Apparently, genomes with large lengths of "Junk DNA", tend to replicate better than those without. These junk sequences, have a higher probability of duplication than other sequences.
In fact, even with a very abstract (and very inaccurate) model, like the Genetic Algorithm, it has been experimentally verified that having "intron" regions in chromosomes increases the convergence rate of the algorithm.
Although Nature is highly redundant, there is generally no such thing as a "vestigial" or wasted part of an organism. Sure, there's the human appendix, but it was there for a specific purpose. It just so happens we don't use it anymore. Another million years or so and we will probably have evolved to a state without it.
DVD. Of course, this doesn't count compression (which would be astoundingly effective given repetition and patterns in DNA sequences) Having worked on DNA sequence compression, I can tell you that its rather tough to get anything better than 1.6 bits per base.
For the sake of completeness:
3x10^9 * 1.6 = 4.8 x 10^9 bits = 0.6 billion bytes = 600 MB.
That's a little more than 7 complete sequences on a standard DVD. So DNA compression doesn't achieve too much more.
Thats Dr Manmohan Singh.
The post of President in India is very much like that of the Queen of the UK. Only a ceremonial position. But what he says , *generally* is echoed by the ruling government.
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um, i beg to differ.
I doubt if any terrorists currently planning any strike anywhere in the world were inspired by any game in general. bin Laden never played Quake. I doubt if Saddam's ever fragged anyone at UT.
If a guy has voilent, anti-social tendencies, nothings gonna stop him.
on the other hand, a "soft" guy playing hours of such stuff would hardly be affected by it in real life.
To most non geeks, technology is just a means to an end. i remember when i tried convincing someone to use linux instead of windows, he found it so miserably different from what he was used to. To him, the philosophy and ideals behind the software weren't any concerns whatsoever, he just wanted stuff that worked, worked the way that he already knew how to. Yes, his experiences on linux did cause him a great deal of stress, for ex, when he saved a document, and wanted to open it again, he noticed that there weren't any "drives".
Technology is indeed traumatic and stressful to those who use it only as a means to an end.
i upgraded to 2.6.2 sometime back. it integrates quite beautifully with fedora core 1, the gui seems a lot faster, and a bit more stable now.
NTFS write support is still experimental.
so, exactly how soon can i expect to see them on my desktop?
does it make linux look any better? i doubt it.
if you ask me, 64 bit is way too ahead for its times.
sounds like ms now wants to collaborate with open source projects, would be nice if i can get a port of GNOME onto windows.
if you can't beat em, join em !
oh hell, even my 65 year old grandma frags me in Quake every damn time, this considering i've been fragging away since i was 10.
man, trust me, she is GOOD !
For one, they're better than ol Microsoft in a way,
atleast you get to read the EULA before you decide to do teh cardinal sin of buying it.
Microsoft tech support says that the EULA is disclosed to the customer, only after the purchase has been made. But isn't the EULA a legal document? I get to read an agreement, after signing it?
Or is it something i don't understand?
Srichand
In other news stories, the Microsoft Corporation decided to sue NASA, apparently since the right to crash systems was only theirs. Not to be left behind, SCO insisted that the code that caused the failure was unethically copied from their source repositories.
This has indeed caused a flutter in the space communities
i would wish to point out, that, a few years before many years ago, i had designed a program as follows:
PRINT("Hello");
Then mwa came along, added some headers, and converted PRINT to print.
Consequently, i own all rights to all C/C++/C#/JAVA/VB and other language programs, since they're all derived from print, which is derived from PRINT.
Everyone using a computer, can now pay me $699.00 now, or $2000 sometime after i extend the original discounted price 3 to 27 times.
I will sue a computer user in the next 90 days, and have letters sent to all fortune 500 companies that use computers.
Thank you for your business.
Not exactly, I'am an indian, i live in bangalore. My dad's a doctor, more specifically, a dermatologist. When i told him, that i would do a BE(equivalent of BS) in CS, he was aghast! He couldn't believe, that i didn't want to be a doctor. And, as regards health care in india, I know for a fact, that more doctors are actually interested in health care, than money. Quite a few of them go atleast once a week, for about 15 hours to a charity hospital, and treat patients there for free, absolutely free, yes, even stuff like Bypass surgeries are free. Doctors in india are amongst the most highly respected people around, more respected than those with a lot of money.
