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Beer-Coated CDs are Optical Biocomputers
commodoresloat writes "A DJ and scientist in Melbourne whose research is in the area of communication through biological cells, serendipitously created an 'optical biocomputer' when he spilled beer on his CDs and left them over night. The resulting fungus that formed distorted the sound of the CDs in interesting and meaningful ways. Here's some of his research, and some media samples which include mp3s of the distorted music." Yes, the term biocomputer is used in the loosest sense.
I'm Australian, and I don't like beer. Is there something wrong with me?
Being australian I am extremely fond of beer but and don above was quite right that monty python joke was done as them playing australians and goes" american beer is like making love in a canoe they're both fucking close to water." this joke was done after they said we have brung some australian beer along. and by the looks of the green cans I say it would be VB which is a low beer not as low as XXXX or fosters all of which is above budweiser which I do say is close to water. German and Belguim beers are great aswell as good old guiness the beer thats a meal. But yes you will find many a good australian beer espicially at the national beer festival in brisbane next weekend over150 australian beers on tap.
I wish I had a gun sometimes so I could put people out of my misery.
what would a beowulf cluster of beer be able to accomplish? with some cd's... I must gather some fellow scientists to see what can be accomplished
When I was a kid, there was a movie about a guy who accidentally spilled champagne into his computer. It came to life somehow after that and fell in love with a cellist. (Cellists do it with their legs spread apart you know!)
Anyway, methinks hoax.
Why are all Melbourne scientists dj's?
Alex deLarge is an astronomer here, and would be DJing tonight, if he didn't get hit by a car on his scooter last week.
And in other news, a man who only goes by the name of Beck, spilt his beer on an Ozzy CD yesterday, started playing it and realized that that Ozzy doens't have a speak imediment he was actually speaking Dutch. Soon after bar mate Jeff took the CD away from his drunk buddy and told him to stop being such a crazy Jag off.