4 Nov
2003
4 Nov
'03
12:36 a.m.
Please tell me that you are kidding!!! Cats don't
need a TV and VCR!!
Nope not kidding in the least.
And trust me, when you have a room of 30 cats of assorted ages, they most
definitly DO watch the TV to pass time. Companies even make videos
specifically for the purpose. They are of birds or other animals that a
cat would normally chase.
Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
4 Nov
4 Nov
1:47 a.m.
Wow, my cats have never paid any attention to the TV even with animal
shows on. They won't look in the mirror either. It's like they know it
doesn't apply to them or something. Maybe because they can't smell it
as being an animal.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
chris wrote:
Nope not kidding in the least.
And trust me, when you have a room of 30 cats of assorted ages, they most
definitly DO watch the TV to pass time. Companies even make videos
specifically for the purpose. They are of birds or other animals that a
cat would normally chase.
Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
6 Nov
6 Nov
5:45 a.m.
It depends on the cat, and the refresh rate of the display device. Many
cats perceive motion at a "sampling rate" much higher than TV refresh
rate. So you either need a "slow" cat, or a way to upmix the refresh rate
(i.e. a line-quadrupler or something like that).
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Wow, my cats have never paid any attention to the TV
even with animal
shows on. They won't look in the mirror either. It's like they know it
doesn't apply to them or something. Maybe because they can't smell it
as being an animal.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
chris wrote:
Nope not kidding in the least.
And trust me, when you have a room of 30 cats of assorted ages, they most
definitly DO watch the TV to pass time. Companies even make videos
specifically for the purpose. They are of birds or other animals that a
cat would normally chase.
Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
4 Nov
4 Nov
2:27 a.m.
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, chris wrote:
Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or
anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
So in other words, "cat porn".
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2:48 a.m.
New subject: Cats
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, chris wrote:
NO! Nude Cat girl ,Errr Nevermind.
It don't even have to look real,since the screen saver on my DVD
player is a glass ball constantly moving around the screen,
my cat often stares at it for few minutes and then walks away.
Many years ago there was a nature program on TV with birds chirping
and the cat was trying to catch the bird with his paw on the screen.
Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer, they all love to go
after that spot of light.
Ben.
PS I think most cats don't watch tv because of the loud noise from most
tv shows.
Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or
anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
So in other words, "cat porn".
3:53 a.m.
New subject: Cats
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, ben franchuk wrote:
Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer, they
all love to go
after that spot of light.
I've have had an incredible amount of fun with a laser pointer and a cat.
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5:50 a.m.
New subject: Cats
ben franchuk wrote:
Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer, they
all love to go
after that spot of light.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
I've have had an incredible amount of fun with a
laser pointer and a cat.
Note that doing this for the purpose of exercising the cat may violate
US patent 5443036. The patent makes no claims about doing it to entertain
the human and/or the cat, however.
The patent may be invalid anyhow, as it describes using a "beam of
invisible light", which surely won't hold the cat's interest. A beam
of red light works much better. I haven't tried a beam of green light,
but green laser pointer prices have come down enough that it is
tempting to try it the next time I'm in Colorado. (None of my close
friends here in California have cats.)
Eric
10:31 a.m.
New subject: Cats
On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 12:53 PM, Vintage Computer Festival
wrote:
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, ben franchuk wrote:
Yes. My cat loves chasing the laser pointer. That $1 laser pointer
probably gives the cat more exercise than anything else...
I've noticed that cats and computer people seem to go together. Before
I upgraded, my cat used to love to sleep on the external hard drive
Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer,
they all love to go
after that spot of light.
I've have had an incredible amount of fun with a laser pointer and a
cat. from my old Macintosh Centris 610. It was near the
window, and when I
was using it, the drive would heat up, so the cat always slept
there.
Now he primarily holds down the papers on my desk, or sleeps on my bed.
Ian Primus
ian_primus(a)yahoo.com
11:23 a.m.
New subject: Cats
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To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: Cats
On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 12:53 PM, Vintage Computer Festival
wrote:
Computer users are too glued to their machines to take a dog out for a walk
so cats do nicely. I have 8 here (dam stray we adopted had a litter) and
they love watching the mouse pointer fly across the screen. They also love
sleeping on anything electronic thats warm like my DSS reciever, my moms
DishNetowrk reciever, on top of the old vcr etc.
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, ben franchuk wrote:
Yes. My cat loves chasing the laser pointer. That $1 laser pointer
probably gives the cat more exercise than anything else...
I've noticed that cats and computer people seem to go together. Before
I upgraded, my cat used to love to sleep on the external hard drive
from my old Macintosh Centris 610. It was near the window, and when I
was using it, the drive would heat up, so the cat always slept there.
Now he primarily holds down the papers on my desk, or sleeps on my bed.
Ian Primus
ian_primus(a)yahoo.com
Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer,
they all love to go
after that spot of light.
I've have had an incredible amount of fun with a laser pointer and a
cat. 
5:16 a.m.
