But I reely reely like this: http://www.wormbase.org/ For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the _Columbia_ disaster, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "You are either insane or a fool." "I am a sanitary inspector." < _Maske: Thaery_
mimus wrote: > But I reely reely like this: > > http://www.wormbase.org/ > > For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which > consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, > can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the > _Columbia_ disaster, see: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans From the Wiki entry: "The organism has also been identified as a model for nicotine dependence as it has been found to experience the same symptoms humans experience when they quit smoking." Wha?!? And: "C. elegans made news when it was discovered that specimens had survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003." I did not know this. Interesting. (you perv) -- Tim Weaver "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind- boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford, 1992
mimus wrote: > But I reely reely like this: > > http://www.wormbase.org/ > > For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which > consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, > can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the > _Columbia_ disaster, see: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans > They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. -- nuts
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:23:47 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> But I reely reely like this: >> >> http://www.wormbase.org/ >> >> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans > > From the Wiki entry: > > "The organism has also been identified as a model for nicotine dependence as > it has been found to experience the same symptoms humans experience when > they quit smoking." > > Wha?!? Munchies? > And: > > "C. elegans made news when it was discovered that specimens had survived the > Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003." > > I did not know this. Interesting. > > (you perv) I like the crawling GIF: Chuggin' right along, looking all inscrutable with its thousand cells. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> But I reely reely like this: >> >> http://www.wormbase.org/ >> >> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans > > They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands > of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, > and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. > > "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. Could've equally well've been "efficiens". The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant chromosomes. Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 You want a job and a lizard to ride? < _The Einstein Intersection_
mimus wrote: > On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:23:47 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote: > >> mimus wrote: >> >>> But I reely reely like this: >>> >>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>> >>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, >>> which consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous >>> system, can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived >>> the _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >> >> From the Wiki entry: >> >> "The organism has also been identified as a model for nicotine >> dependence as it has been found to experience the same symptoms humans >> experience when they quit smoking." >> >> Wha?!? > > Munchies? It's just mean, I tell you. Getting a poor C. elegans, just minding his/her/it's own business being a good worm, and force it to smoke go get nicotine dependent by making it smoke cigarettes by the carton just to cut it off "cold turkey" and watch how it reacts. It's just mean, I tell you. Evil people are behind this evilness. >> And: >> >> "C. elegans made news when it was discovered that specimens had >> survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003." >> >> I did not know this. Interesting. >> >> (you perv) > > I like the crawling GIF: > > Chuggin' right along, looking all inscrutable with its thousand cells. It kind of creeped me out. Even though it's a tiny animal, my brain always makes them about earthworm sized. And ever since my grandmother told me a story about getting ringworm in the foot by stomping around in a mud puddle when I was a kid, my brain always imagines a worm creature crawling around under my skin and I can see it crawling around. It always happens, always has since Grandma told me the story and always will. Thanks Grandma! If she was still alive, I'd to yell at her!!! -- Tim Weaver "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind- boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford, 1992
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:13:36 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote: > mimus wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:23:47 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote: >> >>> mimus wrote: >>> >>>> But I reely reely like this: >>>> >>>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>> >>>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, >>>> which consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous >>>> system, can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived >>>> the _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>> >>> From the Wiki entry: >>> >>> "The organism has also been identified as a model for nicotine >>> dependence as it has been found to experience the same symptoms humans >>> experience when they quit smoking." >>> >>> Wha?!? >> >> Munchies? > > It's just mean, I tell you. Getting a poor C. elegans, just minding > his/her/it's own business being a good worm, and force it to smoke go get > nicotine dependent by making it smoke cigarettes by the carton just to cut > it off "cold turkey" and watch how it reacts. It's just mean, I tell you. > Evil people are behind this evilness. I wonder how many of 'em ended up hanging around on street-corners with the fast crowd? The worms, I mean. >>> And: >>> >>> "C. elegans made news when it was discovered that specimens had >>> survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003." >>> >>> I did not know this. Interesting. >>> >>> (you perv) >> >> I like the crawling GIF: >> >> Chuggin' right along, looking all inscrutable with its thousand cells. > > It kind of creeped me out. Even though it's a tiny animal, my brain > always makes them about earthworm sized. And ever since my grandmother > told me a story about getting ringworm in the foot by stomping around in > a mud puddle when I was a kid, my brain always imagines a worm creature > crawling around under my skin and I can see it crawling around. It > always happens, always has since Grandma told me the story and always > will. Thanks Grandma! If she was still alive, I'd to yell at her!!! Giddovait. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "Ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah*ooh*ah." < _Shaun of the Dead_
