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Motherfucking bacterial computing. For realsies.

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    the wookthe wook Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    NotACrook wrote: »
    This image looks like something that would be linked from Lostpedia:

    100601072638-large.jpg

    i see promoters, transcription start sites, and exons. not to mention fluorescent proteins, plasmids, and what appears to appears to be a genetic logic gate

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    YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Tangentially related, in that it involves science and computers; new super-accurate atomic clocks:
    These clocks are now good enough to observe relativistic effects on a human scale: they see time dilation from motion of the ion at speeds of 10m/s or less, and the gravitational redshift caused by raising one of the two clocks a foot above the other...
    The ions are held in small traps using radio-frequency fields to confine them, and the motion of the ions is very precisely controlled.

    Obviously this doesn't really prove anything we don't already know, but they are holding atoms in a fucking force field and measuring the spacing of their energy levels to an accuracy of one part in 10^17.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    this is 2010
    we are living in the future we all imagined as kids
    it's got no flying cars
    but those are a bad idea anyways
    but stuff like this!

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    we are living in the future we couldn't imagine as kids because as a kid you couldn't even dream this shit up

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    OdinOdin Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    man, I just want my hoverboard already

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    ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Obviously this doesn't really prove anything we don't already know, but they are holding atoms in a fucking force field and measuring the spacing of their energy levels to an accuracy of one part in 10^17.

    That's pretty fucking cool.

    Also, bacterial computing + nanomachines = grey goo flu?

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    First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
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    RinderRinder Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I once asked my father what he thought the year 2000 would be like when he was a kid.
    He told me "I thought I'd be fucking dead". Thanks dad.

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    Solid BonesSolid Bones Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    The final step to making all these kids with allergies and asthma truly inferior.

    Be afraid, red haired people.

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    DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Rinder wrote: »
    I once asked my father what he thought the year 2000 would be like when he was a kid.
    He told me "I thought I'd be fucking dead". Thanks dad.

    that's the cold war for you

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    bwaniebwanie Posting into the void Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    'a lot like moscow only sunnier'

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    RabidDeathMooseRabidDeathMoose Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    That is an intimidating image.

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    Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    NotACrook wrote: »
    This image looks like something that would be linked from Lostpedia:

    100601072638-large.jpg

    Is... is that Pacman? up on the left?

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    slow bite

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    Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Pipthefuckyou

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    8-)

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    Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    i had a dream that i was in this library where you could take out legos for a certain amount of days

    i went through the library's comic hardcovers and discovered arcs of The Spirit written by John Hamm

    thought that'd be a fucking terrible idea. later, came across some softback books detailing the construction of bombs as assembled by famous figures in film

    it comes time to leave the library, i go ahead and check out the slave one. looking through the pile of blocks for the arm, though.

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    NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    We need to turn this back on and get some cute artsy science going on

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevatron

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    Axiom312Axiom312 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I can picture already picture it:

    Hey, I'm Pablo, you're new IT intern.

    Oh, hey man, welcome to the team! We're gonna have you start by feeding the computers...

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2010
    NotACrook wrote: »
    We need to turn this back on and get some cute artsy science going on

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevatron

    My mom used to work there
    [tiny]as a secretary[/tiny]

    I loved visiting her at work even if I didn't really understand everything they were doing

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    Ruby RhodRuby Rhod Multipass!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Fuck yes. I want my living spaceships.

    moya1.jpg

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    Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 One of the multitude of Dans infesting this place Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Axiom312 wrote: »
    I can picture already picture it:

    Hey, I'm Pablo, you're new IT intern.

    Oh, hey man, welcome to the team! We're gonna start by feeding you to the computers...

    this is what I read

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    YoSoyTheWalrusYoSoyTheWalrus Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Druhim wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    We need to turn this back on and get some cute artsy science going on

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whorehouse

    My mom used to work there
    [tiny]as a secretary[/tiny]

    I loved visiting her at work even if I didn't really understand everything they were doing

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2010
    Druhim wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    We need to turn this back on and get some cute artsy science going on

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whorehouse

    My mom used to work there
    [tiny]as a secretary[/tiny]

    I loved visiting her at work even if I didn't really understand everything they were doing

    employee of the month!

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