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From Dobrica Pavlinusic on Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:53:23 +0200 (MET DST)

Fwd: Re: Otkriven DNA kod!!!

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From: tihomir.kuzmic@sk.tel.hr (Tihomir Kuzmic)
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Subject: Re: Otkriven DNA kod!!!
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 15:28:56 GMT
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On Mon, 21 Jul 1997 06:37:03 GMT, mbenak@open.hr (Miroslav Benak)
wrote:

>Danas sam na internetu nasao zgodan tekstic o C-u i DNA kodu.
>Mozda nekog zanima:
>
>**********
>
>DNA Revealed
>
>For many years molecular biologists have been mystified by the fact that
>very little of an organism's DNA seems to serve any useful function.
>
>I have solved the mystery.
>
>The reason why only 30% of human DNA performs any useful function is that
>the rest of it is comments.
>
>Once we decode a typical human genome, we see that the contents begin as
>follows:
>
>   ===
>   /* HUMAN_DNA.H
>    *
>    * Human Genome
>    * Version 2.1
>    *
>    * (C) God
>    */
>
>   /* Revision history:
>    *
>    * 0000-00-01 00:00  1.0  Adam.
>    * 0000-00-02 10:00  1.1  Eve.
>    * 0000-00-03 02:11  1.2  Added penis code to male version. A bit messy --
>    *                        will require a rewrite later on to make it
>    *                        neater.
>    * 0017-03-12 03:14  1.3  Added extra sex drive to male.h; took code
>    *                        from elephant-dna.c
>    * 0145-10-03 16:33  1.4  Removed tail.
>    * 1115-00-31 17:20  1.5  Shortened forearms, expanded brain case.
>    * 2091-08-20 13:56  1.6  Opposable thumbs added to hand() routine.
>    * 2501-04-09 14:04  1.7  Minor cosmetic improvements -- skin colour
>    *                        made
>    *                        darker to match my own image.
>    * 2909-07-12 02:21  1.8  Dentition inadequate; added extra 'wisdom'
>    *                        teeth.
>    *                        Must remember to make mouth bigger to
>    *                        compensate.
>    * 4501-12-31 14:18  1.9  Increase average height.
>    * 5533-02-12 17:09  2.0  Added gay option, triggered by high
>    *                        population density, to try and slow the
>    *                        overpopulation problem.
>
>    * 6004-11-04 16:11  2.1  Made forefinger narrower to fit hole in
>    *                        centre of CD.
>
>    */
>
>   /* Standard definitions
>    */
>
>   #define SEX male
>   #define HEIGHT 1.84
>   #define MASS 68
>   #define RACE caucasian
>
>   /* Include inherited traits from parent DNA files.
>    *
>    * Files must be pre-processed with MENDEL program to provide proper
>    * inheritance features.
>    */
>
>   #include "mother.h"
>   #include "father.h"
>
>   #infndef FATHER
>   #warn("Father unknown -- guessing\n")
>   #include "bastard.h"
>   #endif
>
>   /* Set up sex-specific functions and variables
>    */
>   #include
>
>   /* Kludged code -- I'll re-design this lot and re-write it as a proper
>    * library sometime soon.
>    */
>   struct genitals
>      {
>   #ifdef MALE
>      Penis *jt;
>   #endif
>      /* G_spot *g;   Removed for debugging purposes */
>   #ifdef FEMALE
>      Vagina *p;
>   #endif
>      }
>
>   /* Initialization bootstrap routine -- called before DNA duplication.
>    * Allocates buffers and sets up protein file pointers
>    */
>   DNA *zygote_initialize(Sperm *, Ovum *);
>
>   /* MAIN INITIALIZATION CODE
>    *
>    * Returns structures containing pre-processed phenotypes for the
>    * organism to display at birth.
>    *
>    * Will be improved later to make output less ugly.
>    */
>   Characteristic *lookup_phenotype(Identifier *i);
>   ===
>
>   ...and so on.
>
>   [ Note that God uses two-space tabs ]
>
>********************
>
>
>Ako neko zeli nek testira kod. Mozda proradi!
>
>Pozdrav,
>	Miroslav
>
>
Bravo! S ovim odmah u humor konferenciju.

Tihomir Kuzmic, mechanical engineer
Email: tihomir.kuzmic@sk.tel.hr

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