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Sandiai

Arlington, VA

Bio

I'm pretty nice, low-maintenance and smart. Also: distractable and lazy.

TMI

Frank Gehry or Rem Koolhaas
I hate living in Seattle or I wish I lived in Seattle
What keeps you up at night?: The fact that I won't be around when the Aliens come (this is not a joke).
What's your biggest grammatical pet peeve?: "You're," of course. Close second: "know" in place of "no." Oh, also "it's" like a possessive "his."
Dicks or Vaginas

Sandiai That's a rather personal question. OK, I'm typing into some sort of blog, of which I am only vaguely familiar.

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Jun 17

Sandiai commented on Lunchtime Quickie: Florida Woman Has Garbage Mouth in a Dunkin' Donuts and Records the Whole Thing....

Last word by SPAM? I think not.

Jun 17

Sandiai commented on Slog Bible Study: Leviticus 20:9.

@24,
Possessive form, commonly expressed as apostrophe-"s," or "s"-apostrophe.

So,
"Father's" day
and "others' su[c]cess."

I've never seen you do the possessive form correctly. Were you sick that day?

Jun 16

Sandiai commented on The Best of Slog: Maybe Don't Kill Anyone, Okay?.

Thanks, @10.

Jun 16

Sandiai commented on President Obama's Pride Month Speech.

Touching. Low-key, but touching nonetheless.

Jun 16

Sandiai commented on Slog Bible Study: Leviticus 20:9.

@5, Gahh, ha, ha, ahem. Now I always think of that Family Guy episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tVwILHf…

Jun 15

Sandiai commented on The Best of Slog: Maybe Don't Kill Anyone, Okay?.

@3, Oh my God, Your Majesty! You actually thought he'd pick you, didn't you?

Loved the Nic Cage mash-up.

Jun 14

Sandiai commented on In Goat News.

@10, They don't exactly charge per goat; they bring the size of herd that can do the job in the time agreed-upon. But you could do a calculation from the following
(hint, it's CHEAP):

UW-Bothell used 60 Rent-A-Ruminant goats to clear a 24,000-square-foot area for five days in July. The project cost about $725 a day and, after the goats had finished, the weeds had been cleared to the ground, said Guerrero.

http://www.rentaruminant.com/in-the-news…

Jun 14

Sandiai commented on Save Capitol Hill: Don't Kill Anyone.

What about "Guppies"?

Jun 14

Sandiai commented on The Thursday Morning News.

Usually when applicants apply for a gene patent, they present claims to 1) the isolated genomic DNA, 2) the single-stranded DNA, 3) new synthetic mutants as well as 4) the cDNA. So there will probably be just as many applications for gene patents, it's just that the claims will be greatly reduced in number.*
A single gene's worth of DNA, isolated from the cell and also isolated from the rest of the chromosome, is clearly NOT found in nature. But, what are you going to do?
@20, I'm sure you know this, but the "information" isn't patented, only the chemical compound.

In case it's not obvious, I disagree with this ruling. (The fact that my job depends on it does not make me biased, I swear). The work required to isolate a gene is at least as great as when many other chemical compounds are extracted from nature-compounds which ARE patent eligible. Like: novel enzymes, other proteins, heterocyclics (small ringed molecules), carbohydrates, chemotherapeutics, drugs, and many other things... to infinity.

*Theoretically, a cDNA patent can be infringed upon now by taking the information in the cDNA patent (that someone worked hard for, remember?) and using it to isolate the gene. What good is a cDNA patent if you can't protect the gene? Dumb.

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