Random Analogies

What: "I went this morning for my One-on-One session, to learn more cool new features of my new laptop and MobileMe. At the end of my (awesome, fun, insert-positive-adjective-here) session, I got it: Judaism is like a Mac. Or an ipod, ipad, or whatever cool new device Apple comes out with." The linked article tries to connect the two.

Writer: Alia Ramer

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Date: Aug 6 2011 4:12 PM

What: "Viral nucleic acid is like a computer program," Professor Burrell explains. "It's the genetic blueprint. The virus particle is like a CD that's learnt the skill to jump from one computer to another and to use any means necessary. Once inside the computer it programs the computer as if it was alive. The core of the whole thing is the information in the program."

Writer: Chris Burrell

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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Oct 25 2013 3:26 PM

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"As different colored light becomes limited, opportunities are created for organisms to exploit fluorescence to produce visual contrast and patterns. This is where it gets tricky. Biofluorescence is easily confused with bioluminescence, but they are very different things. Bioluminescence is like a DIY glow-in-the-dark. The organism emits its own light, which human eyes can see without any special filters. Biofluorescence is more like reflecting light, not creating light. This means that in order to biofluoresce, at least a little bit of light is necessary from a different source. To see fluorescence, a special filter is needed on your dive goggles, typically with a yellowish-tint."

Writer: Sarah Fuller

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Date: Dec 24 2014 10:41 AM

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"In fact, sadness is like the shell that surrounds the seed; it is protective, it is not the enemy. Once the seed has dropped its protection, is surrendered into the soil, the shell has died, only then the sprout is born."

Writer: Osho

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Date: May 21 2015 12:10 PM