy of being devoured.
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Speaking of Emeril!
Bam!!
This might be some sort of DMCA violation (Dont Make Children Americans) so I suggest everyone not have sex until the courts have hashed this out.
You're posting this to Slashdot?
Actually, the human genome is a huge hack. Half of it is commented-out code, a quarter is just there to get the preprocessor to work and emacs to highlight it legibly, and a quarter is actually just run through the preprocessor to make config files. Oh, and while the main package contains the compiler, the power supply is a separate package, with its own compiler which is basically the same. It's a wonder it manages to contain any genes at all.