Sakurako Hino Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Dig this. You know taht announcement I made about those Nanoweavers? Well, you guys were right, I had a couple S&T dogs sniffing around looking for quarry. After seeing the stuff wasn't true Nano, they gave me quite a stern warning and headed off. Of course, now I got several bugs around the place... or at least had several bugs hehehe. Look guys over at PU. I'll work within your boundaries, but it's a BRAND NAME for my shit, not some real nano crap. I don't like the idea of nanobots crawling on me. THAT IDEA SUCKS. Now, just call off your damned hounds. Before I sic my own. They like wearing three-piece suits and carry large briefcases.So, how was your days guys? >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 Did I mention the stern warning was delivered with an M-16 pointed at my cute little nose? Nope, I didn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiGeist Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 *shakes head* Pinky, you should remember, anything with the word "Nano" in it is like saying "SIC BALLS" to a rottweiler. It sets S&T off like a neutron bomb with a hair trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David 'Dr. Troll' Smith Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 HaHahahahaha.Sounds to me like you were pulling someone's tail and they woke up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 Yep. Looked like. >.<Hey, all's fair and stuff, but still. Nanotech bans specifically ban nano-bots and their kin. I understand that one. Ever hear of the "silver plague"? It's something that scientists and sci-fi writers theorize alot about. I definately DON'T want to start something like that.I can understand their concern, but damn man. That was extreme. I pooped in my bloomers on that one...Figure of speech of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Preston Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 Hey, does anyone know what's happening to those microbes Utopia used to clean the skies and the oceans?All this fuss about nanotech, but its biotech exploration that has me worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 9, 2004 Author Share Posted January 9, 2004 I wonder the same thing. Unfortunately all samples I took to study just what those microbes do were destroyed by S&T when they raided. I guess it's an Intellectual Property thing.Although I am willing to entertain a conspiracy theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David 'Dr. Troll' Smith Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I think those microbes are supposed to die out after their food source (i.e. pollution) is gone.Hopefully we will know enough to not make such a mess in the future, but if it does happen again, Utopia still has the technology around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 9, 2004 Author Share Posted January 9, 2004 You sure Doc? I mean, any sort of bacteria makes me skittish. Even though my immune system can handle it, it's still makes me nervous. Makes me want to walk around in a bio-protection suit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David 'Dr. Troll' Smith Posted January 9, 2004 Share Posted January 9, 2004 I'm sure.Even if that weren't the case, we could have little to fear from this sort of thing (at least directly). Something addapted to feed on pollution has a large number of big jumps to go before it can survive inside us. They built these guys to die this way because of the fear of indirect effects. Like if they adapted to eat something useful after they ran out of pollution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 Hmm. Interesting, but ever read Jurassic Park? An engineered life form is scary. Especially a lifeform like the ones PU made. They're based off of bacteria, which are notorious for evolving in 1 generation. And you know how fast bacteria goes through a generation, don't you, doc.Simply put, what Utopia has put out there scares me as much as my Mother's notes on what she was developing in her sick mind.I have the firm belief that there are still live bacteria, which are doing completely different things, than what they were programed for.As a scientist, Doc, tell your colleagues they need to check in on this. Before something terrible happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David 'Dr. Troll' Smith Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 ...but ever read Jurassic Park?Bad, but intertaining, science fiction.An engineered life form is scary.True. That is why people protest engineered tomatoes, even though there is far less difference between a normal tomatoe and banana (but we can eat them both).They're based off of bacteria, which are notorious for evolving in 1 generation. And you know how fast bacteria goes through a generation, don't you, doc.There are billions of kinds of bacteria, doing lots and lots of stuff. Some of them are far more harmful than Utopias (Maleria comes to mind but that is mostly gone nowdays).We don't worry about these because they are "natural". But if a threat from bacteria comes (and sooner or later it will), it is far most likely that it will be a cousin of one of these natural ones.The "un-natural" bacteria are less of a threat because they are less able to live on their own in a hostile environment. Going back to J-Park, in real life, the T-Rex on the street would have gotten shot dead by the first cop or drug dealer he ran into. Or he would have gotten hit by a car (and unlike what the movie claimed, non-nova flesh is softer than steel).As a scientist, Doc, tell your colleagues they need to check in on this. Before something terrible happens.Sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 Doc, I was referring to the book. Not the Summer Blockbuster tripe that was spawned from it.But I do have to agree that PU is at the very least watching things. I can give them credit for that, that I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted January 10, 2004 Share Posted January 10, 2004 DO NOT take your eyes off those tomatoes! They are up to something, and I think the strawberries are in on it too.Doc, E-chan, any kind of lifeform can be dangerous and facinating. Life is what makes living so much fun.(did that make any sense?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted January 10, 2004 Author Share Posted January 10, 2004 Tomatoes... Why does it have to be tomatoes?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David 'Dr. Troll' Smith Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 Its like something out of a bad movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 A very bad movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 A very bad movie about attacking tomatoes that kill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiGeist Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Son of a...Guys, has Endeavor been poking dragons with sticks... AGAIN?Jeebus. Her posts light up my life. I don't want to see her obit anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Endeavor can be like the Cheshire Cat, Digi. Sometimes, all you see is the ghost of her smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiGeist Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Yeah yeah, but the kid is quite a breath of fresh air in this stale world, Jager. Can't someone reason with her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Preston Posted March 6, 2004 Share Posted March 6, 2004 Note to self:Captain E is both a Jinx and considered looney-toons by her contemporaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted March 6, 2004 Author Share Posted March 6, 2004 Captain E... I sort of like that name... Heheh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted March 10, 2004 Author Share Posted March 10, 2004 Quote:Originally posted by Jager: Endeavor can be like the Cheshire Cat, Digi. Sometimes, all you see is the ghost of her smile. I guess I do have a bit of the trickster in me. But, wasn't the Cheshire Cat a bit of a Deus ex Machina? Somehow seeing things that Alice did not because of shall we say prior knowledge?If that is the case, then the analogy you propose is inaccurate. Of course, my memory of the story is rather fuzzy. I may be mixing it up with other stories with similar surreal and unusual themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Universally speaking, Endeavor, how do you know you aren't a plot device for the rest of us? ...Just checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakurako Hino Posted March 10, 2004 Author Share Posted March 10, 2004 You love the little nuggets of golden surrealism, don't you?Besides, what's to say it's a "scratch my back, I scratch yours" two-way street? ~.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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