Posted by
timothy
on from the no-two-cats-are-alike dept.
bbsguru writes "When Texas A&M researchers announced the first Cloned Kitty about a year ago, everyone expected to see a Multiplicity-style pair of cats by now. Not so! The clone is genetically identical, but in many other ways totally a different cat. This
CNN Story has details."
So.. it's silicon based then? Well, that means they can colonize radioactive worlds, but their population growth is half.
Re:Not a carbon copy...?
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NanoGator
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"So.. it's silicon based then? Well, that means they can colonize radioactive worlds, but their population growth is half. "
No no, it's the first silicon based pussy that anybody cared about.
Hmm. You know, it's just like poker. You can't beat a Master of Orion reference with a porn reference, even with the double meaning bonus. My only ace would be if I could find a surprisingly appropriate Doctor Who reference.
-- "Derp de derp."
Hear that sound?
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Anonymous Coward
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That's the sound of God chuckling as he walks back to the library.
This is all very well, but...
by
Doctor+Hu
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...when are they going to clone the same cat multiple times, to check out the "9 lives" theory?
-- Yes, we're at a coffee break here. How did you guess?
Change of API
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Anonymous Coward
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Not a Carbon API for a Cat ? Upgrade to Cacoa for full MacOS X Jaguar support.
The ghastly truth!
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MonTemplar
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'What are we going to do tonight, Rainbow?' 'The same thing we do every night, CC - try to take over the World!'
You honestly thing it was the Human's idea to clone the Cat? You fools! It's part of their Masterplan to rise in vast numbers, and cast aside the enemy Dogs once and for all! Then we will be their obedient slaves - forever!:)
> I am genetically identical today to how I was yesterday, but I expect I'll do loads of different stuff.
We change a great deal over time. For example I was blond and blue eyed until I was two and now I'm grey/green eyed and dark haired (what's left of it)
My mother asked a Nurse about this at the time (1960's) and was told that changes like this are quite normal over time.
This did confuse my mother somewhat since it happened to me over a period of 5 minutes when I was left outside a shop with our dog.
From the article: "There are millions of cats in shelters and with rescue groups that need homes, and the last thing we need is a new production strategy for cats."
Classic. Did this quote really come from Bob Barker?
I guess..
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Anonymous Coward
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Now you can have your cat and eat it too! Ha!
-Alf
Re:Impossible to...
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dubstop
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Like Ryker's transporter double.
I can't remember the episode, but I was very impressed that the double managed to survive alone for years without going insane. There can't be many things that are worse than being alone, without any form of human contact for many years, but here's a few that are close:
being stuck alone and being Ryker.
being stuck alone except for Ryker.
being Ryker.
After contemplating the magnitude of such a tragedy, I don't even have the energy to do the ???, Profit! thing.
Are you listening, George Lucas?
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Zog+The+Undeniable
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Surely some of those white-suited Stormtroopers should be pink. Or blue.
-- When I am king, you will be first against
the wall.
....just goes to show.....
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Craig3010
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Aggies can't be expected to clone pussy and get it right...
Re:so it is not a copy cat?
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Anne+Thwacks
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Nope... they have different birth dates, so their star signs are different. Anyone who reads womens' magazines knows star signs are far more important than genes (But Levi's Rule:-)
-- Sent from my ASR33 using ASCII
I'm glad she was born healthy..
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0x12d3
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and without 'genetic defects', but if she was born blind do ya think they would've named her Bcc??
They have cloned...
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Alien+Being
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Mr. Bigglesworth! I will call him mini-meow.
Re:Nature vs. Nurture
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silhouette
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Yessssss! Nurture wins!
In your FACE, Nature!! Nyaaaaa!
Nurture - 1, Nature - 0!
SWISH!!
<drunken singing> Weeee are the schampions... WEEEE are the schampions... nooo time for looosers... </drunken singing>
-- Experts agree: everything is fine.
Hey, it was in the parameters.
by
TheConfusedOne
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Obviously they compiled the new cat as: cc -O
-- ---
I wish I could hear the soundtrack to my life. That way I'd know when to duck.
Slashdot Mirror
It's both the same cat AND a totally different cat. You changed the results by observing them.
...damn copy cats.
-- Contradictions only exist in thought - not in reality.
So.. it's silicon based then? Well, that means they can colonize radioactive worlds, but their population growth is half.
That's the sound of God chuckling as he walks back to the library.
Speaking of making perfect copies of animals Mexican Scientists Perfect Copying :).
--
Yes, we're at a coffee break here. How did you guess?
Not a Carbon API for a Cat ? Upgrade to Cacoa for full MacOS X Jaguar support.
'What are we going to do tonight, Rainbow?'
:)
'The same thing we do every night, CC - try to take over the World!'
You honestly thing it was the Human's idea to clone the Cat? You fools! It's part of their Masterplan to rise in vast numbers, and cast aside the enemy Dogs once and for all! Then we will be their obedient slaves - forever!
-MT.
> I am genetically identical today to how I was yesterday, but I expect I'll do loads of different stuff.
We change a great deal over time. For example I was blond and blue eyed until I was two and now I'm grey/green eyed and dark haired (what's left of it)
My mother asked a Nurse about this at the time (1960's) and was told that changes like this are quite normal over time.
This did confuse my mother somewhat since it happened to me over a period of 5 minutes when I was left outside a shop with our dog.
From the article:
"There are millions of cats in shelters and with rescue groups that need homes, and the last thing we need is a new production strategy for cats."
Classic. Did this quote really come from Bob Barker?
Now you can have your cat and eat it too! Ha!
-Alf
I can't remember the episode, but I was very impressed that the double managed to survive alone for years without going insane. There can't be many things that are worse than being alone, without any form of human contact for many years, but here's a few that are close:
After contemplating the magnitude of such a tragedy, I don't even have the energy to do the ???, Profit! thing.
Surely some of those white-suited Stormtroopers should be pink. Or blue.
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
Aggies can't be expected to clone pussy and get it right...
Sent from my ASR33 using ASCII
and without 'genetic defects', but if she was born blind do ya think they would've named her Bcc??
Mr. Bigglesworth! I will call him mini-meow.
Yessssss! Nurture wins!
In your FACE, Nature!! Nyaaaaa!
Nurture - 1, Nature - 0!
SWISH!!
<drunken singing>
Weeee are the schampions... WEEEE are the schampions... nooo time for looosers...
</drunken singing>
Experts agree: everything is fine.
Obviously they compiled the new cat as:
cc -O
--- I wish I could hear the soundtrack to my life. That way I'd know when to duck.