"Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms"

[Sindawe]

Talk about thread drift.  Start off artificial lifeforms and end up in historic women's fashions. 

Back on topic, dispensing with the last bit of common stock from my days in the Bloodmines of Boulder would about cover the cost of putting this sweet little thing in my basement.



Argonaut Nautilus 2400 DNA Synthesizer

Just imagine...viruses to make Ky Bluegrass psychoactive, living blankets derived from cat fur and jumping spiders the size of horses!!!

[280plus]

Cooooooooooooooool, I want one of the jumping spiders please... 

[seeker_two]

Just imagine...viruses to make Ky Bluegrass psychoactive......

Willie Nelson would be all over that..... 

[The Viking]

File this one under "this will not end well."

I hate it when the scientific community watches a movie like "Resident Evil" or "Jurassic Park" and says, "Hey, that's a great idea. Let's do that...." 

Then on the other hand we got movies such as X-Men, Spiderman etc. Thats a terrific idea .

Except for Venom, Sandman, Doc Octopus, Magneto, and Sabertooth.... 

Mystique......I'll have to "research further"....

That's fine with me, as long as I get those powers . Now THAT would keep the punks from assaulting me/trying to rob me...looking like Sabertooth . (not the cartoon/comic book version, who both look terribly stupid).

[erictank]

You realize that many APS/THR/TFL/ARFcom etc. types say a silent prayer each night.

"Dear Lord, please let tomorrow be the day the zombie dinosaurs finally rise."

 
 
You owe me a new keyboard.  Diet Coke + electronic components = bad 

Great line, just had to give public acknowledgement.

[Gewehr98]

Jumping spiders?

Oh, ok.  For a second there I thought you said "barking spiders".   

[Iapetus]

File this one under "this will not end well."

I hate it when the scientific community watches a movie like "Resident Evil" or "Jurassic Park" and says, "Hey, that's a great idea. Let's do that...." 

It shouldn't be too bad, just as long as the "that's a great idea" doesn't include putting the "off" switch for the security grid in your control room, but putting the "on" switch in a hut on the far side of the Velociraptor enclosure

[280plus]

Nope, you can keep them barking ones... 

[Sindawe]

For a second there I thought you said "barking spiders".

Colorado Riding Tarantula?  No, I think that urticating hairs would give new meaning to the term "saddle sore"

[Firethorn]

Nope, you can keep them barking ones... 

Aren't moonbats normally selected for barking traits?

Though creating a retrovirus that creates THC production in bluegrass would result in a rather serious conniption fit on the part of the feds...

[The Viking]

Nope, you can keep them barking ones... 

Aren't moonbats normally selected for barking traits?

Though creating a retrovirus that creates THC production in bluegrass would result in a rather serious conniption fit on the part of the feds...

Yeah, but it would be awesome. Can we get cocaine and morphine in some otherwise innocent plants as well?
Can I get cocaine laced saliva?