A Replacement to Writing? 2005/2006

drumpad; Shen Chin's biocomputing

For those who don't know what is a drumpad or how it looks like, below is a picture of my drumpad:





It is sitting on my chair. That should give you an idea how big it is. I've been practicing on it last night and just now. Felt good playing on it. And I like my SD1 sticks. Train my arms... I reckon that's why the veins on my hands are getting increasingly obvious.

I was chatting to Shen Chin this afternoon on msn when he mentioned his biocomputing project. He said that it was 1000+ PAGES for 1 genre. I thought he meant 1000 words. No, he said, PAGES. I was shocked. He wanted to faint. I wanted to faint. Said his com almost hanged when he received the document. Curious, I accepted his offer to send me part of this project of his. It failed when sending through msn, so I received it in my gmail instead. For your info, it is 5.87MB in MS doc and had 1055 pages.

The following is only 2 sections of it. 2 pages and 2 lines. He says these are the nucleotide sequence of different genes. For each strand there are different combinations of ATGC.
I hope I got it right.

So I opened it only at night (just now) coz my computer decided to not cooperate with me in the afternoon. When I opened it I was grinning and laughing. See why:

>116120 Hypothetical protein AQ_155 [Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5) chromosome] (+)strand
ATGCTCTGGTTTTCCCTCTTTATTTTATCCATAGCAATCGGTGGTTCTTT
TGCCCTCCTCGTTGCAATAGCAAGGACTCCGGGACTTGCGGATCTCTTTC
CTCCAAAGTACTTCTACCACGCTCTTGTGGGACACGTGGACAGCGCTCTG
ATAGTCGGACTTTACGCATTTTTGATATTTTTATGGCACAGGATTTTTGA
AAAGAAGGAAAACTTCGCAAGCTTCCTTCCCGCACTGCTCGGGTTTTTTA
TGATAGCGGGAAGTTCACTCTTTGGTCTCGGACAGGCACTATGGAACAAC
TACGTTCCTACCATAATACACCCTGTATTCTTCGGCGGAGTATCTTTATT
TTTCCTTGGTGTTTTCTTAAACTCTTTGAGGTTTTTGCCTCAAGCTGTTA
AGAACTTCTACATCGGTGATACCCTGAAATCCATTCTTTCTACTACCGTG
ATTAATTCTTTCTTAATGCCCTTAACTTACCTCATCGCCTACTTCAACAC
TCCAAAAGGAGAAAATGTTTACGAGTACTTTGAGGCACTTTTCTGGTTCG
GCGGGCATACCCACCAGTTTGTAAACGCGGGACTCCTGATTTCATTGTGG
CTACTCCTCCTGAGAAGGGAAGTTCTAAACCTCTGGTTTTTAAACTTACT
TCTCGTTGTATTTCCTATAACTTACTTCTTTGCCCAGATTTTCCTGAACC
CTCTATCTTCTACAGGAAAGAGCCTCACCACGTGGGGTTACATGGTCGGT
ATAGGTATTCCTACAATCGTTTACGGACTCATAACTCTTGTAAGGGCTGT
TAAAGGATTGGACTTTTATAGAAGCATTCTTGTGCTGTCCGTTTCCCTTT
ATCTCCTTGGGGCTTTAATGGGATACATGATAGTAGGTATGGATACGAGG
GTTCCAGCACATTACCACACGGTAATAGCGAGTATACTCGTGGGCGTTAT
AGCTCTTACCTTTATGTACCTTCAGGAACTGGGATACATGGAAAAACTCG
GGAAGTTTGAGAAGTTTATCCCTTTTTCTACGGTTTTGGTATGCTTCTTT
TTGTCCTCGGACTCTTCTGGGCGGGAGTCTTTGGAGCTCCAAGGAAAACT
CCGGGAACGGATTACATACAAAACGCAAAGGTTTACTTATTCATGGCTCT
CATGGGACTAG

