Software is a gas.
Media files are a gas.
Both expand to fill all available space.
They take up more space because the drives are getting bigger, not the other way around.

at first I thought it worked because img.4chan.net took me somewhere.
But it's a generic page, and NOT what is missing.
The real site, img.4chan.org, is blocked.

I tried just now and all is well.

Also, imagine using this method to solve a problem for which you didn't already know the solution. What exactly are the characteristics of the "correct answer"? Unknown.
In order to be useful, you must engineer a mapping of the possible solutions to genetics in a way where the solution is obvious without knowing what it will be beforehand. That sounds quite difficult. Maybe we could program some bacteria to find out how to do that.

You're still young, dude!
When I was in my 30's I had the same decision, and found it to be a choice between doing something I did well (technical) and something I did kind of poorly (management). Easy decision. I have spent the next 20 years keeping up with various technologies. I have done well, but recently discovered the secret (for me) of effective management. I have discovered that, even though I can outperform ten normal individuals, I can manage a team of ten that does about three times what I could do by myself. That's pretty cool. I'm ready to let go of having to keep up with every new technology, and teach my team how I did it so well for so long.
So, my advice is to do what you think you are best at. If that is the technical path, don't worry -- if you really are good at it, you'll certainly have management chances in the future.
On the other hand: the management "ladder" rises faster.

I think it is safe to say that I will die.
If I knew when and how ahead of time, would it enrich my remaining days? I think that, like a birthday present, I'd rather be surprised. People live longer these days, but who knows? We may all die from swine flu in the next twelve months. Then, who will post to slashdot? It is appointed for man to die once, and after this comes judgement. Just like the slashdot moderation system, only different.

Perhaps the winning entry is so obfuscated that they haven't been able to find it.

In the 80's I worked on an large software project. We had a prototype that showed that the general design was solid, but a complete implementation would take too much memory and run too slow to meet the requirements. We the Software Engineers were nervous and wanted to redesign parts of the system. The manager, however, wasn't worried at all. He told us to go ahead with a full implementation of the original design, because the hardware would catch up. Of course, he was right. The final system worked beautifully, nestled in a corner of the RAM footprint, greatly exceeding the speed requirements. Never waste money optimizing software for hardware deficiencies that will go away. But DO optimize software for inefficiencies that aren't related to hardware! The fastest computer on the planet still takes forever to finish an infinite loop.