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Nanotech Protests Begin

Posted by Zonk on from the misguided-youth dept.

ByteWoopy wrote to mention a Wire.com story discussing the danger of nanotechnology, and the beginning of a backlash against the branch of technology. From the article: "...environmental activists sauntered into the Eddie Bauer store on Michigan Avenue, headed to the broad storefront windows opening out on the Magnificent Mile and proceeded to take off their clothes. The strip show aimed to expose more than skin: Activists hoped to lay bare growing allegations of the toxic dangers of nanotechnology. The demonstrators bore the message in slogans painted on their bodies, proclaiming 'Eddie Bauer hazard' and 'Expose the truth about nanotech,' among other things, in light of the clothing company's embrace of nanotech in its recent line of stain-resistant nanopants."

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  1. Pictures? by eggoeater · · Score: 4, Funny

    So where are the pictures of these protestors?

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    1. Re:Pictures? by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Funny

      Believe me, we all know that there are people that SHOULD wear clothes. And these were probably them.

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    2. Re:Pictures? by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oops! Well, at least now I know what NSFW means -- "Not Suitable For Work." Anybody know of any firms that are hiring software developers in the Portland, Oregon area?

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    3. Re:Pictures? by Afrosheen · · Score: 3, Funny

      OMFG, where's the trashcan...I think I'm gonna be sick.

      The grandparent was 100% dead-on. Yet another terrifying image added to the tubgirl-can't-erase-that-part-of-my-brain collection. Thanks guys.

    4. Re:Pictures? by droleary · · Score: 2, Funny

      As the parent said, these women are quite average... which anyone who gets out of their basement and away from their computers for a few hours a day would quickly realize.

      That hardly makes a compelling case for the real world, now does it?

    5. Re:Pictures? by pokeyburro · · Score: 2, Funny

      Look at about 100,000 pictures of naked people on the Internet and see how selective your tastes get.

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  2. Here we go... by Datamonstar · · Score: 4, Funny

    And thus begins the Nanotech protests... Don't let the grey goo... Hey! a naked chick!!!

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    1. Re:Here we go... by qazwsxqazwsx90 · · Score: 1, Funny

      But what about the white goo that these protesters may cause when they get too close to slashdotters?

  3. someone enlighten me please by harlemjoe · · Score: 2, Funny

    who the **** wears nanopants?

    mary-kate and ashley?

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    1. Re:someone enlighten me please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      OMG ur waring CANSER!!

    2. Re:someone enlighten me please by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wear nano-pants

      I wish that I could wear nano-pants, I am apparently too big.

    3. Re:someone enlighten me please by be-fan · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hmm. I can't stand 'em. They don't breathe nearly as well as real cotton. Though, that fault is probably more noticible down here in "the climate resembles hot sweaty balls" Georgia.

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    4. Re:someone enlighten me please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      What I don't like about them is that when you're done taking a piss the few dribblets of urine that always remain go down and gets on your legs rather than be absorbed by the pants. Yes I shake.

    5. Re:someone enlighten me please by boredman · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes I shake.
      Is it possible to mod this one +0.5 TOO Informative?

    6. Re:someone enlighten me please by Fishstick · · Score: 2, Funny

      The urine stain on your pants tells me that you are a workaholic. You are a two-shake man, far too busy for the follow-up "jiggle".

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  4. I think the nanotech protestors... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...are a very very tiny minority.

    1. Re:I think the nanotech protestors... by computational+super · · Score: 1, Funny

      Actually, I clicked through the link and looked at the pictures. Tiny wouldn't describe any of the people I saw pictures of...

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  5. Yeah.. by MaGGuN · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nano bad.. let's get naked!

    1. Re:Yeah.. by databyss · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, nothing says that you're serious about an issue like getting naked!

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  6. Nanopants by ciole · · Score: 2, Funny

    Squeeze as I can, I just can't fit in em.

  7. Whats so bad about this? by qazwsxqazwsx90 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm going to start wearing nanotech all the time if it draws protesters like these.

    1. Re:Whats so bad about this? by wolfgang_spangler · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm going to start wearing nanotech all the time if it draws protesters like these.

      Apparently you didn't see the pictures...

  8. Nanopants? by mpathetiq · · Score: 2, Funny

    My pants are already too tight, why are they making them smaller?

