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Nanotech Goes To Capitol Hill
akb writes "The Tech Law Journal has the rundown on a panel held on Capitol Hill by the Nanotech Business Alliance and the Progressive Policy Institute. The panel was intended to educate legislators and government agencies about nanotech and (of course) to drum up money to support research."
the first post??
Who better to understand this new technology?
Is this truly the only Earth I can live on?
Honestly, people. Nanotech is decades off. This whole thing was completley blown out of proportion. Let's keep it in reality, please. What's the point of even having a business alliance for a non-existant business? "MARTIAN MINING BUSINESS COALITON" would be equally useful. It's possible, but still years off.
Everything is mainstream now.
So what are the present applications/research subjects of nanotech? I heard about a way to kill bacteria in a human body by piercing them with nanotubes.
We are still a long way from Drexler's self replicating assemblers though.
Our car-manufacturing company has developed a new revolutionary business model for making cars.
We give away the cars for free and then we sell services for those cars! If you want to we can clean your car, wax it or you can use some of our other services.
We get cash from a couple of VC's, the rest of them simple don't "get it". If we need more we just call "the suits".
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Not like anyone in the Govn't would understand any of it.. but since its about money, their in.
Nanotech isn't just for breakfast anymore, it's also for extremely miniature Artificial Intelligence.
Of course, the AI Mind will have to migrate from public-domain Macro AI down into nanotech-based molecular or even quantum AI, but the race is on to Technological Singularity!
We have all seen on Star Trek, how easily these can get out of hand
;-)
Looking for any old 8-bit Heathkit/Zenith software/hardware - http://heathkit.garlanger.com
We find your lack of faith disturbing.
To demonstrate our power, we will dispatch nanites already stationed in the Slashdot servers to transpose the eighth and ninth characters in the 11th word of your post. Since you describe our business as "non-existent," we'll probably make that word as incorrect as your assumption.
As a final masterstroke, or nanites will change your post's subject heading so that it does not refer to the NanoBusiness Alliance at all.
Do not cross us again.
Sincerely yours,
Tsar
Supreme Leader
The NanoBusiness Alliance
O.................-"last one through, close that ASCII hole!"
Nanotechnology will revolutionize medicine and make manufacturing products cheaper. One of the biggest possibilities is having nanobots living in our brain. The powerful computers inside each nanite could make us much smarter. They can also assemble products, like super-strong diamond for tall buildings, just from raw materials.
If you don't understand any of my sayings, come to me in private and I shall take you in my German mouth.
Much better explanation to be found at
http://www.kriscappelle.be
What better way of demonstrating this than by looking at the hidden messages contained within the names of some of Linux's most outspoken advocates:
I'm sure that Eric S. Raymond, composer of the satanic homosexual [goatse.cx] propaganda diatribe The Cathedral and the Bizarre, is probably an anagram of something queer, but we don't need to look that far as we know he's always shoving a gun up some poor little boy's rectum. Update: Eric S. Raymond is actually an anagram for secondary rim and cord in my arse. It just goes to show you that he is indeed queer.
Update the Second: It is also documented that Evil Sicko Gaymond is responsible for a nauseating piece of code called Fetchmail [microsoft.com], which is obviously sinister sodomite slang for 'Felch Male' -- a disgusting practise. For those not in the know, 'felching' is the act performed by two perverts wherein one sucks their own post-coital ejaculate out of the other's rectum. In fact, it appears that the dirty Linux faggots set out to undermine the good Republican institution of e-mail, turning it into 'e-male.'
As far as Richard 'Master' Stallman goes, that filthy fudge-packer was actually quoted [salon.com] on leftist commie propaganda site Salon.com as saying the following: 'I've been resistant to the pressure to conform in any circumstance,' he says. 'It's about being able to question conventional wisdom,' he asserts. 'I believe in love, but not monogamy,' he says plainly.
And this isn't a made up troll bullshit either! He actually stated this tripe, which makes it obvious that he is trying to politely say that he's a flaming homo [comp-u-geek.net] slut [rotten.com]!
Speaking about 'flaming,' who better to point out as a filthy chutney ferret than Slashdot's very own self-confessed pederast Jon Katz. Although an obvious deviant anagram cannot be found from his name, he has already confessed, nay boasted of the homosexual [goatse.cx] perversion of corrupting the innocence of young children [slashdot.org]. To quote from the article linked:
'I've got a rare kidney disease,' I told her. 'I have to go to the bathroom a lot. You can come with me if you want, but it takes a while. Is that okay with you? Do you want a note from my doctor?'
Is this why you were touching your penis [rotten.com] in the cinema, Jon? And letting the other boys touch it too?
We should also point out that Jon Katz refers to himself as 'Slashdot's resident Gasbag.' Is there any more doubt? For those fortunate few who aren't aware of the list of homosexual [goatse.cx] terminology found inside the Linux 'Sauce Code,' a 'Gasbag' is a pervert who gains sexual gratification from having a thin straw inserted into his urethra (or to use the common parlance, 'piss-pipe'), then his homosexual [goatse.cx]lover blows firmly down the straw to inflate his scrotum. This is, of course, when he's not busy violating the dignity and copyright of posters to Slashdot by gathering together their postings and publishing them en masse to further his twisted and manipulative journalistic agenda.
Sick, disgusting antichristian perverts, the lot of them.
In addition, many of the Linux distributions (a 'distribution' is the most common way to spread the faggots' wares) are run by faggot groups. The Slackware [redhat.com] distro is named after the 'Slack-wear' fags wear to allow easy access to the anus for sexual purposes. Furthermore, Slackware is a close anagram of claw arse, a reference to the homosexual [goatse.cx] practice of anal fisting. The Mandrake [slackware.com] product is run by a group of French faggot satanists, and is named after the faggot nickname for the vibrator. It was also chosen because it is an anagram for dark amen and ram naked, which is what they do.
