3.16.2006

DNA 11 Sucks Major Oat Tote [FrinkTank]

DNA 11 Sucks Major Oat Tote [FrinkTank]: "

Anyone who has ever run a gel on some DNA will recognize the 'art' generated by DNA 11. And that's sort of the problem—all DNA 11 does, for a low special introductory offer of 390 big ones, is take some random snippet of your DNA—not even a deliberately meaningful one, mind you—and run a gel on it. You know, like any high school kid could do.

Then they blow it up real big so you can hang it o'er top of your italian leather sofa. (lyrics)

Far be it from me to poo-poo the convergence of science and art, but this is neither good science nor great art. Rather it trades, like so many of its ilk, on the fact that nobody else is simultaneously geeky, precious and greedy enough to even attempt it. Read the entire post | Read the comments on this post"