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I maybe off-base here, but I remember Savings and Clone being covered in Wired way before the 6th Day opened. I think this is a case of art imitating, well, speculative start ups.
posted by costas at 6:44 PM on August 9, 2004
posted by costas at 6:44 PM on August 9, 2004
Ten years from now we can all have Governor Schwarzeneggers.
posted by graventy at 6:51 PM on August 9, 2004
posted by graventy at 6:51 PM on August 9, 2004
for clo chops!
posted by interrobang at 7:05 PM on August 9, 2004
posted by interrobang at 7:05 PM on August 9, 2004
I'm fine with the cloning of pets as long as SkyNet doesn't get involved in this.
Why don't they invent a Running Man tv show?
posted by graventy at 7:19 PM on August 9, 2004
Why don't they invent a Running Man tv show?
posted by graventy at 7:19 PM on August 9, 2004
This page is hilarious - the drawings, especially the last one of the loving family with little hearts. Is this really a serious site?
Though I must say, the kittens the owner of the company cloned? So, so, so cute.
posted by livii at 7:29 PM on August 9, 2004
Though I must say, the kittens the owner of the company cloned? So, so, so cute.
posted by livii at 7:29 PM on August 9, 2004
Wasnt there a RePet type service in some other movie? I wanna say Total Recall, but Im thinking it was a little goofier than that.... maybe im just combining Recall and Pet Semetary
posted by Satapher at 7:58 PM on August 9, 2004
posted by Satapher at 7:58 PM on August 9, 2004
Discussed on MeFi previously here. Them cute little clone kittens weren't pawing around then, though.
posted by josephtate at 8:13 PM on August 9, 2004
posted by josephtate at 8:13 PM on August 9, 2004
Why don't they invent a Running Man tv show?
Uh, they already have.
posted by calwatch at 8:13 PM on August 9, 2004
Every time an immigrant eats a live worm to win a lawyer to get citizenship, a cloned kitten dies.
posted by graventy at 8:41 PM on August 9, 2004
posted by graventy at 8:41 PM on August 9, 2004
Why don't they invent a Running Man tv show?
Given the pace and direction of "Reality TV", it's only a matter of time.
posted by bwg at 2:15 AM on August 10, 2004
Given the pace and direction of "Reality TV", it's only a matter of time.
posted by bwg at 2:15 AM on August 10, 2004
My wife and I have been saying were gonna clone our dog Loki. She's only three, so hopefully the price will go down over the next 10 years or so.
posted by tcobretti at 3:08 AM on August 10, 2004
posted by tcobretti at 3:08 AM on August 10, 2004
They can do that skallas, but it turns out it also makes the cat THE DEVIL!!! THE DEVIL!!! RUN!!!
posted by Capn at 7:38 AM on August 10, 2004
posted by Capn at 7:38 AM on August 10, 2004
If your pet has been deceased for one or two days and you live in the USA, take the following actions:
1. Refrigerate but don't freeze your pet.
heh.
posted by ZippityBuddha at 7:44 AM on August 10, 2004
1. Refrigerate but don't freeze your pet.
heh.
posted by ZippityBuddha at 7:44 AM on August 10, 2004
I think that's a foot.
Oh, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that...well, I'd be broke.
posted by bachelor#3 at 8:02 AM on August 10, 2004
Oh, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that...well, I'd be broke.
posted by bachelor#3 at 8:02 AM on August 10, 2004
I think that's a foot.
Naah, it's about six inches which is pretty tidy for a dog. Even more so for a bitch.
posted by i_cola at 8:21 AM on August 10, 2004
Naah, it's about six inches which is pretty tidy for a dog. Even more so for a bitch.
posted by i_cola at 8:21 AM on August 10, 2004
Wired article.
$50,000 to get this done? HA. Waste of money and creepy, to boot.
posted by shepd at 10:11 AM on August 10, 2004
$50,000 to get this done? HA. Waste of money and creepy, to boot.
posted by shepd at 10:11 AM on August 10, 2004
humm... given the choice between (a) $50,000 to clone my cat petey (just so i can name the clone re-petey, as i've threatened to do several times now) or (b) getting an uncloned kitten for free, i'm really, really sure i'd get a free kitten. there are way too many cats put down each year for anyone with any kind of conscience to consider growing copies of their cat just to satisfy some weird sense of not losing anything to death. it's just... well, sick i guess.
i could very well get a free little kitten that looks like my cat (how hard is it to find a black cat?), name it re-petey, and have about as much chance of getting the same temperament and behavior patterns as i would if i cloned my current cat. that's life folks, a clone ain't a copy on anything other than a genetic level, and while genes influence behavior they don't control it.
some people just don't want things to change, i guess. heck, my grandpa had a whole string of dachshunds named fritzie, and all of them were pretty damn similar. now he's on to his second pug, both named "oops" ('cause it looked like he ran into a wall and mashed his face) and both of them were pretty darn similar. but i'm pretty sure if you asked my grandpa what he'd spend to clone one of the dogs, rather than just buying a new one, he'd either laugh at you or tell you to go jump in the nearest lake.
but to be honest i don't understand people who pay hundreds of dollars for aninbred purebred dog or cat to begin with. again, there are so damn many free ones out there, and i've never gone wrong with a mutt or adopted kitten. never. but i know a whole bunch of people who bought the ones with AKC papers and ended up with severe health problems.
how long before PETA protests this pet cloning crap? i'm not a fan of most of what PETA does, but i'd support them on this front. (unless they protested by stripping naked or some other equally stupid stunt, like they usually do.)
posted by caution live frogs at 10:34 AM on August 10, 2004
i could very well get a free little kitten that looks like my cat (how hard is it to find a black cat?), name it re-petey, and have about as much chance of getting the same temperament and behavior patterns as i would if i cloned my current cat. that's life folks, a clone ain't a copy on anything other than a genetic level, and while genes influence behavior they don't control it.
some people just don't want things to change, i guess. heck, my grandpa had a whole string of dachshunds named fritzie, and all of them were pretty damn similar. now he's on to his second pug, both named "oops" ('cause it looked like he ran into a wall and mashed his face) and both of them were pretty darn similar. but i'm pretty sure if you asked my grandpa what he'd spend to clone one of the dogs, rather than just buying a new one, he'd either laugh at you or tell you to go jump in the nearest lake.
but to be honest i don't understand people who pay hundreds of dollars for an
how long before PETA protests this pet cloning crap? i'm not a fan of most of what PETA does, but i'd support them on this front. (unless they protested by stripping naked or some other equally stupid stunt, like they usually do.)
posted by caution live frogs at 10:34 AM on August 10, 2004
i'm not a fan of most of what PETA does, but i'd support them on this front. (unless they protested by stripping naked or some other equally stupid stunt, like they usually do.)
Throwing buckets of stem cells on people walking out of a theater with cloned pets?
posted by Krrrlson at 12:56 PM on August 10, 2004
Throwing buckets of stem cells on people walking out of a theater with cloned pets?
posted by Krrrlson at 12:56 PM on August 10, 2004
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