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Piethagoras' Theorem 
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters)
| Quote: | A California company said on Thursday it used cloning technology to make five human embryos, with the eventual hope of making matched stem cells for patients. Stemagen Corp. in La Jolla, California, destroyed the embryos while testing to make sure they were true clones. But the researchers, based at a fertility center, said they believed their ready source of new human eggs would make their venture a success.
Other experts were skeptical about the claims, published in the journal Stem Cells. If verified, the team would be the first to prove they have cloned human beings as a source of stem cells, the master cells of the body. .... |
http://www.reuters.com/article/health-SP-A/idUSN1721774620080121
Scary
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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Surprised people are more interested in large breasts than the issue of human cloning  
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Dave The Man 
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I can't see anything wrong with that - It could help find a Cure for Cancer and stuff like that
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stui magpie 
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Apparently, clones have been declared fit for consumption.
The bloke who writes the Dilbert cartoon strip, Scott Adams (who is a seriously disturbed and provocative person ) Has a blog where he challenges all sorts of things. If you like his sense of humour (and I do), you may like this.
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2008/01/good-eatin.html
| Quote: | Good Eatin’
The FDA has decided that meat from clones is safe.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18110949
This is a big relief, because I have a long term goal of cloning myself and then eating my clone. I don’t have a compelling reason to do it, but most goals are like that. No one really needs to run a marathon or collect beer mugs, but no one is complaining about them. There’s nothing wrong with wanting what you want.
I’m a vegetarian, but I think I would make an exception for my clone. My torso is already full of my guts. Putting a few more forkfuls in there seems like a trivial change.
My clone won’t have a soul, obviously, since clones are an abomination and not a product of God’s approved method of procreation. You can’t expect The Almighty to hand out souls to creatures made in a laboratory. Only real people get souls, and that means there’s no ethical dilemma with eating your clone. It’s just protein with an attitude.
The risk with this plan is that my clone is just like me, and tries to eat me first and assume my identity. But that’s a risk we’re both willing to take.
Do clones have souls?
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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haha, loved it stui
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John Wren 
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dilbert is such a classic and disturbingly close to reality. at my last workplace we had a pillar in honour of him. so he was a a pillar of our society. :droll: 
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John Wren
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| frankiboy wrote: | | Surprised people are more interested in large breasts than the issue of human cloning |
i'm not surprised but i'm surprised you're surprised.
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Alec. J. Hidell
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Did someone mention big breasts?
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Piethagoras' Theorem
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what ever happened to that thread? Seems to have disappeared
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Robbo.D.yobbo
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| clone us 22 buckleys |
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John Wren
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| Robbo.D.yobbo wrote: | | clone us 22 buckleys |
we'll need a ruckman and a couple of tall kpp. other than that the rest can be buckleys.
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Robbo.D.yobbo
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| Jock McPie wrote: | | Robbo.D.yobbo wrote: | | clone us 22 buckleys |
we'll need a ruckman and a couple of tall kpp. other than that the rest can be buckleys. |
come on man...its buckley...he can play whatever bloody position he wants!!! lol |
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| Jock McPie wrote: | | Robbo.D.yobbo wrote: | | clone us 22 buckleys |
we'll need a ruckman and a couple of tall kpp. other than that the rest can be buckleys. |
Surely you could manipulate a few of them to have longer legs. |
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John Wren
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| Robbo.D.yobbo wrote: | | Jock McPie wrote: | | Robbo.D.yobbo wrote: | | clone us 22 buckleys |
we'll need a ruckman and a couple of tall kpp. other than that the rest can be buckleys. |
come on man...its buckley...he can play whatever bloody position he wants!!! lol |
yeah, but you saw what happened without a decent ruckman .......
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