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Re: Fertility procedure risks designer babies

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Peter Percival wrote:
> What has this to do with comp.misc? 

The article is not completely relevant to comp.misc, by itself. You have to
look ahead to the upcoming opportunity for the development of a web-based
service catering to prospective parents that wish to conceive "optimized"
babies. After an initial explosion of differing methodologies, the market
will most likely converge on just a few major providers that differentiate
their service offerings thusly:

* Crowd-sourced design: Prospective parents post a description of their own
physical and mental characteristics, and then a Slashdot-style moderated
discussion ensues. The highest-rated replies are then used as the design
parameters.

* Mix-and-match design: Prospective parents rank photos and quotes from a
database of current celebrities and famous historical figures. The mix-and-
match engine then selects the final design using an "if you liked this,
you'll probably like this" algorithm originally obtained from Netflix.

* Expert design: Prospective parents describe the characteristics that they
wish their child to possess. An expert Parent Experience team then takes
those design inputs and designs the child's genetic makeup according to 
their own design principles. Microsoft will be a major player in this arena.

* Open source design: Prospective parents consult a database of past child
designs licensed under a recognized Open Source Genetic License. The budding
parents can then choose a design and install the packages they desire, or
they can fork an existing design and modify it as they see fit.

Get in on this market early!
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Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 20:30 +0000
  Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-25 23:19 +0200
    Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Rob <monst.oorzudo@ntlworld.com> - 2014-02-26 09:36 +0000
    Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" SlimmPickens <lachlanmoss@gmail.com> - 2014-02-26 02:50 -0800
      Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-26 15:03 +0200
        Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 23:42 +0100
    Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-02-26 11:24 -0300
  Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-26 12:51 +0000
    Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-26 11:06 -0600
    Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 17:13 +0000
      Re: Fertility procedure risks "designer babies" Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-27 12:18 +0000
        non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 15:44 +0000
          Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) Peter Percival <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2014-02-27 16:58 +0000
          Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 11:05 -0600
            Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-27 12:22 -0600
            Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 20:09 +0000
              Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 14:39 -0600
                Re: Fertility procedure risks  designer babies RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 20:50 +0000
              Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-03-01 04:59 -0400
                Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-02 23:48 -0500
              Re: non-comp tech articles (was fertility ...) Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-03-02 23:43 -0500

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