Archive for October, 2006
the disneyfication of the genome
It’s not going to be pretty…
Science is a wonderful source of knowledge, and knowledge is power. As humans gradually come to understand and then to muck about in their own genome, it is likely that the the current pattern of severe environmental degradation will carry over to the microscopic level.
This comes about as a natural [...]
Posted: October 11th, 2006 under geeki.
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what’s in a name?
in several nearly unrelated phenomena this past week the power of a name has been revealed to me.
1. say this out loud: HD DVD
now way this out loud: Blu-Ray
with not much functional difference, which would you put your money on to succeed in the market? Perhaps germane, the terms BetaMax and VHS.
2. Religionism [...]
Posted: October 9th, 2006 under anguish languish, events.
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