Another 'distro,' (abbrieviated as such because it sounds a bit like 'Disco,' which is where homosexuals [goatse.cx] preyed on young boys in the 1970s), is Debian, [mandrake.com] an anagram of in a bed, which could be considered innocent enough (after all, a bed is both where we sleep and pray), until we realise what other names Debian uses to describe their foul wares. 'Woody' is obvious enough, being a term for the erect male penis [rotten.com], glistening with pre-cum. But far sicker is the phrase 'Frozen Potato' that they use. This filthy term, again found in the secret homosexual [goatse.cx] 'Sauce Code,' refers to the solo homosexual [goatse.cx] practice of defecating into a clear polythene bag, shaping the turd into a crude approximation of the male phallus, then leaving it in the freezer overnight until it becomes solid. The practitioner then proceeds to push the frozen 'potato' up his own rectum, squeezing it in and out until his tight young balls erupt in a screaming orgasm.
And Red Hat [debian.org] is secret homo [comp-u-geek.net] slang for the tip of a penis [rotten.com] that is soaked in blood from a freshly violated underage ringpiece.
The fags have even invented special tools to aid their faggotry! For example, the 'supermount' tool was devised to allow deeper penetration, which is good for fags because it gives more pressure on the prostate gland. 'Automount' is used, on the other hand, because Linux users are all fat and gay, and need to mount each other [comp-u-geek.net] automatically.
The depths of their depravity can be seen in their use of 'mount points.' These are, plainly speaking, the different points of penetration. The main one is obviously /anus, but there are others. Militant fags even
say 'there is no /opt mount point' because for these dirty perverts
faggotry is not optional but a way of life.
More evidence is in the fact that Linux users say how much they love `man`, even going so far as to say that all new Linux users (who are in fact just innocent heterosexuals indoctrinated by the gay propaganda) should try out `man`. In no other system do users boast of their frequent recourse to a man.
Other areas of the system also show Linux's inherit gayness. For example, people are often told of the 'FAQ,' but how many innocent heterosexual Windows [amiga.com] users know what this actually means. The answer is shocking: Faggot Anal Quest: the voyage of discovery for newly converted fags!
Even the title 'Slashdot [geekizoid.com]' originally referred to a homosexual [goatse.cx] practice. Slashdot [kuro5hin.org] of course refers to the popular gay practice of blood-letting. The Slashbots, of course are those super-zealous homosexuals [goatse.cx] who take this perversion to its extreme by ripping open their anuses, as seen on the site most popular with Slashdot users, the depraved work of Satan, http://www.eff.org/ [eff.org].
The editors of Slashdot [slashduh.org] also have homosexual [goatse.cx] names: 'Hemos' is obvious in itself, being one vowel away from 'Homos.' But even more sickening is 'Commander Taco' which sounds a bit like 'Commode in Taco,' filthy gay slang for a pair of spreadeagled buttocks that are caked with excrement [pboy.com] . (The best form of lubrication, they insist.) Sometimes, these 'Taco Commodes' have special 'Salsa Sauce' (blood from a ruptured rectum) and 'Cheese' (rancid flakes of penis [rotten.com] discharge) toppings. And to make it even worse, Slashdot [notslashdot.org] runs on Apache!
The Apache [microsoft.com] server, whose use among fags is as prevalent as AIDS, is named after homosexual [goatse.cx] activity -- as everyone knows, popular faggot band, the Village People, featured an Apache Indian, and it is for him that this gay program is named.
And that's not forgetting the use of patches in the Linux fag world -- patches are used to make the anus accessible for repeated anal sex even after its rupture by a session of fisting.
To summarise: Linux is gay. 'Slash -- Dot' is the graphical description of the space between a young boy's scrotum and anus. And BeOS [apple.com] is for hermaphrodites and disabled 'stumpers.'
FEEDBACK
Well, the only reason I know all about this is because I had the misfortune to read the Linux 'Sauce code' once. Although publicised as the computer code needed to get Linux up and running on a computer (and haven't you always been worried about the phrase 'Monolithic Kernel'?), this foul document is actually a detailed and graphic description of every conceivable degrading perversion known to the human race, as well as a few of the major animal species. It has shocked and disturbed me, to the point of needing to shock and disturb the common man to warn them of the impending homo [comp-u-geek.net]-calypse which threatens to engulf our planet.
Doesn't it give you a hard-on to imagine your thick strong poker ramming it's way up my most sacred of sphincters? You're beyond help, my friend, as the only thing you can imagine is the foul penetrative violation of another man. Are you sure you're not Eric Raymond? The government, being populated by limp-wristed liberals, could never stem the sickening tide of homosexual [goatse.cx] child molesting Linux advocacy. Hell, they've given NAMBLA free reign for years!
Thank you for your kind words of support. However, this document shall only ever be posted anonymously. This is because the 'Open Sauce' movement is a sham, proposing homoerotic cults of hero worshipping in the name of freedom. I speak for the common man. For any man who prefers the warm, enveloping velvet folds of a woman's vagina [bodysnatchers.co.uk] to the tight puckered ringpiece of a child. These men, being common, decent folk, don't have a say in the political hypocrisy that is Slashdot culture. I am the unknown liberator [hitler.org].
We shouldn't hate them, we should pity them for the misguided fools they are... Fanatical Linux zeal-outs need to be herded into camps for re-education and subsequent rehabilitation into normal heterosexual society. This re-education shall be achieved by forcing them to watch repeats of Baywatch until the very mention of Pamela Anderson [rotten.com] causes them to fill their pants with healthy heterosexual jism [zillabunny.com].
Well, it just goes to show that even the holy Linux 'sauce code' is riddled with bugs that need fixing. (The irony of Jon Katz not even being able to inflate his scrotum correctly has not been lost on me.) The Linux pervert elite already acknowledge this, with their queer slogan: 'Given enough arms, all rectums are shallow.' And anyway, the PS2 [xbox.com] sucks major cock and isn't worth the money. Intellivision forever!
