| abstract | - The Southeastern Conference has revised and cleared up its fan policy. In this interview, Charles Bloom, the SEC Associate Commissioner of Media Relations clears up what the new policy means. Basically, they dont want anyone live streaming the games from their phones, but almost everything else is ok. GEAUX TIGERS! Hey BuzzCrew- Rare and elusive as it is for BOL to breach my field, I do love it. In Episode 1044 you discussed fake DNA for crime scenes etc. Now you were worried that this could be 1) Easily done 2) not discovered. Well worry not, it was slightly explained in the NY Times article and a little was scene in the original paper’s abstract. The simplistic explanation is that natural DNA is methylated, a chemical process done by the cell to prevent certain genes from activated when not needed. But any DNA created by scientists isn’t methylated. There are quick and easy tests that can be done to prove whether DNA is methylated or not. As for how “simple” this process is to replicate DNA and fake it, well--in my world, relatively, I could probably do this in a few tries and be a pro by next month. As for your common murderer/thief– not likely to have the equipment or more importantly the MONEY to do so. This would have to be a grand conspiracy and well thought-out. Sadly we as tax payers will now have to fork over even more for our justice system/labs to add this extra experiment onto the forensics process. And let me also say, most genetics folks always knew this was possible- just it has now been peer reviewed & published. Cheers from Oxford Hey BOL, it’s Oliver in Portland, Oregon. In yesterday’s episode 1044 an emailer said he was surprised you hadn’t tested the voicemail-bypass tip. I’m writing to say I’m even more baffled that you never hit up Google for a solution. Here’s a link to a Lifehacker article from a few weeks ago. By pressing one-star-pound you guarantee instant access to the beep, regardless of the carrier. Points to you though for the conclusion that Verizon only sometimes works when pressing “one” – the article confirms this! Sorry to drag this story into a third show, but I think your listeners would appreciate a more solid conclusion. Love listening to you guy! Cheers. Hey guys, Just wanted to let you know that in Louisiana Tyson Foods is building a bio-diesel Plant that turns chicken fat into high quality bio-diesel and jet fuel. So Molly is right when she said “we grow a lot of chickens, maybe we should start shoving them into gas tanks”. Also, on the topic of the SECs ban on the use of Twitter and other social media during games. Les Miles, the head coach of LSU, which is an SEC school, said he will be twittering before, during and after games. I guess the rule passed by the SEC was meant to discourage coaches and players as well as fans. Thanks for the time. LOVE THE SHOW
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