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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (571875)	6/15/2010 9:24:34 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1577883

>>Koan, > We can duplicate it in the "LAB"! Can you provide a link? I think I know what you're talking about, but I want to be sure before I respond. Tenchusatsu<< Common knowledge dude. We can separate dull rats from bright rats in just three generations i.e. all rats born from the dull rats will be dull ad all the rats born from the bright rats will be bright. We know the constant of mutation. We can do all sorts of things with fruit flys and DNA. They can now tell when you and I parted ways genetically an where our genes come from. We are real close to creating brand new life out of basically inorganic material. The creation of organic life is really just a matter of chemistry. There is probably life on Mars and Europa. And I am sure life is pervasive throughout the universe.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (571875)	6/15/2010 11:48:58 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577883

Comment of the Day: What Sank Abby Sunderland Today we listened to teen sailor Abby Sunderland defend her choice to sail around the world alone at such a young age. One commenter found no problem with her age, but with her motives for going when she did. From Curunir: I don't necessarily have a problem with her age. I sailed around the world myself from 17-18 years old. I did it with a group of similarly aged kids, on a sailboat, over 16 months. My problem (and what all of yours should be as well) is that she set off at a terrible time so that she could cash in on her age. It's BS that she did it for the sake of "just to do it". If so, she would have set off from Cali in our summer, putting her in the Southern Indian Ocean in its summer, when THERE WOULDN'T BE THIRTY FOOT WAVES. Nobody, except for million dollar+ battle-tested sailboats and crews go into the southern indian during winter. It's storm fucking city. But if she had left this summer, she wouldn't be in line to break a record, and thus, wouldn't have anything to sell. That is the correct method to criticize her and her family. It ain't just the age, it was the lack of care of when she was going, just for the sake of making money. This in a sense, is similar to the "Into Thin Air" story, but worse that she was a minor and shouldn't have been allowed to go. Child Services should investigate and sanction the parents for being money hungry. Kid should not have gone in January.