For one thing, whilst Linux is a cavalcade of queer propaganda masquerading as the future of computing, NT [linux.com] is used by people who think nothing better of encasing their genitals in quick setting plaster then going to see a really dirty porno film, enjoying the restriction enforced onto them. Remember, a wasted arousal is a sin in the eyes of the Catholic church [atheism.org]. Clearly, the only god-fearing Christian operating system in existence is CP/M -- The Christian Program Monitor. All computer users should immediately ask their local pastor to install this fine OS onto their systems. It is the only route to salvation.
Secondly, this message is for every man. Computers know no colour. Not only that, but one of the finest websites in the world is maintained by a Black Man [stilproject.com] . Now fuck off you racist donkey felcher.
Although there is nothing unholy about the fine heterosexual act of ejaculating between a woman's breasts, squirting one's load up towards her neck and chin area, it should be noted that Perl [python.org] (standing for Pansies Entering Rectums Locally) is also close to 'Pearl Monocle,' 'Pearl Nosering,' and the ubiquitous 'Pearl Enema.'
One scary thing about Perl [sun.com] is that it contains hidden homosexual [goatse.cx] messages. Take the following code: LWP::Simple -- It looks innocuous enough, doesn't it? But look at the line closely: There are two colons next to each other! As Larry 'Balls to the' Wall would openly admit in the Perl Documentation, Perl was designed from the ground up to indoctrinate it's programmers into performing unnatural sexual acts -- having two colons so closely together is clearly a reference to the perverse sickening act of 'colon kissing,' whereby two homosexual [goatse.cx] queers spread their buttocks wide, pressing their filthy torn sphincters together. They then share small round objects like marbles or golfballs by passing them from one rectum to another using muscle contraction alone. This is also referred to in programming 'circles' as 'Parameter Passing.'
And PHP [perl.org] stands for Perverted Homosexual Penetration. Didn't you know?
Well, I don't know about terraforming Mars, but I do know that homosexual [goatse.cx] Linux Advocates have been probing Uranus for years.
*sniff* That brings a tear to my eye. Thank you once more for your kind support. I have taken faith in the knowledge that I am doing the Good Lord [atheism.org]'s work, but it is encouraging to know that I am helping out the common man here.
However, I should be cautious about revealing your name 'Cerberus' on such a filthy den of depravity as Slashdot. It is a well known fact that the 'Kerberos' documentation from Microsoft is a detailed manual describing, in intimate, exacting detail, how to sexually penetrate a variety of unwilling canine animals; be they domesticated, wild, or mythical. Slashdot posters have taken great pleasure in illegally spreading this documentation far and wide, treating it as an 'extension' to the Linux 'Sauce Code,' for the sake of 'interoperability.' (The slang term they use for nonconsensual intercourse -- their favourite kind.)
In fact, sick twisted Linux deviants are known to have LAN parties, (Love of Anal Naughtiness, needless to say.), wherein they entice a stray dog, known as the 'Samba Mount,' into their homes. Up to four of these filth-sodden blasphemers against nature take turns to plunge their erect, throbbing, uncircumcised members, conkers-deep, into the rectum, mouth, and other fleshy orifices of the poor animal. Eventually, the 'Samba Mount' collapses due to 'overload,' and needs to be 'rebooted.' (i.e., kicked out into the street, and left to fend for itself.) Many Linux users boast about their 'uptime' in such situations.
If only indeed. You can help our brave cause by moderating this message up as often as possible. I recommend '+1, Underrated,' as that will protect your precious Karma in Metamoderation [slashdot.org]. Only then can we break through the glass ceiling of Homosexual Slashdot Culture. Is it any wonder that the new version of Slashcode has been christened 'Bender'???
If we can get just one of these postings up to at least '+1,' then it will be archived forever! Others will learn of our struggle, and join with us in our battle for freedom!
I am compelled to document the foulness and carnal depravity [catholic.net] that is Linux, in order that we may prepare ourselves for the great holy war that is to follow. It is my solemn duty to peel back the foreskin of ignorance and apply the wire brush of enlightenment.
I could make an arrogant, childish comment along the lines of 'Every time someone asks for 2.0, I won't release it for another 24 hours,' but the truth of the matter is that I'm quite nervous of releasing a 'number two,' as I can guarantee some filthy shit-slurping Linux pervert would want to suck it straight out of my anus before I've even had chance to wipe.
I sincerely hope you're Natalie Portman [geocities.com].
What the fuck?
Well bugger me!
Fuck right off!
IMPORTANT: This message needs to be heard (Not HURD [linux.org] , which is an acronym for 'Huge Unclean Rectal Dilator') across the whole community, so it has been released into the Public Domain [icopyright.com]. You know, that licence that we all had before those homoerotic crypto-fascists came out with the GPL [apple.com] (Gay Penetration License) that is no more than an excuse to see who's got the biggest feces-encrusted [rotten.com] cock. I would have put this up on Freshmeat [adultmember.com], but that name is known to be a euphemism for the tight rump of a young boy.
Come to think of it, the whole concept of 'Source Control' unnerves me, because it sounds a bit like 'Sauce Control,' which is a description of the homosexual [goatse.cx] practice of holding the base of the cock shaft tightly upon the point of ejaculation, thus causing a build up of semenal fluid that is only released upon entry into an incision made into the base of the receiver's scrotum. And 'Open Sauce' is the act of ejaculating into another mans face or perhaps a biscuit to be shared later. Obviously, 'Closed Sauce' is the only Christian thing to do, as evidenced by the fact that it is what Cathedrals are all about.
Contributors: (although not to the eternal game of 'soggy biscuit' that open 'sauce' development has become) Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward, phee, Anonymous Coward, mighty jebus, Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward, double_h, Anonymous Coward, Eimernase, Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward, Anonymous Coward. Further contributions are welcome.
Current changes: This version sent to FreeWIPO [5u.com]by 'Bring BackATV' as plain text. Reformatted everything, added all links back in (that we could match from the previous version), many new ones (Slashbot bait links). Even more spelling fixed. Who wrote this thing, CmdrTaco himself?