New subject: Cats
At 09:48 AM 11/4/03 -0700, you wrote:
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, chris wrote:
NO! Nude Cat girl ,Errr Nevermind.
It don't even have to look real,since the screen saver on my DVD
player is a glass ball constantly moving around the screen,
my cat often stares at it for few minutes and then walks away.
Many years ago there was a nature program on TV with birds chirping
and the cat was trying to catch the bird with his paw on the screen. Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or
anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
So in other words, "cat porn".
Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer, they all
love to go
after that spot of light.
You're kidding. It scares the hell out of all the critters arond here.
Joe
8 Nov
8 Nov
11:57 p.m.
New subject: Cats
Off topic, but...
Most cats don't watch TV simply because they cannot see the picture!
Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to the
human rate of about 20 hz.
So to a cat, a TV set is a flickering mess. Some cats are able to 'get'
the idea and put the picture
together, usually only if there is a lot of motion to track.
But a still image in a TV is nearly invisible to a cat. They cannot
quite see the beam sweeping, but
they are far closer to that than we are.
ben franchuk wrote:
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, chris wrote:
NO! Nude Cat girl ,Errr Nevermind.
It don't even have to look real,since the screen saver on my DVD
player is a glass ball constantly moving around the screen,
my cat often stares at it for few minutes and then walks away.
Many years ago there was a nature program on TV with birds chirping
and the cat was trying to catch the bird with his paw on the screen.
Still the best cat toy is laser light pointer, they all love to go
after that spot of light.
Ben.
PS I think most cats don't watch tv because of the loud noise from
most tv shows.
Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or
anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
So in other words, "cat porn".
9 Nov
9 Nov
4:04 a.m.
New subject: Cats
Bob Shannon wrote:
Off topic, but...
Most cats don't watch TV simply because they cannot see the picture!
Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to the
human rate of about 20 hz.
That makes sense as my cat zooms around my apartment 20 x faster than me.
So to a cat, a TV set is a flickering mess. Some cats
are able to 'get'
the idea and put the picture
together, usually only if there is a lot of motion to track.
I don't expect the noise from refresh is great on the cats ears too.
Ben.
4:29 a.m.
New subject: Cats
Cats have a
'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to
the human rate of about 20 hz.
That makes sense as my cat zooms around my apartment
20 x faster than me. 
8 Nov
8 Nov
11:52 p.m.
New subject: Cats
Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400
hz, as opposed to
the human rate of about 20 hz.
That makes sense as my cat zooms around my apartment
20 x faster than me.
9 Nov
9 Nov
5:29 a.m.
New subject: Cats
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Bob Shannon wrote:
Off topic, but...
Most cats don't watch TV simply because they cannot see the picture!
Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to the
human rate of about 20 hz.
So to a cat, a TV set is a flickering mess. Some cats are able to 'get'
the idea and put the picture
together, usually only if there is a lot of motion to track.
But a still image in a TV is nearly invisible to a cat. They cannot
quite see the beam sweeping, but
they are far closer to that than we are.
So, what cat did they interview who spilled the beans on this?
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New subject: Cats
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Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: Cats
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Bob Shannon wrote:
Festival
Off topic, but...
Most cats don't watch TV simply because they cannot see the picture!
Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to the
human rate of about 20 hz.
So to a cat, a TV set is a flickering mess. Some cats are able to 'get'
the idea and put the picture
together, usually only if there is a lot of motion to track.
But a still image in a TV is nearly invisible to a cat. They cannot
quite see the beam sweeping, but
they are far closer to that than we are.
So, what cat did they interview who spilled the beans on this?
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7:21 p.m.
New subject: Cats
That's interesting. What experiment did they use to determine this?
I must really like my cat (which I got second hand... he came with the
house...) as I just spent ?450 on that fleabag!
Take Care,
Mark
Bob Shannon wrote:
Off topic, but...
Most cats don't watch TV simply because they cannot see the picture!
Cats have a 'flicker fusion rate' of about 400 hz, as opposed to the
human rate of about 20 hz.
So to a cat, a TV set is a flickering mess. Some cats are able to
'get' the idea and put the picture together, usually only if there is
a lot of motion to track.
But a still image in a TV is nearly invisible to a cat. They cannot
quite see the beam sweeping, but they are far closer to that than we are.
4 Nov
4 Nov
4:48 a.m.
Its not as if
they are watching Matlock reruns or anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of
movement and sound, zero plot.
So in other words, "cat porn".
5:14 a.m.
At 09:36 AM 11/4/03 -0500, Chris wrote:
Please tell me
that you are kidding!!! Cats don't need a TV and VCR!!
Nope not kidding in the least.
And trust me, when you have a room of 30 cats of assorted ages, they most
definitly DO watch the TV to pass time. Companies even make videos
specifically for the purpose. They are of birds or other animals that a
cat would normally chase.
Its not as if they are watching Matlock reruns or anything. These are
videos of small animals flying or running around the screen. Basically,
its a video version of pulling a cat toy around on a string. Lots of movement and sound, zero plot.
Oh, you mean like network television!
Joe
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