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Project Copycat Clones A Cat
texchanchan writes: "'Copying' is not limited to other people's proprietary files. Soon you'll be able to 'share' their prize Siamese. From Yahoo news: "A domestic cat was cloned late last year in a Texas A&M University research program called CopyCat....Cloning research at the university has been funded with more than $3.5 million in investments from John Sperling, an 81-year-old financier who formed Genetic Savings & Clone Inc."
(These Texans know how to name things, too.)"
Anyone who can raise that much funding for a feline cloning program called 'CopyCat' has a real future in marketing or political fundraising.
The article says it takes over 100 tries to get one cat pregnant? Sheesh...
I'd have a personalized plate on my car, but "toxic bachelor" won't fit into 7 letters.
I bet Bob Barker is furious.
Dancing with the Devil leads you to obesity and liver problems.
:-)
Procreate, don't recreate. Of course, for humans Procreation is recreation.
BTW, the cat doesn't look like its adult version because womb conditions dictate the formatting of the fur.
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CopyDog? That doesn't sound right...
Had to say it
Why is it wrong to copy a CD, but not a living creature?
There are much bigger ramifications in the latter type of "copying" than the former.
I'm not afraid of falling, it's the sudden stop at the end that frightens me.
Will we all be able to have identical pets someday then?
These Texans know how to name things, too.
Well, remember, you are talking about the state that brought you the cuecat..
Maybe the same people were involved in some way?
The clone wars are going to be fought with a spray bottle and a rolled up newspaper?
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More pussy!
Are they going to justify this by saying that it's essential for cat parents who can't have a baby the traditional way ?
Do what you wilt shall be the whole of the law Love is the law, love under will Capital drives the will of mankind
What happens if you put a cloned cat in the box? The cosmic implications are mind boggling.
Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 14, @2:45PM
Sr. Taco,
You have just been engaged. For God's sake, man, why are you not taking the rest of the day off to reflect upon this life-altering decision that has been wrought?
Clone your favorite pussy,click here!
If you clone a Siamese, as suggested above, does that make it a Siamese twin?
...runs and ducks...
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As biotech firms are abusing the patent process to make genetic sequences their intellectual property, this violated DMCA by facilitating the unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted material.
According to the BBC article only one of 87 kitten emrbyos to survived. Given that success rate, and that Dolly the cloned sheep is developing problems only now, I think theres a long way to go until this becomes "useful", in any sense of the word.
Congratulations, CmdrTaco!
-- @rjamestaylor on Ello
Oh, how quickly we forget Alba, the first cloned pet. Of course, the Alba story was much more interesting because he was an albino rabbit with jellyfish genes to make him glow.
"John Sperling, an 81-year-old financier who formed Genetic Savings & Clone Inc."
Good grief. Talk about lame ass naming pun.
At least he didn't name it CowboyNeal
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What a great humanity saving gesture! :rolleyes:
Also if I had the money to clone my favorite pet, I would be damn sure to insist it looks identical.. none of this 'The Coat pattern may differ since it is not exclusive to the genes' BS! Bring out the hair coloring kits and get busy!
'mmmmmmmmm.... forbidden donut'
Here is a link to the BBC story, with a picture of the cat (named "Cc:").
MEoW.
Which raises the question of why, why did you submit this post in the first place, and why did Taco think it important enough to appropriate?
It's a non-issue; no one gives a shit.
If you want something thought provoking, try this.
Wow, did I submit this earlier today? Let's see...
2002-02-14 17:24:02 Texas A&M Clones a Cat (articles,news) (rejected)
Oh, I guess I did! Wow, and to think that I was actually hoping for consistency with the Slashdot editors. I guess that's too much to ask.
Well, assuming that 17:24 is UTC time and the story was posted only a half hour later at 17:54 UTC there's a strong possibility that texchanchan sent in his version earlier than yours. Don't worry about it, wait about 5 hours. Hemos or Michael will come online for the night shift and post it again.
Scientists around the world have already cloned mice and various livestock, but the Texas cat would be the first cloned companion animal.
Clearly these cats are being cloned to eat all of the cloned mice they've been making... I guess they'll be cloning rotweillers to take care of the cats, Hatchbacks to take care of the rottweilers, SUV's to take care of the Hatchback, Semis...
