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    Image of belisarius001 belisarius001
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Can I just say "four football fields worth" of foreskin..... W...T...F...
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    Image of drukus drukus
    11/06/09

    @belisarius001: And baby's? Dead baby's foreskin? Seriously, WTF! #nanotech
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    The 'nanoboxes' are just screaming to be weaponised.
    Inert nanoparticles that can be dispersed throughout the environment, with no ill effect.
    But paint the selected 'target' with a laser, and they release precisely what you want, only where you want it.
    Instant unconciousness, blindness, psychosis, suggestibility, death etc. etc. to whoever you want, whenever you want.

    Nice. #nanotech
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    Image of ltwass ltwass
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: I like the way you think, son. #nanotech
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    Image of drukus drukus
    11/06/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Way to go NSA. #nanotech
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    I wabnt my immortality treatment or at least extend my old life #nanotech
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    Image of Anekanta - Space Hippy! Anekanta - Space Hippy!
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Cool! But I'm still holding out for my wired reflexes... #nanotech
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    {bleep bleep bleep}
    Almost there.....

    [www.youtube.com] #nanotech
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    Image of Im_your_Huckleberry Im_your_Huckleberry
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Until they can make me a robotic hand that I can cover with a black leather glove,this is all just fluff.
    /spits out the pencil used for typing. #nanotech
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    Image of Gemini2 Gemini2
    11/05/09

    In reply to Three New Medical Technologies That Could Save Your Life
    Science rocks. #nanotech
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    11/05/09

    @Gemini2:
    Seconded. #nanotech
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/05/09

    @Gemini2: And it rolls too. #nanotech
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    10/10/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    WMDs are used solely as deterrants now a days the real killing comes from conventional weapons. besides, when terrorists can't even cobble together tech we've had since the 40s then i'm not worried about them using nano-weapons. shit the people who made our nuclear program were only a few decades away from riding fucking horses to work.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    I almost skipped the comments on this one b/c I thought "eh".

    Glad I clicked (with my grizzled keyboard).
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Quoting Scotty, "and if my grandmother had wheels, she would be a wagon."

    Sure, in theory, nanotech nuclear devices powered by lasers are possible. And they will likely be made in practice as well, but not any time soon and not without a lot more research. We are not there yet, not by a long shot.

    I hate when people blow things out of proportion.
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Scared? No. They just replaced the infamous planet-cracker with a safer variant.
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    Image of mordicai mordicai
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    NANOTECH: COULD IT MAKE JESUS SMALLER? STAY TUNED AT 11.

    um, duh, nanotech can make tech smaller. Kinda QED.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    @mordicai: But could we weaponize this so-called "Tiny Jesus"? Let's get the boys in R&D on this, ASAP.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy: Misinterpretation of Tiny Jesus could lead to a teensy crusade against the Minimoors.
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    Image of AngryEddy AngryEddy
    10/09/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: Sadly, I spent the last of the internets I had on a Kit-Kat bar from the vending machine, so IOU +1.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/09/09

    @mordicai: It could bring new meaning to having Jesus inside of you.
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/09/09

    @AngryEddy: A cookie covered in chocolate? Totally understandable.
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    Image of Demosthenes7898 Demosthenes7898
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    With almost every advancement in technology comes an extremely ingenious way of abusing the fuck out of it.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    10/09/09

    @Demosthenes7898: Welcome to the human race.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    @Demosthenes7898:
    This is why we humans can't have nice things.
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    Image of cljohnston108 cljohnston108
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    I once heard a rumor that they were working on a nuclear bomb the size of a grain of sand.

    I haven't been to the beach in quite some time.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @cljohnston108: Like walking in a nuclear minefield.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    In reply to Nanotech Could Make Nuclear Weapons Much, Much Tinier
    Note to Janes:
    Maybe you should investigate how the concept of critical MASS and nukular weaponry go together before freaking out about something the Great Gazoo invented.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Nah, we can create energy out of nothing. We can violate the fundamental laws of physical whenever.

    I'm sure it's more complicated than that, but I'm going for snark, here.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/09/09

    @crashedpc - unrein:
    Only the Great Gazoo can, not us dum-dums.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Gazoo... or COOLIO?
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    Image of Demosthenes7898 Demosthenes7898
    10/09/09

    @ManchuCandidate: This little exchange made my day, thank you both.
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