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  9. Dont bother clicking the link... by 0kComputer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Theres no nudity in the pictures :(

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  10. Yeah... by paul248 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just call me when self-replicating pants start to take over the world.

  11. WTF? Protesting pants?! by rainwalker · · Score: 3, Funny
    Seriously, WTF are these people thinking?! Stain-resistant pants are "nanotechnology" in the sense that they have small fabric fibers! How the hell is this an environmental hazard?

    Still, the idea of a "catastrophe brought on by millions of uncontrolled, destructive [Eddie Bauer pants] that chew through the environment" is very appealing to me, and I suggest that the SciFi channel makes a movie about it.

    ...[E]xperts note that little research has yet been conducted into the effects of nanotech materials on humans...

    Yes, of course, the dangerous effects of pants on humans. These people are just fucking stupid. Way to be afraid of a marketing word.
  12. Don't get excited... by lottameez · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's probably just some guy standing out there waving around his nano-penis. On the other hand, I suppose it's an interesting twist on the "does size matter?" question.

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    1. Re:Don't get excited... by tricorn · · Score: 2, Funny

      We need to eliminate candles, kerosene lanterns, diesel engines, carbon arc lamps, and fireplaces, because they all produce buckyballs and carbon nanotubes. Soot of any kind is just loaded with nanoparticles. What about all those nanoparticles they add to tires? Then there's dihydrogen oxide, which is known to penetrate all the cells of the body.

  13. Re:I'm confused! by halivar · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the Evil Religious Right(tm) had cornered the market on unreasonable opposition to scientific progress. What am I supposed to make of this??

    Only that you should be thankful we keep our clothes on. Well... most of us, anyhow. Those other ones are total loonies.

  14. eesh by aztektum · · Score: 5, Funny

    NSFW? That's NSFVAA = Not Safe For Viewing At Anytime

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    1. Re:eesh by networkBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

      I must go kill myself now.
      I wish I listened to you.
      -nB

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    2. Re:eesh by dual_boot_brain · · Score: 2, Funny

      where is Ralph Nader when you need him ... Unsafe at any resolution...

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  15. Of all the anti-pc @$#& by mrisaacs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where do these heartless luddites get off protesting clothes meant for truly size-challenged individuals. There's always some new form of bigotry. We ought to organize a counter protest (clothed of course) to support these poor diminutive folk, so sorely in need of nano-pants...

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  16. Re:Kneejerk Activism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remember, the camel spit on him first so he sorta started it.
    The camel only spits first in the new digitally re-mastered Director's Cut..

  17. Pelting PETA activists for fun and profit. by Vapebait · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is what happenened when PETA activists showed up at my school and tried to force-feed us their bullshit:
    http://www.animalrights.net/archives/year/2002/000 325.html

  18. Nothing stops a naked protest quite like crude oil by kb9vcr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously, can we wait until the cool nano-tech stuff comes out before the protests start? This is like protesting the realistic violence in video games just after the release of Pac-Man.

  19. Illinois Nanotech Hippies by Mr.+BS · · Score: 2, Funny


    Jake: Hey, what's going on?
    Officer: Ah, those bums won their courtcase so they're marching today.
    Jake: What bums?
    Officer: The fucking nanotech hippies.
    Elwood: Illinois nanotech hippies...
    Jake: I hate Illinios nanotech hippies.

  20. Re:Send in the Clowns by doconnor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't hate you because of the cable channel's website. I hate you because you took my post too seriously.

  21. Re:I'm confused! by Stinky+Cheese+Man · · Score: 3, Funny
    Unlike "scientists" who are interested only in the welfare of the human race and whose motives and actions are always pure and above reproach.

    SCM

  22. Re:Teflon is bad by John+Whorfin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cooking with Teflon cookware will kill your birds

    I thought cooking birds would kill them irrespective of the material they were cooked in.

  23. Re:No grey goo... by qbwiz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Okay, let's just suppose that you are a green, unobtanium-plated robot from Wolf 359, who is on Earth solely to post on Slashdot.

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  24. Re:Kneejerk Activism by Dominic+Burns · · Score: 2, Funny

    "They showed me a letter from the Spanish Department of the Interior which said, basically, "Gosh, if you say they were abused, then we believe you." Then they waved this letter around claiming the Spanish Government corroborated their claims."

    Point well made. The Spanish government's a good source of moral outrage when it comes to the treatment of animals.

    Bovines, for example....