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There are times when frustration gets the better of you and you just need to kick the cat. It's comforting to know that in the future we can make backups first ;)
Your story got rejected because it didn't have a funny title. "Texas A&M Clones a Cat", what kind of stupid title is that? :)
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God files suit in Texas court, cites numbers copyright violations on the part of Texas A&M University.
The Almighty God (Yaweh, The Big Guy, Jehovah) filed a suit in a Texas court today, seeking to block further progress on the CopyCat project, a cloning experiment out of Texas A&M University.
"I'm PISSED!" God was quoted as saying. "It took me days, well a day, to come up with the design of the Cat. It's mine Dammnit! My Cat profits are going to plummet!"
A representative from Texas A&M could not be reached for comment.
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Both John Sperling and George Soros on the same Slashdot page and neither article is about their involvement in Medical Marijuana. Give me a Peter Lewis and we'll have the complete set.
-- Give me ambiguity or give me something else!
- This is a genetic clone, the same as an "identical twin"
- Even "identical twins" are often not actually identical; for example hair and pigment patterns often differ. The same is true for clones.
- While temperament and other characteristics are likely somewhat inherited prenatal nutrition and womb environment have significant if poorly-understood effects
- Furthermore how the animal is raised (nurture) also has a profound influence on the temperament and behaviors of an animal
So, while this critter may indeed may be a clone it is not the original reincarnated and will differ in any number of ways.Finally, contrary to any number of unimaginatively-written SF& Horror stories clones haven't shown any special abilities or to be any more susceptible to demonic possession (though with Siamese cats this may be moot - who could tell if they're being unnaturally evil?) However there is a high rate of failure and the produced animals have shown a greater susceptibility to illness and abnormalities (again, with Siamese cats this is also about par for the course already.)
I don't read ACs: If a post isn't worth so much as a nom de plume to its author then I wont bother either.
Will this cloned cat have the same rights as other cats?
I mean cats have rights, don't they?
I wonder if John Sperling cloned his wife's pussy?
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This will be funny, the errors that are appearing in genetic replication that lead to obesity,
Ever notice the more dysfunctional someone is the fatter their cat ?
This will be hilarious, first a genetic predisposition to obesity, followed by some loon that just cant let go of "Fluffy" I can see it now CAT-KONG (Its a funny childrens book)
An 80 lb cat, a shortened life span and an already neruotic owner that couldnt let go thie first time around, watch this become a really sad vicious cycle, copies of copies, getting fat and dying yet faster than the last time around. Maybe I should go after a Vet Liscence.....
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Er, it's called non-sequitor (speling?) humour, not whoring.
Great...so there really is going to be a "RePet."
I just hope they don't also actually invent that creepy doll.
...or clone.
I've known a number of people who consider their pets to be as close, or closer, than other family members. It came up in a discussion a while back that with all the advances in cloning- would you bring back a lost pet again, if there was a service that could do so?
All Pet Sematary images aside, it seems like if someone could prey on all the emotion behind the lost of a loved family member, people would be willing to pay a load of money to experience the joy of raising beloved Whiskers again from the beginning.
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love is just extroverted narcissism
They cloned the wrong Pussy!!!
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
More cats.
And now they'll all look alike too.
What a scary world this is turning out to be.
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From the article "The Humane Society of the United States opposes pet cloning, the Journal said, because of the danger of overpopulation."
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I don't understand why they are really worried about this. It is quite apparent that a person who is willing to spend big bucks on having their pet cloned obviously loved the animal in the first place.
I could however understand an objection to say a pet breeder having prize animals cloned, but they never made any distinctions and this technology does have practical applications for grieving pet lovers.
I know I would love to have a copy of my dog Mookie who died a few years ago.
- I'll bash you in the face.
"The 2-month-old kitten called "Cc:" is the first successful product of a program..."
So was it a "Bcc:" when it was born?
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"Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love." -Turkish Proverb
I'm pretty sure this is illegal under the DMCA:
section 4.3.B
Biological material, having a copy
protection scheme provided by their
Creator, shall not be copied. Doing
so shall be a violation of this act,
punishable by fine, jail time, or an
eternity in the fiery pits of Hell.
..but these animals are not clones unless the donor egg used in the conception is from the same animal. If not, then the so called "clone" does not share the mitochondrial DNA of their "parent" and thus is not a clone. Now back to your regularily scheduled ignorance.
Said to be a member of yet another Jesus-freak-christian-cult, an unidentified man has destroyed the cloned kitty in the name of God. Authorities have already begun their investigation and until the man is identified, he will be known as ...
