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J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
10/3/24 9:15 a.m.
Ranger50
Ranger50 MegaDork
10/3/24 9:18 a.m.

Government is just mad they didn't get a cut.

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
10/3/24 9:29 a.m.

People shouldn't breed with sheep. 😂

WonkoTheSane
WonkoTheSane GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/3/24 9:35 a.m.

<puts away CRISPER set> OKAY, MOOOOOOMMMMM.....

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
10/3/24 9:48 a.m.

Ah, Montana, where the men are men and the sheep are sacred.

Mndsm
Mndsm MegaDork
10/3/24 9:49 a.m.

Well if a man can't clone sheep on his own, what kind of freedom do we have, really? 

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
10/3/24 10:00 a.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

Sacred, or scared?

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
10/3/24 10:03 a.m.

Gives new meaning to the phrase "Do It Yourself..."

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
10/3/24 10:17 a.m.
SV reX said:

In reply to Appleseed :

Sacred, or scared?

Why not both?

J.A. Ackley
J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
10/3/24 2:42 p.m.

One of these days, the ability to alter DNA and use some sort of bio 3D printer to bring to life whatever creation you made will be available to the masses in some sort of fashion. It'll probably be here before we know it ... unless AI gets us first.

jharry3
jharry3 GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/3/24 4:06 p.m.

GMO corn - OK.    GMO Lab Rats - OK.  GMO Big Horn Sheep -  not OK.   

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
10/3/24 4:23 p.m.
jharry3 said:

GMO corn - OK.    GMO Lab Rats - OK.  GMO Big Horn Sheep -  not OK.   

Sounds capricious and arbitrary.  Who's to say?

Edit:  My guess is the govt wants to squelch private sector experimentation in this area to protect their investment.  You think the govt isn't working on honey badger/human hybrids to serve as infantrymen?  Think again.

 

03Panther
03Panther PowerDork
10/3/24 8:26 p.m.
J.A. Ackley said:

One of these days, the ability to alter DNA and use some sort of bio 3D printer to bring to life whatever creation you made will be available to the masses in some sort of fashion. It'll probably be here before we know it ... unless AI gets us first.

No less likely than the rest of the news reports devil

Noddaz
Noddaz GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/4/24 12:58 p.m.

Attention DIY-ers: Think twice before GETTING CAUGHT cloning animals

 

Fixed

stafford1500
stafford1500 GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/4/24 2:38 p.m.
1988RedT2 said:
jharry3 said:

GMO corn - OK.    GMO Lab Rats - OK.  GMO Big Horn Sheep -  not OK.   

Sounds capricious and arbitrary.  Who's to say?

Edit:  My guess is the govt wants to squelch private sector experimentation in this area to protect their investment.  You think the govt isn't working on honey badger/human hybrids to serve as infantrymen?  Think again.

 

The conspiracy theory thread is over there>>>

bobzilla
bobzilla MegaDork
10/4/24 2:56 p.m.
1988RedT2 said:
jharry3 said:

GMO corn - OK.    GMO Lab Rats - OK.  GMO Big Horn Sheep -  not OK.   

Sounds capricious and arbitrary.  Who's to say?

Edit:  My guess is the govt wants to squelch private sector experimentation in this area to protect their investment.  You think the govt isn't working on honey badger/human hybrids to serve as infantrymen?  Think again.

 

Strange men laying in pastures cloning sheep is no basis for a government. 

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
10/4/24 3:11 p.m.

In reply to bobzilla :

And yet, here we are.

03Panther
03Panther PowerDork
10/4/24 3:18 p.m.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

wearymicrobe
wearymicrobe PowerDork
10/4/24 3:29 p.m.
J.A. Ackley said:

One of these days, the ability to alter DNA and use some sort of bio 3D printer to bring to life whatever creation you made will be available to the masses in some sort of fashion. It'll probably be here before we know it ... unless AI gets us first.

Trained molecular biologists here.  Hell no. We can synthesize entire small genomes right now with Gibson assemblies maybe in the 70-75kb range. 
 

we cannot even use machine learning to make single mutations that have predictable biological or biophysical outputs.  

Oapfu
Oapfu GRM+ Memberand Reader
10/4/24 5:09 p.m.

1) I cannot think of any good way to describe something as "alternative livestock".

2) Cloning is all well and fun until someone recreates Arthropleura (do NOT google 'giant millipede')

3) Why have we talked about cloned sheep twice, but never talked about Canadian Super Pigs and their cross-border invasion into USA?

https://www.livescience.com/animals/land-mammals/canadian-super-pigs-are-likely-to-invade-northern-us-study-warns

https://canadainvasives.ca/wild-pigs/

Noddaz
Noddaz GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/12/24 9:58 a.m.

I probably should not used a picture of a real person for this.  But the internet being what it is.

secretariata (Forum Supporter)
secretariata (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/12/24 10:16 a.m.
wearymicrobe said:
J.A. Ackley said:

One of these days, the ability to alter DNA and use some sort of bio 3D printer to bring to life whatever creation you made will be available to the masses in some sort of fashion. It'll probably be here before we know it ... unless AI gets us first.

Trained molecular biologists here.  Hell no...

Note the plural "biologists". He's already cloned himself...conspiracy theory right here for stafford1500...

RevRico
RevRico GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/12/24 10:59 a.m.

In reply to stafford1500 :

For as much money as the CIA has tied up in bringing back the mammoth, it may not be a "theory"

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 MegaDork
10/12/24 11:55 a.m.
J.A. Ackley said:

Case in point, this fellow:

Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding it (msn.com)

So why is this illegal, while smoking dope and gambling isn't? 

Think of the societal benefits of giant sheep.  Large, tasty mutton chops.  All that wool! 

And this brilliant man rots in jail while gambling drug addicts run our corporations and government.  It's all upside-down, I tell you!

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
10/12/24 2:04 p.m.

This is why not...

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