>120140 Cation transporting ATPase [Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5) chromosome] (+)strand
ATGCTGAAAGCACATTCTCTTTCCCCTGAAGAGATATTAAGGATTTTAAA
GACGGACAGGAGGGGGCTCTCTGAAGAGGAGGCTAAAAAGAGGCTAAAAA
TATACGGAAAGAACGAGATAGAGGAAGAAGAGGAAAGTTTAATTAAGGTC
TTCTTTAGGCAATTTAACAATCCCTTTGTTTACATCCTGTTTGTTGCAAG
CGGTATTTCCGCTTACATAGGAAAAAAAGAAGATTCCCTGATAATTCTTG
CTATTATATTCGTGAACTCCCTTCTCGGTTTCTTTCAGGAGTTCAGGGCC
ATAACATCTTTAAAGGCTTTAAAGAAATTAACGGAAGTAAAAACAAAAGT
TTACAGAGACGGCAAATTAAAAGTAATACCCGCTTCCGAACTCGTTCCCG
GTGACGTTGTCTACATTCAGGAGGGAGACGTAGTTCCTGCGGATATAAGA
CTTATTGAAAGTGTAGGCCTTATGGTTGATGAATCGGTTTTAACTGGTGA
ATCCGTGCCGGTTGAGAAAAACGCGGACGTTGTTTTGCCTGAAGATACTC
CCGTTTACAATAGGTCGAACGTAGTATTTAAAGGCACGCACGTTGTAAAG
GGATGGGCAGTCGGAGTAGTTTACGCAACGGGAAGACAAACGGAGTTTGG
AAAGATAAGTGAAAAGGCAAAGGAAAAGTCCCCGGAAACACCATTAATGA
GGGCTTTGAAAAAGTTTTCCCTTGCATGGATGGTAATCATCTTTTTCTTA
CTCTCAATCCTTTTCCTTATAGGTATTTATCAGGGAAGAGACATTTACGA
GGTTTTACTCCTCATAGTTTCCGAGTTGGTATCTGCAGTTCCAGAGGGCT
TGCCTCTCGTAATAACGTTCACTTTAGTAATTGGTGCGATTGCCCTTTCA
CGGAGAAAGGTTCTCATAAGGTACCTTCCCGCTACGGAGACGCTTGGGAG
TACAACTTTTATATGTTCTGACAAGACGGGAACCATAACAGAAGGGAAAC
TAAAAGTCCAGGAATTCTTCGCCCTGAACGAGAAGTTTTTAAACCTCATT
TCTGCACTCTGCAACTCGTCGGACGGCGAGAGTGGGGATCCGGTTGATCT
TGCTCTTCTCAGATGGCTTGAAGAAAACGACATAGACTGGAAGAAACTGA
GGGAAGAATACAGAACGGTTAAAGTTTTCCCCTTTGATACAAAAAAGAGG
TATATGGCTGTAATTGTTGAAAAGGAGGGCAAGTATTACCTGCTCGTGAA
GGGTGCCTTTGAAACTTTATCAAATTTTTCCGAAGGTATTTCCGAAGAAT
TAATAAAAGTTCACGACGTTCTTGCGGAAAACGGCCTGAGAGTCCTCTTC
TTCGCTTACGCCGAAATTCCAGAGCCTGTTGAAGATATAGAAAGCTTAAA
ACTGAAACCCGCTGGTTTTGTCGGATTTCTTGATCCTCCAAAAGAGGGTG
TAAAGGAAGCAGTTGTGAACGCAAGAAGGGCGGGAATAAGGGTTATCATG
ATAACGGGCGATAACTTAAAAACCGCAGTAGCAGTAGCGAAGCAAACCGA
AATATACAGGGAAGGTGACTTAGCCGTTGAGGGAAAAGATCTTTCTAAAT
ATTCAGATGCGGAACTTTACAATTTGTTGAAGAGGGTTTCTGTCATTGCA
AGGGCACTTCCCGAAGATAAGTACAGGGTTGTAAAAGTCCTTCAGGAAAA
AGGGGAAATAGTCGCGGTTACGGGAGACGGTGTGAACGACGTTCCAGCCC
TTAAGGTTGCCGACATAGGCGTAGCTATGGGTTCTGGAACTGAAGCGGCA
AAGAGTGTAGCTAAGATGGTAATAACTGATAACAACCTAAAAGTTATAGT
GGAGGCCGTTAGGTGGGGGAGGATAATAGTCAGGAATATAAAGAGGGCGA
TTACTTACCTCCTCACCACAAGCTTTGGTGAAATAACCTTACTTTCTTCC
GCAATACTGATGAAATTACCTCTGCCGCTTTATCCCACTCAGATACTCTG
GATAAACATAGTTACCGACGGAGTTCAGGATAAAACTTTCCCCTTCAACA
AAGAGGAAATAGACGTTATGAAGGAAAAACCTCAGAAGCCTGAGAAGGTA
TTCCTGGACAAAAGGCTTTTTTTAAGATTTTTAACCGGAGGTTTATTCAT
AGGATTTATAAACTTAATTCTCTTCAAACACCTCCTAAGCGTTTATTCAT
ATGAGGTTGCAGTAACTATAACCTTTACCTCAATGGTTGTCAATCAATGG
GCTGTAGGAATTCAGACTGTAAGGGATTACCCCTTCTTTTACAAGCCTTG
GAGGAATTTCCAGATGAACCCATACATATTTATAGGCATATTTATAGGAT
TGATCCTTCAGCTTTTGGCAATATACGTTTTCCCTAACTACTTTCACGCA
GTTCCCCTCTCATTAGAACACTGGTTTTACGTAATCTTAACAACATTATC
AGTTTTCATCTTCATAGAAATAAGGAAATTAGTTTTTACAATTTTCAGTGAGAGGTAA

I laughed because that afternoon I asked him if it's all words. He said yes. I expected, you know, words like those that I am typing. So when I opened the file I was very surprised, so much that I was grinning and laughing. I can't understand a single thing of this, but it looks interesting. No sarcasm here.
All those up there, 1055 pages of combinations.

That's what the director studies when he isn't directing a play. Are my friends good or are they good?

posted by tstar @ 10:14 PM