This is not a new species. In fact they had to work their butts off making sure that what they were looking at was what they thought they were looking at because it easily bred. This is not creation of life in any sense of the word, photocopy maybe, but creation? No. The 'Gene Machine' has been out there for a long long while. That they might have made a whole DNA is really not that surprising or impressive. This has been in the works for years and not really a first step anywhere. That said as a scientist I automatically distrust any science that comes from a guy whose institute bears his own name. Nobel Laureates withstanding of course.
This is the creation of life, but it's just barely into the fuzzy area.
Not really no. We have been injecting cells with viable DNA for years now. He didnt make a cell, he made DNA. Two very different things. Compared to a cell wall DNA is easy to make.
No. You don't get to get away with this one. The left may spew slogans, but the right produces mantras. Mantras that are to be chanted until they become truth. This was one of them. They need to eat every one of those words.
If any of those get hit hard enough with a dirty bomb to knock out their data centers, the last thing anyone is going to care about is their data being online.
1mm precison is worthless, at 0.1 mm precision you just went up to 27,000,000,000 unique positions, at 0.01 mm precision you just went up to 27,000,000,000,000.
Having worked in a lab I appreciate the metric system. Having worked as a machinist I can also laugh at the metric system.
How many unique programming problems are there? The first guy that designs an efficient steam engine is a great engineer. What about the 100 guys after him that vary on his theme? What about the next 1000 or 10,000? Seems to me this is a complaint about no one inventing something as revolutionary as the wheel. Hey author - you can't, it has been done already! And as someone has already pointed out this is *not* from Knuth. This might as well get the 'Get off my lawn' argument then.
Imagine the scenario where you walk up to someone and kick them in the butt and then hand them a hundred dollar bill. Now had you asked ahead of time I know any number of people that would say sure go ahead (unless you were an NFL field goal kicker) but doing it without asking is just wrong regardless of the amount of money the person makes from it. This is that same situation. The same sort of thing came up with the guy who wanted to do a sequel to Catcher in the Rye. I am sure Salinger would have made a great deal of money tangentially from that book being created, but they are his characters and story and he said no. Airen was given no choice at all.
They react to being hurt. Pain as you know it? No. They bleed, they will hurry and scatter their young when they are hurt. Many give their entire lives so that their young may live. And I would be careful about saying they have no nervous system. Certainly not as we know one I agree, but you can trauma a plant and it's neighbors will respond.
And you say you are a biologist?? Go do a bit of research. Plants know when other local plants die. Sure - it works at plant speed - but it does work. And though I understand your scale, You have decided that you draw a line at tomatoes. Why not bivalves or fish? Because plants cant move when you kill them? Don't get me wrong here, I said before I am a veg also and I meant it. But you have to give me more than a level of suffering.
And as a Botanist I don't see how you gain any moral high ground by killing plants. Stating a "cost/benefit ratio" tells me that you are veg that isn't internally comfortable with being a veg. I am a veg also, yet I have problems with plant testing - namely Monsanto (and you should too). Substitute 'meat' 'omnivore' and 'McDs' at your leisure. I gues the point I am after is that you can consume a product and still protest it. And FWIW I have zero issues with animal testing. I have known many good dogs in my life. But I have never met one that I wouldn't sacrifice for the life of a friend.
It had revenues of ~380 million last year. Bill Gates made that brushing his teeth last month.
Sure it has a military - on loan from a neutral country. They aren't going to be invading anyone any time soon.
Yes it has it's own economy - so does Sioux Falls South Dakota. Whoopee!
In fact if you want to run the numbers there is about 2 billion flowing through Souix Falls South Dakota in a year. And they have a larger military footprint.
OMG! How in the heck can a...erm... Dakota do this?
Stop being offended because it has a cross on it. You are becoming the thing you purport to hate.
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Not really no. We have been injecting cells with viable DNA for years now. He didnt make a cell, he made DNA. Two very different things. Compared to a cell wall DNA is easy to make.
