File under "I never knew THAT."

[cjsmith]

1. YouTube has videos of tardigrades.

A coworker and I have decided there is a biological classification in between "single-celled organism" and "big and complex enough we'd just call it an animal", and that classification is "you don't expect videos".

2. In emacs, type M-x dunnet. Anybody remember how to break into a VAX 11/780?

Comments

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Guess what's going to survive billions of years in the future, LONG after any hint of us is gone...

[from wikipedia.org]
Water bears are able to survive in extreme environments that would kill almost any other animal. They can survive temperatures close to absolute zero[4], temperatures as high as 151°C (303°F), 1,000 times more radiation than any other animal[5], nearly a decade without water, and can also survive in a vacuum like that found in space.

I'd never heard of these critters before now.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Cockroaches, too. They live for days after you remove their heads. Eventually they starve.

Kindle

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I pointed dancer44 in your direction...I seem to remember you talking about having or using a Kindle at one time...

Re: Kindle

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I don't have one, but I've probably written about the topic, because I would really like to have an electronic reader (probably the Sony) some day. My budget's not happy with that idea at the moment, but there will come a time when it is. :-)