DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[stakddek]

That's fine Miss Scarlet, I was to lazy to link back and cut and paste the text, I guess I was just put off by the pink elephant hair color discussions. It's a shame that many of the acomplishments of DNAP and then later the accomplishments of the posters here who attempt to do due diligence are met with the "the material you found was valueless and it just goes to show how worthless this company is." It seems to have gone far beyond the "glass is half empty" syndrome. Now it appears that any accomplishment of the company in any field is to be decried for being extant. Any news or accomplishment is bad. This comments about haircolor being perceptual and variable is correct but the attitude with which the information is decried is vitriolic. Since we live in age where wigs of varying shades are available at the local dime store, and contact lenses are available to give you cat's eyes and whatever, I guess Retinome, that has been incorporated into the next witness package is of little value to the forensic community as well.

Given that, I can recall reading a book back in the sixties called "Black Like Me" where the reporter applied a dye to his skin and traveled throughout the South to report on his experiences.

The ability to apply a skin color changing agent would of course reduce the effectiveness of any tool such as DNA Wittness, and when combined with contacts and a wig, would all but prevent the identification of our own kin. Perhaps if DNAP got out of the genetics business entirely and became a costume rental agency for criminals.... Nah they would still decry the positive aspects of any activity of the company. They would be beating a large drum and with mightily amplified voices spend many hours being sure to let us all know that resistance is futile...

I don't think I could go through life thinking that everyone I met was out to get me, steal my money, or have a laugh at my expense. I know there are a few of that ilk out there, but I think that they tend to clump together, and in so doing limit the outlook they have on life. Thier perception of "out to get me" is accurate when applied to thier own environs. I don't have to live that way, and would never want to. I'm sure we all appreciate the gloomsters, we acknowledge thier ability to put every silver lining behind a storm cloud in a timely manner. I just hope that being exposed to the peculiar philosopic outlook they've finetuned I can continue my life unsullied by concerns that all is wrong and the world is not worth living in.

Stakddek