Comments on: Technobabble of the Day

By: Aine

Aine — Fri, 06 May 2005 10:52:59 +0000

Yea, cuz we all know what the alternative was: “when I realised that the virus was having opposite effects on Bizaro I deduced his inverse metabolism would produce antibodies capable of combating the virus when my own coudln’t”. No matter how long you stare at it, it just sounds stupid.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 05 May 2005 18:31:35 +0000

The terms are great (”bacteriophages” and “restriction endonucleases” bring back memories of my long days in lab), it’s the way they’re strung together so that they almost — but not quite — makes sense. You’re right though, it is better than most attempts.

By: Aine

Aine — Thu, 05 May 2005 17:59:26 +0000

Woah there pardner… someone read up on their biology. Nice to see bacteriophages getting a mention in popular culture though, and you can never have too many endonucleases IMHO. Hey, at least someone tried this time. Unlike other examples posted on this blog.

By: David Fiore

David Fiore — Thu, 05 May 2005 04:08:57 +0000

I firmly believe that–one fine day!–M.O.D.O.K. will make it into the dictionaries, as he (it?) has already infiltrated each of our hearts!