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April 24
“ It should be noted that both the pulling model and the Brownian ratchet model are not mutually exclusive: the ratchet is likely to operate irrespective of (or in addition to) any ATP-driven pulling action.

Andrew Perry (me), on the supposed ‘controversy’ over the “Brownian ratchet model” vs. the “pulling model” of mtHsp70 driven protein translocation into mitochondria.
April 21
“ Thus, although a camel cannot pass through the eye of a needle, it is extraordinary to imagine that every day its body weight’s equivalent in metabolites tunnel backward and forward through an integral membrane aperture ≈6 orders of magnitude smaller in diameter. Susanna Törnroth-Horsefield and Richard Neutze on flux through the VDAC pore in “Opening and closing the metabolite gate”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2008.
April 10
“ Much of the rationale for data sharing, the engine of much of its promise, is the simple observation that you cannot know what someone else will do with your data, particularly when they have access to lots of other people’s data to go with it. Bill Hooker
April 9
“

Ya see, there’s where T.S. Elliot went wrong.

The world doesn’t end with a bang OR a whimper … it ends with a snack.

 jphilby, April 8, 2009 1:39 PM — (Endangered shark found. Eaten.)
April 5
“

Thank You, John Carmack

Owing to Microsoft’s dominant market position and significant
R&D investments, for a while it looked like Direct3D was going to
take over as a de facto industry standard for gaming. However,
one man, John Carmack, cofounder of id Software, refused
to comply. His wildly popular Doom and Quake games almost
single-handedly forced hardware manufacturers to keep their
OpenGL device drivers up-to-date on the PC …
helping to keep the OpenGL standard relevant.

 Ed Burnette in Hello Android.
April 2
“ You might even say that everyday is April 1st, somewhere on the Web. Neil Saunders, on the Slideshare April Fools joke gone wrong … http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/slideshare-fail/
March 9
“ GNUStep runs on Windows, and it’s about 90% compatible with the Cocoa API. I think there is a demand for Apple stuff, not a demand for their unusual API. OrangeTide (124937) - http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1153123&cid=27114495
February 7
“ The biggest issue with Zeitgeist is the way everything is mixed together-the guitars seemed turned way down low in the mix-while Billy Corgan’s vocals have been turned up, overtaking the music. Porter W. Richards — http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=12720
January 24
“ The key to moving to a more open scientific system is changing scientist’s hearts and minds about the value and desirability of more openly sharing information, not reforming the legal rights under which they publish content. Micheal Nielsen — http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?p=540
January 7
“ Nokia’s preloaded apps encourage you to create — shoot video, share photos, blog, etc. — while the Apple platform encourages you to consume — buy music, buy games, buy apps. Thus far, the Android platform is encouraging users to _develop_. Linux.com :: Android-powered G1 phone is an enticing platform for app developers