Glow-In-The-Dark Cats Are Superior. - by The_Raven
Pyrian on 13/12/2007 at 23:16
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
What is the point of this post?
I was pointing out the complete and utter lack of meaningful content in your post. "Gene altering is gene altering." True by definition. "The any vector has the possibility of being dangerous." True (typo aside) because everything has the possibility of being dangerous.
It's like you were pretending you were adding something when you weren't.
jtr7 on 13/12/2007 at 23:27
Ah! (Whew!) Thanks! Good to know these viruses aren't contagious like influenza, rhionvirus, or (*shudder*) ebola....:sweat:
"Heh heh heh...looks like Jason got into the cat meat. ...Hey Jason! What kind of diet are you on, anyway? You've got such a healthy glow!"
"..."
"Hah! Whatsa matter? Did YOU get the CAT's tongue?"
"Gawd! Shut the hell up!"
SubJeff on 14/12/2007 at 00:05
Quote Posted by Pyrian
I was pointing out the complete and utter lack of meaningful content in your post.
It was an answer to something. How that's lacking in meaning I don't know.
Pyrian on 14/12/2007 at 00:10
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
It was an answer to something. How that's lacking in meaning I don't know.
I explained it clearly, so your lack of understanding is now entirely your fault. Nonetheless, for further clarification I will point out that an "answer" with no meaningful statements is not an answer at all. Don't expect any further clarifications on this subject, however, so if you still don't get it, the secret is to bang the rocks together.
Hey, for other people reading this, I've skimmed over (i.e. basically not read) some pretty lengthy SE conversations in the past, and I have to ask: is this guy
really this stupid?
jtr7 on 14/12/2007 at 00:17
Has it always been like this SE? People accusing you of lacking comprehension after a snarky comment? I know I see a pattern, here.
HOW 'BOUT THEM GLOWING CATS WITH THE ANTENNAE, EH?
SubJeff on 14/12/2007 at 00:33
Quote Posted by Pyrian
an "answer" with no meaningful statements is not an answer at all.
Gene altering is gene altering = doesn't matter how you do it, you still get the same effects. Note to Pyrian: the original statement requires knowledge of typical vernacular use of this type of iteration.
Any vector has the possibility of being dangerous = even if you don't know much about genetic manipulation know that using any vector to alter the genome has the ability to go awry and that this method is no more "shifty" than any other.
And who made a snarky comment jtr7?
jtr7 on 14/12/2007 at 00:49
Is it a case of inadvertantly snarky word-choice, then?:confused:
Nevertheless, the pattern repeats time and again. Just wondering if you've noticed.
For anyone just joining us:
So what's the difference between "macrophage" and "retrovirus"?
What happens to this viral infection when its done its job?
What makes it NOT contagious?
Corollary: Is it anaerobic?
mopgoblin on 14/12/2007 at 00:53
Quote Posted by jtr7
Impact on other species in the food chain? I don't know if rodents would see the cat coming and escape, or if the badass mouse-killer still wins.
Apparently this is fluorescence, not phosphorescence. Fluorescence works by absorbing high frequency light, and re-emitting some of that energy as lower frequency light almost immediately, so the glow will disappear when the ultraviolet light is turned off. Those funny-looking energy-saving lights use the same mechanism - a UV source inside a fluorescent coating - and they only glow very faintly for a short time once they're switched off. These cats will only glow under UV light, and the glow probably isn't noticeable unless there's also no source of visible light.
jtr7 on 14/12/2007 at 00:58
No luciferine or luciferase?:ebil:
So it only works when stimulated by UV. Once the lamp is switched off, the glow doesn't fade slowly.
SubJeff on 14/12/2007 at 00:59
In this case I certainly wasn't intending on being snarky, just brief.
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So what's the difference between "macrophage" and "retrovirus"?
One is an immune system cell, the other is a virus that uses an enzyme to incorporate a gene or set of genes into the host cell's chromosome - effectively changing the genetic code of that host cell. HIV, for example.
I'll let Pyrian answer the other questions. Apparently I'm too stupid.
