[118702] in Cypherpunks
Re: DNA computing & secure envelopes (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Woods)
Wed Oct 6 02:21:28 1999
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Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 22:05:05 -0800
From: Andrew Woods <enewetok@gci.net>
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To: Reese <reeza@flex.com>
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Reese wrote:
>
> At 01:09 AM 10/6/99 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
> >You're such an idiot, Choate.
>
> You flunked high school chemistry, didn't you Anonymous?
>
> >> For each M of DNA & reactant you'll need about a M of water
> >
> >Are you aware that this implies you need one molecule of water for each
> >molecule of DNA and reactant? Oh, yeah, good idea. That'll really
> >dissolve that DNA, won't it? One molecule of water. Brilliant, Choate.
>
> Mole. Not Molecule, Mole. Look it up.
>
> >At least we can say one thing: this is certainly up to his usual
> >standards, isn't it?
>
> You should talk.
Reese: you dumbass.
One mole of water per one mole of dna and reactant MEANS one molecule of
water per "molecule" of dna and reactant. that's the significance of a
mole. the same number of particles, no matter what they are.
so, in short, go back to high school chemistry. idiot.
