Regarding my understanding of genetics, I stand corrected. Thanks for the education, Nigel.
... > I'll let you know if I find a copyright statement. > I spend quite a lot of time browsing through the DNA > looking for anomalies. > FWIW, a recent Season 3 installment from the Science Channel, "Through the Wormhole: Will We Survive First Contact" actually speculated on the possibility that something equivalent to a copyright statement might be uncovered embedded in our genetic code. The premise hinges on a fascinating theory that such a "copyright" might be deciphered through a better understanding of detecting certain universal similarities that are now suspected to exist in all forms of intelligent communication. The installment talks about how we might go about deciphering "alien" languages based on some recent unexpected and startling correlations that have been discovered in all of our own human languages. The same correlations were discovered in cetaceans (dolphins & whales) language as well. It suggests the fact that they actually are talking to each other – exchanging complex ideas. These unexpected correlations gives some hope that the same correlations might eventually be detected in what is currently thought of as nothing more than random static from EM radiation coming from outer space. Some also theorize that perhaps the same correlations might also be detected within our own genetic code. You might enjoy watching the episode. The episode describes what kind of correlations they are looking for. Therefore, it’s possible you could end up developing some kind of an algorithm that looks for the same kind of patterns. ;-) Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
