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CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 2007 <-- April 2007 <-- 02 April 2007Subject: Re: Strange Density From: Eleanor Dodson ccp4 {- at -} YSBL {- dot -} YORK {- dot -} AC {- dot -} UK Date: 2007-04-02 Eleanor William Scott wrote: > Hey, dude, thanks for writing! > > I could swear (so to speak) You sat next to me on an 11 hour airplane > flight not too long ago and tried to strike up a similar conversation. I > apologize for being too engrossed in the latest Dawkins book. > > However, we encountered a similar structural riddle in need of > interpretation recently. Depicted on this link is our best guess at the > Transition-State structure. I believe you will be especially taken by the > leaving group, although I cannot vouch for the orientation and its > subsequent trajectory: > http://xanana.ucsc.edu/scottlab/the_moment_of_creation.jpg > > Hope this helps. > > PS: I had an undergraduate in the lab recently who was working on a > homologue to your project. Unfortunately he was denied entry to graduate > school. His grades were quite good, but I hear he got nailed on the > boards. > > > > Jesus Christiano wrote: > >> Hello My Friends, >> >> I hope you are all enjoying the Sabbath on this first day of April. >> >> I have recently been struggling to understand the meaning of my structure >> and now I am looking for guidance. After a long period aimlessly wandering >> through dense regions of ambiguity, I have of late been inspired with >> profound clarity. >> >> First, I should enlighten you about my structure. I believe that is one >> that >> promises great hope for all people. However, I have not been without my >> detractors, for many have lost faith in its absolute value to humanity. >> >> My question is about the nature of a strange and wonderful positive >> density >> I have found. It seems to be coordinated by a trinity of bonds--yet >> otherwise floats mystically in a heavenly fashion. I do not fully >> understand >> it though somehow I know that it holds the key to my perpetual happiness. >> >> I must confess that resurrecting this project has been trying. I have been >> tempted to seek another path many times, often posessed with thoughts of >> worldly acquisition. But if I can not see the light that this density >> offers, a comittee will crucify me, rendering salvation of my thesis >> difficult without divine intervention. Such a sacrifice I can not make >> without grave consideration. >> >> I have put an image of this strange density here: >> >> http://strangedensity.blogspot.com/ >> >> Please, if anyone can provide guidance, I will be eternally grateful. >> >> Peace be with you, >> Jesus H. Christiano >> >> > > > CCP4bb navigationCCP4bb <-- 2007 <-- April 2007 <-- 02 April 2007 |
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