> From: "Jones Beene" ...
> From other posts on Slashdot: "The idea of storing > and transmitting information via DNA was also > proposed by Jaron Lanier in the Y2K issue of the > NYT magazine. The NYT was running a contest to come > up with a "time capsule" that would last till Y3K > and asked various prominent scientists, architects > etc. how they would make something that would last > and would be easily found by future generations. > Lanier proposed encoding a message in the DNA > of cockroaches and then letting them reproduce > naturally in the wild. In a thousand years they'd be > everywhere! (His idea didn't win, a more > conventional capsule with physical records was selected). Also in various science fiction books > (Greg Bear) messages were encoded in people's DNA. Mr Lanier chose the wrong species! When we get a little better at mapping our human genomes we may ultimately find embedded somewhere within those strands the following data: Property of: xxx, All rights reserved. Version Number: xxx Last Version Upgrade Date: xxx Wouldn't that be a hoot. It will probably get classified and never see the light of day. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson ...and speaking of ORION... www.OrionWorks.com