mimus wrote: > On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:13:36 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote: > >> mimus wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:23:47 +0000, Tim Weaver wrote: >>> >>>> mimus wrote: >>>> >>>>> But I reely reely like this: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>> >>>>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, >>>>> which consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a >>>>> nervous system, can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, >>>>> and survived the _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>> >>>> From the Wiki entry: >>>> >>>> "The organism has also been identified as a model for nicotine >>>> dependence as it has been found to experience the same symptoms >>>> humans experience when they quit smoking." >>>> >>>> Wha?!? >>> >>> Munchies? >> >> It's just mean, I tell you. Getting a poor C. elegans, just minding >> his/her/it's own business being a good worm, and force it to smoke go >> get nicotine dependent by making it smoke cigarettes by the carton just >> to cut it off "cold turkey" and watch how it reacts. It's just mean, I >> tell you. Evil people are behind this evilness. > > I wonder how many of 'em ended up hanging around on street-corners with > the fast crowd? > > The worms, I mean. Probably. They've probably fallen to the depths of drug trafficking and prostitution. All due to the nicotine experiments forced upon them. It's a sign of rebellion. And why not?, I say. DAMN the man! >>>> And: >>>> >>>> "C. elegans made news when it was discovered that specimens had >>>> survived the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003." >>>> >>>> I did not know this. Interesting. >>>> >>>> (you perv) >>> >>> I like the crawling GIF: >>> >>> Chuggin' right along, looking all inscrutable with its thousand cells. >> >> It kind of creeped me out. Even though it's a tiny animal, my brain >> always makes them about earthworm sized. And ever since my grandmother >> told me a story about getting ringworm in the foot by stomping around >> in a mud puddle when I was a kid, my brain always imagines a worm >> creature crawling around under my skin and I can see it crawling >> around. It always happens, always has since Grandma told me the story >> and always will. Thanks Grandma! If she was still alive, I'd to yell >> at her!!! > > Giddovait. Easy for you to say. -- Tim Weaver "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind- boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford, 1992
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >> mimus wrote: >> >>> But I reely reely like this: >>> >>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>> >>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >> >> They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >> of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >> and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >> >> "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. > >Could've equally well've been "efficiens". > >The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous system!), >they use much the same developmental-control genes that the rest of us >use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for studying said >development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila melanogaster_ became >the "model organism" for genetics with its giant chromosomes. > >Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of food, >warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. how long do these little critters live? -- dave hillstrom xrbj
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: > On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >> >>> mimus wrote: >>> >>>> But I reely reely like this: >>>> >>>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>> >>>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>> >>> They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>> of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>> and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>> >>> "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >> >> Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >> >> The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >> fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >> system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >> rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >> studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >> melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >> chromosomes. >> >> Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >> food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. > > how long do these little critters live? Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just about forever. An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more so than cockroaches. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "You are either insane or a fool." "I am a sanitary inspector." < _Maske: Thaery_
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>> >>>> mimus wrote: >>>> >>>>> But I reely reely like this: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>> >>>>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>>> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>>> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>>> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>> >>>> They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>>> of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>>> and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>>> >>>> "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >>> >>> Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >>> >>> The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >>> fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >>> system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >>> rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >>> studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >>> melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >>> chromosomes. >>> >>> Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >>> food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. >> >> how long do these little critters live? > >Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just >about forever. > >An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more so >than cockroaches. what if i eat one by accident? will it make me sick? are they already living inside me? -- dave hillstrom xrbj
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:39:14 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: > On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>> >>>>> mimus wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> But I reely reely like this: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>>> >>>>>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>>>> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>>>> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>>>> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>>> >>>>> They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>>>> of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>>>> and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>>>> >>>>> "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >>>> >>>> Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >>>> >>>> The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >>>> fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >>>> system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >>>> rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >>>> studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >>>> melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >>>> chromosomes. >>>> >>>> Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >>>> food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. >>> >>> how long do these little critters live? >> >> Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just >> about forever. >> >> An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more >> so than cockroaches. > > what if i eat one by accident? will it make me sick? are they already > living inside me? I don't know how well they stand up to stomach acid. Anyway, wurms normally get scragged by the immune system if they somehow make their way into ya, for example by traumatic injection, like getting a stick stuck into ya (the ones that don't are highly-evolved and -specialized predators or parasites, just like pathogenic bacteria, fungi, amebas). Incidentally, the rate of Guinea Worm infections is at an all-time low world-wide, or so I seem to've caught on the teevee n00z yesterday (see following post "Cable Reset": Will we miss slowly winding the little fellers out of our sides on sticks? I do wonder if that's a presently-accurate statistic, since I suspect such public health as there was has pretty much collapsed in central and northwest Africa. