Re: glowing monkeys

["Thomas Raef" <traef () ebasedsecurity com>]

No, no, no.

Glowbots. We make all the botnets glow. That way we can see them.

Or glojans (glowing trojans) wait, wasn't that done in a movie with John
Ritter? Oh, different trojans.

Yeah. Now there's technology looking for a reason...

Thomas J. Raef
e-Based Security
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Gadi Evron
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:45 AM
> To: funsec
> Subject: [funsec] glowing monkeys
>
> When I read news like this, I day dream science fiction for at least
20
> minutes. Sometimes I even write it down.
>
> Scientists create glowing Monkeys!
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070252.stm
> "Genetically modified primates that glow green and pass the trait on
to
> their offspring could aid the fight against human disease."
>
> This follows the news of the now famous, cloned, glowing cats:
> http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/12/13/514602.aspx
>
> I think my next project will involve glowing spiders so I can smite
> more
> of them, or maybe glowing mosquitoes. Maybe glowing terrorists?
>
> More importantly, how do we name a glowing beverage?
>
> My first thought was "glowing coke", my second was "stick light",
after
> the the glowing sticks of light. Then I said both out loud. That was
> fun! That now X-rated idea was dropped. :)
>
> All this just so I can come up with the idea of a GLOWING BEER,
because
> beer is good and inventing catch phrases is so easy. An advertiser's
> dream.
> Example: Light up your life!
>
> Side-tracked a bit, yes, but I can't help but wonder about GLOWING
> HUMANS. If we all glowed at night at some point (say, because of them
> monkeys or mosquitoes), I feel sorry for the leper who is born with
the
> genetic error, who won't glow. Poor kid, will probably get thrown into
> trash-cans in school.
>
> Brining it down a notch, developing a drink for clubs, which makes you
> glow for a few hours, would be an interesting marketing concept. :)
>
> Bringing the whole email down to a more current subject of discussion
> (while staying in the realm of science fiction), it would be an
> interesting and scary way of causing mass extinction in animals,
> whether
> predator or the eaten.
>
> Happy Shavuot,
>
>       Gadi.
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