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Brenda Starrr

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Heh, I'm not sure...it was inspired by Lorenz's classic studies with imprinting in baby geese. Basically, he ensured he was the first moving being the geese would see when they were born, and these baby geese would assume that he was "mom". He then raised these geese. You can see a picture of him with his geese here:

http://www.biologydaily.com/biology/Konrad_Lorenz

My boyfriend insisted that canadian geese were too mean to get to bond with you and that whatever geese Lorenz used, they couldn't possibly be canadian geese, and would need to be a different breed. Since I couldn't recall which specific geese Lorenz used, I couldn't really argue that point, without acquiring my own Canadian Goose colony  :tongue:

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Actually Canadian Geese are easily imprinted. There was a movie once about a Father/daughter team that actually taught the daughter's geese to migrate. They were imprinted on her for their mom. It was based on a true story.

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Came up with this idea:

Should have a small computer install in ALL cars that allows you to "tattle" on Bad drivers.

A small handheld sized computer that will allow you to input ones License plate number, and tattle on them for cutting you off. Message is sent to police and they determine whether or not to issue a ticket and or suspension of license depending on severety of the incedent. To validate fact, there should be a camera (Like the ones on cop cars) that gets sent in. The camera will "Loop" every 48 hours.

Will stop hit and runs, traffic jams, help insurance rates, get assholes to stop being assholes.....?MAYBE?

Good Idea? NO?

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technically (as has been pointed out to me on several occasions because i tend to forget) the correct name is canada geese, not canadian...  :erm  :whistling

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Actually, technically, they're called Branta canadensis

:grin

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Came up with this idea:

Should have a small computer install in ALL cars that allows you to "tattle" on Bad drivers.

A small handheld sized computer that will allow you to input ones License plate number, and tattle on them for cutting you off.  Message is sent to police and they determine whether or not to issue a ticket and or suspension of license depending on severety of the incedent.  To validate fact, there should be a camera (Like the ones on cop cars) that gets sent in.  The camera will "Loop" every 48 hours. 

Will stop hit and runs, traffic jams, help insurance rates, get assholes to stop being assholes.....?MAYBE?

Good Idea?  NO?

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theres a patent allready filled for a rearview mirror that has one way glass for its face, and a two cameras, one facing rear, one facing forward in it.

these cammeras continuously record 1-3 mins from both and overwrites it and starts again. except if theres an impact, it gets timestamped and stored for insurance purposes.

fucking great idea

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