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13 May 2009, 2:18 pm

Ok, so if DNA can be changed, what could I do on myself? Such as changing mine?


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14 May 2009, 12:15 pm

Too late now. DNA is in (most) of the cells of your body, so billions of copies would need updating. If you had just been conceived as a single cell then there is some scope for change as there is just the one copy of DNA to change.


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14 May 2009, 12:21 pm

TallyMan hit the nail on the head. Even if you could update all of you DNA, you need to stop cell production in the mean time which would kill you.



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14 May 2009, 12:35 pm

Now if you wait a bit robotic body parts are comeing but if you want my advice: unless your nearing death and want a longer lasting body then wait for the developers to get a chance to perfect things.



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14 May 2009, 12:57 pm

TheKingsRaven wrote:
Now if you wait a bit robotic body parts are comeing but if you want my advice: unless your nearing death and want a longer lasting body then wait for the developers to get a chance to perfect things.


Definitely don't buy a version 2.0 replacement cybernetic body. Wait at least until version 2.1 or later is available; especially if Microsoft have anything to do with the software of it!


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14 May 2009, 5:13 pm

TallyMan wrote:
TheKingsRaven wrote:
Now if you wait a bit robotic body parts are comeing but if you want my advice: unless your nearing death and want a longer lasting body then wait for the developers to get a chance to perfect things.


Definitely don't buy a version 2.0 replacement cybernetic body. Wait at least until version 2.1 or later is available; especially if Microsoft have anything to do with the software of it!


Definitely don't buy a replacement cybernetic body if Microsoft has anything to do with the software of it!

Fixed :D


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14 May 2009, 5:53 pm

also even if you were able to change part of your genes it might not make a difference if that part of your development is over.



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15 May 2009, 5:21 am

Quote:
TallyMan hit the nail on the head.


Tallyman does that. How anyone finds enough time to lurk out here all day and still manages be insightful, I don't know.



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15 May 2009, 6:13 am

He's 148, after that amount of time you've picked up a thing or two.



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17 May 2009, 12:36 pm

yeah...every time you'd want to wake up you'd have to snap your fingers, 'arm-fart', and do some soft shoe...;)