Oh fuck it's the future

Professor Smarmiarty · 05-20-2010, 06:00 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...etic-life-form
Making synthetic life! Oh shits! I saw this in a movie once. it didn't end well.

However, the North Koreans shall stop any new life from getting out of control.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...al-ship-report
South Korea has dropped such incidents before but with quite a few deaths there will be much more pressure on them this time to do something.

Kyanbu The Legend · 05-20-2010, 06:07 PM

That's incredible. Scary when you stop to think about the potential of such a break through. Still very amazing.

Tev · 05-20-2010, 06:08 PM

Once the synthetic war monsters are online North Korean won't be an issue.

Wigmund · 05-20-2010, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

However, the North Koreans shall stop any new life from getting out of control.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...al-ship-report
South Korea has dropped such incidents before but with quite a few deaths there will be much more pressure on them this time to do something.

I don't think this is a sign that the future is here, I think it's a sign that Peter Stormare is gonna be rampaging around North Korea making deals with the UN, South Koreans, Chinese and Russian Mafia.

BitVyper · 05-20-2010, 09:49 PM

Well, there's really only one way to respond to this.

IN YOUR FACE, GOD!

Azisien · 05-20-2010, 11:19 PM

The privatization of this technology scares me somewhat. And yet as a biologist I find it fascinating.

Geminex · 05-21-2010, 12:11 AM

Hey, no fair, I was gonna make an article about the North-korean attack on the south-korean ship. I had even thought of a joke involving Starcraft!

Anyway, yeah. North Korean Sub torpedoes South Korean Ship. Pretty clear evidence that this is exactly what's happened. South Korea's pissed, China's telling everyone to calm down, the US are being nice and moderate, Japan's insulting North Korea's mother, while North Korea is blaming the magical torpedo fairies and threatening war if sanctions are imposed upon them.
I like that last bit. They're officially still at war with South Korea, so aside from Nato members who could pummel them into submission, they really don't have anyone to declare war on. Unless they declare Double War on South Korea, which would be amusing.

Anyway, what do you guys think, what caused the attack? North Korea just being dicks? Or something more significant?

bluestarultor · 05-21-2010, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Azisien

The privatization of this technology scares me somewhat. And yet as a biologist I find it fascinating.

I wouldn't find it so scary if he didn't seem so smug about it. Sending an email to the bug's web site? Seriously? And the indication that people were afraid he'd copyright DNA isn't exactly comforting, either.

If he actually acted like it were for science, I'd be less concerned, but this guy seems to have a superstar image of himself and we need that kind of mentality with genetic code like we need a hole in the head.

Kyanbu The Legend · 05-21-2010, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by bluestarultor

I wouldn't find it so scary if he didn't seem so smug about it. Sending an email to the bug's web site? Seriously? And the indication that people were afraid he'd copyright DNA isn't exactly comforting, either.

If he actually acted like it were for science, I'd be less concerned, but this guy seems to have a superstar image of himself and we need that kind of mentality with genetic code like we need a hole in the head.

He just created life from scratch. His new ego was not too surprising to me.

Let's hope he's not feeling too smug. We really don't need an incurable plague. Just the thought he and his probably could pull it off (as if we couldn't before anyway) even by accident. Kinda creeps me out a bit.

bluestarultor · 05-21-2010, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Kyanbu The Legend

He just created life from scratch. His new ego was not too surprising to me.

Let's hope he's not feeling too smug. We really don't need an incurable plague. Just the thought he and his probably could pull it off (as if we couldn't before anyway) even by accident. Kinda creeps me out a bit.

My concern is less that he's smug after the fact and more that there's an indication he was smug before the fact and spent the last decade making this shit work because he fancied himself a designer scientist.

This is not the kind of guy I'm comfortable having do science.

05-20-2010, 06:00 PM	#1
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Oh fuck it's the future http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...etic-life-form Making synthetic life! Oh shits! I saw this in a movie once. it didn't end well. However, the North Koreans shall stop any new life from getting out of control. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...al-ship-report South Korea has dropped such incidents before but with quite a few deaths there will be much more pressure on them this time to do something.

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BitVyper History's Strongest Dilettante Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Arcadia Posts: 6,662	Well, there's really only one way to respond to this. IN YOUR FACE, GOD! __________________ "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea is asleep, and the rivers dream. People made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace; we've got work to do!" Awesome art be here.

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Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	The privatization of this technology scares me somewhat. And yet as a biologist I find it fascinating.

05-21-2010, 12:11 AM	#7
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Hey, no fair, I was gonna make an article about the North-korean attack on the south-korean ship. I had even thought of a joke involving Starcraft! Anyway, yeah. North Korean Sub torpedoes South Korean Ship. Pretty clear evidence that this is exactly what's happened. South Korea's pissed, China's telling everyone to calm down, the US are being nice and moderate, Japan's insulting North Korea's mother, while North Korea is blaming the magical torpedo fairies and threatening war if sanctions are imposed upon them. I like that last bit. They're officially still at war with South Korea, so aside from Nato members who could pummel them into submission, they really don't have anyone to declare war on. Unless they declare Double War on South Korea, which would be amusing. Anyway, what do you guys think, what caused the attack? North Korea just being dicks? Or something more significant?