Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA into Space

Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA into Space

September 9, 2008

The Associated Press reports that when Ultima series creator Richard Garriott travels to the International Space Station in October, he will carry with him the DNA of Stephen Colbert. Said the comedian:

I am thrilled to have my DNA shot into space, as this brings me one step closer to my lifelong dream of being the baby at the end of 2001 [A Space Odyssey].

Garriott, whose father was a NASA astronaut, is gathering material for a human DNA time capsule. The Ultima designer, often known as Lord British, quipped:

In the unlikely event that Earth and humanity are destroyed, mankind can be resurrected with Stephen Colbert's DNA. Is there a better person for us to turn to for this high-level responsibility?

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Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

First comment ROFL.

All joking aside, they should take a woman's DNA up there too, unless they can clone both genders from either one's DNA. Honestly, I don't know.

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Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

You could make a woman by doubling up on the male's single X chromosome (removing the Y in the process). As women don't possess a Y chromosome the reverse wouldn't be possible. Of course, theoretically fun as this is, the real world consequence of inbreeding could be quite drastic... :D

Gift.

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

Because an alien race capable of sythesizing a viable human by "doubling up" the x chromosome (which really wouldn't work, atleast as far could do) wouldn't be capable of repairing the damage caused by recessive genes due to imbreeding?

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

Actually, you make Down Syndrome by doubling the X chromosome. 

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

Well, no, you get Down's Syndrome from an extra or partially extra 21st chromosome, not a doubled X chromosome. You may be thinking of Kleinfelter's Syndrome, which occurs in males with an extra X chromosome.

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

The thought of a female colbert gives me nightmares though

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

I fall asleep every night thinking of a female Colbert, and believe me, it ain't a nightmare.

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Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

If that means what I think it means, then ULTIMATE Fail.

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Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

Seems Garriott still has the case of the jittering crazy. Bugger is still raving mad. Who honestly goes out and wears a crown AND proceeds to call yourself Lord British?

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

I don't even want to think about HOW he got Colbert's DNA.

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

Fail. 

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Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

It'd probably be a good idea to get quite a few diffrent DNA samples. From around many thousands to millions and such. The more, the better off out descendants would be. If the new humanity was cloned from like, 3 guys, then we'd barely last a couple of generations...

Other than that, ROFL.

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

Actually I think this is related to the same blood sample collection that was being done at Comic-Con, where if you found someone of the opposite gender wearing the same color as you, you could have blood samples take for storage. Although I'm not sure that the DNA of several hundred comic nerds will be that much more useful.

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

:: Sigh ::

Why must we infect the universe with... us (Human DNA)?

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Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

Because we are superior (HAIL SAPIENS!)

TRUTHINESS!

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

I'm not gonna say it.
But you're all thinking it.

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

 yeah lol

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

Don't you all understand? It is, like...Tek Jansen Zero! THE BEGINNING!

Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA
Ya know, Instead of doing stupid stuff like this or making crap mmo's (Tabula rasa anyone?), I wish to hell Garriot would make an actualy good game again. Seriously, he hasn't made a good game since Ultima 7. I almost wish he would get the license back from EA and make a new Ultima. But then again, it seems that his talent for making games has long left him, so maybe that would be a bad thing. Maybe it would be better for someone who actually knows how to make a good game to remake Ultima.
Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

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Re: Ultima Creator Garriott Will Carry Stephen Colbert's DNA

I'm all for freedom of ttnet vitamin speech and allowing rent a car game makers to put whatever they want in games, but there's one thing about this app that has me scratching my head.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but from araç kiralama the previous article araba kiralama on this I gathered that players can use Google maps in-game to find the other (real-life?) dealers in their area.  If this is the case, has travesti anyone considered what's stopping someone from using this app to actually move drugs between hands for reals?

But majority araba kiralama of their outrage araç kiralama stems from what it could DO TO children, not the content itself.  Talk to one of these people and you'll find they don't think any books kiralık araba should be banned from children.  Mention American Psycho and they talk about kiralık araç the redeeming value of using imagination to construct a story.  Reading, no matter what the content, is largely viewed as a consequenceless activity for people of any age.  The reason why I mention American Psycho is because of the content itself.  Gaming never has and likely never will have any scenes where someone has sex with a severed head.  Not gonna happen.  Yet despite this, they'll fight tooth and nail to protect their children from two boys kissing in Bully but whatever they read is harmless... yeah.

