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		abritishguy on April 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenWorm: A Digital Organism In Your Browser Strange use of the word "open" and whilst this project is very interesting, I don't think people want to pay to play with a worm in their browser.

userbinator on April 20, 2014 [–]

The word "worm" has also not-so-positive connotations when talking about computers, thanks to this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

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