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Old 08-19-2012, 08:41 PM   #1
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/lo...int-it-in-dna/
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Old 08-19-2012, 11:04 PM   #2
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I wonder how many people would splice their favorite books into their own DNA. Imagine if you decided to splice "The Lord of the Rings" and they substituted "50 Shades of Grey".
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Old 08-20-2012, 02:06 AM   #3
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I wonder how many people would splice their favorite books into their own DNA. Imagine if you decided to splice "The Lord of the Rings" and they substituted "50 Shades of Grey".
This could be fun. We could splice the Qur'an into the DNA of fundamentalist Christians
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Old 08-20-2012, 06:08 AM   #4
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Sounds a bit like Stephenson's The Diamond Age.

Query - will the book evolve over time? The mind boggles at the possibilities.
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Old 08-20-2012, 07:35 AM   #5
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Old 08-20-2012, 08:16 AM   #6
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This is one way to pass books to your descendants. If you make something like a mitochondria then it can be passed from mother to offspring.
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Old 08-20-2012, 11:27 AM   #7
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This could be fun. We could splice the Qur'an into the DNA of fundamentalist Christians
I think it would be more fun to do reverse and splice the Holy Bible /Torah/ Talmud into the DNA of fundamentalist Muslims.
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I think it would be more fun to do reverse and splice the Holy Bible /Torah/ Talmud into the DNA of fundamentalist Muslims.
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This could be fun. We could splice the Qur'an into the DNA of fundamentalist Christians
I'd be up for both if it'd bring an end to fundamentalism of all kinds.
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Old 08-20-2012, 12:41 PM   #9
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Since copyright is usually assigned to the publisher, I wonder if the paper book publisher is going to make infringement claims against the 70 billion DNA copies.
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Old 08-20-2012, 02:22 PM   #10
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I'd be up for both if it'd bring an end to fundamentalism of all kinds.
Before this gets kicked to the P&R Forum:

Worshippers-'R'-Us Sketch by The Frantics

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[SFX: Church bell ringing]

Preacher: "Welcome, Brothers and Sisters, to Worshippers-'R'-Us, the first church of all denominations. Please open your generic prayer-books and pray along with me as you stand, sit, kneel, face Mecca or dance."

All: "O large person or persons of whatever gender or branch of the animal kingdom, who did something great and is now someplace where we aren't, please forgive us for whatever you deem bad, and help us to do whatever strikes you as good, whether that be to work hard, eat no pork, or wage a holy war. Grant us whatever you tend to grant, unless you don't interfere with earthly concerns. Watch over us, or save us from evil, or let us find out for ourselves, or damn us randomly. Amen. Praise Allah. Have a nice day."

Preacher: May the being, as you define him, her or it, be with you.

Congregation: And also with you.

Preacher: Let us give thanks for (a) divine intervention or (b) divine abstention.

Congregation: It is right to give him or her thanks and praise.

Preacher: May peace dwell here amongst us and [loudly] keep us free from war!

Congregation: [Sort of unison grunt] Uh!

Preacher: [Animately] What's it good for?

Congregation: [Bored unison] Absolutely nothing.

Preacher: [Animately] Say it again! [Pause, then more conversationally] Brothers and Sisters, last thursday during our annual Baptist-jihad-barbecue, I was flipping the meatless kosher hydroponically-grown food product on the grill, when a stranger approached me. He asked me, "Why bother? Why bother trying to organise a religion which synthesises all faiths and beliefs? Why bother organising weekly prayer-fiesta-sword-dances?" Why bother? But then I hearkened back to the origin of all our religions, of all our faiths, and I gave unto him the answer, the answer that has sustained all religions can also sustain us. Why bother? Just 'cause!"

"Now before we christen the babies, walk over burning coals, form a human pyramid and proceed out to the street corners to chant for spare change, I'd like to make a few announcements. Next Sunday is young Mazimoro Kyoto's bar-mitzvah-confirmation. We'll be down at the river at sunset, dunking him in the waters, circumcising him with a stick, and chopping off his hands for stealing. So come on down and wish him well. There will be self-flagellation and coffee served in the friendship room afterwards. Mrs Edmonds?

[SFX: electric organ music]

All [singing]: "Some think he's a rock, or a big cosmic clock, some think he's a bug that just hovered. Some think he's a bird, and idea or a turd, but at least we've got our asses covered. Amen. Praise Allah. Have a nice day.
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Old 08-20-2012, 03:47 PM   #11
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Interesting! So how do we share anything stored in DNA with non family members? Lip locking ? Not always feasible...:-)
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Old 08-20-2012, 07:54 PM   #12
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Makes you wonder though too. If I have a book spliced into my DNA and I leave skin cells, blood, etc. behind by touch or accident etc. does that mean I'm going to be accused of illegal book sharing via my DNA?
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Interesting! So how do we share anything stored in DNA with non family members? Lip locking ? Not always feasible...:-)
"I'd like to lend her a book from my library."

A look at future headlines...

Heidi Fleiss opens new chain of bookstores.
Male readers flood the book market.
95% of book buyers are male, study finds.
Amazon files for bankruptcy. "Nobody cares about on-line anymore," complains Bezos.
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"I'd like to lend her a book from my library."

A look at future headlines...

Heidi Fleiss opens new chain of bookstores.
Male readers flood the book market.
95% of book buyers are male, study finds.
Amazon files for bankruptcy. "Nobody cares about on-line anymore," complains Bezos.
hahahaha...
Now that could be a way to revive the physical bookstores
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Makes you wonder though too. If I have a book spliced into my DNA and I leave skin cells, blood, etc. behind by touch or accident etc. does that mean I'm going to be accused of illegal book sharing via my DNA?
Yes! You're ALL guilty!



....wait, where's the giggly guy?
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