Biology question

James J said:
Lose the megabyte and bit analogy and use the proper terms for a start. Its megabases for a start and nucleic acids instead of bits.

DNA has nothing to do with computers so please don't confuse the two.
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Everything has to do with information/computing. The whole universe can be broken down to 1/0s (and 1 and 0 at the same time if you are in to quantum physics). The universe is literally just information. There is an interesting physics theory that it might not even be real, but a projection of information stored at the edge of the universe or the surface of black holes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle
 
kwerk said:
Everything has to do with information/computing. The whole universe can be broken down to 1/0s (and 1 and 0 at the same time if you are in to quantum physics). The universe is literally just information. There is an interesting physics theory that it might not even be real, but a projection of information stored at the edge of the universe or the surface of black holes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle
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Yet if you write megabyte in an exam or talk about nucleic acids as bits, you'd be laughed at by the marker.
 
Unless it was an experimental computing or theoretical physics exam.

It's all one thing people need to get these imaginary divisions out of their head. Biology is not sterile and separate from physics or even computing.

Maybe you should write a letter to prof. Tomita and correct him.
 
kwerk said:
Unless it was an experimental computing or theoretical physics exam.

It's all one thing people need to get these imaginary divisions out of their head. Biology is not sterile and separate from physics or even computing.

Maybe you should write a letter to prof. Tomita and correct him.
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Or maybe you should actually read some genetics booklets and white papers and join up all of the common terms, aka the ones I've said twice over now whilst your quoting a theory which hasn't been proven in any scientific extent.

If your exam question is specifically on "relate genetics to computer models and hypothesise a computer system based on biological denominators", fine, but you're talking about how much genetic information a sperm cell has. Might want to reread your own question perhaps?
 
James J said:
Or maybe you should actually read some genetics booklets and white papers and join up all of the common terms, aka the ones I've said twice over now whilst your quoting a theory which hasn't been proven in any scientific extent.

If your exam question is specifically on "relate genetics to computer models and hypothesise a computer system based on biological denominators", fine, but you're talking about how much genetic information a sperm cell has. Might want to reread your own question perhaps?
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I asked how much DATA it can store. DNA is just encoded data there's nothing magical about it. If you created your own artificial DNA you can encode whatever DATA you want in it.
 
kwerk said:
I asked how much DATA it can store. DNA is just encoded data there's nothing magical about it. If you created your own artificial DNA you can encode whatever DATA you want in it.
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So much wrong with that statement I actually can't be bothered trying to explain to you in terms you might actually understand in. Goodluck with your question regardless.
 
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