So what actual species is that trying to replicate?
birgerjohanssonsays
Ray Ceeya @ 1
“Species” , of course!*
*But the language barrier made the film team misunderstand the instructions from Giger, and the sequels were a mess.
@2
Oh god I forgot about that movie until just now. Didn’t know there were sequels though.
edselfordsays
Surely you mean ‘Will you walk into my parlour?’.
dysomniak is done finding common cause with neoliberal stoogessays
Ed Seedhousesays
I thought you were supposed to be giving the kiddies a fright, not welcoming them with open arms. So many open arms…
birgerjohanssonsays
Ignore the kook in the message that is likely to be deleted.
OT
A more serious issue is, Maria Mendiola from Baccara has died at 69.
They did hits like Yes Sir I Can Boogie, and Sorry I’m A Lady thus temporarily competing with Abba for the top of the charts.
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Maybe 3D print a full -scale replica of those big-ass sea scorpions and put it over the door. Not quite a true spider but close enough.
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Oh, shit USA has daily virus mortality rates compareable to Trump days (nearly all unvaccinated and probably Republican. A kind of morbid Trump tribute act?)
Rich Woodssays
@birgerjohansson #7:
A kind of morbid Trump tribute act?
It’s all those Republican governors and Fox News presenters doing their absolute best to preserve and venerate the Trump legacy. It will truly shine down through the ages.
JoeBuddhasays
We’ve got one of those. Also a totally more believable and bigger blue and black striped one.
blfsays
@9, Do either of yours spin a rather thick strand of orange-coloured silk, as can be seen below to→the→right of poopyhead’s friend?
Almost as big as the one I gave a good squishing to in my shed last night .
blfsays
@12, That wasn’t a spider you squished in your shed last night. That was your shadow.
B.t.w., the spider’s behind you ! (evil grin)
davidc1says
@13 No ,definitely a spider. I have always had trouble getting to sleep, I wonder if it is because I am shit scared of
house spiders .As I have said before ,there is more horror in a bloody big bastard house spider disappearing
under a heavy piece of furniture than in any product of Hollywood .
Ray Ceeya says
So what actual species is that trying to replicate?
birgerjohansson says
Ray Ceeya @ 1
“Species” , of course!*
*But the language barrier made the film team misunderstand the instructions from Giger, and the sequels were a mess.
Ray Ceeya says
@2
Oh god I forgot about that movie until just now. Didn’t know there were sequels though.
edselford says
Surely you mean ‘Will you walk into my parlour?’.
dysomniak is done finding common cause with neoliberal stooges says
Ed Seedhouse says
I thought you were supposed to be giving the kiddies a fright, not welcoming them with open arms. So many open arms…
birgerjohansson says
Ignore the kook in the message that is likely to be deleted.
OT
A more serious issue is, Maria Mendiola from Baccara has died at 69.
They did hits like Yes Sir I Can Boogie, and Sorry I’m A Lady thus temporarily competing with Abba for the top of the charts.
.
Maybe 3D print a full -scale replica of those big-ass sea scorpions and put it over the door. Not quite a true spider but close enough.
.
Oh, shit USA has daily virus mortality rates compareable to Trump days (nearly all unvaccinated and probably Republican. A kind of morbid Trump tribute act?)
Rich Woods says
@birgerjohansson #7:
It’s all those Republican governors and Fox News presenters doing their absolute best to preserve and venerate the Trump legacy. It will truly shine down through the ages.
JoeBuddha says
We’ve got one of those. Also a totally more believable and bigger blue and black striped one.
blf says
@9, Do either of yours spin a rather thick strand of orange-coloured silk, as can be seen below to→the→right of poopyhead’s friend?
birgerjohansson says
Not really about spiders.
Going off on a CRISPR-CAS9 biology tangent.
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“New programmable gene editing proteins found outside of Crispr system”
These enzymes are just 30% the size of Cas9
https://phys.org/news/2021-09-programmable-gene-proteins-crispr.html
davidc1 says
Almost as big as the one I gave a good squishing to in my shed last night .
blf says
@12, That wasn’t a spider you squished in your shed last night. That was your shadow.
B.t.w., the spider’s behind you !
(evil grin)
davidc1 says
@13 No ,definitely a spider. I have always had trouble getting to sleep, I wonder if it is because I am shit scared of
house spiders .As I have said before ,there is more horror in a bloody big bastard house spider disappearing
under a heavy piece of furniture than in any product of Hollywood .
bcw bcw says
https://www.thecomicstrips.com/comic-strip/Speed+Bump/2021-08-03/190353