# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Discussion (Oct 11, 2012)

* A new web-based circuit editor called circuits.io was shared, with kanzure noting it claims to be open source, and archels suggesting it should be integrated with SPICE simulation.

* The OpenWorm project (openworm.org) was discussed as a computational simulation of the C. elegans nematode, with kanzure sharing links to both OpenWorm and the earlier MURG nematode upload project, noting they were developed by different teams likely unaware of each other's work.

* A discussion about refractometers occurred, with a user seeking an inexpensive option for urinalysis applications (range 1.000-1.040), and others debating whether building one would be more cost-effective than purchasing.

* A conversation about Y2K compliance revealed how programmers who wrote non-compliant code in the 1970s were rewarded with job security later, with one user noting their mother was mocked for writing Y2K-compliant FORTRAN code in the mid-1970s.

* A significant security vulnerability in telecommunications networks was shared via a link to a presentation titled "6000 Ways and More," describing how a single packet could cripple telco networks and how one Eastern European telco had maliciously routed half its traffic through a rival's network.

* A debate about open-source biotechnology was referenced, with mention of tensions around a project where someone spent "3 months of full-time labor" crafting a plasmid, suggesting disagreements about openness in biotech projects.