Comments on: When Thomas Edison forced the cats to box

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:25:00 +0000

It’s lolcats, all the way down.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:23:00 +0000

Humans do by choice what demons do by nature.

By: benher

benher — Mon, 21 May 2012 03:22:00 +0000

Not everyone, I’m in the screw Edison camp. It’s funny that we use a word derived from “human,” ”humane” to mean “treat with kindness.”

By: tttulio

tttulio — Sun, 20 May 2012 21:29:00 +0000

Edison invented things and didn’t even taken the credit for it. For exemple he invented film piracy at industrial level when the talented George Melies shows his “Voyage dans la lune” in 1902, way ahead of its time. Edison was so jealous he printed pirate copies and distributed throughout USA, bankrupting Melies.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 20 May 2012 17:43:00 +0000

Sure, when Michael Vick makes dogs fight, everybody wants to lynch him. But if Edison makes cats box each other, it’s cute or funny. What an unjust world!

By: Vnend

Vnend — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:12:00 +0000

Wait a minute. I thought it was impossible to ‘force’ cats to do *anything*? Anyone who could force them to box had something going for them…

By: tré

tré — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Yes and no.

By: tré

tré — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:07:00 +0000

Again, you’re thinking of Tesla. Sliced bread? Tesla. The transistor? Tesla. LOLcats? Tesla. Look at how much more I know about invention history than anyone else.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:57:00 +0000

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/16/2012-election-year-comment-gui.html

By: ImmutableMichael

ImmutableMichael — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:34:00 +0000

But once the boxing stops we have a result, either in the ring or the box.

By: ImmutableMichael

ImmutableMichael — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:32:00 +0000

Maybe.

By: Orthodoxcaveman

Orthodoxcaveman — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:56:00 +0000

Hey moderator! What happened to my comment and the replies? I wrote “Romney 2012!” because a supporter of cat boxing would probably vote Romney…geddit? jeez

By: Yacko

Yacko — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:18:00 +0000

Exactly so. That throwback limbic brain makes it difficult for consumers to make a rational decision to downsize.

By: Justin Forposting

Justin Forposting — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:15:00 +0000

True, but Tesla stole it from Gauss.

By: Wayne Dyer

Wayne Dyer — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:00:00 +0000

“ This is what passed for entertainment in those days.” Nearly 120 years later we’ve moved on to cat macros and Maru videos.

By: Brooks Bell

Brooks Bell — Sun, 20 May 2012 05:48:00 +0000

“Henry Welton presents two of the trained cats that appear in his vaudeville performances.” Edison didn’t put the cats to fighting – his studio just filmed a vaudeville show. This is what passed for entertainment in those days. In this particular case it probably was chosen because it could be filmed using the primitive equipment available (they were very limited on available space and had a special studio for the sun).

Edison did invent the phonograph without copying anything which is an utterly amazing device. And while he may have stepped on patents this was a very different world. Its not surprising that one of the toughest bastards is the one who came out on top. The world is still like that actually.

By: benher

benher — Sun, 20 May 2012 05:16:00 +0000

I believe it’s related to why our “small” beverages are now over 42 oz.

By: benher

benher — Sun, 20 May 2012 05:11:00 +0000

Well, Tesla’s Alternating Cats were eventually found to be far superior for boxing over long distances.

By: zarray

zarray — Sun, 20 May 2012 04:09:00 +0000

What are you talking about? She taught my fourth grade class.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:51:00 +0000

Fear.

By: Red Pill Junkie

Red Pill Junkie — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:46:00 +0000

All I know is the ‘battle of the currents’ culminated in pretty decent Rock & Roll
http://youtu.be/iXeyhLXs-NM

By: BombBlastLightingWaltz

BombBlastLightingWaltz — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:46:00 +0000

Not to mention, the House of Morgan paid for the filmography. As well provide for Tesla in his early American years.

Perhaps what the ‘boxing cats’ demonstrate are applications , bio-electric manipulative motion, for greater use from the theatre of cat boxing’s.

DC makes the muscles contract, a lot of old school, from way back, plumbers died on the job grasping lead pipes that where grounded to DC outlets. Holding a live DC feed, the person can not let go of their grip, it gets stronger. The amount of ions flowing from the ground connection increases their hold on positive lead. AC current will allow the person to loose the grip of the positive feed. In either case, the amperage is key maintaining mortality or locomotion.

By: speleothem

speleothem — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:37:00 +0000

Here’s Pinky the Cat giving a 2-minute synopsis of the War of the Currents in “Thomas Edison Hates Cats”
http://www.pinkyshow.org/videos/thomas-edison-hates-cats/

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:09:00 +0000

Why are we driving two ton cars again?

By: BombBlastLightingWaltz

BombBlastLightingWaltz — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:58:00 +0000

Parabolic mirrors, like the ancient Egytian Thoth school used. Creating the ‘inert environment’ is another story…

By: bo1n6bo1n6

bo1n6bo1n6 — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:56:00 +0000

I liked the pigeon with the laser eyes.

By: jaytkay

jaytkay — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:46:00 +0000

Haters gonna hate, but I LOL’d at the cats.

By: awjt

awjt — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:45:00 +0000

But we don’t measure anything in Edisons. We do have Teslas, however, and that is what will stand the test of time, as incandescent bulbs, moving pictures, phonographs and telephonic technologies all fall by the wayside.

By: tristan eldritch

tristan eldritch — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:26:00 +0000

Schrodinger’s cat never took off in the boxing world because the odds always stayed about 50/50.

By: SedanChair

SedanChair — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:13:00 +0000

Da Mystery of Catboxin’