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[Tue, 21 Oct 2003]
Second Impressions...
This is the car
(or, rather, box) my ex-colleague once described as "targeted towards
unemployed singles in their early-20s". Damn cheap and damn ugly. The NYT
review, however, has a change of heart about the "car" midway through the
article.
Meta-genomics or "Have Hammer, Find Nail" ?
Having sequenced (or sequencing) many of the known interesting organisms,
people now want to sequence whole ecosystems of bacteria. The
article is sort of confused- it talks about Diversa (based in SD, they
look at bacteria living in interesting environments to look for
interesting genes) and, in the same breath, talks about all the bacteria
in the human intestine. Anyway, the idea seems to be that the genomes of a
whole bunch of bacteria will tell us about how the system works. Don't ask
me how. A cynic would think that they are doing this to make some use of
the huge sequencing robots that are lying idle.
Share the pain...
Toyota's hometown, Toyota City (what else!), is worrying
about its future- its not bad right now but it isn't going to get
better. Actually, I am surprised Toyota makes so many cars in Japan still:
3.49 million in Japan, 2.16 elsewhere. Obviously, as competition will heat
up, the newer factories will all be outside Japan. The cost thing is
already starting to bite the low-end suppliers. In a poetic sense, the
wheel is turning full-circle: first Detroit, now Toyota City. Ah well,
India will be facing its own pains- when the mom-and-pop shops go away. At
least, everybody is feeling the pinch...