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Originally posted by baddmove
I'm still trying to figure out how people are stealing from McD's
don't you have to order and then pay AND then you get your food?
reply to post by Toffeeapple
Why don't people just read the links that are already posted on here? For eg... "Does SmartWater contain DNA? No, SmartWater is made from metal-based inert chemical compounds, making it significantly more robust that DNA. By its very nature, DNA is extremely fragile and can be easily removed using basic household cleaning products and is destroyed under short term exposure to UV light. This makes DNA unsuitable for long term property coding." (From the Smartwater site, the link for which was put on this thread earlier). They're comparing it to (synthetic) DNA, purely because the chemical composition of the formula supplied is unique to that purchaser, so can tie stolen items etc to the owner irrefutably. It's just artistic licence description's wording.
Some bacteria also transfer genetic material between cells. This can occur in three main ways. First, bacteria can take up exogenous DNA from their environment, in a process called transformation. Genes can also be transferred by the process of transduction, when the integration of a bacteriophage introduces foreign DNA into the chromosome. The third method of gene transfer is bacterial conjugation, where DNA is transferred through direct cell contact. This gene acquisition from other bacteria or the environment is called horizontal gene transfer and may be common under natural conditions.[118] Gene transfer is particularly important in antibiotic resistance as it allows the rapid transfer of resistance genes between different pathogens.[119]
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Originally posted by prisoneronashipoffools
reply to post by Toffeeapple
Why don't people just read the links that are already posted on here? For eg... "Does SmartWater contain DNA? No, SmartWater is made from metal-based inert chemical compounds, making it significantly more robust that DNA. By its very nature, DNA is extremely fragile and can be easily removed using basic household cleaning products and is destroyed under short term exposure to UV light. This makes DNA unsuitable for long term property coding." (From the Smartwater site, the link for which was put on this thread earlier). They're comparing it to (synthetic) DNA, purely because the chemical composition of the formula supplied is unique to that purchaser, so can tie stolen items etc to the owner irrefutably. It's just artistic licence description's wording.
Damnit I hate to get harsh on you, but all you smartwater people are starting to sound like trolls.
THE SPRAY in the article IS NOT SMARTWATER....geniuses.....it IS SELECTADNA......it IS MADE by DIFFERENT COMPANY. and if any of you shining lights of ATS, who keep mentioning smart water would pull your heads out of your posterior and read the article and the this link I provided, then you would see that Selecta DNA DOES CONTAIN SYNTHETIC DNA as unique identifier. Man why are you people so stupid?.....You don't even bother reading the articles or the posts, before you post on threads or you smartwater people simply lack reading comprehension skills. Sorry to be harsh, but I am sure even after this someone will still further obfuscate this thread with more posts mentioning the irrelevant smartwater product......NOT THE SAME DAMN SPRAY.
SMARTWATER= rare earth minerals SELECTADNA= synthetic dna and yes it contains friggin synthetic DNA.
simple enough for you yet?
this link refutes your stupid smartwater nonsense
Apologies, I did only notice the references to Smartwater.
A business district in Amsterdam has begun using "DNA spray," an adhesive mist triggered by store clerks, motion detectors, or by remote camera surveillance operators during a robbery or holdup. Chemical markers injected into the mist identify the precise time and location of the incident. “The procedure is simple: during a holdup a nebula of invisible liquid with a synthetic DNA code is spread in the space. the liquid attaches itself to the clothes and skin of the perpetrator and cannot simply be washed off. DNA-spray is practically invisible to the human eye, but lights up under UV-light. Suspects with traces of DNA-spray are easily traceable to the scene of the crime for the police.”
Originally posted by prisoneronashipoffools
reply to post by Toffeeapple
Apologies, I did only notice the references to Smartwater.
I would like to apologize as well, I just got a bit frustrated when I saw your post, because you were the third or so person to mention smartwater. Hopefully now though, future readers and posters will see that the SELECTADNA spray referenced in the article does indeed contain synthetic DNA. Which bothers me even more when, as you and others have pointed out there is another similar product, "Smartwater" which does not contain synthetic DNA but rare earth minerals.