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2:01 am
December 14, 2010
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Revenant
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Dr. Evil always wanted "frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads." At first, he had to make do with mutated sea bass. But eventually, his son Scotty was able to grant his wish.
Now…we may not exactly be at that point…but…there are a few people in Egypt who may believe that Mossad has not only thrown a dangerous shark into their waters…but that they used a GPS tracking device to guide it there. Ok then…
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/1…..?gt1=43002
To be fair, I did try to look for any connection with the Mossad and sharks…but…I couldn't find any online. Then again, it may be classified material. I mean…if they're attaching GPS tracking devices to the sharks…how much longer will it be before they start attaching frickin' laser beams to their frickin' heads?
Well…I'm going to have to revise my list for Santa. I mean…national security might be at risk…and a mutated sea bass just won't do…
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6:35 pm
December 14, 2010
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I'm confussed by the whole GPS thingy. How the hell are you supposed to be able to guide/control a shark with GPS?!? Do these people even THINK before they speak??
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6:46 pm
December 14, 2010
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Well, the GPS let's the controllers know where the shark is so that they can tell it where to go. The GPS is just the locational part of the guidance system. Oooops, I've said too much!
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7:08 pm
December 14, 2010
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Leslie
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They can TELL it where to go? It listens? That's some shark!! (Here fishy fishy fishy. Come get the tasty tourist.)
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8:04 pm
December 14, 2010
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Well these aren't ordinary sharks. We've cross-bred them so they are actually shark/dolphin hybrids. Very intelligent. Their brains are stimulated by electrical impulses that are sent from a waterproof snood (No one dares call a shark a "powder puff" to his face. Besides, most of them aren't Manchester United fans.)
The correct sequence of pulses will stimulate the dolphark's brain to send motion commands through it's nerves, thus turning it's direction. So far it's limited to "left", "right", "up", "down", and "eat tourist" but research is continuing.
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2:20 am
December 15, 2010
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Update:
Israel has come out and denied responsibility for the shark attacks in Egypt. I can just see the guy in his office: "They're blaming us….for what? Sharks? You mean…the sharks in the water kind of sharks? What?" 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl…..t-11937285
Leslie said: "They can TELL it where to go? It listens? That's some shark!! (Here fishy fishy fishy. Come get the tasty tourist.)"
Yeah…that was definitely the funny part. Sharks have had GPS devices for a long while now…but actually communicating with the shark and controlling it? Yeah…who doesn't want that for Xmas? 
But…speaking of that…I should have thrown this in with the original post:
There is an actual online game called "Sharkrunners." It's an incredibly odd game. You play the role of a marine biologist who studies sharks. You create a boat and go out and search and study sharks. The twist? You will be following actual sharks that have a real-time GPS device that will correspond with in-game sharks. That's the gist of it…I'll link it so you can get a better grasp of it:
http://www.areacodeinc.com/wor…..rkrunners/
A very…interesting premise for a game. Tracking actual sharks in a game…we've come a long, long way from Pong, haven't we my friends?
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