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Celera Opens Up DNA Database
greenplato writes "Thirty billion base pairs from the sequences of humans, mice, and rats that were available only by subscription to Celera's DNA database are being put into the public domain. Celera will donate this information to a 'federally run database,' presumably GenBank. Francis Collins, head of the National Human Genome Research Institute, notes that 'data just wants to be public.' Stories in BusinessWeek and The New York Times."
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i find it very curious that this troll was modded up so quickly
"Shouldn't that be "data want to be free?" :)"
Here in the USA, no. Yet another reason why it doesn't pay to be a grammar nazi.
"Derp de derp."
You, sir, are a prime example of what is wrong with Slashdot today. I urge you to think creatively, to think outside the box. I know your existence is utterly pathetic, but isn't there anything you can do to try to improve your self-esteem than exerting the OMG ALMIGHTY P0W3R of your "frosty piss" on everyone at Slashdot? You make me laugh AND feel pity, both at the same time. We all know that the Slashdot community is composed primarily of misfits and social outcasts. Being an idiotic reject in the SLASHDOT community is even worse. Good job insulting Slashdot, idiot. I doubt you read the article, even. Who needs facts, when you can mindlessly bash Slashdot (a site you are reading I might add.) I don't know what you think your "frosty piss" will get you. Do you think it will help you pick up chicks? Get that 2.0 GPA you've always wanted? Finally move out of your mother's basement? No. It won't. It's just a pathetic little attempt to make yourself appear "better" than everyone else here. Guess, what, you lose. You suck. You fail.
Your life apparently has very little meaning, if it is mostly dominated by competition against other rejects like yourself. You sit in your chair, refreshing your browser, over, and over, and over. Why don't you do something productive with your life? Go get a job. If you have a job, get a better one. Go do something. Anything. Just don't sit here reloading Slashdot to put in your "frosty piss."
Maybe you think that getting the first post on Slashdot is a good thing. That it somehow elevates you above the crowd. Wrong again. reject. I've gotten first post on Slashdot without trying. I guess you lot must be as slow as you are stupid. I wouldn't doubt it, except for the fact that your stupidity is rather hard to match. Getting a first post doesn't make you cool, it doesn't give you fame or notoriety. Another loser will get a first post on the next article. And the next one after that. And it will continue to continue, endlessly. You've just swelled the ranks of retards. Congratulations.
Or maybe it is that you derive pleasure from "trolling" and the disruption of discussion. I can't see why this is, but even if you accept that it is pleasurable it's easy to show that you've failed. Almost no one reads Slashdot at -1 these days, they keep it off so as to drown people like you out. Congratulations on having wasted a portion of your life trying to annoy others. You failed.
This brings me to my next question. Why do you want to annoy others. Does it make you happy? Does it brighten your day? Does it, perhaps, make your penis feel longer? Instead of posting something useful to the discussion (most likely because you have nothing useful to contribute) you instead spend your time attempting a first post in a sad attempt to earn respect. No wonder you have no life. No wonder you have no friends. You annoy people on purpose! It's all becoming quite clear to me now.
Anyway, I've wasted enough time refuting you. I feel that what little I've said here is more than enough to convince you that you're a retard and that first posts are pointless. I sure hope so.
Have a nice day.
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