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The Sound of Cells
Alert Slashdot reader jamie pointed out a story in Smithsonian Magazine on the subject of listening to the sounds cells make in order to detect abnormalities.
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I wonder if they rock out or are they more into the hip-hop scene?
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I hear the things beeping all over the place now. Little tinny tunes like Mexican Hat Dance too.
Oh, sorry, thought you said cell PHONES.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Even more voices to listen too...
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Cancer is always listening to Limp Biskit with the booming base spreading all over the neighborhood. Cancer cells also have superfluous spoilers and purple neon undercarriages.
It's the Midichlorians. You'll hear them too when you learn to quiet your mind.
"Get your body in shape you insensitive clod"
I hear dead people
Hey man, just relax and bend over the examining table while I prep this guitar tuner for insertion....
-- I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist. It's not my fault that life sucks so much. --
Skin Cell 1: Hey I saw you on the cover of Scientific American!
Skin Cell 2: Palez! The photo totally made me look fat!
Skin Cell 3: Jesus, just take the complement!
...like, when you have Ride of Valkiries as your ring-tone
Is that where all those voices in my head have been coming from?
This is old news, ever since Meg healed her little brother Charles Wallace by teaching his cells how to sing. Or Kythe. Or something.
Yeah, I manage my networks using sound the same way. If I make a change to a router, I pick up *immediately* when something is wrong. The sounds are usually way off in the cubicles and go something like this: "What the heck is going on!", "Are you clocking?".
Things you don't want to hear from your cells:
...and the number one thing:
"I was thinking of redecorating the place; d'you think some melanoma would look good here?"
"C'mon, all the cool kids are having apoptosis! You're not chicken, are you?"
"The mitochondria must be liberated!"
"Hey, alcohol! Irish stout! All right, time for Liverdance!"
"Ouch!"
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Wouldn't it be funny if some day, we discover that the most intelligent animal on earth is the tuna? We've been eating dolphin-safe tuna for all these years when we should've been eating tuna-safe dolphins.
Sprinkling alcohol on a yeast cell to kill it raises the pitch
Won't someone please think of the yeast cells?
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Maybe they're just hungry, for brain cells...
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Alert Slashdot reader jamie pointed out a story in Smithsonian Magazine...
Maybe jamie's cells sounded the alert...
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As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.
But the question is, are they into karaoke? Or maybe there's another way someone with an entrepeneural spirit could capitalize on this.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Until you realise the article isn't about cell phones..
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Hehe, now when the cells split in mitosis, you can hear all the "Ahhhhhh!" and "OOOOOOOHHH YEAH!" cell sex noises that they are sure to make.
Man! i dont know why i watch cartoon network so much, but i think it has some potential! i watched an episode last week in which Dexter was actually performing this very same experiment! only different being, he finds a virus-boy band! i guess i am a loser ;)