Talk:In silico

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Contents 1 Derivation of in silico 2 History of in silico 3 Categorization 4 Image of DNA

[edit] Derivation of in silico

As far as I can tell, silicate comes from the Latin silex meaning flint. It is fairly clear that flint is inferior to silicon as a description of a computer. Am adding something. Zargulon 18:21, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

No, sorry, that was wrong. Silicate also comes from silicium. Correcting ... Zargulon 18:43, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] History of in silico

I am Pedro Miramontes. I can prove that I used the expression "in silico" well before 1989. I did not include the references because they are in Spanish and they are not interesting for scientists outside Latin America or Spain. Nonetheless, my participation in NM in 1989 is recorded. Pedron 22:19, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categorization

I found this page (in silico) from a link on the mathematical biology page. I think that this article should be categorized in the mathematical biology section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by InAJar (talk • contribs) 15:50, 28 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Image of DNA

The use of the DNA image in this article is pointless. I am removing it. Please, if someone puts it back give some rationale. Miguel Andrade 18:36, 7 March 2007 (UTC)