Sending DNA Into Space? WTF?
I read this article a few minutes ago about a certain company in Silicon Valley that is sending a few people's DNA into space. It's called Operation Immortality, and it's meant to preserve the DNA of the best and the brightest (and seriously, please turn the sound off on your website -- there's nothing worse than navigating the web and having something chirp in your ear randomly when you hit a page).
Who have they chosen to represent mankind? Well here's the short list so far:
Kevin Rose, creator of the social-bookmarking website Digg
Robert Scoble, one of the world’s most popular tech blogger
Tim ...