Previous changes: Yet more changes added. Spelling fixed. Feedback added. Explanation of 'distro' system. 'Mount Point' syntax described. More filth regarding `man` and Slashdot. Yet more fucking spelling fixed. 'Fetchmail' uncovered further. More Slashbot baiting. Apache exposed. Distribution licence at foot of document.
ANUX -- A full Linux distribution... Up your ass!
Did you know there is made an enourmous progress in nano-technology in belgium? I know someone who is working on it personal, check his site at Kris's nanotech research (KNR)(choose r&d - nanotech). Quite nice, isn't it?
...is a way to position China as a fierce competitor in this area, so we can trigger a nano-race, ala the race to the moon in the 60's.
Unfortunately, our current Congress and administration is not as fortunate as we are. Stuck in the 19th century, the successors of Newt have shown us that they are not interested in civil rights, advancements in medicine, or pretty much anything that doesn't involve increasing pork-barrel spending on defense. I would be surprised to find out that more than a handful of Republicans in Congress actually have college degrees. They don't need to think; everything is a matter of dollars and cents.
Although this should come as no surprise to a nation that voted Republican for the past few years, our leaders' refusal to act like they are living in the 21st century is going to have a very negative impact on science, as their core constituencies have no interest in keeping the USA's status as the most advanced nation in the world.
So, these nanotech lobbyists would be well advised to keep a low profile until Gore returns to the White House in 2004. Otherwise, they may be headed to Washington with their hands out and leaving Washington with their research banned. And that would not be good for science.
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...for NanoBusiness Alliance?
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Their technical contact is still Register.com, their administrative contact is a Yahoo.com address, they're hosted on Hostway (service starts at $17.95 a month for Windows hosting, and they're using Frontpage), they registered their domain in July and they only paid for one year ! How nearsighted are these people, and is theirs the star to which we want to hitch our nanowagon?
Note: I have a low-rent hosting service too, but then again, I'm not lobbying Congress.
Unfortunately, our current Congress and administration is not as fortunate as we are. Stuck in the 19th century, the successors of Newt have shown us that they are not interested in civil rights, advancements in medicine, or pretty much anything that doesn't involve increasing pork-barrel spending on defense. I would be surprised to find out that more than a handful of Republicans in Congress actually have college degrees. They don't need to think; everything is a matter of dollars and cents.
Although this should come as no surprise to a nation that voted Republican for the past few years, our leaders' refusal to act like they are living in the 21st century is going to have a very negative impact on science, as their core constituencies have no interest in keeping the USA's status as the most advanced nation in the world.
So, these nanotech lobbyists would be well advised to keep a low profile until Gore returns to the White House in 2004. Otherwise, they may be headed to Washington with their hands out and leaving Washington with their research banned. And that would not be good for science.
Jack Buck (1924-2002)
Darryl Kile (1968-2002)
...is how I can get a Feed line.
"Freedom through Tyrany"
Let me first start out by saying that I believe nanotech - ie, the real stuff: assemblers, etc - will come about some day - maybe not soon, but probably sooner than we think. I believe this because of simple reasoning - we (ie, the informed /. crowd) know that computers ARE software, and that software can act as a computer. This is a fact - software only needs a physical hardware form to produce results in a small amount of time - for software cares, rocks and buckets are sufficient. With this realization, it should come as no surprise that once you can create a computer based on nano-elements (that is, an atomic structure computer), then software will have come into "physical" form. At that point, quasi-"living" things can be built, via software.
We see this in nature - it is called DNA and RNA - in fact, I wouldn't doubt that our first nanotech computers (ie, ones that are "general purpose" - yes I know about the parallel processing DNA "computers" that have been made in the lab), will in fact resemble DNA and RNA - and in fact may be based off of such natural structures, once we unravel the DNA "code" and how it works to assemble and disassemble the helical structure to form, well, "life".
Once that is done - whole new realms open up - because software is then hardware - hardware which can be coded to replicate, mutate, infect - viral hardware, in essence. Think about that.
Such a technology could be the "ultimate" weapon. It could be both the destroyer and the life giver. I believe we are on the cusp of having such great technology - but we, as a society, are immature babies - most of us are litterally unable and unready to wield the enormous power at hand (almost akin to another story we all know about, eh?).
Such technology will ultimately destroy our current sociological and economical bases - all of them - in near a blink of an eye. At first, I am certain there will be bans on it, then companies will wield it, regardless of bans - because it would give them enormous power. They will try to keep a tight reign on it (mutatable hardware that is the embodiement of software - ie, IP? DMCA, etc - you see where that can head - is it alright to make a copy of that "nano-steak"?). However, just like life - it will escape.
Likely, it will be one of us, or more likely, out progeny - who "crack" this code, and hopefully, release it to the world. This of course will open up the script kiddie floodgates of nanotech. I might have this backward - and these misuses will cause the ban. But it will escape nonetheless.
However, we won't be ready for it - I have no idea how it will end or begin.
But, I think it will begin with nanotech logic gates, assembled as a "blob" style computer - maybe deep in a packaged well on a computer chip. Watch for it. That, I believe, will be the beginning of the end - that will lead to a revolutionary new beginning. Whether humans will be human or alive for that new beginning I can only say is unknowable to me...
They may get funding for this - only because Congress and the people as a whole are clueless when it comes to understanding what nanotech will ultimately bring. It is a pity that the same amount of funding (nay, much greater!) won't be made available to schools for math and science funding (as well as probably socialogical science funding, or whatnot)...
Reason is the Path to God - Anon
So, to get to the point. Why are these assholes asking for my money from people who take it from me by violence and the threat of violence? If I like this research, then I will contribute voluntarily. There are many out there who will bitch and bleed about government spending on only certain aspects like censorship (pro or con) and I don't understand how such people can live such illogical and hypocritical existences and call themselves 'Human'. How small minded to only judge the world by what we 'like and dislike'. I like the potential of this technology but ETHICS preclude me from forcing YOU or anyone else to fund it. I wonder what the world would be like if everyone had some consistent ethics that where concerned with others.
