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4 unusual facts about clones


Children of Production

Children Of Production is the fourth track from the 1976 Parliament album The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, featuring rich and Christmassy swinging brass hooks, and trippy and sometimes controversial lyrics sung by the Clones themselves.

Clones

Tigernach later became Bishop of Clogher and removed that see to Clones, where he died of the plague in 550.

Dartraighe

Dartraighe (older spelling: Dartraige), anglicized as Dartree, Dartry or Dartrey, was a barony in medieval Ireland which stretched north to Clones and south to the Dromore river.

Patrick Mulligan

He was Diocesan Secretary for a period and also a teacher in St Macartan's College, Monaghan, and St Tiarnach's School in Clones.


Apache Chief

Numerous clones of Long Shadow and the Ultimen appear in "Panic in the Sky" when Galatea and the Ultimen army attack the Watchtower.

Ænema

This includes everything from the Church of Scientology with the line "Fuck L. Ron Hubbard and fuck all his clones"; to possibly rappers ("gun-toting hip gangster wannabes"), to drug addicts, Hollywood executives and actresses whom Maynard views as scum and wishes would all be flushed down the proverbial toilet.

CDS Software

The first games released in 1982-3 were for the 16k ZX Spectrum consisting mainly of clones of arcade games.

Cezar Lăzărescu

This architectural style (of which the Moscow State University and its clones such as the "Casa Scînteii" in Bucharest are prime examples) is mandated by law in all countries of the Soviet Empire.

Children of Production

The terminology used in the P Funk mythology to describe the Clones of Dr Funkenstein, "a flawless testimony to the attainment of the P Funk" specially designed to aid Dr. Funkenstein in his mission to funkatize the Earth.

Chinese BASIC

In addition to Apple II clones, Multitech also developed a Zilog Z80-based port of the Chinese BASIC for its own line of high-end computers.

Chrodegang of Metz

In the course of the 9th century we find mention of nine places in Ireland (including Armagh, Clonmacnoise, Clones, Devenish and Sligo) where communities of these Culdees were established as a kind of annex to the regular monastic institutions.

Clones Abbey

received collation of the comorbania or rectory of Clones from primate Milo Sweetman's commissaries in the diocese of Clogher, this appointment was subsequently ratified by the primate himself.

Clones and Cavan Extension Railway

The Clones and Cavan Extension Railway was an extension of the Ulster Railway from Clones in County Monaghan to Cavan opened in 1862.

Devil World

On IGN's "Top 10 Pac-Man Clones", Devil World was ranked fourth.

Electronika

Model names for Electronika-branded Nintendo Game & Watch clones start with IM (ИМ — Игра Микропроцессорная, Russian acronym for "microprocessor game").

Fergee

The two get back into Mega-City One and with the help of Judge Hershey they discover a plot masterminded by Rico to create evil clones to take over the city.

Ikari Warriors

The game was released at the time when there were many Commando clones on the market.

Industry Standard Architecture

Some XT-IDE adapters were available as 8-bit ISA cards, and XTA sockets were also present on the motherboards of Amstrad's later XT clones.

Larry Reilly

The Knockbride clubman helped Cavan by scoring 2pts to claim their only Ulster Senior Football Championship title in 28 years, beating Derry in Clones.

Longhorn crazy ant

Although the queen produces workers through normal sexual means, her daughter queens are her genetic clones and her sons are the genetic clones of her mate.

Mirror Dance

Clone Mark masquerades as Miles Vorkosigan (his progenitor) and dupes Miles' mercenary force, the Dendarii, into a mission to free clones held "prisoner" on Jackson's Whole, an anything-goes freebooters' planet where Mark was created and raised.

MTV Movie Awards Reloaded

In place of the "Burly Brawl" music during the fight scene with the clones, this parody uses the song "Rock Your Body".

Musket Model 1777

7 million muskets were produced, including variants 1800 (an IX), 1816 and 1822, but not including muskets like the Austrian 1798 or the Prussian 1809, which were mere clones of the French 1777.

NEC PC-9801

Despite having hardware specifications far inferior to the Fujitsu FM Towns and Sharp X68000 personal computers, the massive install base and steady flow of game titles (in particular "dōjin" style dating sims and RPGs, as well as early games of the Touhou Project franchise) kept it as the favored platform for PC game developers in Japan until the rise of the DOS/V clones.

Parts: The Clonus Horror

After a group of clones is chosen to go to "America", they are given a party and a farewell celebration with their fellow clones.

Parvatibai

Twice, clones of Sadashivrao Bhau came to Pune which created a state of confusion in the then political situation of the state.

Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns

This is a perfect fit for Mewtwo’s band, so thus they settle in the top of Mt. Quena and begin a new, safe life, with Mewtwo watching over as their guardian, as he feels they cannot belong in the world as they were not born in it (Interestingly enough, he seems particularly close to the Pikachu and Meowth clones, possibly reflecting how important their templates were in his change of heart).

Porcine Circovirus Associated Disease

Experimental induction of PMWS has not been achieved by PCV2 infection alone, using infectious DNA clones of the virus or a pure form of PCV2 derived from infectious DNA clones.

RoomSync

In August 2010, The New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote an article titled “Don’t Send In the Clones” where she challenged the self-selection process of roommates that is offered by RoomSync.

Scarlet Spider

The identity of the Scarlet Spider has been used by several characters: Ben Reilly, Peter Parker (while Ben posed as him in prison), Joe Wade (a villain), a group of three Michael Van Patrick clones working with the Initiative, and Kaine.

The Other Me

While working with the kit, Will accidentally clones himself after stirring the water with his comb that has his hair on it that contains his DNA.

Video game clone

Many famous titles by Jeff Minter were clones of arcade games in which graphics were turned from the original robot/spaceship graphics to animal creatures.

Vienna Dredd

Vienna is also acquainted with Dredd's clones, Judge Rico and Dolman, who regularly keep in contact with her as she sees herself as a big sister figure to them.

X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse

Replacing the old maps and weapons are new designs, and all of the enemies in the game have been replaced with cyborg clones of popular X-Men characters, all with their own special powers—for example Archangel is immune to rockets, Wolverine has his healing factor, etc.

XBase

While there was a non-commercial predecessor to the Ashton-Tate product (Vulcan written by Wayne Ratliff), most clones are based on Ashton-Tate's 1986 dBASE III+ release — scripts written in the dBASE III+ dialect are most likely to run on all the clones.

Zoku

Some Japanese youths admired American music, and Japanese Bill Haley clones were known as rokabiri zoku (the rockabilly tribe).


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