http://mndoci.disqus.com/At the interface of science and computingenThu, 05 Jun 2008 18:21:45 -0000http://mndoci.com/2008/06/04/online-tools-and-how-do-people-use-them/#comment-603254<p>Interesting idea - are students starting to play with genetic code the way some of them play with computer code?</p><p>If a nonprofit organization has a real interest by in hosting a student-oriented contest involving using SNPedia to investigate their ancestry or genes I suspect I could find a donor to pay for a (student-sized) prize .... contact us at SNPedia and let's talk.</p>GregThu, 05 Jun 2008 18:21:45 -0000http://mndoci.com/2008/06/04/online-tools-and-how-do-people-use-them/#comment-599055<p>Well my cynical answer ! Most online and other users dont care much , more thanthe casual "Oh how cool this is" , but then again..all it takes is one among these hundreds or thousands who really thinks ! and then great changes happen. <br>And there is no doubt that these outreach methods ensure that the "right person" is attracted to it sooner or later. <br>Of course at other times I think the new ways the web reaches out to people ensures many mico-participatory oscillations that will eventually result in net-displacement. Therefore quantum leaps happen rarely but definitely so!</p><p>I need to go read that statistical thermodynamics ( or is it quantum mechanics) textbook again that will hopefully put my answer in some "deeper footing" ..but then again who has the time!</p>harijayThu, 05 Jun 2008 11:06:41 -0000