Remember kiddies... if you claim to fund something (or support those that do) for the reason that 'the public wants it' yet you must force those funds out of the same public... then that is indicative of a deep problem (usually your delusionary refusal to accept reality)
AI has failed. None of it's promises has been fulfilled. The modern "achivements" come mainly from the fact that most AI researchers have lowered their standards so that they can provide at least some results.
So this technological rant is utter nonsense. Today's computer concepts are very unlikely to meet every the conditions of having "intelligence". The only thing that might work are new conpects like quantum computing or the replication of working, intelligent biological systems. However it's not known these days if the quantum approach scales up well which is crucial for attacking AI problems. And which all more complicated biological systems we have only a little clue how they work.
So the technological singularity is science on crack.
BTW: It's an interesting question if out intelligence is the possible upper limit for intelligent behavior of a physical system. Perhaps we are after all really the crown of the evolution.
Owner of a Mensa membership card.
I'm over in California a town away from about a billion C-5s that run practice runs all day long. I can see these things from there. I was just wondering. C-5s are huge. How much bigger are B-52s?
-Tim
We truly live in scary times. Enemies of our nation only wish they could do as much damage as Ashcroft has been able to do in his first 10 months of office.
Why have I been receiving emails from some guy called "CmdrTaco," in which he seems to be speaking in some kind of code language?
Good Lord. What is "Taco-snotting?"
Ewwwwww. So, can I stop receiving these emails?
I can't stop receiving these emails from CmdrTaco!?
Have you ever been Taco-Snotted?
That's horrible. Does "Taco-snotting" have anything to do with CmdrTaco's "special taco"?
Does Jon Katz get involved in any of this? I thought he was a pædophile, not a homosexual.
No, thanks. I'm already CmdrTaco's boi toi.
________________________________________ RECENT READER COMMENTSOnce comments have been archived by Slashdot, they're removed from the Official Taco-Snotting FAQ. However much I would like to paste 200k crapfloods into Slashdot, my browser is a piece of shit and won't let me!
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Re:Taco-Powered Christmas Snot (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.15 7:05 (#2707493)
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Re:Bye bye Windows! (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.15 5:12 (#2707245)
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Re:That's my department, boy! (Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward (actually afree87) on 2001.12.15 2:51 (#2706921)
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Re:CmdrTaco BANNED FOR LIFE from Taco Bell!!!!!! (Score:-1)
by WeatherTroll on 2001.12.15 2:48 (#2706907)
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Re:Snottle OSnotX, BSnotD, and Snottan Snottard (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward (actually afree87) on 2001.12.15 2:47 (#2706900)
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Re:Bye bye Windows! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.15 1:35 (#2706675)
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Re:Bye bye Windows! (Score:-1)
by JonKatz on on 2001.12.15 0:29 (#2706495)
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Important Information For Slashdot Users (Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.14 3:09 (#2702660)
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Re:Snotback: Snotto, Snotz, Snottion (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.14 2:44 (#2702581)
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Re:Italics are yummy! (Score:-1, Troll)
by Super Mario Troll on 2001.12.14 2:33 (#2702535)
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Re:Italics are yummy! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.14 1:41 (#2702370)
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Re:The WIPO Troll Announces Portable Snotbox (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.07 7:58 (#2669658)
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Re:The WIPO Troll Announces Portable Snotbox (Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.07 5:48 (#2669422)
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Re:The WIPO Troll Announces Portable Snotbox (Score:-1)
by GaylordFucker on 2001.12.07 5:39 (#2669394)
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Re:Portable Snotcube! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.07 3:58 (#2669117)
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Re:Yum yum taco-snotting! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.02 22:15 (#2644499)
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This is getting old (Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.02 20:14 (#2644227)
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Fucking hilarious too bad it didnt get a 5:Funny (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.02 19:01 (#2644105)
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Re:Taco-snotting@Home! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Dark_Cobra87 on 2001.12.01 23:03 (#2642180)
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Re:Fuck Linux! Fuck him hard! (Score:-1)
by Fecal Troll Matter on 2001.12.01 20:55 (#2641791)
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Look (Score:-1)
by ArchieBunker on 2001.12.01 20:19 (#2641679)
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Re:Congratulations! You have been WIPO'd!! (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.01 8:37 (#2640602)
________________________________________Has this been submitted to linuxdoc.org yet?
That may be true, but have you made love to a wombat today?
Wow, WipoTroll, you really know how to snot! And you can scramble Slashdot's HTML, too! I love boys who do that! Come over to my place sometime!
CmdrTaco only goes to Taco Bell to get their hot sauce, and to solicit hot sauce enemas from underage male employees. He makes his own tacos.
We love you, WipoTroll! We want you to snot us, WipoTroll!
I want some Taco-snot! Where can I get some?
Please, please, please Taco-snot me. I know I would love it almost as much as fucking young boys. Pleadingly, JonKatz
It has recently come to my attention that the entire Slashdot crew engage in homosexual activities. CmdrTaco is one such person, and has dedicated his life to spreading the ideals of Taco-Snotting while enjoying the benefits of it. For further information on Taco-Snotting please refer to George WIPO Bush's Taco-Snotting FAQ which can be easily found by searching for the Slashdot journal of George WIPO Bush or by looking in the comments of Slashdot articles (Usually modded -1).
It has also come to my attention that CmdrTaco has other interests besides homosexuality (Believe it or not). One such interest includes a budding music career with a song titled "Gaping Anus". The details are sketchy on this topic but I do know that besides the lead vocals of CmdrTaco, it includes Timothy and CowboyNeal (Also members of the Slashdot crew). There has been no release date set for this album or which record label it will be produced under. I believe CmdrTaco is planning to set up his own label, Taco-Snotting Records, with the intention of releasing the song on a cd-single with various remixes as soon as possible (To catch the current popularity of the Taco-Snotting fad). On a side note, I would not believe this fad will ever wear out (like a Snotted-out-geek); I am sorry to say Taco-Snotting is here to stay :-(. Various remixes of Gaping Anus will include: "Extra Jizz", "Snot Me Baby One More Time", "www.Goatse.cx", and "Once You Taco-Snot, You Can't Stop". I am sure many, many, more are sure to come. I predict this album will be a very hot seller this holiday season, especially with in or out of closet homosexuals, and with those who have no self-respect (Readers of Slashdot).
