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    Fiber Optic Cable In Your Skull Can Reprogram a Brain

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    10/22/09

    In reply to Algernon Lives! (Scientists Develop World's Smartest Rat)
    So... what happened to Hobbie-A through Hobbie-I? I feel like it just couldn't have ended well for them... #hobbiej
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    10/21/09

    In reply to Algernon Lives! (Scientists Develop World's Smartest Rat)
    GREAT, now they are going to be living in our roses and stealing our electricity! #hobbiej
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    10/21/09

    @Software_Goddess: I need that amulet! #hobbiej
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/21/09

    In reply to Algernon Lives! (Scientists Develop World's Smartest Rat)
    P.S. please if you get a chanse put some flowrs on Algernons grave in the bak yard. #hobbiej
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    10/21/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: +1 to this and the article's references taking me back to 1996. #hobbiej
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    10/21/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: Thanks for getting that reference instead of going straight to Pinky and the Brain. #hobbiej
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    10/21/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: Thanks for getting that reference instead of going straight to Pinky and the Brain. #hobbiej
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    10/21/09

    @Mike Zuniga: that line made me cry i have to admit.amazing book
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/21/09

    In reply to Algernon Lives! (Scientists Develop World's Smartest Rat)
    "Bigger pores equals every so slightly increased transfer duration of neuron-to-neuron messages"

    wouldn't you want decreased transfer duration??? #hobbiej
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    Image of CrispyAardvark CrispyAardvark
    10/21/09

    @nutbastard: I believe it's not the time it takes to get from neuron A to neuron B, but rather the amount of time the transfer lasts. The longer the transfer, the more ingrained the message gets. i.e. Neuron B absorbs more..

    I think, possibly. I dunno, my neurons are a bit hungover right now.. #hobbiej
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    Image of spannu spannu
    10/19/09

    In reply to Fiber Optic Cable In Your Skull Can Reprogram a Brain
    More like borophyll!

    ...Right? #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Fiber Optic Cable In Your Skull Can Reprogram a Brain
    i'm green with envy? #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Fiber Optic Cable In Your Skull Can Reprogram a Brain
    Algae are not plants, they're eukaryotes. #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    @lostinthe4th: I only carry oats when I have to buy the groceries, thanks. #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    @anexanhume: if only you realized how many more oats you could be carrying. with so many oat carrying opportunities you have no excuse. your behaviour is both arrogant AND detrimental to our survival. Everyone else carries oats every day of their lives. who the hell do you think you are? #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    @fightskillz: For the record, I'm not pro-carrying oats. It's a blight on our cellsciety. #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Fiber Optic Cable In Your Skull Can Reprogram a Brain
    So when do we get RFIDs in our wrists and USB ports in our necks? #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09


    @Xagest: #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Fiber Optic Cable In Your Skull Can Reprogram a Brain
    But if you insert plant genes into vegans, will they die of starvation? #fiberopticskulls
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    10/19/09

    @ripfire: No, I'm sure the plants should be able to find something of worth even in a vegan's brain. #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    @anexanhume: No, I don't think that's what I mea...

    You know what. Yeah, I think I'll go with that. #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09

    In reply to Fiber Optic Cable In Your Skull Can Reprogram a Brain
    Sure it'll cure Parkinson's, but now you'll never know when the mad scientists will send the signal to assassinate world leaders. #fiberopticskulls
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    10/19/09


    @Skunky: Feed me Seymour! #fiberopticskulls
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Bangladeshi Farmer Slaughters 83,000 Rats, and All He Got Was a Crappy 14-Inch TV
    What about the R.O.U.S.'s?
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    10/02/09

    @EpiphyteCorp.: I don't believe they exist.
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Bangladeshi Farmer Slaughters 83,000 Rats, and All He Got Was a Crappy 14-Inch TV
    Someone call Mike Rowe. Dirty Jobs needs to go international for the next season..
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Bangladeshi Farmer Slaughters 83,000 Rats, and All He Got Was a Crappy 14-Inch TV
    If I ever have a mouse problem I know who I'm calling. [MrHaroHaro is scared of mice, rats and squirrels if he looks at them long enough]
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    10/02/09

    @MrHaroHaro: Install one of these in your residence for protection from the furry tailed menace!
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    10/02/09

    @MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM: A better rendition, and my all time favorite Giz post. [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    10/02/09

    In reply to Bangladeshi Farmer Slaughters 83,000 Rats, and All He Got Was a Crappy 14-Inch TV
    I imagine it would take about, oh i dunno, 20 seconds average to kill a rat? lets call it 30 seconds with smoke breaks?

    so 83,000 rats = 41,500 minutes = 691 hours = 17.29 weeks of work @ 40 hours/week.

    that would net me here in the states around $9,200 - and for doing a job more than a little less unsavory and labor intensive at that.

    SO, is this guy being kind of ripped off, OR is he now the owner of what is officially the worlds most expensive 14" color television?
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    10/02/09

    @nutbastard: Maybe it's an OLED.
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    10/02/09

    @nutbastard: What's the minimum wage in Bangladesh?
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    10/02/09

    In reply to Bangladeshi Farmer Slaughters 83,000 Rats, and All He Got Was a Crappy 14-Inch TV
    "Bangladesh has a disgusting rat problem: It imports 3 million tons of food a year, and rats destroy 1.5-2 million tons of it."

    seems to me that the logical solution is to eat the rats. i mean, at least you know what the rats have been eating. hell you could even charge a premium - "Our Rats Are 100% Free-Range Corn Fed!"
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    Image of winkydink winkydink
    10/02/09

    @nutbastard: Evidently it's an idea that's just not catching on. [www.breitbart.com] Perhaps if they called them Bangladeshi Dwarf Sheep?
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    10/02/09

    @winkydink:

    nah i'd go with the inverse of 'long pig' and call them 'short rabbits'
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