Comments on: New Nanotech Comic Strip Stars http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815 examining transformative technology Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Anonymous Coward http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4988 Anonymous Coward Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:02:15 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4988 <p><strong>can they self replicate</strong></p> <p>episode #3 seems the grey goo Dr.strings is reaching for a sagan self replicator repair kit as they make their escape.....sexy</p> can they self replicate

episode #3 seems the grey goo Dr.strings is reaching for a sagan self replicator repair kit as they make their escape…..sexy

]]> By: ChrisPhoenix http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4990 ChrisPhoenix Fri, 11 Mar 2005 23:29:51 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4990 <p><strong>A little more humor...</strong></p> <p><em>"...a little humor might make this entire discussion a little less good camp/bad camp."</em><br /> <br /> Humor demands that I point out that the comic strip is pretty campy...<br /> <br /> Chris<br /></p> A little more humor…

"…a little humor might make this entire discussion a little less good camp/bad camp."

Humor demands that I point out that the comic strip is pretty campy…

Chris

]]> By: RobertBradbury http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4987 RobertBradbury Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:55:36 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4987 <p><strong>Re:Of course they can</strong></p> <p>Self-replication normally does *not* involve "sex".</p> Re:Of course they can

Self-replication normally does *not* involve "sex".

]]> By: Chemisor http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4989 Chemisor Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:46:39 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4989 <p><strong>Bad idea</strong></p> <p>> For example the "Grey Goos" could be powered by Gd148<br /> > power sources that run down after a couple of weeks...<br /> <br /> And what would that prove, exactly? You can show people that a crippled tiger with no teeth behind a glass wall is not a threat to them, but only a complete idiot will leave such a presentation to go to a real jungle to pet some live tigers.</p> Bad idea

> For example the "Grey Goos" could be powered by Gd148
> power sources that run down after a couple of weeks…

And what would that prove, exactly? You can show people that a crippled tiger with no teeth behind a glass wall is not a threat to them, but only a complete idiot will leave such a presentation to go to a real jungle to pet some live tigers.

]]> By: Chemisor http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4986 Chemisor Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:44:18 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1815#comment-4986 <p><strong>Of course they can</strong></p> <p>> Now a lot will depend on how they spin this, particularly<br /> > whether the "Grey Goos" can self-replicate or not.<br /> <br /> Of course they can! Did you think that <em>any</em> TV program can exist without sex these days? ;)</p> Of course they can

> Now a lot will depend on how they spin this, particularly
> whether the "Grey Goos" can self-replicate or not.

Of course they can! Did you think that any TV program can exist without sex these days? ;)

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