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No Sunshine In Eraserhead

a: Eraserhead ~
b: a world where the sun has never shinned

What: "Too this day it's the only thing I find truly obscene, sure I seen some ugly sick porn, but Eraserhead is like visit to a world that suns loving rays (or Gods love) have never reached."

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Writer: W Wiley
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Date: Feb 6 2011 3:06 AM


Chicago As Small City

a: Chicago ~
b: Hoboken

What: "Chicago is like Hoboken. Everyone there claims that it is better than New York, and "liveable" and "upscale" and all these great adjectives, but no one is listening, because they are in Hoboken."

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Writer: nyc10022
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Date: May 4 2012 7:42 PM


Like Looking At Stars Through A Grid...

a: Dna microarray ~
b: chess board with a 10,000,000 squares

What: Yes Indeed. Each square on this chess board can detect the presence or activation of a single gene or series of genes. There is so much information on a single chip that the only way to interpret it is to use computer technology. This is somewhat similar to what astronomers do when when they look at the stars. There are millions and millions and millions of stars and one way to make sense of the pattern is to employ very sophisticated image analysis techniques.

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Writer: Lucretia
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Apr 29 2013 4:37 PM


Weakest Link?

a: Electrical circuit ~
b: chain

What: "An electrical circuit is like a chain. It is only as good ....." As the weakest link?

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Writer: Not Stated
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 2 2013 3:32 PM



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