Through a good, non-homosexual friend of mine, I have recieved a copy of the lyrics to the Gaping Anus musical composition. Included after the lyrics is a very speical tribute written by yours truely. Perhaps CmdrTaco will ask me to provide the vocals. Please feel free to read the lyrics and post your comments and disgust. E-mail CmdrTaco with this disgust also.
BTW, please do not reply with the intention of flaming me because the lyrics are a rip-off of Insane Clown Posse's "Slim Anus". For more information on ICP and Slim Anus refer here and here. CmdrTaco is the author of this fine musical work and not me. So, it is obviously he who has ripped off ICP and not me. Thank you.
Read the rest of this shit...
you know, every time i read this i want to punch you more and more. the taco snotting thing is old, lame, boring, and over done. it never was remotely funny or good though. it sounds like a 10th grader wrote it too. so please, go play in traffic or shut the fuck up so real trolls can post.
Keep up the good work! Educate the masses to the dangers of Taco-Snotting!
It's a me, the Super Mario Troll! Would you like to see my gaping troll anusWIPO - Man you trolls are shit compared to Egg Trolls troll's. Egg Man is just so much more original.
That leaky sound you hear is CmdrTaco pissing himself after seeing this.
Slashdot trolling just got a whole lot easier...
http://www.geocities.com/frostpist/
Spread the word!
Q: Is CmdrTaco gay?
A: He Mos' certainly is!
not to mention... The WIPO Troll used himself as a test subject to try out the portable snotbox... i await your results and hope your product gets approved...
Regards, GayGet that rats nest off your head, you numbskull -- Wesley Willis
stfu. no one really cares about your lame little "troll". make some new material (not that anything you've ever said is worth a damn..)
Dear SLASH crew - this post makes it clear why you need to add a new category - "tell it like it is (+1)"
Hey dicksuck, why don't you come up with new troll material? Everyone has seen the tacosnotting 100 times already. Fuckwit. Assholage. Gay. Lick my anal nectar.
this is good shit man
Oops, forgot to check that Taco-snot option...
Mmmmmmm, Taco Sauce...
Sig (appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars)
I love trolling but this shit is getting old, fast. At least start mixing them up a little bit. How about the 'How OSM was Freed' series?
http://www.naawp.org/
Stop posting this! I've got hangover and Taco Snotting doesn't make me feel any better.
I'm really glad that Taco Snotting is illegal here in Europe.
J. Wipo Troll, Esq.
Crapflooder Associates
Slashdot.org
Why have I been receiving emails from some guy called "CmdrTaco," in which he seems to be speaking in some kind of code language?
Good Lord. What is "Taco-snotting?"
Ewwwwww. So, can I stop receiving these emails?
I can't stop receiving these emails from CmdrTaco!?
Have you ever been Taco-Snotted?
That's horrible. Does "Taco-snotting" have anything to do with CmdrTaco's "special taco"?
Does Jon Katz get involved in any of this? I thought he was a pædophile, not a homosexual.
No, thanks. I'm already CmdrTaco's boi toi.
________________________________________ RECENT READER COMMENTSOnce comments have been archived by Slashdot, they're removed from the Official Taco-Snotting FAQ. However much I would like to paste 200k crapfloods into Slashdot, my browser is a piece of shit and won't let me!
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Re:Taco-Powered Christmas Snot (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.15 7:05 (#2707493)
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Re:Bye bye Windows! (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.15 5:12 (#2707245)
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Re:That's my department, boy! (Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward (actually afree87) on 2001.12.15 2:51 (#2706921)
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Re:CmdrTaco BANNED FOR LIFE from Taco Bell!!!!!! (Score:-1)
by WeatherTroll on 2001.12.15 2:48 (#2706907)
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Re:Snottle OSnotX, BSnotD, and Snottan Snottard (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward (actually afree87) on 2001.12.15 2:47 (#2706900)
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Re:Bye bye Windows! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.15 1:35 (#2706675)
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Re:Bye bye Windows! (Score:-1)
by JonKatz on on 2001.12.15 0:29 (#2706495)
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Important Information For Slashdot Users (Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.14 3:09 (#2702660)
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Re:Snotback: Snotto, Snotz, Snottion (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.14 2:44 (#2702581)
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Re:Italics are yummy! (Score:-1, Troll)
by Super Mario Troll on 2001.12.14 2:33 (#2702535)
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Re:Italics are yummy! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.14 1:41 (#2702370)
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Re:The WIPO Troll Announces Portable Snotbox (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.07 7:58 (#2669658)
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Re:The WIPO Troll Announces Portable Snotbox (Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.07 5:48 (#2669422)
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Re:The WIPO Troll Announces Portable Snotbox (Score:-1)
by GaylordFucker on 2001.12.07 5:39 (#2669394)
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Re:Portable Snotcube! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.07 3:58 (#2669117)
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Re:Yum yum taco-snotting! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.02 22:15 (#2644499)
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This is getting old (Score:-1, Troll)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.02 20:14 (#2644227)
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Fucking hilarious too bad it didnt get a 5:Funny (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.02 19:01 (#2644105)
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Re:Taco-snotting@Home! (Score:-1, Offtopic)
by Dark_Cobra87 on 2001.12.01 23:03 (#2642180)
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Re:Fuck Linux! Fuck him hard! (Score:-1)
by Fecal Troll Matter on 2001.12.01 20:55 (#2641791)
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Look (Score:-1)
by ArchieBunker on 2001.12.01 20:19 (#2641679)
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Re:Congratulations! You have been WIPO'd!! (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on 2001.12.01 8:37 (#2640602)
________________________________________Has this been submitted to linuxdoc.org yet?
That may be true, but have you made love to a wombat today?
