when faced with the 'blistering' speed of developing in C, I'm willing to accept slower runtimes.

I imagine that it would be a different story for someone making production code for distribution, but most of my stuff gets used a few times, and only within the lab.

I've actually found it FASTER to keep the data compressed. Hard drive read speed has become a real bottleneck with big datasets. Python has built-in gzip support, so working with it has become trivial for me :)

Your belief is incorrect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming

Wow, way to spread misinformation. I can assure you that while there are biases toward the wealthy in the Ivy League (mainly due to inequities in access to primary education, though a small part is due to legacy/connections), there are no financial barriers to entry into these schools for students who are willing to work hard and apply themselves. Most of the people I knew who went to these schools are firmly in the 99%, and many of them in the bottom 50%.

However, this NAND gate comes with a suite of chemical sensors attached. Many of which can be used as inputs to the gate. I doubt that can be fabricated in a 300nm circle.

If that is the case, then i retract my statement. With google's domination of the industry, it could easily have gotten $500 mil. However, the statement in the article is quite vague now that I read it again. Did you see a better explanation elsewhere?

from TFA:

"Drug and health care advertising generated about $1 billion in Internet spending last year and is expected to grow to nearly $1.9 billion by 2015, according to the research firm eMarketer Inc."

That's $1 billion total spending, not profit, and not only Google. I don't think Google generated anywhere near $500 million from it.

Actually, until they get off on the ground. Shit happens...

FTFY

So they work like graduate students, just with more pay.

Not only is it not prominent, it's a pain in the ass and very awkward to use. This is a much better solution.

When you assemble a genome, you assemble the sequences into chromosomes based on overlap with other sequences. This contamination should not match up properly, or be assemble into its own "chromosome".

The whole "evolution" thing is the biggest sensationalist bullshit I've ever heard. Ignore it.

As was mentioned in another comment, it seems like the summary is misleading on the "contamination" actually being in the genome sequence.

Actually, most of us DO live in urban areas. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/census_issues/metropolitan_planning/cps2k.cfm

And we'd know EXACTLY where to find them.