plasmid Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 The mysteries of how I react Are now broken down to a science My strands stretch out in parallel tracts They're known for their inter-reliance With path that's endless, ever progress And carry my master's injunction The message borne is anyone's guess Decode it, perhaps learn my function This world's indeed a place of distress Should I go without my protection A lipid coat solves part of that mess Attraction could bring an infection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 DNA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 (edited) chromosomes...??? nice one, plasmid.... Edited December 14, 2010 by EDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Genetics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 spider spinning a web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 ...or a scar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Not DNA or genes or anything along those lines. A plasmid is a bit of circular DNA outside of an organism's main chromosome that's usually used to deliver a small set of genes, so the title would rule out such answers. A spider web usually doesn't carry a message, unless of course it happens to be one of Charlotte's webs. And a scar could certainly carry a message, but there's a line about having an endless path that's a fairly important clue for this riddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 hair...??? I just thought maybe you were joking about the plasmid thing..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 train tracks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 a token ring network? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 fiber optic cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 quick guess... ring??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 This one goes to plainglazed for telling what I'd be if I weren't me.A fiber optic cable would do, but I had any old generic cable in mind. Most of them carry multiple parallel wires in a bundle (from audio cables that contain two or three wires to monitor cables that have bunches) and will need to form a complete circuit to transmit a signal. The insulation is like a hydrophobic cell membrane, and the bit about "attraction causing an infection" refers to signals produced by passing a magnetic field across a wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Wow.....awesome riddle, plasmid!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Wow, totally agree with EDM. the metal wire cable for the magnetic corruption but settled with the fiber optic cable mostly due to the endless path bit and lasers. Have held off on your last several plasmid, as was sure I had the answer early and wanted all those unfamiliar with your Im Not A's to have the pleasure only to find out I was way wrong from the start. Liked this answer but had liked those other wrong ones as well and suspected I might have been missing something again. Great stuff. All should check his others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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plasmid
The mysteries of how I react
Are now broken down to a science
My strands stretch out in parallel tracts
They're known for their inter-reliance
With path that's endless, ever progress
And carry my master's injunction
The message borne is anyone's guess
Decode it, perhaps learn my function
This world's indeed a place of distress
Should I go without my protection
A lipid coat solves part of that mess
Attraction could bring an infection
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