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Thanksgiving Bits
An anonymous reader writes "Whatis.com has a holiday themed tech quiz, Thanksgiving: Do you speak Geek?. Bit stuffing, anyone?" And reader Punboy writes with some hope of building a better turkey: "Apparently the biotech guys are at it again, this time with our poultry! They're mapping the turkey genome in hopes of providing better breeding techniques, and remove the 'guesswork'." And while food is on your mind, here's a story about the challenges of feeding a hungry planet.
Welcome our new genetically engineered turkey overlords!
You're over a month late -- Thanksgiving was observed on October 11, 2004.
I, for one, hope that they go the tomato route when engineering the super turkeys. It's my dream to find giant perfectly formed turkeys that can last forever on the shelves and look amazing on the table but taste... aw who cares just look at it.
What is this thanksgiving of which you speak.
Your ideas are intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
And what is up with this huge fascination with the 'all-white-meat' bird?
Gag me with a spoon! Everybody knows that the dark meat is tastier. Who cares if it's got more fat in it -- fat is flavour, after all.
Sheesh. If i -wanted- all-white-meat, I'd eat caucasian.
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And "binary digits"? WTF?
Bend over. I'll show you what binary digits mean!
Maybe someday we'll have real turkipedes.
The best part about genetic turkeys:
Did you catch that? I wonder if this research is applicable in humans too!
What's wrong, A-cup? Jealous?
24 beers in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think not!