Gawd? Do I have to finish it?
This is not an infinitely repeatable process. In this case (since they now have two) they will only be able to create seven more . . . .
You'd think they'd name it carbon copy, since it is a carbon based life form...
Eh, I whored myself all the way up to 50 Karma, and now I'm back down to 40. I've got a little ways to go until I whore myself up again. Whatever.
Fuck Slashdot.
Did you get that joke off the Fox News Buildings Ticker in Manhattan? They had the same lame joke about 9 lives.
As far as service animals go, its similarly a silly point. It's far cheaper to rescue animals from animal shelters and train them. The methods already in place for getting them is already very good, cloning will only lead to service animals being more expensive.
Yes, it's interesting technology, but essentially, is a waste of money.
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... is here as per my journal.
Also has a pic of the cat. Its named "Cc:" (seriously).
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
People who would clone their cat rather than adopt another one disgust me. According the article, the new cat probably won't look the same anyway! And whether it will behave the same is also questionable. So in other words, it is both unethical and pointless to clone your cat.
And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start
To mold a new reality... closer to the heart
After several years of attmepts Geoff "Mandrake" Harrison has been cloned. In the past, those attmepts have failed. The Jerry Cantrell model was the first to roll out back during the grundge years.
The phase dubbed as "Kid Rock"...Has been in works for many years...
There's just no end to the lengths geeks will go to get a little pussy... :)
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If I'm not mistaken, the financier (John Sperling) starting research into this at Texas A&M about 3 or 4 years ago becuase he wanted a clone of his very close pet collie "Missy" who was dying or had recently died back then... so they named it the "Missyplicity" project after the Michael Keaton movie "Mulitiplicity".
http://www.missyplicity.com
--OptipleX02
(These Texans know how to name things, too.)
Ah yes, like the new NFL expansion team, the Houston Texans.
Yes! That guy!
This site has details, and appears to be sponsored by the same organization.
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Jack Valente announced today that the MPOA will sue the cat cloners to fore them to include Digital Right's Management technology in all cloning equipment: "Breeders put a lot of work into those cats. If anyone can make copies, who will breed cats?" Microsoft announced that code in Windows Media Player is not to blame for mysteriously well-targeted banner ads for cat food aimed at people who play more than the usual amount of soft rock.
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This has a huge potential... Let's get started on cloning humans!
Imagine these possibilities :
- A genetically modified human perfectly suited for a specific task - clone 'em by the thousands and you've got the perfect workforce (you may want to dumb 'em down a bit so they don't mind tedious jobs).
- Clone people with special abillities so these people can bread with more other people and the abillities can spread more widely (like people with exceptional health)
- Safekeep newborn childrens DNA, so that parents who loose a very young child in accidents can get a new clone.
(an no, I'm _not_ joking)
I'm amused by the financier's coincidental(?) apparent relationship to the Sperling family from Robert Heinlein's series of books about the lives of Lazarus Long. The Sperlings were one of the original long-lifed families. Perhaps we've come across their dirty little secret at last?
we just got a preview of the script for Cats & Dogs 2. ;)
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As a transplanted out-of-stater living in Texas, I can't tell you how horrified I am that Aggies are doing this. Remember, these are the folks with that gawdawful bonfire accident- do you really want them messing with genetic code???
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Copy Cat!!. So cute!!
Like everything, it comes down to money. Universal and Bertelsmann don't lose money on cloned cats.
There is mounting evidence cloning causes substantial problems. Dolly the cloned sheep is now arthretic. A recent article suggest the DNA is scrabbled in the cloning process. Burning kittens in microwaves may have advanced science but can we in any way validate the gross waste of resources to clone pets that may live in pain. This is deeply pathological. There is now ample evidence that the year 2050 can be set as a arbitrary deadline for turning around the harm being done to the environment and the threat of overpopulation. Somehow in the face of it all the idea of people growing obscenely rich by cloning animals to a life of potential suffering in the name of companionship is an apt swansong.
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I tried every decent and legal way I could think of to resolve the issue w/the business before I rented the chicken suit
What, they cloned the ::::CueCat? Isn't that illegal? :^)
Wooden armaments to battle your imaginary foes!
... it is ok to pirate porn movies?
