NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/org/mensa/9012

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From: [e-mail] (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: Re^2: Atheism and Intelligence
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 06:56:01 GMT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Keywords: fnord fnord fnord
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>,
>  [e-mail] (gilbert.m.stewart) writes...
>->In article <[e-mail]>,
>->  [e-mail] (Todd J. Dicker) writes:
>->>[e-mail] (Mitch Silverman) writes:
>->>
>->>[Stuff Deleted]
>->>>
>->>> As I said above, I'm an atheistic Jewish SubGenius minister.  I
>->>> find I still enjoy going to synagogue (even at Conservative
>->>
>->>I hope you'll forgive me if I suggest that your understanding of Judaism
>->>seems to me to be rather limited.  You seem to have at least taken the
>->In all fairness to the original poster, why is it so difficult to believe
>->that they have become familiar with Judaism and have merely chosen to
>->believe what they believe, contrary facts not being available?
>->>
>->>> I guess I'll cross-post this missive to soc.culture.jewish (where
>->>> I expect to betold I'm not a Jew) alt.atheism, and alt.slack,
>->>> just to see what happens.  Followups to alt.tasteless, perhaps? 8-)
>->>
>->>Well, I'm not about to cast stones, but i would like to comment on the
>->>need for cross posting.  I don't understand this incessant cross-posting
>->>to multiple groups.  If I wanted to read alt.sex.gerbils, I would sign
>->>up.
>->
>->1) Because if a topic has relevance to other groups, those groups may
>->not normally read others, and may be interested in the information,
>->and
>->2) cross-posting maximizes the probability of responses.
>
>A xylanase (CG) from a solid-state wheat-bran culture of Chaetomium
>gracile Mutant 1161 was purified by ethanol fractionation and CM-
>Sepharose CL-6B column chromatography.  The purified CG was found to
>be homogenous on PAGE.  The molecular weight was estimated to be 11,
>000 by Sephadex G-75 gel filtration, 19,000 by SDS-PAGE.  8 M Urea-
>SDS-PAGE showed that this enzyme consisted of two subunits of 14,400
>and 4,800.  The isoelectric point was 8.35.  The enzyme was
>inactivated by NBS, SDS, PCMB, and HgCl2.  The maximum xylobiose (X2)-
>forming activity (ability) was shown at pH 5.0 and 50-degrees-C; pH
>and thermal stability ranges were at pHs 4.0 approximately 7.0 and up
>to 45-degrees-C.  The purified CG could not hydrolyze X2.  From an
>analysis of the bond cleavage of xylooligosaccharide-alditols, it was
>found that the first bond from the non-reducing end of
>oligosaccharides was not attacked, but the other bonds were
>hydrolyzed by endo-type action.  At the maximum hydrolysis (more than
>90%) of birch wood xylan, this xylanase produced X2 to 74
>approximately 78% of the hydrolysates.
>
>
>
>->It does cost band-width, but I personally have nothing to complain
>->about, on balance.
>
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No shit!   Dick, I was thinking exactly this same thing just yesterday
afternoon!!  Is this a crazy world, or what?  I mean, apart from the
birch wood xylan, of course.

GMS