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    Algae Sex and Amoeba Smackdown - Best Microscopy Videos of the Year

    Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

    The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant

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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/18/09

    In reply to Algae Sex and Amoeba Smackdown - Best Microscopy Videos of the Year
    Algae sex takes 2 hours? I think I'm jealous.
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    Edited by Dr Emilio Lizardo at 11/18/09 7:26 PM Dr Emilio Lizardo was starred Dr Emilio Lizardo was unstarred
    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/18/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo:

    If it makes you feel any better its about the same percentage of time (comparing lifetime vs time having sex) for humans and Crustose Coralline Red Algae.

    On the other hand if it's the red algae from an algal bloom ("red tide") then they are still having sex about 1hr 59 mins 56 secs after they have died.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/19/09

    @Jassen: I have anew goal in life.
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/19/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Too become a large hazardous mass capable of destroying massive amounts of marine life ?
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment Jassen was starred Jassen was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/19/09

    @Jassen: No, to be having sex 2 hours after I'm dead.
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/19/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Think big, do both.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/18/09

    In reply to Algae Sex and Amoeba Smackdown - Best Microscopy Videos of the Year
    15 reminded me of that Star Wars' singing lady with large lips...

    1, 6, and 9 are just awesome.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/18/09

    In reply to Algae Sex and Amoeba Smackdown - Best Microscopy Videos of the Year
    Eheheh, #3 looks like a bunch of crayon scribbles.
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/18/09

    In reply to Algae Sex and Amoeba Smackdown - Best Microscopy Videos of the Year
    Amoeba! Amoeba!

    Two microscopic entities enter, one microscopic entity leaves!
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    Image of AthronofEryndor AthronofEryndor
    11/18/09

    @Daveinva: I would watch a show based on the premise of two microscopic organisms battling it out each episode. educational and awesome
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    Annalee Newitz promoted this comment AthronofEryndor was starred AthronofEryndor was unstarred
    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/18/09

    @AthronofEryndor: Until one of them has absorbed 20 or 30 of the others and then escapes and the show is suddenly "canceled", a spate of news reports of "unknown deaths" start happening around where the show was being filmed, roads are blocked, phone calls are jammed and the military presence starts getting scary and you know what happens next .....
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    Image of Dr.Quatermass Dr.Quatermass
    11/18/09

    @Jassen: Heart click. For the comedy AND the use of 'spate'.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11/13/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery
    Weren't Cybermen considered human/organic right up until they became Cybermen? They'd replaced everything by the point they appeared in Doctor Who. I'm pretty sure that makes them androids.

    Kudos for featuring We3, though - it still makes me wipe at a speck of dust from my eye every time I read it. #art
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    Image of RexMaximus RexMaximus
    11/12/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery
    The T-600/700 from Terminator Salvation: isn't that just an android since it doesn't have flesh covering?

    Come to think of it, aren't all terminators except Marcus just androids, since cyborg (cybernetic organism) implies that the organic part dominates? #art
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/12/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

    Was David considered an android or cyborg?
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    Edited by EdificeComplex at 11/12/09 5:59 PM EdificeComplex was starred EdificeComplex was unstarred
    Image of neolex neolex
    11/12/09

    @EdificeComplex: Android. Just because they develop emotional characteristics does not make them partly biological.

    From my point of view anyway. #art
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    EdificeComplex promoted this comment neolex was starred neolex was unstarred
    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/12/09

    @neolex: It's been a while since I've seen the movie. I couldn't remember if he had some biological component (i.e. real human skin) or if he was completely artificial.

    But yeah I agree about the emotional characteristics. #art
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/12/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery
    The Strogg?

    The Cyberdeamon?

    Sorry, on an id kick.
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    Edited by Dr Emilio Lizardo at 11/12/09 5:42 PM Dr Emilio Lizardo was starred Dr Emilio Lizardo was unstarred
    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/12/09

    In reply to Pop-Culture Cyborgs Through The Ages: A Gallery

     

    WE'RE IN YOUR BLOGZ

    IMPRESSED WITH YOUR WORK
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/12/09

    In reply to The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant
    Another frequent SF trope. #wireheads
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    11/12/09

    In reply to The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant
    At its most frequent, the patient self-stimulated throughout the day, neglecting personal hygiene and family commitments. A chronic ulceration developed at the tip of the finger used to adjust the amplitude dial and she frequently tampered with the device in an effort to increase the stimulation amplitude.

    I foresee similar results when sexbots are unleashed on the world. #wireheads
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    Image of strideo strideo
    11/12/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: Wait. Isn't this what most World of Warcraft players are like right now? #wireheads
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant
    Kinda like "jacking on" in Futurama? #wireheads
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant
    There's a short story in Spider Robinson's Time Travelers Strictly Cash where a man walks into an apartment to find a naked woman starving to death in a chair, hooked up to some kind of wire-heading apparatus. #wireheads
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    Image of amygdala amygdala
    11/11/09

    @Anekanta - Space Hippy!: Spider Robinson later adapted his short story "God Is An Iron" into a 1988 novel "Mindkiller", and admits in the afterword to borrowing the idea from Larry Niven's 1969 story "Death by Ecstasy". #wireheads
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant
    "This pleasurable response was heightened by continuous stimulation at 75% maximal amplitude, frequently augmented by short bursts at maximal amplitude."

    excuse me...but I believe this is my patented technique! #wireheads
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Curious Case of a Woman Addicted to Her Brain Implant
    I bet she wished it went to '11'. #wireheads
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