Wow, WipoTroll, you really know how to snot! And you can scramble Slashdot's HTML, too! I love boys who do that! Come over to my place sometime!
CmdrTaco only goes to Taco Bell to get their hot sauce, and to solicit hot sauce enemas from underage male employees. He makes his own tacos.
We love you, WipoTroll! We want you to snot us, WipoTroll!
I want some Taco-snot! Where can I get some?
Please, please, please Taco-snot me. I know I would love it almost as much as fucking young boys. Pleadingly, JonKatz
It has recently come to my attention that the entire Slashdot crew engage in homosexual activities. CmdrTaco is one such person, and has dedicated his life to spreading the ideals of Taco-Snotting while enjoying the benefits of it. For further information on Taco-Snotting please refer to George WIPO Bush's Taco-Snotting FAQ which can be easily found by searching for the Slashdot journal of George WIPO Bush or by looking in the comments of Slashdot articles (Usually modded -1).
It has also come to my attention that CmdrTaco has other interests besides homosexuality (Believe it or not). One such interest includes a budding music career with a song titled "Gaping Anus". The details are sketchy on this topic but I do know that besides the lead vocals of CmdrTaco, it includes Timothy and CowboyNeal (Also members of the Slashdot crew). There has been no release date set for this album or which record label it will be produced under. I believe CmdrTaco is planning to set up his own label, Taco-Snotting Records, with the intention of releasing the song on a cd-single with various remixes as soon as possible (To catch the current popularity of the Taco-Snotting fad). On a side note, I would not believe this fad will ever wear out (like a Snotted-out-geek); I am sorry to say Taco-Snotting is here to stay :-(. Various remixes of Gaping Anus will include: "Extra Jizz", "Snot Me Baby One More Time", "www.Goatse.cx", and "Once You Taco-Snot, You Can't Stop". I am sure many, many, more are sure to come. I predict this album will be a very hot seller this holiday season, especially with in or out of closet homosexuals, and with those who have no self-respect (Readers of Slashdot).
Through a good, non-homosexual friend of mine, I have recieved a copy of the lyrics to the Gaping Anus musical composition. Included after the lyrics is a very speical tribute written by yours truely. Perhaps CmdrTaco will ask me to provide the vocals. Please feel free to read the lyrics and post your comments and disgust. E-mail CmdrTaco with this disgust also.
BTW, please do not reply with the intention of flaming me because the lyrics are a rip-off of Insane Clown Posse's "Slim Anus". For more information on ICP and Slim Anus refer here and here. CmdrTaco is the author of this fine musical work and not me. So, it is obviously he who has ripped off ICP and not me. Thank you.
Read the rest of this shit...
you know, every time i read this i want to punch you more and more. the taco snotting thing is old, lame, boring, and over done. it never was remotely funny or good though. it sounds like a 10th grader wrote it too. so please, go play in traffic or shut the fuck up so real trolls can post.
Keep up the good work! Educate the masses to the dangers of Taco-Snotting!
It's a me, the Super Mario Troll! Would you like to see my gaping troll anusWIPO - Man you trolls are shit compared to Egg Trolls troll's. Egg Man is just so much more original.
That leaky sound you hear is CmdrTaco pissing himself after seeing this.
Slashdot trolling just got a whole lot easier...
http://www.geocities.com/frostpist/
Spread the word!
Q: Is CmdrTaco gay?
A: He Mos' certainly is!
not to mention... The WIPO Troll used himself as a test subject to try out the portable snotbox... i await your results and hope your product gets approved...
Regards, GayGet that rats nest off your head, you numbskull -- Wesley Willis
stfu. no one really cares about your lame little "troll". make some new material (not that anything you've ever said is worth a damn..)
Dear SLASH crew - this post makes it clear why you need to add a new category - "tell it like it is (+1)"
Hey dicksuck, why don't you come up with new troll material? Everyone has seen the tacosnotting 100 times already. Fuckwit. Assholage. Gay. Lick my anal nectar.
this is good shit man
Oops, forgot to check that Taco-snot option...
Mmmmmmm, Taco Sauce...
Sig (appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars)
I love trolling but this shit is getting old, fast. At least start mixing them up a little bit. How about the 'How OSM was Freed' series?
http://www.naawp.org/
Stop posting this! I've got hangover and Taco Snotting doesn't make me feel any better.
I'm really glad that Taco Snotting is illegal here in Europe.
J. Wipo Troll, Esq.
Crapflooder Associates
Slashdot.org
They haven't "started to be affected by nanotechnology" at all. What has happened is that these areas that have traditionally been working on an atomic scale have simply been claimed by nanotechnology after nanotechnology failed to deliver what it promised. It's a smart but cynical publicity move.
Nanotechnology continues to be vaporware, failing to deliver on any of the promises that Drexler and other people made for it. The harm that these people will do to established disciplines remains to be seen, as less qualified, buzz-word spewing people get new funding and investments.
Nanotechnology is distinguished from these existing fields by promising molecular assemblers, self-replicating machines, and all that. Making carbon "nano"-tubes or buckyballs from soot and getting them to stick together in particular ways in bulk is not nanotechnology, it's still (bulk) chemistry. Nanotechnology has failed completely to deliver on those promises so far, and it doesn't look like it will deliver any time soon.
Rebranding the successes of other disciplines as successes of "nanotechnology" seems rather dishonest to me. Given that these people are now going to Capitol Hill with outstretched hands, it seems like the same thing we had with "e-this" and "i-that" over the last few years. Since this silliness cannot be stopped, let's hope the traditional disciplines will wise up quickly and put a "nano" into their names temporarily so that there is a level playing field.
If I want information on nanotech and its future, I'll go to foresight.org and see what K. Eric Drexler has to say. These petty lobbyists have nothing to offer.
