Computer Made From DNA And Enzymes

develop writes "Some folks from Israel have created a computer that runs on DNA and enzymes and is supposedly 100,000 times faster then today's PCs. Information at National Geographic, Telegraph UK and United Press." According to the National Geographic story, this DNA-based computer "can perform 330 trillion operations per second, more than 100,000 times the speed of the fastest PC." However, be aware that most of this is still future tense, and what these researchers have now is just a proof-of-concept.

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Fastest Computer

[Vidiot3k]

If I had one I'd have the FIRST POST!

haw haw

[Anonymous Coward]

I said, haw haw...

I'm a conservative!

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, I'm a Republican
I got a small schling
I like to bomb niggahs
and make a lot o' bling

I got a bunch o' friends
in high up places
They helps me get dem
government graces.

You think I'm smart
I just know who's who
I couldn't run a fruit stand
without the red white & blue

I'll drop some crap
about Jesus the Christ
You'll buy it all
and vote for me twice

'Fact, Jesus is comin'!
Real soon, now!
So we gotta prop up Israel
That ol' sacred cow

Don't need no history
Don't need no schoolin'
I got my ideology
To keep me a shootin'

Liberals! Faggots!
Commies and queers!
Socialist hippies
Full o' pussy tears

Propaganda's m'friend
But I calls it "fact"
Even though I don't read
'Cept for Chick tracts

Facts? No! Don't need em here!
We're conservatives! We work on FEAR!
Don't like what we say?
Well FUCK YOU, bud!
We'll shove it down yer throat
and tell ya it's good!

Slashdot is on an icon-drawing frenzy

[Xpilot]

First the little transmitter, now a little double helix. Two new icons in one day. Wow. Will we get LOTR next?

Definition of "computer"

[vlad_petric]

In my not-so-humble opinion, a computer is something that's Turing-complete, i.e. it is computationally equivalent to a Turing machine (or von-Neumann automaton or lambda-calculus or ...).

Until you can program such a system to solve any problem a normal computer can (modulo some size, as no real computer has infinite storage), you can't call it a computer.

I do think it's a great achievement, but I don't like the "marketing paint".

Re:Ahem...

[jpt.d]

hey man, you are wrong, Mac OS X could run faster than windows does now!

Re:330 trillion calculations per second?

[Anonymous Coward]

Here is the simplest computer around, and the interface is perfect because we are all born with it - the interface is human DRIVE. The computer works like this: I stick my pee sprout in your mom's poop chute for 1, and I stick it in her pee hole for 0.

poop chute = 1
pee hole = 0

Sometimes I stick it in her mouth, but that is for parity.

Sometimes complex operations can take a long time to complete, but that's okay! We're looking for simplicity here, not speed. And waiting for this interface isn't that bad.

This simple computer is very susceptable to visuses. In fact, it comes pre-loaded with several.

For review:

poop chute = 1
pee hole = 0

This computer also fits into Microsoft's .Net strategy - namely, pay per use. It costs $10 per computation, or 15 minutes, whichever comes first.

poop chute = 1
pee hole = 0

Re:Meow meow meow

[Anonymous Coward]

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I like eating my girlfriend Susan's pussy. It's yummy to eat and fun to fuck!

It's soft and wet and pink. I put my hard cock in and thrust repeatedly. I like it when she is on top and is riding me. She likes that too.

We like to 69 sometimes too. It's fun to have my dick sucked while I'm eating her pussy! We are both receiving oral pleasure and giving it at the same time! Great fun!

Re:ha, nevermind

[martyn s]

Best. Troll. Ever.