Daily Archives: September 15, 2006

S-s-s-something from the comments…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 15, 2006

… from David Weinberger’s comments, actually. Michael O’Connor Clarke shares this anecdote: So this German Shepherd dog walks into a telegram office, takes out a blank form and writes: “Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof.” The clerk examines the paper and politely tells the dog: “There are only nine words here. You [...]

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The horse is out of the barn…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 15, 2006

Well, no. Not THAT horse. I was referring rather to the concern expressed by Christina in the email below regarding my earlier post about her survey of bloggers. I’m making the edits because I’m tractable, but I wonder if Christina shouldn’t expect to be identified when she seeks entree to the exhibitionistic world of bloggadoccio? [...]

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Popeye’s revenge…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 15, 2006

How about that bagged spinach? Tell me some post doc isn’t responsible for flushing a recombinant e coli 0157 death vector out into our food supply via the drain in the sink at his underfunded and poorly supervised lab sometime between 1971 and 1982. The Selectable Marker Gene: Neomycin Phosphotransferase In addition to the aroA [...]

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