tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post114466704985215768..comments2023-07-03T21:44:22.373+10:00Comments on Hoyden-About-Town: Mad scientist at worktigtoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144824790830800342006-04-12T16:53:00.000+10:002006-04-12T16:53:00.000+10:00The up-and-coming generations don't seem to be lac...The up-and-coming generations don't seem to be lacking in chinnishness. But those chinned breeding stock led to pugnacious spouses and royal divorce - was it worth it? Betty must ask herself late at night over a G&T gazing fondly at the pics of of well-chinned grandkids.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144815748144430372006-04-12T14:22:00.000+10:002006-04-12T14:22:00.000+10:00Oh I don't know, old bean. Surely a few chin augme...Oh I don't know, old bean. Surely a few chin augmentations cloned from skin fragments retrieved from royal razors would be well received.Mentis Fugithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07964443139632139131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144747961965981512006-04-11T19:32:00.000+10:002006-04-11T19:32:00.000+10:00Ian - so long as you stick to crops & steer clear ...Ian - so long as you stick to crops & steer clear from the royal family....<BR/><BR/>That'd be great :)Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537206000218742156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144709011030747462006-04-11T08:43:00.000+10:002006-04-11T08:43:00.000+10:00I say, old boy, take a look at my horse-drawn stea...I say, old boy, take a look at my horse-drawn steam-powered cloning machine!<BR/><BR/>By Jove, that's simply ripping, old chap! Let's clone something for Queen and country, eh what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144698746239009762006-04-11T05:52:00.000+10:002006-04-11T05:52:00.000+10:00Willendorf, now I have a picture of vast amounts o...Willendorf, now I have a picture of vast amounts of steam and wrought iron being somehow involved. As long as Kevin Kline and Will Smith don't get involved, I'm sure it's safe.Paul Tomblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728282967367577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144694344590144312006-04-11T04:39:00.000+10:002006-04-11T04:39:00.000+10:00When I first read "Victorian scientists" I thought...When I first read "Victorian scientists" I thought you meant scientists from the Victorian era, and found the use of the present tense confusing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144678369427229852006-04-11T00:12:00.000+10:002006-04-11T00:12:00.000+10:00Sing it, Paul.Sing it, Paul.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144678282238853422006-04-11T00:11:00.000+10:002006-04-11T00:11:00.000+10:00Ian, I hadn't heard anything else about frost-resi...Ian, I hadn't heard anything else about frost-resistant genes, as NSW doesn't have a huge problem in that area so the media coverage is lacking.<BR/><BR/>I guess it's not surprising that is a fertile area of research - the benefits are so obvious. We'll see which gene-splices win the crop-yield war, eh?tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144675956429761512006-04-10T23:32:00.000+10:002006-04-10T23:32:00.000+10:00I believe the Bush Administration has found an eas...I believe the Bush Administration has found an easier solution - just raise the temperature of the earth.Paul Tomblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728282967367577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144675829217659962006-04-10T23:30:00.000+10:002006-04-10T23:30:00.000+10:00Sorry for the double comment. The system seized u...Sorry for the double comment. The system seized up on the first and claimed that it failed (something like "There was no data in the page, would you like to try again?"), but apparently it was lying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144673953418464102006-04-10T22:59:00.000+10:002006-04-10T22:59:00.000+10:00Flounder anti-freeze proteins have been spliced in...Flounder anti-freeze proteins have been spliced into crops -- potatoes, tomatoes, and otehrs -- for five or ten years aleady. I believe that some of these frost-resistant crops are already commercially available. Moreover, several crops (some forms of winter wheat, I think) have already been shown to produce their own anti-freeze proteins naturally. I think the breakthrough here is that this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16566466.post-1144673906358057952006-04-10T22:58:00.000+10:002006-04-10T22:58:00.000+10:00Flounder anti-freeze proteins have been spliced in...Flounder anti-freeze proteins have been spliced into crops -- potatoes, tomatoes, and otehrs -- for five or ten years aleady. I believe that some of these frost-resistant crops are already commercially available. Moreover, several crops (some forms of winter wheat, I think) have already been shown to produce their own anti-freeze proteins naturally. I think the breakthrough here is that this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com