NavajoEverclear Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 I want some of that microbe, sounds fun is there such thing (as far as we know) as a microbe engineer? Will there be some day? Perhaps one day there will be a computer that is attached to a machine with all the chemicals needed to create life--- and on the computer you can design amino acid stuff or whatever and then the machine will build it----- somehow. Sounds cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavajoEverclear Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 whats up with this? why is my post on the top? who is screwing with my reality?!! and this one appears under the last one? i think i will now short circuit is that that that how you spell cricuitw bzzzzzzzz-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------systemfailure------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostrideR Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Hi there, Anyone know of a microbe that exclusively eats paper. I need to genetically engineer one that will die off if it does not have a food source, paper, for a few seconds or more. Thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Paper`s largely composed of cellulose, other than chemical reagents or the obvious use of fire, I`ve never heard of such microbe that`ll eat cellulose, maybe the other nutrients in a plant cell yes, but nothing that consumes cellulose, they normaly leave that behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Think "Ruminants" YT What GhostrideR needs is a cellulase-producing bacterial culture from a cow's digestive system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 Fair enough point, yeah. I was trying to think along the lines of estrification reactions on the Hydroxyl group. never considered products of larger animals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 I suppose he could just feed all his documents to a cow. That would be easiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 LOL, it`s the "few seconds or more" that threw/thows me? I just just hope if he gets the stuff, he doesn`t keep in the same pocket as his money! ROFLOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostrideR Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Haha Eating money is almost hitting the nail on the head, Basically it needs to eat money. Unauthorised opening of safe would result in the insured amount been eaten. Then i dont want these critters to carry on munching anything they dont need to. Putting a cow in a safe would have the animal groups up in arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Your main problem will be keeping the microbes active until they're needed, not engineering their "self destruct" process. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GhostrideR Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Yeah but what you could do is ensure that they are always active until they eat paper, then if they dont get another source of paper in say 5 seconds, they die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 my opinion is that your method has more holes in it that the money would!. set a simple thermite charge, triggered at the same time as an area denial gas. you could trigger the lot from a simple "party popper". Capsciacin`s a particularly nice gas/vapor to use and easy to make, and also non lethal. while they`re running about screaming and shouting OUCH! MY EYES! the thermite`s burning yer cash. tho burning cash seems like such a dumba$$ idea too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VendingMenace Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 man, if a paper eating bacteria ever got loose....that would suxxor. Libraries would cumble, all money would go away (exept coins), pinatas would disetagrate, all third world housing would be eaten... Seriously, were someone to figure out how to make a paper eating bacteria, then it would behoove them to be quite carefull with it, accidental release would have serious and long lasting social-economic ramifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 and what would we wipe our ..... second thought, nevermind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VendingMenace Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 LOL! YT, that was classic, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 I was only going to say: "Noses with" Honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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