Gee, biotech has come a long way. Now I can download the Anthrax DNA sequence from the net and insert it in some carrier bacteria and start making Anthrax bacteria. Neat! Now the bad news: the DNA replicator only works under Windows 95 and comes with buggy drivers!
Buggy drivers? But isn't that the point in this case? :)
Unfortunately, it can be very deadly. The idea here is that it rarely infect s humans - in the normal course of events. If a determined biowarrior is tryin g to infect people, all bets are off.
The Frank Herbert (of _Dune_ fame) book _White Plague_ comes to mind. Basically a molecluar biologist's wife and kids are killed by an IRA bomb while visiting Dublin. He snaps and creates a plague which kills women (men are carriers) as revenge. All without using that nasty Internet (in fact, the book was written back before even ARPAnet). --- Fletch __`'/| fletch@ain.bls.com "Lisa, in this house we obey the \ o.O' ______ 404 713-0414(w) Laws of Thermodynamics!" H. Simpson =(___)= -| Ack. | 404 315-7264(h) PGP Print: 8D8736A8FC59B2E6 8E675B341E378E43 U ------