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "You are either insane or a fool." "I am a sanitary inspector." < _Maske: Thaery_
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:27:23 -0500, mimus wrote: > On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:39:14 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> mimus wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> But I reely reely like this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>>>>> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>>>>> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>>>>> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>>>> >>>>>> They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>>>>> of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>>>>> and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>>>>> >>>>>> "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >>>>> >>>>> Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >>>>> >>>>> The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >>>>> fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >>>>> system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >>>>> rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >>>>> studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >>>>> melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >>>>> chromosomes. >>>>> >>>>> Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >>>>> food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. >>>> >>>> how long do these little critters live? >>> >>> Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just >>> about forever. >>> >>> An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more >>> so than cockroaches. >> >> what if i eat one by accident? will it make me sick? are they already >> living inside me? > > I don't know how well they stand up to stomach acid. > > Anyway, wurms normally get scragged by the immune system if they somehow > make their way into ya, for example by traumatic injection, like getting a > stick stuck into ya (the ones that don't are highly-evolved and > -specialized predators or parasites, just like pathogenic bacteria, fungi, > amebas). > > Incidentally, the rate of Guinea Worm infections is at an all-time low > world-wide, or so I seem to've caught on the teevee n00z yesterday (see > following post "Cable Reset": > > Will we miss slowly winding the little fellers out of our sides on > sticks? > > I do wonder if that's a presently-accurate statistic, since I suspect such > public health as there was has pretty much collapsed in central and > northwest Africa. Northeast, not northwest. Winging it again, eh, Mr. mimus? -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "You are either insane or a fool." "I am a sanitary inspector." < _Maske: Thaery_
david hillstrom wrote: > On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: >> >>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>>wrote: >>> >>>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>> >>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>But I reely reely like this: >>>>>> >>>>>>http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>>> >>>>>>For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>>>>consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>>>>can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>>>>_Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>>> >>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>>> >>>>>They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>>>>of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>>>>and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>>>> >>>>>"Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >>>> >>>>Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >>>> >>>>The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >>>>fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >>>>system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >>>>rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >>>>studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >>>>melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >>>>chromosomes. >>>> >>>>Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >>>>food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. >>> >>>how long do these little critters live? >> >>Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just >>about forever. >> >>An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more so >>than cockroaches. > > what if i eat one by accident? will it make me sick? are they > already living inside me? You can't eat just one. -- nuts
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:57:51 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > david hillstrom wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> mimus wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> But I reely reely like this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>>>>> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>>>>> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>>>>> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>>>> >>>>>> They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>>>>> of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>>>>> and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>>>>> >>>>>> "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >>>>> >>>>> Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >>>>> >>>>> The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >>>>> fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >>>>> system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >>>>> rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >>>>> studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >>>>> melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >>>>> chromosomes. >>>>> >>>>> Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >>>>> food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. >>>> >>>> how long do these little critters live? >>> >>> Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just >>> about forever. >>> >>> An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more so >>> than cockroaches. >> >> what if i eat one by accident? will it make me sick? are they >> already living inside me? > > You can't eat just one. Be sure to wash them fruits 'n' nuts 'n' veggies 'n' roots before you chow down on 'em, eh? (With filtered water, at that.) -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 "You are either insane or a fool." "I am a sanitary inspector." < _Maske: Thaery_
