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    Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria

    First Great White Shark Caught With Fishing Gear Tear

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    Image of Swearengen Swearengen
    10/31/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    Um, won't this just result in old people in hospitals having their skin ripped off when they brush up against the walls?
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    Xagest promoted this comment Swearengen was starred Swearengen was unstarred
    Image of pettiblay pettiblay
    10/31/09

    @Swearengen: The surface of a shark's skin is smooth. The "dents" you can see are microscopic; brushing your hand on the surface would make you realize that it's soft to the touch. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    10/31/09

    @Swearengen: Are you implying that our seniors are giant germs? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/31/09

    @pettiblay: Actually the surface of a shark's skin is fairly abrasive. It's used a lot to wrap the grips of things in native societies, and don't the japanese traditionally use it to grate wasabi radish? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    Wasn't there a similar thread during Shark Week? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star
    10/30/09

    @Yuri Dambyotch: Nevermind, a thourough search of my history shows that I found this in an email link from Hospimedica 01/07/2009 #sharkskinmaterial
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star was starred Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Yuri Dambyotch: Ah, this follows that up. Now they're all ready to start shoving it onto our doorknobs while FDA testing for hospital use goes on in the background. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star Yuri Dambyotch: don't need no stinkin' star
    10/30/09

    @Rosa Golijan: If I remember correctly, our materials manager got some of this stuff in recently on a stehascope or something for our nurses that visit the home patients.

    On a side-note, when I first started doing 'my business' in '93, almost no one was ever in isolation....nowadays it seems like 90% of the patients I deal with are isolated because of MRSA,C-diff....or whatever this will be very usefull to someone. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Yuri Dambyotch: Agreed. I can't wait to see it used widely.
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    Edited by Rosa Golijan at 10/30/09 11:46 PM Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    One time, my friends and I went out looking for some ladies, and I was wearing a sharkskin suit, and I totally got herpes. So, you know, they don't keep everything from sticking. #RosaRocks
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    Edited by badhatharry at 10/30/09 11:03 PM badhatharry was starred badhatharry was unstarred
    Image of croush1211 croush1211
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    I wouldn't even call myself a germaphobe, but man this news got me excited. There are so many applications for this. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment croush1211 was starred croush1211 was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    Bet I'm more scared of sharks than you are. Well, WAS more scared. Summermodo did a lot to get me over my fear. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of sebas0069 sebas0069
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    I saw this on TV about a year ago. That's old news. #sharkskinmaterial
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    badhatharry promoted this comment sebas0069 was starred sebas0069 was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    10/30/09

    @sebas0069: Thank you, citizen. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @sebas0069: Was it actually being put into use or just a vague idea up for discussion? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of bobofish bobofish
    10/31/09

    @sebas0069: I'm real glad you're so on top of what came first and when, and whether anything at any given time is news.

    For the rest of us dullards, it's nice to read about cool stuff, even if it was covered on some obscure cable channel at 3 in the morning six months ago. #sharkskinmaterial
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    GitEmSteveDave: #RosaRocks promoted this comment bobofish was starred bobofish was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    10/31/09

    @bobofish: See, yet another reason why #RosaRocks . She suffers the insomnia so she can bring us the exciting stories! #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of sebas0069 sebas0069
    11/04/09

    @bobofish:
    Just came out!!!!
    Shark skin alone prevents parasitic bacteria from sticking!!!!! #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of sebas0069 sebas0069
    11/04/09

    @Rosa Golijan:
    News is exactly, how it is now. Never actually made to the market! or maybe the company does not even exists anymore.
    Basically it's bunch of technological stuff that never comes to use. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of PrimaveraHoi PrimaveraHoi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    uhhh... remoras are not bacteria.
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    Lizard_King promoted this comment PrimaveraHoi was starred PrimaveraHoi was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/30/09

    @PrimaveraHoi: yup.... it didn't say "parasitic bacteria", so I kinda jumped the gun. I read the article twice and didn't connect the dots.
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    Edited by Lizard_King at 10/30/09 10:10 PM Lizard_King was starred Lizard_King was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Lizard_King: Better? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Rosa Golijan was starred Rosa Golijan was unstarred
    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/30/09

    @Rosa Golijan: heh... Great, now everyone reading this article assumes I can't read. Perfect. ;-)
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    Edited by Lizard_King at 10/30/09 10:17 PM Lizard_King was starred Lizard_King was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    10/30/09

    @Lizard_King: All part of my evil plot to...to...well, I'm not sure what, but it should somehow be part of an evil plot. #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/30/09

