Advances in Bio-weaponry

kjh1 writes "Technology Review is running an eye-opening article on how biotechnology has advanced to the point where producing bio-weapons that were once only possible with the backing of governments with enormous resources is now possible with equipment purchased off eBay. You can now purchase a mini-lab of equipment for less than $10,000. The writer also interviewed a former Soviet bioweaponeer, Serguei Popov, who worked at the Biopreparat, the Soviet agency that secretly developed biological weapons. Popov has since moved to the US and provided a great deal of information on the types of weapons the Soviets were developing."

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[Davey McDave]

A WMD that's marketed specifically for evil geniuses that are on a tight budget. The days of cheap minion labour are behind us, guys, gotta look after the pennies.

Ten grand?

[MyLongNickName]

Heck for $2.50, I can go to Taco Bell and be a WMD the rest of the day.

Re:Ten grand?

[iamdrscience]

Taco Bell = Weapon of Ass Destruction.

National Raygun Association

[Dr. Eggman]

And that's why I don't go anywhere without my mutated anthrax

...for Duck hunting!

My girlfriend just peeked over my shoulder...

[Dante Shamest]

GF: Why are they writing about the Soviets in the past tense?
Me: Er, because they're in the past?
GF: Huh?
Me: Um, the Soviet Union collapsed more than a decade ago. Didn't you know that?
GF: Get out of here! I thought China was still around.
Me: Honey, the Soviet Union is modern day Russia. Not China.
GF: What? I thought Soviets were commies, and the Chinese are commies.
Me: Yes, but the Soviets were Russians.
GF: The Russians are Chinese?
Me: No! NO! NOO!
GF: Jesus. You don't have to yell! I was just asking!
Me: Alright, alright, I'm sorry.
GF: So how do the Nazis fit into all this?
Me: NAZIS!? Are you pulling my leg?
GF: I'm not!
Me: ...then I'm leaving you.
GF: ...

You can't make this shit up I tell you.

Re:My girlfriend just peeked over my shoulder...

[pjt33]

You can't make this shit up I tell you.

You're posting on Slashdot on Sunday afternoon / evening claiming to have a girlfriend, and you say you're not making it up?

Me thinks thou doth protest too much...

[Lord Kano]

Hello Dante, let me introduce myself. I'm Lord Kano, and I'm about to expose you.

Your post caught my eye because it was really funny. Then I started to wonder what else you talk about in your posts.

Looking at your recent posting history I have found the following.

Negroponte says Linux too 'Fat'

• I have enough problems without slashdot starting to sound like my girlfriend.

Startup Webaroo to put the 'Web on a Hard Drive'?

• Would the downloadable content include porn?
  
  Er, I'm asking this in order to, er, protect my girlfriend's sensibilities. Can't have her unwittingly downloading such naughty stuff you know. =)

Two Unofficial IE Patches Block Attacks

• Are you related to my girlfriend? Because she asks smart questions like you. =)

So many references to your "girlfriend" in so short a time aroused my suspicions so I decided to google for '"Dante Shamest" girlfriend' and guess what I found.
THIS proof that you are a liar with no girlfriend.

• I fooled somebody into thinking that I had a girlfriend.
  
  But...I don't.

You've been using the same bullshit ruse for over a year now. It's ok if you're celibate, but it's just plain pathetic to lie about having a girlfriend.

LK

Re:Me thinks thou doth protest too much...

[jpardey]

Of course there isn't a big conspiracy. A oonspiracy requires more than one person, and it is quite clear you are singular.

Invasion Target

[Sathias]

Does this mean that America is going to invade E-bay?