[65801] in Cypherpunks
Re: Anthrax on the 'net [Was Re: Fear of Flying -- from HotWired ]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adamsc)
Wed Sep 18 14:24:42 1996
From: Adamsc@io-online.com (Adamsc)
To: "cypherpunks@toad.com" <cypherpunks@toad.com>,
"Mike Fletcher" <fletch@ain.bls.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 09:45:05 -0800
Reply-To: "Chris Adams" <adamsc@io-online.com>
On Tue, 17 Sep 1996 17:14:53 -0400, Mike Fletcher wrote:
>>>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? :)
True, true... <g> And you *really* don't want to see what happens when it
crashes!
>> 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).
I remember reading this one. Very applicable!
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