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DNA Pioneer Francis Crick Passes Away

Neil Halelamien writes "Francis Crick, who discovered the structure of DNA with James Watson, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins, passed away Wednesday in San Diego. His co-discovery of 'the secret of life' made him one of the most influential scientists of all time. In more recent years, he shifted his research efforts from molecular biology to neuroscience, with a particular interest in the question of the neural basis of consciousness."

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  1. Wow. Didn't see THAT one coming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Guess you really can't depend on netcraft's comfirmation after all.

    Oh well, back to watching for running rats.

  2. HOPE IS ON THE WAY!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  3. Gentoo Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Gentoo Linux uses an enhanced BSD ports-style package system. You'll want to consult Gentoo's web site or the forums here before doing an install. This distro isn't designed for ease-of-install or simplicity, but it does allow a great deal of flexibility in both installation and maintenance.

    A minimal install disk gives you just enough to start a system install and download the rest from the Internet. Other disks contain pre-compiled packages to save download and compile times - some of them more generic for a platform (GRP builds), others compiled specifically for various architectures. There are more package disks on the ftp mirrors than we list here."

    There, I said something about Linux. Now give my fucking karma, you fat fucking Linux-loving bottom feeders.

  4. wtf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Francis Crick Dies || Thursday July 29, @ 01:30PM || Rejected =/

  5. rofl-copter? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does your friend also tell you how things are "fabulous", call everyone "darling", and also have an over-fastidious sense of fashion and have lots of photos of half-naked men on his coffee-table...or is she still in jr high school?