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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill: Really, really really not a number.
how does that work? there's no 'n' on the end. all you have is not a not a not a... not a.
or, you have not a number a number a number... a number a.
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[Burkhard]: The Beatles?
Well, that's what I was going for, yes. (Highlight the "blank" third line in my last post to see.) EFH has one extra "na" in his post, but I think that's obviously a mistake on his part, don't you?
Incidentally, I think the timings are a bit off in your notation:
Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill: nananananananananananana
This appears to be the amino acid sequence for one of the mutated segments of the gene that predisposes individuals to Meaningless Drivel. These aberrations manifest in myriad ways, including an inexplicable (and highly communicable) tenancy to ascribe melody to seemingly random syllables. Fortunately, I have proven myself immune to the lure of driveling in any form. :roll:
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What seemingly random syllables? Those are the actual lyrics!
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Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill: nananananananananananana
I smell Roxette here.
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na-na na-na naaa-na na-na na-na naaa-na
you dooty-head
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Oh, well, the rhythm gave it away. Try the Don Ellis arrangement and see if it doesn't take longer than this to guess the tune. [ July 20, 2007: Message edited by: Stan James ]
Jim, for the additional na I left the extra bar at the end.
Yes, the rhythm was wrong. But I've never been to Liverpool to my excuse. But the revised version
still sounds a bit odd. (Midi file 0.00017833709716796875 MB)
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This appears to be the amino acid sequence for one of the mutated segments of the gene that predisposes individuals to Meaningless Drivel.
The poly asparagine-alanine sequence is found in an outer membrane protein of the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri. But I don't know what it does there. It can also be found in bacterial NUDIX hydrolase. This is not a unix variant but an enzyme that hydrolyses organic pyrophospates (including for example ATP). NANANANANANANANANANANANA can also be found near the amino terminus of cobyric acid synthase of the gram negative bacterium Burkholderia thailandensis and somewhere in the middle of the large subunit of Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase. Of the latter I show the amino acid sequence:
As you see here's the nana sequence a bit longer that the Friedman-Hill-variant (NANA-FH). The enzyme is also part of the human proteome, but in humans the NANA sequence is not conserved:
Query = from bug, Sbjct = human
By the way, did anyone of you just google the nana?
Yours, Bu.
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Life is life, nanananana ...
Vassili ...
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No Vassili, with Life is Life you only have 41.66% of the nas required. Bu. [ July 21, 2007: Message edited by: Burkhard Hassel ]
And another world religion is spwaned and the newly formed Nananians begin their quest to find the meaning in the utterances brought forth by the prophet EFH. [ July 21, 2007: Message edited by: Ben Souther ]
and you need to go all the way to nanananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananana before they run out of 'na's
Originally posted by David O'Meara: I'm concerned...
As we all should be. What concerns me is that the hit numbers don't simply decrease as the length of "na" increases.
For example, there are only 640 hits for the 20-char "nananananananananana," but 3,510 hits for the 22-char "nanananananananananana." And only 19 hits for the 56-char "nananananananananananananananananananananananananananana," but 354 hits for the 58-char "nanananananananananananananananananananananananananananana."
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