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Comment Re:We Can Rebuild It (Score 1) 107

All yeast dies off from alcohol at some level. If this is a serious commercial adjustment to the organism then I would be working on increasing alcohol tolerance.

I would be wanting to make it make a biofuel better than alcohol. If you're gonna think about gene-tampering, think big.

What if they could make a beer that was so strong it caused you to think you were going somewhere when you were just sitting in your living room? That could save a bunch of carbon.... wait, how much carbon in a beer belch? Munroe!!!

Comment Re:We Can Rebuild It (Score 2) 107

All yeast dies off from alcohol at some level. If this is a serious commercial adjustment to the organism then I would be working on increasing alcohol tolerance. This would give better yields for the distillers and new wine and beer/ale/mead concoctions that will be ass kicking. Fortunately the Beer Pong Table industry is ready!
https://www.google.com/search?q=Beer+Pong+tables&num=30&newwindow=1&safe=off&sa=X&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=UKA1U6LtIKPnsATSlIHABg&ved=0CEsQsAQ&biw=771&bih=428

Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 173

Are you fucking kidding me? Bug fixes for a currency?

Governments are often adding security features to curtail counterfeiting... that's a real world bug fix of currency. And just as in the digital world it is a battle of escalation. "He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue!" In any case Sean Connery gets a royalty check...

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