Tuesday, July 30, 2013

How DNA strands does it take to change a lightbulb? Not as many as you would think.

Susan just stared at the DNA Map on Mick's Laptop as it turned. The graphic was clear, Floyd was actually missing a strand of his DNA. It seemed impossible, she glanced over to see Wilson demanding something from Floyd who blubber like and infant and she shook her head, this guy could be missing entire sequences of DNA and no one would notice- definitely not Floyd anyway. She shook her head then turned back as Mick tried unsuccessfully to get his laptop to isolate the strand in question. The result of which is the Mac Book locked up and the apple appeared and Mick started cursing (a lot).
Susan turned back to find Floyd asleep in his chair- snoring. Wilson was nowhere to be seen. Odd.

Dr. Williams stepped back and took his glasses off to rub his eyes. Mick stopped swearing at the laptop and stood up.
"Sorry." He said, looking a bit embarrassed.
"It's okay." Susan said.
"Fucking Macs." Mick said as if that was an explanation.
"I guess we will need a server to pull this kind of crunching." Dr. Williams said. "Is there a university or lab or something around here."
"I'll have to ask around." Susan said as she walked past Floyd to the tent flap.
"In the meantime, Mick and I will try to get the Computer working again."


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