Monday, September 10, 2012

Q. What do you say after blasting "Insane in the Membrane" through the axons of a squid to stimulate its chromatophores?


A. "It's all plaid!"

Details here. The researchers neglected to make the obvious "cephaliPod" joke.

10 comments:

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

And here I was, blissfully living life unaware of the cockroach leg stimulus protocol.
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J— said...

cockroach leg stimulus protocol

Disconcerting is watching a single cockroach leg dance to the Beastie Boys (from around 12:00).

H. Rumbold, Master Barber said...

Needs more spark ladders, scoliotic henchpersons and tables rising to the roof in thunderstorms.

Substance McGravitas said...

Hmm...iTunes visualizer potential there...

mikey said...

I have to take exception to the iPod being labeled as 'Music'.

You could get away with 'Music in Here' or 'Music Playback Device', but that label is not actually pointing to the 'Music'...

Smut Clyde said...

Disconcerting is watching a single cockroach leg dance to the Beastie Boys (from around 12:00).

How many dancing cockroach legs are you used to?

Hmm...iTunes visualizer potential there...

The discussion of the topic in Boing Boing contains this exchange:

Pretty sure Windows Media Player does much the same thing with slightly less hassle.

I believe capturing a squid, acquiring the needed electrodes, and getting a neuroscience degree is less hassle than running Windows.

It would probably be easier to run in Linux on Wine. The big question is whether to use the proprietary squid driver binaries or the clunkier open-source ones...

fish said...

I had a squid driver once. I kept slicing left.

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

I think Mr McGravitas has got grounds for a lawsuit.

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

What happens when you play "Subhuman"?

Smut Clyde said...

There is nothing in the experimental protocol about "More cowbell".