And why do they want rich people to be able to clone their pets? That does nothing but cheapen the life of the original. "Oh, kids, Sparky got run over by a car, but we'll just go get a new Sparky". And that doesn't even work because behavior is partly genetic, but mostly environmental.
Cloning is a bad idea, IHMO. We shouldn't play God under any circumstances.
To dig up Sylvester. That old tom was with me longer than all my wives added together. I want him back!
Has no one seen The 6th Day!? This is how it all starts. Pretty soon we're going to have cloned Arnold Schwarzenegger's running around. That's something I sure don't want, who needs more bad action movies?
Hopefully these poor bereaved family members will recognize the beauty of uniqueness and understand that they won't be bringing back poor Fluffy, but will just be creating a poor imitation instead (I say poor imitation meaning that it will, at best, be similar, not that it will be a poor creation).
Is anyone else disturbed by the fact that domestic cats are being cloned when you can go down to any animal shelter and pick up a cat in need of a loving home? Come on, that's about as useful as being able to clone a geek so that the geek-loving girl can have a bad imitation of her dead loved one instead of going out and picking up a new model that is in need of loving care and a good home (and don't EVEN try to tell me there aren't a surplus of those...).
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And not a moment too soon. Someone's got to do something about all these f*ckin' cloned mice running around.
Okay. Not funny... I know. Mod me down for that.
It may be cold, but at least it's clear.
I mean, cats practically clone themselves if left outdoors. Just look around my neighborhood
"The human society is against closing pets because of the dangers of overpopulation."
Why? This is the smartest idea for pets ever. Think about it -- the Human Society encourages everybody to spay or neuter their pets to discourage overpopulation. Now what if we engineered pets that are genetically incapable of breeding? There's no danger of "accidents," no need to be cruel to unwanted pets. There's a much better means of discovering the nature of a pet. Want a dog that's good with children? Don't pay for a "breed" that's good with children, only to get a monster like my parents adopted(a stubborn 95 pound Airedale terrier). Pay for exactly the dog you want. Get exactly the size and colour animal that will fit your lifestyle, and don't worry about "cloned" personalities as personalities are developed through training.
Sound sickening? It shouldn't. Cloned pets are a direct extension of breeding. It's not the orwellian nightmare that cloning humans is. And if all the cloned pets are cloned sterile (which, I might add, is a great deal for both the cloners and the pet loving public), there's no danger of overpopulation. It's not like a cloning machine can meet another cloning machine under the hedge and make whoopy.
Think of it like seedless watermelons.
Hey freaks: now you're ju
The cat recently cloned by Texas A&M University filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming its DNA was illegally reverse-engineered. When asked for his opinion, the cat said, "I did not give my consent for those scientists to use my DNA, which has been a carefully guarded family secret for generations. How am I supposed to produce unique offspring now? Those gene sequences are MINE, dammit! I demand that the copycat be destroyed immediately. If I find out my gene sequences are available on Morpheus, I'm gonna be REALLY ticked. I'll fight this one all the way to the supreme court if I have to, if it takes me all nine of my lives."
If you remember, this was the name of the project to clone a dog named Missy.
C'mon, it is kinda clever
Vacuum chamber? You're kidding, right? Please tell me you don't actually believe that.
I wish I was wrong. I really do. Please remember that the SPCA is not necessarily related to the City-funded Animal Shelter. They may work closely together, for obvious reasons, but animals who are placed in SPCA shelters have a longer 'save' time and a better chance of being adopted.
In my city, the two are actually in the same building, and when you take an animal to the pound, you can opt to pay an additional fee so that they are housed in the SPCA side of the shelter. They get 'lethal injection' rather than decompression when their time is up.
Animals who are left in the city pound or are picked up off the streets don't have nearly such an easy time. They are given days, rather than a weeks or more, and when their time is up, they are placed in the vacuum chamber.
God, I wish it wasn't true. I wish the donations I made to the SPCA would make it not true.
Scarily enough, a common science project for high-schoolers interested in biology in my town is to take an animal carcas from the pound, render the flesh, and then reassemble the skeleton. When I was in high-school, my biology teacher had instructions on how to repair rib bones that had been broken when the animal's chest cavity exploded in the near-vacuum.
This is in Texas, a big state, but the same state that is giving you 'CopyCat'.
Yes, the research is important, and will be useful. But it should *never* be used to create pets or service animals when such an overpopulation of those domestic animals exist.