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:23:04 -0800, Shirley wrote: > PERV. <sniff> I'm gonna take my worms and go home. -- tinmimus99@hotmail.com smeeter 11 or maybe 12 mp 10 mhm 29x13 Whatever are we to do to show the true harmony and peace that rule here, somewhat disguised at the moment by the apparent disorder now seemingly in progress? < Laumer
mimus wrote: > On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:57:51 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>david hillstrom wrote: >>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>>wrote: >>>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: >>>>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>>>>wrote: >>>>>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>But I reely reely like this: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>>>>>>consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>>>>>>can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>>>>>>_Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>>>>> >>>>>>>They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>>>>>>of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>>>>>>and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>"Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >>>>>> >>>>>>Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >>>>>> >>>>>>The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >>>>>>fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >>>>>>system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >>>>>>rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >>>>>>studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >>>>>>melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >>>>>>chromosomes. >>>>>> >>>>>>Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >>>>>>food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. >>>>> >>>>>how long do these little critters live? >>>> >>>>Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just >>>>about forever. >>>> >>>>An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more so >>>>than cockroaches. >>> >>>what if i eat one by accident? will it make me sick? are they >>>already living inside me? >> >>You can't eat just one. > > Be sure to wash them fruits 'n' nuts 'n' veggies 'n' roots before you chow > down on 'em, eh? > > (With filtered water, at that.) > Just rinse the grit off under hose or in the spring - if there's grit - like with carrots or spinach. Or wipe 'em off on yer shirt. Like with apples or pears or tomateos. Or just flick the critters (aphids, ants, spiders) off like with raspberries or blueberries - if there are any. Then pop 'em into yer mouth. Nematodes and all. Then you'll grow up strong and healthy. -- nuts
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:57:51 -0500, mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> wrote: >david hillstrom wrote: >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: >>> >>>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>>>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>mimus wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>But I reely reely like this: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>>For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>>>>>consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>>>>>can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>>>>>_Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>>>> >>>>>>They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>>>>>of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>>>>>and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>>>>> >>>>>>"Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >>>>> >>>>>Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >>>>> >>>>>The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >>>>>fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >>>>>system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >>>>>rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >>>>>studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >>>>>melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >>>>>chromosomes. >>>>> >>>>>Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >>>>>food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. >>>> >>>>how long do these little critters live? >>> >>>Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just >>>about forever. >>> >>>An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more so >>>than cockroaches. >> >> what if i eat one by accident? will it make me sick? are they >> already living inside me? > >You can't eat just one. mheh -- dave hillstrom xrbj
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:14:52 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> wrote: >On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:57:51 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: > >> david hillstrom wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:16 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:31:18 -0500, david hillstrom wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:24:56 -0500, mimus <tinmimus99@hotmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:23:36 -0500, mixed nuts wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> mimus wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But I reely reely like this: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.wormbase.org/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For a quick intro to what it's all about, the noble _C. elegans_, which >>>>>>>> consists of about a thousand cells, eats bacteria, has a nervous system, >>>>>>>> can be frozen and thawed back out, is virus-free, and survived the >>>>>>>> _Columbia_ disaster, see: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenorhabditis_elegans >>>>>>> >>>>>>> They're more 'evolved' than we are as well - they go through thousands >>>>>>> of generations in a human lifetime, have a much larger population base, >>>>>>> and have been around in substantially 'settled form' for a lot longer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "Elegans" is a proper descriptive term. >>>>>> >>>>>> Could've equally well've been "efficiens". >>>>>> >>>>>> The exciting part is that in their progress from the single-cell >>>>>> fertilized egg to the thousand-cell adult (complete with nervous >>>>>> system!), they use much the same developmental-control genes that the >>>>>> rest of us use, making them a sweet little "model organism" for >>>>>> studying said development, just as earlier the noble _Drosophila >>>>>> melanogaster_ became the "model organism" for genetics with its giant >>>>>> chromosomes. >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, rather neatly, any time environmental stress, such as lack of >>>>>> food, warrants, they raise the number of males to go forth and explore. >>>>> >>>>> how long do these little critters live? >>>> >>>> Based on the freezing-and-thawing and _Columbia_ things, I'd say just >>>> about forever. >>>> >>>> An "extreme metazoan", indeed, right up there with if not actually more so >>>> than cockroaches. >>> >>> what if i eat one by accident? will it make me sick? are they >>> already living inside me? >> >> You can't eat just one. > >Be sure to wash them fruits 'n' nuts 'n' veggies 'n' roots before you chow >down on 'em, eh? > >(With filtered water, at that.) if we could only train them to fix damaged tissue, we'd be set. -- dave hillstrom xrbj
