Genetic mutation, evolution.

Don't they also have female hormones in them?

Not female hormones per se, but things that are so similar as to have similar effects. This is not great for children, particularly developing boys. I've read some links between synthetic estrogen and changes in male behavior. I'd hate to think that a school might be naively using these things because they tend to calm boys down.

Lavender oil can increase estrogen when used topically.

Gets points quicker from the enthusiasts. Same effect as when I found a bug in the std lib a few years back, mentioned round these parts and got voted down. People.

Sounds like underground in the desert would be suitable?

Task for some more suited than me: turn transactions into protein representations, and every mining operation becomes a folding operation.

Here's the problem for me. These mining operations can be exploited to an extreme. Any scientist or professor with knowledge in protein representations will have an unfair advantage over normal miners. This gap will be even larger than the hashpower gaps we see between ASICs and "normal" miners in bitcoin, litecoin, etc because scientists will have access to not only hardware but also extremely specific domain knowledge.

Isn't that good though? The scientists who make new discoveries get paid to do so, rather than just some random person with a gpu in their closet?

It's not, because no one would use a coin with such imbalance in mining power. It would be all around more efficient for people to just donate to scientists.

>Any scientist or professor with knowledge in protein representations will have an unfair advantage over normal miners.

I, for one, welcome our new protein folding overlords. May they rule us more justly than the investment bankers they've replaced. :-p

The problem with solving "real" problems instead of synthetic ones is that they aren't uniformly difficult, so clever people will game the system.

As long as gaming the system means solving a real problem, that would be a good thing right?

Not if you want the currency to replace traditional currencies in the future.

Presumably that wouldn't be a goal for such things. You could just as easily call them "coolness points" and use them as badges of distinction. That alone could motivate participation. God knows it works for Reddit.

The men who star at gates? (excuse me)

Why would you stare AT goats? Doesn't making any f'n sense. To stare goats is a well defined and common practice among those of us in the psychic community. Only a rube would think goats are to be stared at...

HA! "Staring goats" sounds like a variation on "stink-eye". I misread coffeeacc at first too, which also lead me to realize I left out the "at". I finally realized they were just making a pun. Which, by the way coffeeacc, I always excuse, no matter how bad. Yours was pretty good though :)

Agreed, not a zero-sum game. The goal of equality falls apart the moment you include people in the equation! We'll be stuck with that at least until everyone has access to genetic engineering.

My list is a widget on my phone's home screen - unavoidable.

In the original.

64-bit update would be great.