Making Computer Memory From a Virus 196
An Ac writes, "By coating 30-nanometre-long chunks of tobacco mosaic virus with platinum nanoparticles, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have created a transistor with very fast switching speed. They say it could eventually be used to make memory chips for MP3 players and digital cameras. A device fitted with such a virus-chip would access data much more quickly than one using flash memory."
until you catch the virus (Score:5, Funny)
Re:until you catch the virus (Score:3, Funny)
Last time (Score:3, Funny)
Great (Score:5, Funny)
Judge, jury and executioner all in one!
Yeah, I think that everyday... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ethical concerns (Score:5, Funny)
I'd answer, but my mouth is full of animal and vegetable lifeform. It's delicious.
Re:Buzzzzzwords! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ethical concerns (Score:3, Funny)
After all, they are trumpeting speed, but won't the legendary instability of the biological world come into view?
"Ooh, look. My memory mutated. It wasn't intelligently designed."
who's on first? (Score:5, Funny)
"i know, my memory is made of viruses"
"no, i mean, there is a memory resident virus on your computer"
"no, the memory resides on the viruses"
"let me rephrase: your memory, made of viruses, has a virus"
"so you're telling me i have more viruses... so i have more memory? yeah!"
"no, this is a bad thing, you don't want viruses on your computer"
"you told me last week i want the most memory i can on my computer, and that's made of viruses"
"yes... i mean no, i mean..." (smacks forehead)
Designer Viruses - extreme weirdness (Score:3, Funny)
Might be kinda of fun - it would be like gold(?) kryptonite, but for people. Gold (I think) kryptonite had weird unpredictable effects of Superman. It might make the world a little more fun. Imagine going to some very stuffy conservative place, and everyone was burping all day long.
Abuse potential would be rampant though. Someone from here might want to design a strain to make reallllllly hot chicks want to have sex with smelly fat geeks.
Not suitable for Macs (Score:2, Funny)
Reverse-reverse meme? (Score:2, Funny)
Future trends... (Score:5, Funny)
Judge, jury and executioner all in one!
So what you are hypothesizing is that in a few years we will see a Microsoft Zune or iPods with Sony EbolaFlash® memory chip technology.
Dual-purpose memory (Score:3, Funny)
Re:until you catch the virus (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ethical concerns (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, it's a slippery slope. If we allow this, before you know it they will be using higher life forms like plants or even animals to serve human needs.
The first? (Score:3, Funny)
Your search - "analog computer virus" - did not match any documents.
Looks like google agrees.
Copyright violation (Score:3, Funny)
How will the RIAA sue? I'm sure they will find a way.
Re:Very fast switching speed???? (Score:3, Funny)
MP3 player memory for Zune? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ethical concerns (Score:1, Funny)
Ah, so virii are like zombies!
Re:Buzzzzzwords! (Score:2, Funny)
Good job the internet is made of Pipes!!!
Now we have something to put in those Pipes...
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)
Pimp that Virus (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Ethical concerns (Score:1, Funny)
Re:who's on first? (Score:3, Funny)
Chris Mattern
Re:Designer Viruses - extreme weirdness (Score:3, Funny)
That would be red. Gold kryptonite could permanently remove his powers.
This was just a test to bring us ultra nerds out in the open wasn't it? Damn, alright I confess. I'm not just a trekkie, I'm a comic book guy as well.
Re:who's on first? (Score:4, Funny)
RIAA.... (Score:2, Funny)
There is no way you can claim fairuse if you have a copy of songs etched in your neurons.
Living? (Score:2, Funny)
Next thing we know, PETA will be protesting against using the poor buggers in transistors.