Comments on: [photo:] Science News http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:24:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Steve http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328989 Steve Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:58:18 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328989 [Deleted by Jonathan as spam.] [Deleted by Jonathan as spam.]

]]> By: Robin Goodfellow http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328986 Robin Goodfellow Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:02:31 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328986 The socks thing is easy to explain. Socks are, obviously, chiral, and so only left socks can eat left socks and only right socks can eat right socks. However, socks are also able to eat their corresponding pairs, regardless of the chirality. Predatory socks are rare, but if a large group of socks are left together inevitably one sock will become predatory, eating its twin and then all socks of corresponding chirality, leaving only one of each sock remaining. As for the chain, I can only imagine how awesome that made your oven (and the next several meals cooked in it) smell. The socks thing is easy to explain. Socks are, obviously, chiral, and so only left socks can eat left socks and only right socks can eat right socks. However, socks are also able to eat their corresponding pairs, regardless of the chirality. Predatory socks are rare, but if a large group of socks are left together inevitably one sock will become predatory, eating its twin and then all socks of corresponding chirality, leaving only one of each sock remaining.

As for the chain, I can only imagine how awesome that made your oven (and the next several meals cooked in it) smell.

]]> By: Tatyana http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328984 Tatyana Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:15:38 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328984 Somehow it's difficult for me to believe in <i>warm</i> oven when you color it blue Somehow it’s difficult for me to believe in warm oven when you color it blue

]]> By: James the lesser http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328983 James the lesser Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:19:39 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328983 True, computer cables reproduce, but they don't breed true. A single 10BaseT ethernet cable in a box will later be found intimately entangled with RS232 and even AppleTalk cables, and at least one mutation will be defective. True, computer cables reproduce, but they don’t breed true. A single 10BaseT ethernet cable in a box will later be found intimately entangled with RS232 and even AppleTalk cables, and at least one mutation will be defective.

]]> By: Sgt. Mom http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328980 Sgt. Mom Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:40:26 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328980 It's also been noted that wire coat-hangers left in an empty closet will also multiply, if left alone. Conversely, socks consume each other, when left alone in a drawer. Within a very short time, where there were once twenty matched pairs of socks, there will only be three socks, none of them matching. And the mysterious part is - none of the odd three socks will be the same color as any of the original twenty pairs. One theory holds that as the predator socks consume their fellows, their metabolism alters, and they change color. It’s also been noted that wire coat-hangers left in an empty closet will also multiply, if left alone.
Conversely, socks consume each other, when left alone in a drawer. Within a very short time, where there were once twenty matched pairs of socks, there will only be three socks, none of them matching. And the mysterious part is – none of the odd three socks will be the same color as any of the original twenty pairs.
One theory holds that as the predator socks consume their fellows, their metabolism alters, and they change color.

]]> By: Andrew_M_Garland http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328979 Andrew_M_Garland Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:24:28 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328979 What happens after they have devoured the baking rack? What nutrients will they find next? Is the bicycle a fruiting body for gaining wide dispersal? What happens after they have devoured the baking rack? What nutrients will they find next? Is the bicycle a fruiting body for gaining wide dispersal?

]]> By: Jonathan http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328977 Jonathan Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:37:40 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328977 It's like with the cables. I think they undergo mitosis. It’s like with the cables. I think they undergo mitosis.

]]> By: Robert Schwartz http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328971 Robert Schwartz Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:43:42 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328971 I don't know about bicycle chains in a warm oven, but I do know that if you leave computer power cables in a box in a cool dark corner of the basement, they will reproduce. I don’t know about bicycle chains in a warm oven, but I do know that if you leave computer power cables in a box in a cool dark corner of the basement, they will reproduce.

]]> By: tyouth http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328970 tyouth Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:10:19 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328970 Yes dan, inquiring minds want to know. Yes dan, inquiring minds want to know.

]]> By: Dan from Madison http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/9977.html/comment-page-1#comment-328967 Dan from Madison Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:33:23 +0000 http://chicagoboyz.net/?p=9977#comment-328967 Baking the crud off? Baking the crud off?

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