The first GM pets...

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-06-30 02:45am

Do I want glowing fish? Hmmm....

Or better yet, do I want a glowing cat?

*imagines waking up in the night, seeing this glowing.....thing right in front of my face*

Nah. I'd probably die of heart failure then.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-06-30 02:49am

neoolong wrote:A cat always lands on its feet, and toast always lands jam side down. So if you strap on the toast to the back of a cat it can't land on either its feet, or the jam will be face up. And it can't land jam side down or the cat will be on its back. So it just hovers in the air.

You know it's much funnier when I don't have to explain it.

Well, there's just one condition I can think of to add to that, and that is that the mass of the piece of toast should be equal to the mass of the cat. Otherwise, Newton's laws take over and the force of the cat overwhelms the force of the toast.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-30 02:54am

Crayz9000 wrote:
neoolong wrote:A cat always lands on its feet, and toast always lands jam side down. So if you strap on the toast to the back of a cat it can't land on either its feet, or the jam will be face up. And it can't land jam side down or the cat will be on its back. So it just hovers in the air.

You know it's much funnier when I don't have to explain it.
Well, there's just one condition I can think of to add to that, and that is that the mass of the piece of toast should be equal to the mass of the cat. Otherwise, Newton's laws take over and the force of the cat overwhelms the force of the toast.

Actually the contentions are equal. Regardless of mass, a piece of toast will land spread side down. And a cat will always land on its feet.

It's simple physics.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-06-30 11:35am

neoolong wrote:
Actually the contentions are equal. Regardless of mass, a piece of toast will land spread side down. And a cat will always land on its feet.

It's simple physics.

Ah. Now it makes sense.

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-06-30 02:29pm

And Aly, surely you mean salamanders? Axolotls aren't a species.

h but of course. Axolotls being the neotenic larva of Abystoma Mexicanum.

Axolotl is simply their common name, and they are used heavily i genetic research(good thing too, they are all but extinct in their native habitat)

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-06-30 02:40pm

Lonestar wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Actually the contentions are equal. Regardless of mass, a piece of toast will land spread side down. And a cat will always land on its feet.

It's simple physics.
Ah. Now it makes sense.

However, since the toast and the cat DO have mass, they will be pulled downwards, even though they will never actually touch the floor. This means that the cat would not hover, but rather, spin in mid-air for an indefinite period.

It has been postulated that the spinning of the cat could be harvested and used as a source of infinite energy, but researchers have been unsuccessful so far.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2003-06-30 02:45pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
neoolong wrote:A cat always lands on its feet, and toast always lands jam side down. So if you strap on the toast to the back of a cat it can't land on either its feet, or the jam will be face up. And it can't land jam side down or the cat will be on its back. So it just hovers in the air.

You know it's much funnier when I don't have to explain it.
Well, there's just one condition I can think of to add to that, and that is that the mass of the piece of toast should be equal to the mass of the cat. Otherwise, Newton's laws take over and the force of the cat overwhelms the force of the toast.

I thought a cat maneuvered it's body with its tail.

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-06-30 03:49pm

Those fish are neat, if just for the novelty attraction.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-06-30 04:44pm

"We don't like to play God."
"I think your octo-parrot would disagree!"
"SQUAWK! Polly should not be!"

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2003-06-30 05:05pm

Hey this means I can create the cobra-fish I have always wanted

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2003-06-30 05:51pm

Death from the Sea wrote:Those fish are neat, if just for the novelty attraction.

Seventeen dollars too......I wonder how long they last for that much.....~Jason

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-06-30 09:29pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:
Crayz9000 wrote:Well, there's just one condition I can think of to add to that, and that is that the mass of the piece of toast should be equal to the mass of the cat. Otherwise, Newton's laws take over and the force of the cat overwhelms the force of the toast.
I thought a cat maneuvered it's body with its tail.

Who cares?

I'm not sure what I'm more scared by: the fact that we're discussing buttered toast and cats, or the fact that we're discussing it seriously

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-06-30 09:34pm

Phear the sharkophant--swims like a shark, tramples like an elephant.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-06-30 10:18pm

neoolong wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:
My 20-foot long depth charge using Beavers with tungsten skeletons own your puny sharks.
But can they go in salt water?

Yes, but they also build warships and nuclear ASROC's.