tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post8227185104853725788..comments2024-03-18T21:52:45.757-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: What our Eyes and souls can see: reflections on Christmas at the MoonDavid Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-22222721339372138792008-12-26T07:09:00.000-08:002008-12-26T07:09:00.000-08:00I don't know whether to be pleased, frightened or ...I don't know whether to be pleased, frightened or both at the news about the melamine-detection project. Probably both, and the reasons for both are already explained in the article itself.Dwight Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389833479219422837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-70645707649302215522008-12-25T20:58:00.000-08:002008-12-25T20:58:00.000-08:00For the "predicted in EARTH"....The Apple computer...For the "predicted in EARTH"....<BR/><BR/>The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself.<BR/><BR/>Using homemade lab equipment and the wealth of scientific knowledge available online, these hobbyists are trying to create new life forms through genetic engineering — a field long dominated by Ph.D.s toiling in university and corporate laboratories.<BR/><BR/>In her San Francisco dining room lab, for example, 31-year-old computer programmer Meredith L. Patterson is trying to develop genetically altered yogurt bacteria that will glow green to signal the presence of melamine, the chemical that turned Chinese-made baby formula and pet food deadly.<BR/><BR/>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081226/ap_on_sc/do_it_yourself_dna<BR/><BR/>Age of amateurs indeed!David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-32369887396388389242008-12-25T18:49:00.000-08:002008-12-25T18:49:00.000-08:00It's good to have these reminders of such times pa...It's good to have these reminders of such times past as these. Thank you kindly.Dwight Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14389833479219422837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-45235385334190400962008-12-25T15:26:00.000-08:002008-12-25T15:26:00.000-08:00Happy Squidmas everyone!<A HREF="http://normdoering.blogspot.com/2008/12/my-christmas-gift.html" REL="nofollow">Happy Squidmas everyone!</A>normdoeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279378756658563565noreply@blogger.com