[65696] in Cypherpunks
Anthrax on the 'net [Was Re: Fear of Flying -- from HotWired ]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Fletcher)
Tue Sep 17 17:38:29 1996
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Mike Fletcher <fletch@ain.bls.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:34:48 -0800."
<19960917173431968.AAA223@IO-ONLINE.COM>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 17:14:53 -0400
>>Gee, biotech has come a long way. Now I can download the Anthrax DNA
>>sequence from the net and insert it in some carrier bacteria and start
>>making Anthrax bacteria. Neat!
> Now the bad news: the DNA replicator only works under Windows 95 and comes
> with buggy drivers!
Buggy drivers? But isn't that the point in this case? :)
> Unfortunately, it can be very deadly. The idea here is that it rarely infect
s
> humans - in the normal course of events. If a determined biowarrior is tryin
g
> to infect people, all bets are off.
The Frank Herbert (of _Dune_ fame) book _White Plague_ comes
to mind. Basically a molecluar biologist's wife and kids are killed
by an IRA bomb while visiting Dublin. He snaps and creates a plague
which kills women (men are carriers) as revenge. All without using
that nasty Internet (in fact, the book was written back before even
ARPAnet).
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