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Synthetic Biology May Spawn Biohackers
nusratt writes "EE Times reports 'Design automation systems tailored to the task of genetic engineering . . . can lead to the accidental or deliberate creation of pathogenic biological components.' Design of molecular machines is analogous to doing system-on-chip work, and hackers 'will not need a detailed knowledge of biochemistry to effectively create complex biochemical machines.' A Harvard genetics professor says, 'Even if we don't have bioterrorists and teen-age biohackers, we will still create things that do not have the properties that we thought they would . . . Even if you are genetically resistant and recently immunized, you will have problems with artificial biological agents.' He also says that there are two big differences between this risk and nuclear weapons: (1) building weapons is harder; (2) synth-bio work is more accident-prone. Oh great, just great: script-kiddies with smallpox . . ."
A 3 breasted blue haired girl with a nymphomaniac obsession for men with glasses and a fetish for Moutain Dew....
A 3 breasted blue haired girl with a nymphomaniac obsession for men with glasses and a fetish for Moutain Dew....
A boss that looks just like her and will let you "work" from home every day
Evolution or ID?
Really gives "anti-virus protection" a more sinister meaning. Hopefully the white hats can produce counter-agents as fast as the black hats can make harmful strains.
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
Finally, my dream of having a large-breasted subservient cat-girl sex-drone can be a reality!
Maybe I'm sharing too much with you people...
There is no mod option "-1: Disagree" for a reason. "Overrated" is not an acceptable substitute. Post something instead.
You got pwn3d! Now you have two cocks!
Great, the world gets better every day.
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
Person:"WOW is that a New ARM!" Me:" YA.. this new version of PHP Rocks"
and perhaps a vaccination... ;)
I am very sucseptible to "let's have another drink"
what do you men plan to do with 3 breasts and 2 hands?
Top ten things to do with 3 breasts and 2 hands:
10.
9. Smack side breast, watch force transfer between breasts in an organic approximation of a perpetual-motion ball toy.
8. Use center load-bearing breast, outside breasts for stability
7. Push in two outside breasts, watch them force middle breast into a humorous "Breast erection"
6. Frantically twist nipples playing "mad scientist time machine" while laughing maniacally.
5. Make a killing designing exclusive three breast bikini tops with the see/hear/speak no evil monkeys.
4. Open fetish site to profit from thousands of three breast obsessed slashdotters
3. Profit!!!
2. ?????
1. Use your mouth, dipshit.
Whats wrong with giving smallpox to script kiddies?
I certainly wouldn't mind having less spam.
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> what's to stop us from engineering a better immune system?
Good luck. We can't even stop SPAM.
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