This is kind of a cool idea. Let's say that evolution writ large is only accidentally about the preservation, transmission, and development of living species, but essentially about the preservation, transmission, and development of information . On this view, organisms are just a means to an end, particularly well-adapted couriers for all of this chemical data. If that's the case, then maybe there isn't anything particularly special about the specific form of that data (i.e. DNA) or
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Major Nelson
Microsoft have recently announced that they are bringing Silverlight advertisements to the Xbox 360. In an attempt to quell any fears people have about this development, Larry Hryb aka Major Nelson, has put a post up on his blog to reassure people that this will not lead to a massive increase in the number of [...]
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The Morning Brew #382
Software IronRuby 0.6 Released! - Jimmy Schementi announces the release of IronRuby 0.6, which brings further improvements to performance and Ruby compatibility, along with a bunch of new features and a return for Silverlight support Sandcastle Release - The SandCastle team announce the latest code release, releasing the source for the version of the SandCastle Documentation Generation tool that was used to build the VS2010 documentation Information Pretty Code #1 - Building Sel
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