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Swearengen
10/31/09

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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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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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Xagest
10/31/09

@Swearengen: Are you implying that our seniors are giant germs? #sharkskinmaterial
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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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Yuri Dambyotch
10/30/09

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Wasn't there a similar thread during Shark Week? #sharkskinmaterial
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Yuri Dambyotch
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
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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Yuri Dambyotch
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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Rosa Golijan
10/30/09

@Yuri Dambyotch: Agreed. I can't wait to see it used widely.
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badhatharry
10/30/09

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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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croush1211
10/30/09

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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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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
10/30/09

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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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sebas0069
10/30/09

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I saw this on TV about a year ago. That's old news. #sharkskinmaterial
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badhatharry
10/30/09

@sebas0069: Thank you, citizen. #sharkskinmaterial
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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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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_HurtHisKnee
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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sebas0069
11/04/09

@bobofish:
Just came out!!!!
Shark skin alone prevents parasitic bacteria from sticking!!!!! #sharkskinmaterial
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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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PrimaveraHoi
10/30/09

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uhhh... remoras are not bacteria.
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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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Rosa Golijan
10/30/09

@Lizard_King: Better? #sharkskinmaterial
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Lizard_King
10/30/09

@Rosa Golijan: heh... Great, now everyone reading this article assumes I can't read. Perfect. ;-)
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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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Lizard_King
10/30/09

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Uhhh... aren't sharks host to parasitic remoras (sharksuckers)? #sharkskinmaterial
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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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berbar
07/23/09

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This sucks. I wonder how many douche bags would start going fishin' and killing great whites.
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MiaJalople
07/23/09

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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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GlenTen
07/23/09

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"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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Guy W Cole
07/23/09

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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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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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ninjamurf
07/23/09

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

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6 ft, 150 lbs is a pretty small great white. Those things get twice that size.
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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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AmphetamineCrown
07/23/09

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Eh. You know what they say. Once bitten, twice shy.
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
07/23/09

@AmphetamineCrown: Hey, that IS what Great White said!
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EBone
07/23/09

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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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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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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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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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metaslugx
07/23/09

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