******
"I do not play at being God -- I AM GOD!
I want to ask a question, regarding this post, that I posted. I am posting anon so that a mod-down on this post won't affect me, so...
I read this on my post:
Moderation Totals: Interesting=1, Overrated=1, Total=2.
On the last several of my posts - posts which, BTW, I thought made actually "insightful" points - they have all been moderated down as "Overrated".
I post at +2 - my normal level - if my post goes +1, to give me three (ie, someone thought it good) - how is that "overrated"? I can understand if it went to +6 or beyond, and it really wasn't that great (I had one of these not too long ago, relating to a post on a 256 byte demo - the -1 overrated was justified on that one), sure, mod it down.
But please - someone seems to "have it in for me" to mod down this post (and it seems, others) - a post which is:
a) Clearly on topic
b) Not trolling
c) Makes a VERY VALID POINT
So, someone mods it up - but no, that is too much - can't have insightful and valid comments around here - and I am modded down.
What is the logic of that?
If you are the individual who modded me down, email me. I want to know your reasoning why you thought my post basically, well, "sucked"...
-- cr0sh
I recal a recent article saying that they had built a billion of small nano machines (a drop of water). They can perform a billionoperations per second and are rated at 98% efficiency. These machines aren't too advanced, but they manipulated DNA inside a container. The DNA is what the machines used as a memory modual, they used a simple language. Simple binary was the "software" they used and they had sappositly 2 modes, the only ones I can think of is examine and save. Their first first job was examining if there was an equal # of 1's in a binary series. I say not bad for our first nanites. The only thing I would worry about is the software. Just think, would you want MS to be the software vendor? Lets hope open source gets over to the nanites.
Is that true would we be able to do that with nanobytes, or whatever there called. Thats pretty cool.
its here now. Sure its just begining, but the impact of nanotechnolgy in the next 60 year will be just like the impact of plastic in the last 60 years(or so).
Unfortunatly it is incredible expensive to do research on, which is why there going to the government for money.
I want to see material 100 time stronger then steel, at 1/6 the wait.
OTOH I do NOT want to see a space elevator.
nanobots (mahine made with nanotechnology) will change a lot, but probably only have the impact as robotics has have. not to say robotics are helping, there just not where everyone thought they would be 50 years ago.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
You bring up a valid point: such a thing was said (and is continued to be said) about all of these scientific pursuits.
However, the very fact that society is still arguing about all of them, rather than coming up with sane and honest ways to work with the technology, proves my point.
Mutually Assured Destruction forms an apt acronym, if you ask me. IMO, mankind should be at the point today where war shouldn't be contemplated - we should be helping each other, of all races, religions, nationalities and creeds - to become better, to strive for something more, and to become independent of our planet.
We have the technology, today, to reach our outer planets, and with time, the stars - in reasonable amounts of time (ie, nuclear propulsion). But instead, NIMBYism is practiced, and the idea of a nuclear rocket being launched in space fills people with an irrational fear that fallout will land on them (which is a sad account on the level of our science education - the common man should know that the levels of radiation in space are far higher than what would be added by a nuclear rocket).
We have the ability to create/modify extremely hardy plants and animals, create new medicines, etc - with our knowledge of biological processes (which I agree, is far from complete, if it ever will be) - such plants, animals and medicines could help people worldwide, if given the chance. Instead, plants are engineered with killer genes to cause farmers to keep paying for the seed, and IP laws keep vaccines and other medicines out of the hands of countries who need them most. All because of mainly greed and power.
Now, we are on the edge of creating something so fundamental - atomic element electronics and logic - which will have the infinite flexibility of code, with the "hardiness" of true hardware. Such a device has never been seen before, only hinted at. Hinted at mainly in the way software viruses work (and don't work). Hinted at by software that works one minute, and dies the next. Hinted at in the way software has been both used for good and for evil.
I know it is only a tool - and any tool can be used for good or bad purposes. But this tool may prove to be the "ultimate" tool (probably only limited by available atomic resources and energy input - I can imagine a nanosystem capable of using the energy of the sun to slowly deconstruct the asteroid belt and assemble a rocky "planet", given a long period of time). It could be a tool that reshapes mankind, and the way society looks at everything.
Reason is the Path to God - Anon
Nanotechnology has potential for being beneficial, but I'm sure it will also have potential for being harmful. It isn't like some magical thing that will solve all our problems that the right wingers are keeping from us. Either way, it should be researched carefully and thoroughly.
I think that a closer investigation of politics pretty much reveals that most members of both major parties are up for sale to the highest bidders.
Just pull up the voting records for Dianne Feinstein (D-RIAA/MPAA...errr D-California) and
you'll see what I mean. When they aren't whoring off votes for corporate cash, the two parties are
fighting with eachother like little kids,
pointing fingers at eachother whenever something
goes wrong.
Most of the Democrats are voting along with Republicans in destroying our civil liberties in the wake of this current situation. Both parties have no regard for the Constitution. It seems that those on the left want to trash the 2nd. Amendment, and those on the right want to trash the 4th. Amendment. Either way we lose something.
The whole "Christian" charade that the right wing puts on is getting old, I agree. Most of them forget fun Bible phrases such as, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." They go on and on about homosexuals ruining everything, but I'm sure most of them have had their taste of Washington DC prostitutes.
Of course, the left has a nice charade of being on the side of free expression, civil liberties.
Also a barrel of lies in recent days, considering how most of them seem to support all these new, laws we've been seeing that are putting us on a nice course for becoming just another police state.
Computers could have done a lot more than they have
for our society than they have. Nanotech has the potential to do a lot more for our society than it will... partially thanks to the bonehead laws passed by politicians in favor of entities who would watch you bleed and die if it made them five bucks. It isn't just the Republicans. The Democrats are equally at fault. Really, I don't know why these jokers have stuck around since generally, nobody has much confidence in their abilities.
"You spoony bard!" -Tellah
last post!?