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The first sentence in this presentation (well, other than “can I have a beer please” in German) rocks my socks off.

[Drew Endy]‘s Programming DNA talk was by far the most interesting talk we saw at Chaos Communication Congress. No, DNA doesn’t have much to do with computers, but he points out that hacking principles can be applied just the same. Right now engineers are reversing genetic code and compiling building blocks for creating completely arbitrary organisms. This talk was designed to bootstrap the hacking community so that we can start using and contributing standard biological parts to an open source collection of genetic functions.

via Hackaday

via The Telegraph

For all you non-rugger fans out there, the BBC has taken time out of their schedule to explain to you how this very fine gentleman’s sport is played. Hopefully this helps you understand the sport just in time for the upcoming England vs South Africa world cup game!

The story goes that rugby was born in 1823 at Rugby School when William Webb Ellis disregarded the rules of football, took the ball in his arms and ran with it. It has evolved a long way since, into a very technical sport, but you only need to know the basics to enjoy a match.

RULES OF RUGBY EXPLAINED

Who’s who in a rugby team


How to score points at rugby


The strategy of rugby kicking


Restarting a game with a scrum


The offside law


Ruck and maul rules


The rules of a line-out