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Re: Data Stored in DNA

By GAUTAM NAIK


Scientists have used DNA stored audio and text on fragments of DNA and then retrieved them with near-perfect fidelity-a technique that may provide a way to handle data in the digital age. WSJ's Gautam Naik reports.

Scientists have stored audio and text on fragments of DNA and then retrieved them with near-perfect fidelity

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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I'm waiting for the DNA-encoded ID-card which is genetically-engineered into us at conception. SS number, etc all carried in every cell - no more need for seperate ID-cards and near-impossible to forge!

<@Nick> it always scares me when KT gets all dominatrixy
* I_like_pie is now known as pie|bbl
<@KT|afk> Look at him run!
<@Nick> if you tell him to slap you and call you mommy
<@Nick> i'm leaving and never coming back

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Re: Data Stored in DNA

Lemme know when I can download Skyrim into my DNA!

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whole new meaning to "quit playing with yourself"

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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Lemme know when I can download Skyrim into my DNA!


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If Taylor Swift would like to try to record on my DNA she only needs to step up to the mic.

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I wonder if they could store the research performed on recording data onto DNA onto the DNA...

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