The next Slashdot story will be ready soon, but subscribers can beat the rush and slashdot the links early!
How long before we start seeing people cloning famous rock bands so that soon, we will start seeing clones of singers who all look alike and sound alike. ...Oh wait
I heard that the scientists were in trouble with the BSA, because the "mother" cat was clearly labeled with "Do not make illegal copies of this cat"
I also heard that the cat won't work until it's activation key has been received from Microsoft.
Mommy I thought fluffy went away.
shut up and pet your new ca...I mean fluffy.
if you want "No More Hiroshimas" then I say "You First. No More Pearl Harbors."
We already have deer season, bear season, elk season. Why not have kitty season and puppy season? Stalking strays through the urban wilderness with a 22-caliber air rifle loaded with darts would be a new challenge for the hunters - and they wouldn't even have to travel!
Given the problems already showing up with Dolly the sheep, already having problems associated with old age, why not try cloning from a stem cell?
I'd think that, by using the nucleus of an adult stem cell, you'd get all the DNA needed. Every strand of the DNA would then still have the telomers on it that gradually get "used up" when a normal cell divides. Perhaps that way, all the cells in the cloned animal would start out eactly the same as a normal embryo's cells.
Perhaps that's the way to go, not by taking the nucleus out of just any old cell, but by using an adult stem cell. They seem to have found these in several sites on the adult body - in fat removed by liposuction, and in the fat behind the kneecap in humans. I'm sure they can find them in analogous places on animals.
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that the school which hosts Bush Sr.'s Presidential library would be making advances in cloning...
Meanwhile, scientists in Ireland have become the first in the world to seperate a Siamese cat.
Reveille is a collie, the mascot of Texas A&M University.
Finally be able to say you controlled the experiment fully. None of those pesky but group x got cancer and group y didn't but group x was more prone to cancer kind of issues. Both the experimental group and control have the exact same predisposition. So feeding clones crap causes cancer end of story.
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"Ripping and sharing DNA is a crime, and it hurts Me on both a financial and a personal level," intoned the Deity, "and while it pains Me that I must file suit against My children, I must protect My intellectual property from drifting into the public domain, where it could be used by My competitors." God refused to specify which competitors he feared, or what they might do with the genetic algorithms.
"God is simply trying to hold on to an illegally-gained monopoly," stated longtime competitor Satan at a press conference held shortly after in Redmond, Washington. "He's afraid that if genetic protocols are opened for public use, the market would be flooded with non-God organisms, which would of course detract from his brand," added Satan, better known by his stage name, "Prince of Darkness", or by his ubiquitous online handle, "PrttyKtty666". Satan claimed that numerous studies had shown great demand for a wider variety of animals, and that this is the scientific breakthrough that could eventually lead to world populated by Elves, Unicorns, and Dragons. "People love dragons. People love Unicorns. Hell, people even love dinosaurs! Did you ever see Jurassic Park?", opined the source of all evil.
Other major figures in this field have yet to make their voices heard; Religious leaders Buddha, Krishna, Jesus of Nazareth, the Dalai Lama, and Oprah refused to take a stance one way or the other.
Think about this. How many people out there would pay serious money to have a chance to "hit the reset button" if something happens to a cherished pet. I've had a dog that died, like all dogs do. Nothing could replace her because she was unique and there are some things that even cloning can't copy. But I would have moved heaven and earth to have a chance to start over again with a puppy that would have at least grown up to look like her. Dare I say that my parents would have even taken out a 2nd mortgage on the house for the money if cloning was an option.
This is more than just the "gee-whiz" factor of having the fastest PC or a TIVO with 2 Terabyte RAID storage. This is dealing with people's emotions and people with money will spend it like drunken sailors if they know that a few thousand dollars can get them an exact living, breathing, physical copy of their pet after they die.
I'm sure these people will be happy...
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I don't mean to sound insensitive or anything but how about a little perspective? I mean they are just cats and dogs. Not people. If I can eat a cow or pig or chicken on a daily basis, how can I get upset over the euthinasia of some stray animals?
Furthermore as this tech advances, why should someone take in a stray when they could have a "perfect pet" designed to their exact specifications?
Mac OS X and Windows XP working side by side to fight back the night.
Now we can get consistent tasting Mc Cat from food chains anywhere in the world.
This got to be the most expensive cat...
