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20th October 2006, 8:05pm
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#1 | | tired and emotional Editor
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| Saddest thing you've ever heard
One of the scientists in my department (a clever but sheltered young fellow, will probably go far) has a favourite kinase. He had two glasses of wine at a meeting this afternoon and (clearly tipsy) told us what his favourite kinase was before asking us our top five.
His favourite was AKT-1.
If you don't know what a kinase is - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinase
Anyone heard anything sadder?
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20th October 2006, 8:31pm
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#2 | | (suicidemachine)
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
so whats your top 5~? | |
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20th October 2006, 8:33pm
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#3 | | I reckon so...
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
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Originally Posted by LesMTS  One of the scientists in my department (a clever but sheltered young fellow, will probably go far) has a favourite kinase. He had two glasses of wine at a meeting this afternoon and (clearly tipsy) told us what his favourite kinase was before asking us our top five.
His favourite was AKT-1.
If you don't know what a kinase is - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinase
Anyone heard anything sadder? |
someone took the time to retell this story on the internet... now that's SAD  | 
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20th October 2006, 8:36pm
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#4 | | Caissa's DeathAngel
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
There are no words...
But if he's passionate about it it's cool. "Sad" is relative. | |
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20th October 2006, 8:46pm
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#5 | | tired and emotional Editor
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Originally Posted by Caissa's_DeathAngel
There are no words...
But if he's passionate about it it's cool. "Sad" is relative. | I love my new job but some of the banter makes me cringe. You'll occasionally hear someone describing a good, clear result as "sexy data". Also, this week, I heard someone say "working on asthma is okay but it's not like working on something sexy, like Alzheimer's."
There's nothing "sexy" about dementia.
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20th October 2006, 8:48pm
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#6 | | (suicidemachine)
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well, thats debatable! | |
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20th October 2006, 8:49pm
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#7 | | Caissa's DeathAngel
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
Oh dear... | |
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20th October 2006, 8:52pm
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#8 | | Harvey Kartel
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
Hexokinase would be in my top 5, definitely.
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20th October 2006, 8:52pm
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#9 | | Experimental stooge
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
Bambi's Moms dead 
(will stop taking things literally soon  ) | |
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20th October 2006, 8:57pm
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#10 | | Eternally clueless one
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
not a sciene thing but...
two grown men arguing who would win out in a fight between superman and batman. then falling out and sulking with each other for an hour and a half. | |
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20th October 2006, 8:59pm
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#11 | | tired and emotional Editor
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Originally Posted by faerie_child not a sciene thing but...
two grown men arguing who would win out in a fight between superman and batman. then falling out and sulking with each other for an hour and a half. | Doesn't have to be to do with science. Although science does provide a bottomless geek mine.
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20th October 2006, 9:05pm
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#12 | | (suicidemachine)
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some sad old man posting a thread on some internet forum about some geeky tech tools he has just bought himself | |
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20th October 2006, 9:07pm
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#13 | | Mr WYSIWYG
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
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Originally Posted by faerie_child not a sciene thing but...
two grown men arguing who would win out in a fight between superman and batman. then falling out and sulking with each other for an hour and a half. | Superman, obviously.
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20th October 2006, 9:07pm
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#14 | | Caissa's DeathAngel
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
Most of ThinkGeek.com
God I love that place, but some of the stuff there! USB sandwich toaster? Binary watch?
Obviously I intend buying both of those in the future | |
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21st October 2006, 5:07am
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#15 | | Eternally clueless one
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| Re: Saddest thing you've ever heard
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Originally Posted by Caissa's_DeathAngel Most of ThinkGeek.com
God I love that place, but some of the stuff there! USB sandwich toaster? Binary watch?
Obviously I intend buying both of those in the future | i want the USB swiss army knife.so i can open wine with the thing i'm listening to tunes with. cos is the best thing ever. still a wee bitty wrecked from da catty tonight, sorry | |
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