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Charles Turner

Jan 1, 1970
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Oops, well the essence of my point was correct.


N10 said:
HI

To politely correct you and not to take away from your coments the
following is important.

"A string of only four amino acids (not too complicated) , i.e. DNA "

This latter statement is incorrect as DNA is primaly composed of
sequences of purines and pyrimidine bases ( not amino acids).

There are two major purines and two major pyrimidines plus a rarer few
varients of each.

It is the linear sequence of bases in triplet sub sequences which form
the genetic code . Its is the genetic code which determines the primary
structure of proteins ( ie amino acid sequence).

Hope this clarifies things for yourself and others.

I also agree the ability to form recombinat DNA in vitro is a massive
quantum leap

best N10 :)
 
1. Since you mention quantum.... quantum entanglement (leading to
quantum computing as the first trial balloon)

2. Genetic manipulation

3. Not really a discovery, but a tool: the world wide web. Let me make
a brief case:
a) world-wide commerce at many lower levels than previously possible

This doesn't ship stuff nor manufacture it.
b) open-source and community-driven development

That is still a test case.
c) long-tail economics

I have no idea what a long-tail is.
d) international scientific collaboration

There already was. If anything, this may detract from it.
e) the continued dispersal of on-demand information -- we progressed
from monks in abbeys to public libraries to Google

Going to Google is a step backwards...five steps backwards...make
that a million steps backwards. The search service is too
specific.

/BAH
 
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~misfit~

Jan 1, 1970
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Going to Google is a step backwards...five steps backwards...make
that a million steps backwards. The search service is too
specific.

Then replace the word "Google" above with "Wikipedia".
 
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