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Apparently, genomes with large lengths of "Junk DNA", tend to replicate better than those without. These junk sequences, have a higher probability of duplication than other sequences. In fact, even with a very abstract (and very inaccurate) model, like the Genetic Algorithm, it has been experimentally verified that having "intron" regions in chromosomes increases the convergence rate of the algorithm. Although Nature is highly redundant, there is generally no such thing as a "vestigial" or wasted part of an organism. Sure, there's the human appendix, but it was there for a specific purpose. It just so happens we don't use it anymore. Another million years or so and we will probably have evolved to a state without it.
I suppose when PrimeXP comes along, you'll be able to watch a movie/play/dvd/interact with people all over the world, while you're finding primes...
Say, this is bad for GNU. You know, GNU isNot unix.
Thats Dr Manmohan Singh. The post of President in India is very much like that of the Queen of the UK. Only a ceremonial position. But what he says , *generally* is echoed by the ruling government.
i think the search database changes every few seconds... Sorry, no results were found containing "linux" says it all...
oh wait, i know assembler... hell, i'll have to go get myself a license to write a program to work on someone elses computer...
Access has been denied ! Access to the page http://www.microsoft.com/ has been denied for the following reasons Content found on the site was deemed to be inappropriate !
um... i use the ntloader to dual boot FC1 and XP. its actually pretty useful.. is this an issue with GRUB or with the distro/kernel?
Correct me if i'am wrong, but i believe Bill Gates is the most open man at ms. Its mostly Balmer and his bunch of hoodlums who talk all the rot...
um, i beg to differ. I doubt if any terrorists currently planning any strike anywhere in the world were inspired by any game in general. bin Laden never played Quake. I doubt if Saddam's ever fragged anyone at UT. If a guy has voilent, anti-social tendencies, nothings gonna stop him. on the other hand, a "soft" guy playing hours of such stuff would hardly be affected by it in real life.
To most non geeks, technology is just a means to an end. i remember when i tried convincing someone to use linux instead of windows, he found it so miserably different from what he was used to. To him, the philosophy and ideals behind the software weren't any concerns whatsoever, he just wanted stuff that worked, worked the way that he already knew how to. Yes, his experiences on linux did cause him a great deal of stress, for ex, when he saved a document, and wanted to open it again, he noticed that there weren't any "drives". Technology is indeed traumatic and stressful to those who use it only as a means to an end.
i upgraded to 2.6.2 sometime back. it integrates quite beautifully with fedora core 1, the gui seems a lot faster, and a bit more stable now. NTFS write support is still experimental.
for one, give him a microsoft os to use. the shock and disgust might just put him in the right direction ! ;)
i call THIS shock therapy !
so, exactly how soon can i expect to see them on my desktop? does it make linux look any better? i doubt it. if you ask me, 64 bit is way too ahead for its times.
sounds like ms now wants to collaborate with open source projects, would be nice if i can get a port of GNOME onto windows. if you can't beat em, join em !
oh hell, even my 65 year old grandma frags me in Quake every damn time, this considering i've been fragging away since i was 10. man, trust me, she is GOOD !
For one, they're better than ol Microsoft in a way, atleast you get to read the EULA before you decide to do teh cardinal sin of buying it. Microsoft tech support says that the EULA is disclosed to the customer, only after the purchase has been made. But isn't the EULA a legal document? I get to read an agreement, after signing it? Or is it something i don't understand? Srichand
In other news stories, the Microsoft Corporation decided to sue NASA, apparently since the right to crash systems was only theirs. Not to be left behind, SCO insisted that the code that caused the failure was unethically copied from their source repositories. This has indeed caused a flutter in the space communities
i would wish to point out, that, a few years before many years ago, i had designed a program as follows: PRINT("Hello"); Then mwa came along, added some headers, and converted PRINT to print. Consequently, i own all rights to all C/C++/C#/JAVA/VB and other language programs, since they're all derived from print, which is derived from PRINT. Everyone using a computer, can now pay me $699.00 now, or $2000 sometime after i extend the original discounted price 3 to 27 times. I will sue a computer user in the next 90 days, and have letters sent to all fortune 500 companies that use computers. Thank you for your business.
Not exactly,
I'am an indian, i live in bangalore. My dad's a doctor, more specifically, a dermatologist.
When i told him, that i would do a BE(equivalent of BS) in CS, he was aghast! He couldn't believe, that i didn't want to be a doctor.
And, as regards health care in india, I know for a fact, that more doctors are actually interested in health care, than money. Quite a few of them go atleast once a week, for about 15 hours to a charity hospital, and treat patients there for free, absolutely free, yes, even stuff like Bypass surgeries are free.
Doctors in india are amongst the most highly respected people around, more respected than those with a lot of money.