Breakfast Links: Life, Space & OPENHulu
Ok, this is super creepy - scientists are now starting to create new life forms from DNA that they have created. That’s super messed up! I guess it is now a contest of whether we’ll be enslaved by robot overlords or devoured by mutant blob first, I’m not sure who I’m routing for… I like this quote:
“We’re heading into an era where people will be writing DNA programs like the early days of computer programming, but who will own these programs?” asked Drew Endy, a scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
I’ll take it all back if they can make me a Space Invader.
Speaking of space invaders, some big black hole is shooting a death ray into a nearby galaxy! How badass is that? Very badass. That’s the answer. Fortunately for us we’ve got nosebleed seats to the event taking place 1.4 billion light years from here. The good news is that all that death juice could help form new stars and solar systems in the affected galaxy. Which is poor consolation for the existing stars and solar systems that are getting massively hosed. At any rate this has got scientists all hot and bothered.
What’s got me all hot and bothered this morning is OPENHulu. A free to everyone version of NBC’s Hulu video service. It’s got a lot of shows - from nerd favs likes Firefly, both versions of BSG and Buffy to old favourites like WKRP in Cincinnati and Kojak. But the highlight has to be that Fox classic, My Bare Lady a tale of 4 porn stars getting a reality show workover into mainstream theater actors. Classy! Check it out while it lasts, I’m sure the moving pictures people aren’t happy about it at all…
December 18th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Ive seen NASA movies about jet streams pouring out of black holes. The particles escape at the speed of light and a billion miles in space is too freakin close if you ask me. Which you didn’t.
December 18th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Heh, a billion miles would be too close - fortunately it’s a million light years! It’d take even the Millenium Falcon a good long while to cross that distance!
December 19th, 2007 at 11:01 am
*whew* I was packin’ up my spaceship.