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Humanity Gene Found?
Banana_Republican writes "Nature is reporting that that multiple copies of a mystery gene may be what makes us human. It appears that humans have multiple carbon copies of a recently discovered gene that other primates lack. In particular, one sequence not so romantically or emotionally termed 'DUF1220' was mentioned . Humans carry 212 copies of DUF1220, whereas chimps have 37 copies, and monkeys have only 30 copies. Apparently the current thinking is that this gene is responsible for coding important areas of brain function."
and commence with Planet of the Apes.
Homer must be saying, "Told you so. We are not human without DUF".
How many copies of this gene did the fire-by-email Radio Shack managers have?
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"My honor student has more copies of the DUF 1220 gene than yours!" and "Got DUF1220?"
I am a geek attorney, but not your geek attorney unless you've already retained me. This is not legal advice.
"Good news everyone"
cat
Can't get enough of the wonderful DUF.
Don't blame me, I voted for Baltar.
Ok, this was going to be my new name in Slashdot but some bastard already registered it!
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I guess they don't have DRM. Good thing as if it were up to the RIAA, there would only be one human.
In your defense, they're quite hard to tell apart once you've had a few Duffs. What look like slightly unshaven legs and sloping posture the night before reveal themselves fully in the morning after.
Erotic is when you use a feather. Exotic is when you use the whole chicken.
RIAA and MPAA members found lacking new gene...
rooooar
Hee hee! He said erect. *snicker*
This post brought to you by Humans, the only organism known to make childish penis jokes. (Some Slashdotters belive DUF may be involved.)
If this signature is witty enough, maybe somebody will like me.
...now somebody's going to shove this thing a couple hundred times into a monkey, and it'll be fucking Planet of the Apes for real.
Ed R.Zahurak
You know, oblivion keeps looking better every day.
If DUF makes us smart, FUD must make us stupid.
God spoke to me.
Actually, 1220 refers to the fact that it will be released 1220 years after the second coming of Christ. (*Note: This release date is tenative and subject to change.*)
If this signature is witty enough, maybe somebody will like me.
I think killing and eating a fishmonkeyrat is downright weird.</joke>
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THERE IS ANOTHER SYSTEM
Obligatory Simpsons Joke:
"DUFMan, human! OH yeah!"
Sugapablo
Three-toed sloths are an obvious first candidate to become earth's second sapient species.
They can be put to work installing Wi-Fi nodes and spy cameras on telephone poles.
And if they decide to rebel against their human creators, it will be really easy to outrun them.
I sometimes have problems with bipedal motion when I'm fully erect.
Moe : [reading from the bar's copy of Nature] "...it says here, that humans wouldn't be human without something called 'DUF'. Huh!"
Barney [raising mug] : "I'll vouch for that! {BBBbBbbbbllllaaaabbllbbllbbllbb!!}"
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CAN'T YOU ALL SEE??? This is the work of his noodly appendage! We should all marvel at this(and his) wonderous and miraculus feat(and feet)! Anyone saying otherise is just speaking blasphemy!!!
Cliff Claven
K.E.G. Party Chairman
Founding Leader of: Koncerned for Egalitarin Governance
>>Apparently the current thinking is that this gene is responsible for coding important areas of brain function.
>Well, why don't they make some knockout mutants and then look at the brain function? It seems like the logical next step.
Three words: Jerry Springer Show
"Perhaps most revealingly, transgenic mice with this gene incorporated into their genomes have been found to habitually scratch patterns on the floors of their cages that strongly resemble engineering blueprints for a flamethrower."
Because, if God was such a bad programmer he had to encode it 220 times, instead of making an efficient coding paradigm that used only say three segments for backup ... well ...
Or does it mean chimps run Linux and only need 22 code segments to do what Humans (Windows) needs 220 code segments to get done?
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Humans carry 212 copies of DUF1220, whereas chimps have 37 copies, and monkeys have only 30 copies.
Corporate CEOs carry between 3-6 copies of the gene, and no one has yet to find a middle management specimen exhibiting even a single instance.
In addition, a representative sample of Slashdot readers was tested and there was a remarkably strong correlation between their karma level and copies of the gene. Digg readers came in slightly above MySpace users with 10 and 4 copies, respectively. 8^)
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(do I really need to put anything else in here for that to be funny?)
There's only one thing we can do... We have to genetically engineer a child with about 800 copies and see what happens. Only then will we know the truth.
Completely offtopic but there it goes:
It's Draft on the western side of the Atlantic because we're still trying to perfect the brews.
"Piter, too, is dead."