Sera
Wow the metric system has a unit of measure for everything or did you mean 640 centipeople?
No. You don't get to get away with this one. The left may spew slogans, but the right produces mantras. Mantras that are to be chanted until they become truth. This was one of them. They need to eat every one of those words.
Considering we have the Mayo, we have a LOT of out state residents. Sera
Maybe in your state ... my cub scout shot .22s his last two years in cub scouts.
Hey Sony, you LOSE money on console sales. Dumbass.
If any of those get hit hard enough with a dirty bomb to knock out their data centers, the last thing anyone is going to care about is their data being online.
Because when I think Quincy IL, I think TERRORIST ATTACK.
Mars. Put a man on Mars. Everyone wants to 'Reach for the Stars' by going to the Moon. No, lets go to Mars.
Cigarettes are a legal product .. and they seek to ban those as well.
Having worked in a lab I appreciate the metric system. Having worked as a machinist I can also laugh at the metric system.
Man made is better
Bridgeport:Milling Machines::Craftsman:Hand Tools
Offer a machinist a Bridgeport and the first thing out of his mouth will be "What year was it made?"
thems fightin words...boy. ;)
Oh yes - defeat those horrible Librul Commies by moving to China read up on irony Mr Coward.
How many unique programming problems are there? The first guy that designs an efficient steam engine is a great engineer. What about the 100 guys after him that vary on his theme? What about the next 1000 or 10,000? Seems to me this is a complaint about no one inventing something as revolutionary as the wheel. Hey author - you can't, it has been done already! And as someone has already pointed out this is *not* from Knuth. This might as well get the 'Get off my lawn' argument then.
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
I don't see the point, you rarely find mosquitoes where you find sharks
Imagine the scenario where you walk up to someone and kick them in the butt and then hand them a hundred dollar bill. Now had you asked ahead of time I know any number of people that would say sure go ahead (unless you were an NFL field goal kicker) but doing it without asking is just wrong regardless of the amount of money the person makes from it. This is that same situation. The same sort of thing came up with the guy who wanted to do a sequel to Catcher in the Rye. I am sure Salinger would have made a great deal of money tangentially from that book being created, but they are his characters and story and he said no. Airen was given no choice at all.
The same thing we do every night Pinky, try to take over the world! We just won't start in South Carolina.
Isn't this one of those things you give to kids to write on and then to erase it you pull up on the piece of plastic on the front?
They react to being hurt. Pain as you know it? No. They bleed, they will hurry and scatter their young when they are hurt. Many give their entire lives so that their young may live. And I would be careful about saying they have no nervous system. Certainly not as we know one I agree, but you can trauma a plant and it's neighbors will respond.
And you say you are a biologist?? Go do a bit of research. Plants know when other local plants die. Sure - it works at plant speed - but it does work. And though I understand your scale, You have decided that you draw a line at tomatoes. Why not bivalves or fish? Because plants cant move when you kill them? Don't get me wrong here, I said before I am a veg also and I meant it. But you have to give me more than a level of suffering.
Sera
And as a Botanist I don't see how you gain any moral high ground by killing plants. Stating a "cost/benefit ratio" tells me that you are veg that isn't internally comfortable with being a veg. I am a veg also, yet I have problems with plant testing - namely Monsanto (and you should too). Substitute 'meat' 'omnivore' and 'McDs' at your leisure. I gues the point I am after is that you can consume a product and still protest it. And FWIW I have zero issues with animal testing. I have known many good dogs in my life. But I have never met one that I wouldn't sacrifice for the life of a friend.
Sera
Per your link
In fact if you want to run the numbers there is about 2 billion flowing through Souix Falls South Dakota in a year. And they have a larger military footprint.
...erm... Dakota do this?
OMG! How in the heck can a
Stop being offended because it has a cross on it. You are becoming the thing you purport to hate.