Comments on: Cat Scan 2007

Cat Scan 2007

wendell — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:00:49 -0800

In honor of the 8th Anniversary of MetaFilter, here are 8 YouTube links to... C A T S C A N S
Oh, what heck, here are 8 more... L O L S C A N S

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:12:25 -0800

Good bye <img> tag, hello ASCII art: /|_ ,' . ,--' _,' / / ( -. | | ) | (`-. '--.) `. )----' hjw </not mine>

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:12:42 -0800

Aw crap. That didn't turn out right. Oh well.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:21:26 -0800

I'm just grateful there are no scat scans.

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:25:04 -0800

or scat cans?

By: SassHat

SassHat — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:34:54 -0800

. ...wait, what are we doing?

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:37:10 -0800

Note to spiderskull

By: wendell

wendell — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:38:10 -0800

For you who MUST know before you click: C - How a Cat Scan Machine Works A - My CT Scan (music by the 5th Dimension) T - CAT SCAN the Horror Movie S - Cat Scan starring Ripley, a crazed cat C - CT Scan Lung Torso + Tumor A - Lee prepares for his Dreaded Cat Scan N - Wii remote interface w/CT Scan S - Burn My Remains performing "Catatonic CAT Scan" Live! L - "The First Cat Scan" O - CAT Scan - "what's in my mind" L - Abigail explains why she wants a cat scan. S - CaT Scan of a Turkey C - What Happens In Vegas Won't Show Up on a CTScan A - Cat Scan cartoon (you've probably seen before) N - Catscan performs Time 2 B Loud (Korsakoff Remix) S - Are Cat Scans exposing people to too much Radiation? (Clip from CBC doc 'Radiation Roulette')

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:44:50 -0800

S - Are Cat Scans exposing people to too much Radiation? (Clip from CBC doc 'Radiation Roulette') I found that video very bizarre. It was like a highschool report with dramatic music. I can't help feeling that the idea for the segment was thought up by someone who wanted to scare people away from getting those kinds of scans because they were expensive and the Canadian single-payer health system didn't want to have to pay for all those scans.

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:25:13 -0800

It's an underappreciated fact that The Beatles played an important role in delivering the CT scan to clinical medicine and making it ready for prime time. When I began residency in St. Louis in 1975 there were only two CT scanners, then known as EMI scanners, in the city. EMI was Electronic and Musical Industries, the company that manufactured the scanners in the early days. It was also the parent company of The Beatles' two record labels, Capitol Records and Apple Records. Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, whose BMJ obit is here, worked as an engineer for EMI and was the inventor of the CT scan (PubMed citation here). According to this article from Whittington Hospital: Having sold 200 million of the Fab Four's singles, (at seven inches, almost enough vinyl to stretch the length of the equator) the Beatles' record company, EMI, was able to fund Hounsfield to do his research and the scanner was ready be used in hospitals in the 1970's.

By: taz

taz — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:43:02 -0800

We came this close to posting about JenniCam every year, so thank your lucky stars, people - and happy birthday, MeFi! =^..^=

By: Reggie Digest

Reggie Digest — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:50:01 -0800

Some Cat-Scans are less SFW than others. Just sayin'.

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:50:18 -0800

hattifattener writes 'or scat cans?' A different scat can

By: Reggie Digest

Reggie Digest — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:52:07 -0800

(Ugh! I keep mixing up the threads. Sorry, everyone.)

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:34:18 -0800

S - Are Cat Scans exposing people to too much Radiation? (Clip from CBC doc 'Radiation Roulette') And just how in the fuck is this a LOLSCAN?

By: dismas

dismas — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:24:43 -0800

or scat cans? I prefer Matt pans.

By: Ceiling Cat

Ceiling Cat — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:08:04 -0800

I can has LOL?

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:03:23 -0800

Happy Anniversary Metafilter!

By: elmwood

elmwood — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:28:09 -0800

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By: elmwood

elmwood — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:28:22 -0800

Poop.

By: elmwood

elmwood — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:30:11 -0800

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By: indiebass

indiebass — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:33:03 -0800

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:31:33 -0800

1:10000 scale ascii art drawing of cat: . Thank you.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:35:03 -0800

I MADE YOU A COOKIE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY (cortex' cat) . BUT I EATED IT TOO