The entire arguement is kiralık oto based upon a social normality inflicted by luddites who can't figure out the controls for Halo so it's frightening and terrifying and obviously the cause of youth violence on the rise even though, in reality, it's in decline (which is actually a HUGE suprise given minibüs kiralama the economies status).  In  a perfect world, we would have parents that actually parent.  The idea of sales restrictions on media on oto kiralama any form to accomidate parental unwillingness to get involved with their child's life is the real problem to me.  Here I am, 32 years old, and being held up at a self-scan rent a car needing to show ID before I can buy a $10 M rated game all because Soccer Momthra can't be bothered to look at the crap Billy Genericallystupidson does in his free time.  It's too hard for her, so I have to suffer?

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Thanks good job;

Btw, I think Atari and Midway will drop out too, but mostly travesti because  these guys have done nothing travesti or little and need to start saving costs. and dizi izle

YES.

Now I don't have to get off my ass for the important shit anymore!

Whats next, ordering pizza from Xbox live?

Wait... I think that sounds like a good idea.

But I think voting should MAKE you get off your ass, and see outside or a second while you go vote. I mean, your picking the president of the United States of America for God's Sake... least you can do is drive down there and punch out a card.

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Posted 02/09/10 at 03:51pm
DarkSaber: I think he just goes round the internet copy+pasting the same bollocks to get attention.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:41pm
Valdearg: @DS: I have to admit, I chuckled when I saw the 4 Feb 2010 on that post.. >.<
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:31pm
DarkSaber: Hm, Bioshock. Not that Zippy likes to beat the dead horse by ranting about it for TWO $&%£ING YEARS!
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:30pm
DarkSaber: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.173063-Bioshock-yet-another-zippy-rant
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:26pm
Valdearg: @DS: Link!! LINK!
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:20pm
DarkSaber: Although, unsurprisingly, he's just being called an idiot alot and criticised for being as illegible as always.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:18pm
DarkSaber: Oh good lord, I just found Zippy on The Escapist.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:14pm
Valdearg: IE: Male body/Female Mind or Female Body/Male Mind.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:13pm
Valdearg: @Zip: TG == Transgendered/Transsexual.
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:09pm
DarkSaber: Forget it Zippy, it's an abbreviation of a big word and so would be wasted on you
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:07pm
ZippyDSMlee: Vlag:....TG?
Posted 02/09/10 at 03:02pm
Valdearg: @DS: Im sure that's what they'd do if it wasn't legal to just tell Gays/TG's to "Screw off," just because they're who they are.
Posted 02/09/10 at 02:50pm
DarkSaber: Whoever told him/her/it that is dumb. They should have done like most companies and made-up some bullshit, yet legal, reason for it not getting the job.
Posted 02/09/10 at 01:18pm
Valdearg: I do agree that it shouldn't be legal. That's for sure.
Posted 02/09/10 at 01:16pm
Andrew Eisen: Shouldn't be. Spirit of anti-discrimination laws would seem to include sexual orientation (and eye color). Plus there's always equal protection and such. Never know until you try.
Posted 02/09/10 at 01:14pm
Valdearg: @AE: Doubtful. Again, it's perfectly legal.
Posted 02/09/10 at 01:10pm
Andrew Eisen: Should have sued (unless that wasn't an option given her financial situation or something). Might have won.
Posted 02/09/10 at 01:00pm
Valdearg: Story about a Male to Female TG who was expressly told she wouldn't be given a job because she was TG. Its not the main point of the story, but explicit, perfectly legal discrimination like this exists.
Posted 02/09/10 at 12:53pm
Valdearg: Lol, I don't know. It may very well be legal to do so. Though that might able to fall under the "race" restriction, depending on how that point is argued.
Posted 02/09/10 at 12:51pm
Valdearg: I don't think they do have any legal recourse. I'll have to dig around, but I seriously believe that if the law doesn't specifically mention Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity, they can still be discriminated against in those 29 states.
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