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All you need to encode ANYTHING in DNA is 2 or more symbols. IF nothing else you encode whatever data you want into binary. kanji -> UTF-8 -> Binary -> DNA.
by mattstreet 13y ago
All you need to encode ANYTHING in DNA is 2 or more symbols. IF nothing else you encode whatever data you want into binary.
kanji -> UTF-8 -> Binary -> DNA.
- VLM 13y agoNot buying it. The point of the article was coding roman letters. Its a "cheat" to claim it supports UTF-8 klingon glyphs because technically its possible to write the string: "U PLUS SIGN F EIGHT E FOUR" is the glyph for Klingon TLH. Or more likely given the limited codespace its actually: "U PLUS SIGN F VIII E IV" is the glyph for Klingon TLH "real" unicode support would look like an imaginary packed UTF-5bit rather than existing UTF-8 or a roman letter prose description of UTF-8 As a meta discussion, much as being able to encode arbitrary text including source and executables "proves" that bio-mechanical DNA virii are possible, I guess this post where Klingon glyphs can be described in someone elses roman letter glyphs in earth DNA also "proves" that inter species human klingon romance and reproduction is viable (I'm sure to the relief of Lt Paris and Lt B'Lenna). (edited to add because of codon degeneracy I'm claiming we should only pack 5 binary bits per codon, I know there's 6 theoretical bits per codon and only (about) 4 bits of amino acid per codon so I split the difference and went for 5. Its an interesting puzzle, do you allow any codon even if its biologically nonsense or are you writing a distinct amino acid alphabet using the codon as a representation of the amino acids?)