Quick! Patent the house cat! Nevermind that they're everywhere and have been around for a long time and that you had nothing to do with developing them, after all, Monsanto didn't develop many traditional strains of grain, but they own them anyway! The Patent Office doesn't care - just patent the cat before someone else does!
I guess this cat has 18 lives now. Geez.
As a side note, I love all the comments about there already being a cat overpopulation problem. I just keep imagining a mad scientist wandering about, cloning cats at random just to be annoying.
Come to think of it, this procedure actually allows the "more than one way to skin a cat" theory to be proven. Currently the best anyone can do is to show that one cat can be skinned in a different way than others. Note: I do not support the skinning of cats, though one must wonder what exactly cats did for such a phrase to exist.
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I'm not trying to troll here, but there simply is no point to this. I own a cat. The little brat's name is Gambit. As you'll learn in any psychology class, genes aren't the only thing that affect personality/behavior. I like him a lot, but he'll die one day (probably well before I do).
A genetically identical cat won't be the same cat, and would lead to the death of another cat sitting at the SPCA that could have been adopted instead. Sorry, but this is dumb.
...regardless of all the religious ramifications and the danger that could be created by playing with our DNA/genes, people have got to realize that even if you clone a loved pet, or maybe even one day a spouse, child, ect...that living thing will only be similar in appearance, its personality, likes/dislikes will more then likely be very different. I hope the people spending millions of dollars to bring their beloved Rover back realize that. Can you imagine one day cloning your spouse only to find out that the clone wants nothing to do with you.
Here at catmanor.com, I name my computers after my cats. My firewall is Sebastian, he is a ragdoll. He is very quiet, but if you don't treat him nice, he totally ignores you. My 2 processor smp database and application server is Mink. Mink is a cat that you don't want to get mad. She is fast with her claws and has a quick attitude. My name server is called Amadeaus. Amadeaus is a rare breed called a Chantilly-tiffiny that I got from a breeder in Canada. When I got him, he was the only one located in the US. He is very vocal, and follows me around the house. You ank him a question, he responds with an answer. A perfect name server. Finally, there is Callisto. He is a laptop or a turkish angora; depending if you are talking about the hardware or the cat. He is my lap cat. When I sit down, Callisto is there. A permanent lap rug.
Here is my problem. I have a new name server called Io, and an Apple flatpanel iMac on order. I need more cats!
I see this new technology as a possible solution to my problem. I can make copies of my CD's, why not my cats!
William
---- perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(
Copying the ultra-sexy wife of some rich dude.
Even though the movie was really bad, I think the 80 year old guy got the idea for this company (clone dead pets) from the Schwarzenegger movie "The Sixth Day".
In other related news..
The Free Software Foundation announced Thursday the beginning of a new 'software' project known as "gnuCat' and a related project 'CatGNiP'. From RMS's announcement, "Building the perfect feline companion through a collaborative community effort will ensure that the species' genetic code remains free of restrictive licensing and that users will be able to modify and extend their cats to suit their needs.' For example, users of gnuCat will be able to configure the cat's color, size, obesity, and proclivity to scratch furniture, using a simple ncurses menu system. gnuCat developers are already discussing a new way to automatically configure the cat's code based on the user's personality. One group is already working on a branch of the CVS tree for a cat that has no claws or teeth and eats only an inexpensive paste made from common household ingredients. Another developer is working on a pre-emptive patch for gnuCat which allows it to be more responsive in deciding whether it wants to go outside or stay in. Project leader Felinus Hairballs says, "We're hoping to have gnuCat litter trained out-of-the-"box" by version 2.0"
don't we already have enough Katz?
the movie "the 6th Day"
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0216216
When I saw this picture on this page I was thinking those are odd boxes to keep cats in.
Had to say it
Have they considered sexual reproduction? I hear it works pretty well.
This seems like a whole new category of every-post-has-at-least-one-of-theese comments... There's already CowboyNeal... Beowulf clusters... "One Rings To Rule Them All"... goatse.cx (no link, can you imagine?)... CmdrTaco's proposal... What next?
It breaks my heart to think of how many cats they killed before they got a "working" copy. Of course, they probably won't tell the press that. Its bad public relations. It also makes me wonder how many pet owners would want to copy their pet while realizing that their decision will likely result in the death of multiple bad copies in the process. Quite shameful. Its like killing your pet multiple times over, just to get one copy of the pet back.
For a moment I thought you meant Jessica Alba Why can't they clone something useful????