However, it is not just through our lifetime that telomeres get shorter. My theory is that there is a tiny loss of telomere length from one generation to the next...
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
Dawn ,'Sleeper'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 5:02:12 am PDT #6783 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 5:02:27 am PDT #6784 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
For those concerned about that part of the religious right that want to impose a theocracy on the US: [link]
There is a small possiblity that reading this might make you shit your pants....
tommyrot - Apr 19, 2005 5:03:45 am PDT #6785 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
However, it is not just through our lifetime that telomeres get shorter. My theory is that there is a tiny loss of telomere length from one generation to the next...
Yeah. Which seems unlikely to me to lead to extinction, but then again, what do I know?
DXMachina - Apr 19, 2005 5:06:39 am PDT #6786 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Mal is just adorable.
Jesse - Apr 19, 2005 5:13:53 am PDT #6787 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Call me selfish, but I'm not all that concerned about extinction beyond how it would affect me directly.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 5:19:00 am PDT #6788 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not entirely convinced that extinction rates anywhere in the bad/good spectrum. Not ours, anyway. It's just a thing.
It'd be a shame if we did it to ourselves, though.
Volans - Apr 19, 2005 5:20:34 am PDT #6789 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Hey guys...I'm speed-reading Natter, so only one word in about every ten is sticking, which is leading to some odd sentences in my brain.
(Thanks DX! I was cranky because the day I took photos, he got a face rash and gave himself a fencing scar down one cheek. But he'll do; I think we'll keep him.)
Jesse - Apr 19, 2005 5:21:06 am PDT #6790 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, sure. It would be nice not to be responsible for destroying the earth or whatever, but you know, shit happens.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 5:21:42 am PDT #6791 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hi Raquel! Pretty baby! If you change your mind about keeping him, I'm sure you'll have no problems ditching the cutie.
§ ita § - Apr 19, 2005 5:22:44 am PDT #6792 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It would be nice not to be responsible for destroying the earth or whatever, but you know, shit happens.
Sometimes shit happens. Sometimes you're shat upon.
Sure, I'm stinky either way, but I do attach different values to each.