Comments on: Using viruses to harvest energy for mobile devices http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/using-viruses-to-harvest-energ.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: equidae http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/using-viruses-to-harvest-energ.html#comment-1424779 equidae Tue, 15 May 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160970#comment-1424779 Viruses aren't even universally considered alive or even as being cellular like all other known lifeforms. Also how do you torture something which neither possesses a nervous system or the intelligence to interpret as pain or even discomfort, the information it would receive if it did have a nervous system.  Viruses aren’t even universally considered alive or even as being cellular like all other known lifeforms. Also how do you torture something which neither possesses a nervous system or the intelligence to interpret as pain or even discomfort, the information it would receive if it did have a nervous system. 

]]> By: loroferoz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/using-viruses-to-harvest-energ.html#comment-1424650 loroferoz Tue, 15 May 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160970#comment-1424650 Obvious now... Successful nanotechnology would require self-replicating entities which arrange themselves naturally. They would need to be very simple, and maybe to be safe, not completely "alive". Then somebody realized... darn! We already have something like that in nature! Obvious now… Successful nanotechnology would require self-replicating entities which arrange themselves naturally. They would need to be very simple, and maybe to be safe, not completely “alive”. Then somebody realized… darn! We already have something like that in nature!

]]> By: agthorn1981 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/using-viruses-to-harvest-energ.html#comment-1424569 agthorn1981 Tue, 15 May 2012 16:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160970#comment-1424569 They just tried to do this on 'Fringe' and everyone spontaneously combusted. No thanks. They just tried to do this on ‘Fringe’ and everyone spontaneously combusted. No thanks.

]]> By: Ito Kagehisa http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/using-viruses-to-harvest-energ.html#comment-1424560 Ito Kagehisa Tue, 15 May 2012 16:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160970#comment-1424560 I'm not sure I'm comfortable with torturing viruses for energy.  Are they <i>bad</i> viruses?  Do they <i>deserve</i> spanking? I’m not sure I’m comfortable with torturing viruses for energy.  Are they bad viruses?  Do they deserve spanking?

]]> By: Andrew Glines http://boingboing.net/2012/05/15/using-viruses-to-harvest-energ.html#comment-1424556 Andrew Glines Tue, 15 May 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=160970#comment-1424556 "Harmless". (Tip your waiter, folks, my name's Kassandra, and I'll be here forever.) “Harmless”.

(Tip your waiter, folks, my name’s Kassandra, and I’ll be here forever.)

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