To: 2ndDivisionVet
Scientists put "suicide genes" into their living creations so that if they escape the lab, they can be triggered to kill themselves. If the trigger fails, I, for one, welcome our new biofuel-generating microscopic overlords.
9 posted on
03/01/2008 4:25:41 PM PST by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
If the trigger fails, I, for one, welcome our new biofuel-generating microscopic overlords. What kind of tribute do you think they might want? Complex carbs?
15 posted on
03/01/2008 4:31:17 PM PST by
sauropod
(Will Hillary bring the silver back to the Whitehouse, or is this all about finishing up the set?)
To: dead
This whole scheme bears an eerily disturbing resemblance to Vonnegut’s ICE-9 scenario in Cat’s Cradle.
30 posted on
03/01/2008 4:46:02 PM PST by
dr_lew
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