Technology?

[manike]

Well since I don't have the muscles to do it the other way...

Actually I used to enjoy genetics (should I be admitting that? ) It used to be a double period on a Friday afternoon back when I did my A-levels and the teacher soon gave up on getting any work done or sense out of us so we used to just mess around with drosophila (fruit flys) and talk about the evenings plans, beer and girls...

Must have learnt something though as Drosphila came up in the exam and I passed.

Kinda funky getting bugs to grow legs out of their eyes and all sorts of weird mutations...

maybe we could apply this technique of genetic engineering to create the ultimate X-ball players... skinny small guys who can play with boths hands and never get tired... tempting huh?

manike

 

[Hotpoint]

Well since I don't have the muscles to do it the other way...

Originally posted by manike
maybe we could apply this technique of genetic engineering to create the ultimate X-ball players... skinny small guys who can play with boths hands and never get tired... tempting huh?

Good grief the threads still going... oh well onto Genetics

I'd say that with Genetic Engineering still very much in its infancy we'd be better off with a program of selective breeding....

Told you I was a Nietzchean

Now the question is what players do we put out to stud?

 

[manike]

Re: Well since I don't have the muscles to do it the other way...

Originally posted by Hotpoint
I'd say that with Genetic Engineering still very much in its infancy we'd be better off with a program of selective breeding....

Selective breeding is a form of genetic engineering and one that we have been doing for thousands of years.

manike

 

[RePete]

Are you sure selective breeding is considered GE without direct manipulation of the genes?

 

[manike]

Nope I'm not, but selective breeding is the manipulation of selected genes via the gene pool.

I'm not sure what the actual text book definition of genetic engineering is, but I believed what we were doing with drosophila was termed GE and didn't involve anything other than rapid breeding of different strains. I expect Cube could help us out here

manike

 

[manike]

Further...

I guess selective breeding isn't covered by the text book definition of GE.

"genetic engineering
n.
Scientific alteration of the structure of genetic material in a living organism. It involves the production and use of recombinant DNA"

where's Cube when you need him?

manike

 

[Jake]

Did you read my link on Descartes Manike?

I was dead chuffed with that ..... thought it might make me look intellecteral

I'm glad the debate didn't generate into a "my cognitive capacity is bigger than your intellectual aptitude, so nah nah ne nah nah!" type of a thing ...... much


At the very least it kept me entertained at work ... at best it has broadened the horizons of some ..... well done guys 'n' gals!

 

[manike]

Thankyou Jake I did. Still not completely sure I got what Pete was on about though.

I did some philosophy at school and enjoyed it, but ultimately I'm an engineer and I like to be in the 'real world'

manike

 

[Hotpoint]

Originally posted by Jake
I'm glad the debate didn't generate into a "my cognitive capacity is bigger than your intellectual aptitude, so nah nah ne nah nah!" type of a thing ...... much

It didn't? Damn couldn't have been trying hard enough

Always glad to entertain

Personally I did a year of Philosophy at University... then gave it up for the slightly more grounded disipline of Political Science

And still no suggestions from anyone for my breeding program ?

 

[Flash-Bugout]

Well since I don't have the muscles to do it the other way...

Originally posted by Hotpoint
Now the question is what players do we put out to stud?

I'm sure that players going out to stud is a waste of time, now that all the women in the world have topped themselves, down to Robbo no longer being available.

Quick, sombody call a priest, I think I was possesed for a moment then - some unknown force made my fingers type that above line. I apologise to one and all!