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 "You're either hardened or you're hacked!" We Watch Your Website "We Watch Your Website - so you don't have to." > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
