Up yours nature.And to think, all these years we've somehow managed to get by with only standard color roses. Thank God for science. Wait....that doesn't sound right...
Anyway, as you sit and marvel at this wonder of modern technology, you may be wondering what miracle brought this slice of fried gold into existence. I'll give you a hint: money. A shitload of it. Three billion Yen, to be precise, over the course of twenty years. Now, I'm not up on my exchange rates from 1996, but by today's standards that's right around 30.5 million US dollars. Even factoring in our currently shitty economy, we're still talking a total expenditure of 26 million, easy. Take a minute to think about that. Twenty years of dedicated research and twenty six million dollars. To obtain the same results that you get from a vase, water, and some blue food coloring. I'm betting cancer patients are nonplussed.
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Anyway, as you sit and marvel at this wonder of modern technology, you may be wondering what miracle brought this slice of fried gold into existence. I'll give you a hint: money. A shitload of it. Three billion Yen, to be precise, over the course of twenty years. Now, I'm not up on my exchange rates from 1996, but by today's standards that's right around 30.5 million US dollars. Even factoring in our currently shitty economy, we're still talking a total expenditure of 26 million, easy. Take a minute to think about that. Twenty years of dedicated research and twenty six million dollars. To obtain the same results that you get from a vase, water, and some blue food coloring. I'm betting cancer patients are nonplussed.
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