6/23/06


"Is" does not imply "ought."
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>>aulook | grep firstsignal
65844/firstsignal CURR[marvin ,Jun 23 04:30:09] cyc=1 cmd=./dotask_kal
65845/firstsignal CURR[meme ,Jun 23 04:30:10] cyc=2 cmd=./dotask_kal
65846/firstsignal CURR[marvin ,Jun 23 04:30:10] cyc=3 cmd=./dotask_kal
65847/firstsignal PEND cyc=4/20 pri=9 host=@real nomax ./dotask_kal gdata_DAT11_06_X kal_parms_v01 # 1 20 0 3
65632/firstsignal PEND cyc=1/20 pri=5 host=@4G nomax ./dotask_lssvm gdata_DAT11_06_X_prop lssvm_parms_v01 # 1 20 0 5

>>whoami
go to bed Posted by Picasa

6/22/06


DNA is a chain of chemical nucleotides consisting of 4 bases: adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), and guanine (G) [1].
In the human genome there are about 3 billion bases.
Since there are 4 possibilities for a given base, then each base can be represented by 2 bits (say 00=A, 01=T, 10=C, 11=G).
So, there are approximately (3billion x 2bits)/2^30 ~ 5.6gigabits of information in the entire human genome.
Now, half of an individual's genome comes from his biological father and another half from his mother.
Therefore, during the intercourse 2.8gigabits of information is transmitted.
Averaged across ages 15-44 an intercourse lasts for roughly 20min (very optimistically) [2].
Thus, the average information transmission bandwidth is about:
(2.8gigabits x 1byte/8bits)/(20min x 60sec/min) ~ 306 Kbytes/sec

In comparison, my Cox Communication internet speed is about 1243.5 Kbytes/sec (almost 4 times faster or equivalent to the transmission speed of a 5 minutes long intercourse) [3]. This is an interesting case of human intelligence equating/beating nature in efficiency!

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoxyribonucleic_acid
[2]http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006042220265
[3]http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html
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6/21/06


This might explain why girls have a predilection for guys with a sense of humor. However, it does not explain why by now (after million years of evolution) all the guys are not clowns! Of course there is no way to be sure, since being funny is also relative! Posted by Picasa