Der ältester Berufsstand
Ein Chirurg, ein Architekt und ein NT-Netzwerkverwalter streiten, wessen Berufsstand der älteste sei. Der Chirurg:"Gott entnahm Adam eine Rippe und schuf Eva. Die erste Tat war eine Operation!" Der Architekt…
If Architects to work like software engineers
Dear Architect:
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion.
My house should have between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.
Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it, and the walls don’t have nearly enough insulation in them).
Human DNA
For many years molecular biologists have been mystified by the fact that very little of an organism’s DNA seems to serve any useful function.
I have solved the mystery.
The reason why only 30% of human DNA performs any useful function is that the rest of it is comments.
Once we decode a typical human genome, we see that the contents begin as follows: