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$999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it?
DoroSurfer writes "ZDNet is reporting that 23andme.com will open its doors on Monday, allowing you to send them a cheek swab and have your DNA analyzed for $999 (plus shipping, of course... ;)). So what's a thousand bucks buy you? They can tell you your ancient ancestry, They can tell you what diseases you're predisposed to, They give you a "Gene Explorer" that allows you to do a search in your genome to find out if you have a certain gene (e.g., you just heard on the news that Gene XYZ has been linked to Alzheimer's Disease)."
$99.98
You come from monkeys
I'm a 6' 5" muscular, blonde, blue-eyed swede. I can tell pretty well what my DNA is, it's AWESOME, thank you! So no it's not worth a grand.
I got a catholic block.
Need information yoda does.
So basically, -1 troll/offtopic is really slashdots way of saying "I hate that you thought of something before me."
...it reveals my latent mutant abilities. I'm personally hoping to find out I can generate fire.
GetOuttaMySpace - The Anti-Social Network
> $999 For a Complete DNA Scan
The word is "scam", not
"scan".
I live a pretty healthy lifestyle as it is. And I know, based on family history what diseases I'm genetically predisposed. So, this service is worthless to me.
It sounds like you're the kind of guy this would be perfect for. Send it in, find out you've got some disease that's going to kill you when you're 45... well fuck that healthy lifestyle! Time to smoke, eat trans-fats, lots of red meat, hookers, high risk activities... all the good stuff!
A low low low one time payment of $10,000 and a lifetime contract for tithings just to tell me that some invisible dude created me and my dna is immutable and just the same as adam's. It should be a huge success.
the most surprising thing i have read so far is that there are still movie theatres charging less than $10!!
I forgot what I wanted to say, but honestly, it was important.
Does the scan come back saying "You are a direct descendant of Adam"?
Luckily, I'm able to anonymize this information through a process I call "lying."
Alanis Morisette. That damn "Ironic" song isn't even ironic. It is the damn Murphys law!
Do you mean throw?
Send them your DNA instead. See what your breeds are.
Funny as... I love it when one grammar Nazi corrects another.
Me? I wouldn't have used that colon. A comma would have done the job.
I does like proper English.
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I'm going to wait for the full genome scan.
I know the real reason. You're just dying to include a checksum of your DNA in your sig.
Dan East
Better known as 318230.
"You mean, if they detect penguin genes in your cells?"
Reminds me of the story of Tux the penguin who took his truck in to have it fixed.
He had to wait for the repair to be made so decided to grab a snack and ate some ice cream. Since penguins don't have hands he got some ice cream on his face while eating his snack.
He returned to the mechanic and asked what the mechanic found. The mechanic said "Looks like you blew a seal"
Tux said "No! it's ice cream."
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make