    In reply to Sharkskin Inspired Material Repels Bacteria
    Uhhh... aren't sharks host to parasitic remoras (sharksuckers)? #sharkskinmaterial
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/09

    @Lizard_King: Remoras have a mutual benefit relationship with sharks, not parasitic. They eat the remains of food and other detritus off of the shark's skin (as well as fecal matter), not actually take anything out of the shark itself.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/31/09 12:04 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of berbar berbar
    07/23/09

    In reply to First Great White Shark Caught With Fishing Gear Tear
    This sucks. I wonder how many douche bags would start going fishin' and killing great whites.
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    Image of MiaJalople MiaJalople
    07/23/09

    In reply to First Great White Shark Caught With Fishing Gear Tear
    Catching a great white is like hooking a 1980's camaro. Slow, never turns much, boring as shit and in the end quite unsatisfying, making you wonder if your penis just shrank.

    Now catch a Sailfish on a fly rod and you're hooking a Ferrari Enzo. 60mph in the water and 45 minutes of knock-down-drag-out violence for a fish that is only ~100 pounds. Nothing else in the world like it and your junk is suddenly 20% larger.
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    EBone promoted this comment tande04 mile island in the sun approved this comment MiaJalople was starred MiaJalople was unstarred
    Image of GlenTen GlenTen
    07/23/09

    In reply to First Great White Shark Caught With Fishing Gear Tear
    "Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down the pond chasin' bluegills and tommycods. This shark, swallow you whole. Little shakin', little tenderizin', an' down you go."

    -- Quint (Jaws, 1975)
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    Image of Guy W Cole Guy W Cole
    07/23/09

    In reply to First Great White Shark Caught With Fishing Gear Tear
    Um, bullshit?

    The director of marketing goes on a fishing trip, accomplishes a world record, but of course can't prove it because the fish was let go.

    He couldn't get ANY proof more than a photo? He didn't, say, save some blood from the hook / line / water or something for DNA analysis?

    Fish tales, people. "It was THIS big!"
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    07/23/09

    @Guy W Cole: Tell you what. YOU fight with a great white for 25 minutes and then reach into said shark's mouth to take a DNA sample. Let's see how well you do.
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    Nick: My island name is Nicko promoted this comment DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was starred DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was unstarred
    Image of ninjamurf ninjamurf
    07/23/09

    @Guy W Cole: World record?! What world record? This Great White was TINY.
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    Image of newgalactic newgalactic
    07/23/09

    In reply to First Great White Shark Caught With Fishing Gear Tear
    6 ft, 150 lbs is a pretty small great white. Those things get twice that size.
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    ninjamurf promoted this comment newgalactic was starred newgalactic was unstarred
    Image of ninjamurf ninjamurf
    07/23/09

    @newgalactic: Yeah, something seems off about those proportions? At 20 feet and 5000 lbs., that's 250 lbs. per foot. Scaled down to a 6' shark and it would 1500 lbs.? Sure small sharks aren't going to be as wide and thick as an adult...but that's a factor of 10x?! I would think that a 6' great white would weigh AT LEAST double the 150 mark?
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    07/23/09

    In reply to First Great White Shark Caught With Fishing Gear Tear
    Eh. You know what they say. Once bitten, twice shy.
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    Image of DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
    07/23/09

    @AmphetamineCrown: Hey, that IS what Great White said!
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    Nick: My island name is Nicko promoted this comment DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was starred DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. was unstarred
    Image of EBone EBone
    07/23/09

    In reply to First Great White Shark Caught With Fishing Gear Tear
    Five miles off the coast of La Jolla - that's five miles and two blocks from my office!

    Knock at door - Candygram...
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    Image of laxman15 laxman15
    07/23/09

    @EBone: I live in san diego also! im going to have to watch out for sharks now though. by the way, I love la jolla cove for snorkeling
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    EBone promoted this comment laxman15 was starred laxman15 was unstarred
    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    07/23/09

    @EBone: Bravo. Thanks for that-one of my favorite ever SNL skits. If I ever have to get buzzed in at the office that's usually what I say...and for some reason, they keep letting me in.
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    EBone promoted this comment Lupus_Yonderboy was starred Lupus_Yonderboy was unstarred
    Image of MakeMeHuman MakeMeHuman
    07/23/09

    @EBone: Not too far from my office either! Good thing I live in Carlsbad and go to the beaches there also.
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    EBone promoted this comment MakeMeHuman was starred MakeMeHuman was unstarred
    Image of metaslugx metaslugx
    07/23/09

    @EBone: Not landshark, that's for sure!
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