Neon Genesis Evangelion A very good one with giant mecha, odd cabbalistic iconography, and a very dark undertone. The animation is great and if you get the subtitled version the voice acting is too. Run a web search on this if you want 10 million web pages extolling its virtues.
Escaflowne I've only seen one episode, but it was way sweet!
Monoke-hime This should have a major DVD release later this month, I think the 17th. Listen to the japanese soundtrack with english subtitles so you don't have to be annoyed by Claire Danes and Billy Bob Thornton.
Zeiram A cool sci-fi action one centered on the combat between a bounty hunter named Iria and monster/mutant/killer/criminal thing named Zeiram. As always avoid the word 'dubbed'.
Where on earth did Ms. Risca (and the other contest winners) get their lab equipment? I was going to enter, but I didn't have any of the resources necessary to finish my science project. Admittedly, it was my own fault, I should have checked to make sure I didn't need a supercomputer before I began. But still, how many people with same aptitude for science research have access to a gene sequencer? (Aside: Can you believe that my highschool's science supplies are so crappy that we use plastic 1oz. pipettes as a substitute for test tubes?)
>Clelland, C.T., Risca, Viviana, and Bancroft, C. >(1999). Hiding messages in DNA microdots. Nature >399, 533-534. >Whoever did the judging for this contest should >have done a literature search to show >originality of the work. Did you not look at the authors list? Viviana Risca (2nd Auth.) _is_ the contest winner.
>Neural stimulant? Are you referring to >methamphetamines or something along those lines? >Where is this evidence (i wonder)? Perhaps you >refer to GHB or nitrous oxide? </i> Actually constant and heavy use of Ecstacy will eventually cause severe brain damage, but you need to use it a LOT. I do not remember exactly, but I believe it deprives the brain of seratonin. IANABC-I Am Not A Bio-Chemist: Is there anyone studying pharmacueticals who can comment?
The other, worse problem is that Ecstacy is illegal, there are no controls on its quality. Your source might sell you any damn thing, like Ketamine, and claim it is ecstasy. Or they might be lousy chemists; screwing up the synthesis could create junk that would permanently screw you up.
Personally I have only avoided ecstacy because I fear the crappy lab technique of others (that and jail). I wish to bring no permanent harm to my cortex.
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Neon Genesis Evangelion A very good one with giant mecha, odd cabbalistic iconography, and a very dark undertone. The animation is great and if you get the subtitled version the voice acting is too. Run a web search on this if you want 10 million web pages extolling its virtues.
Escaflowne I've only seen one episode, but it was way sweet!
Monoke-hime This should have a major DVD release later this month, I think the 17th. Listen to the japanese soundtrack with english subtitles so you don't have to be annoyed by Claire Danes and Billy Bob Thornton.
Zeiram A cool sci-fi action one centered on the combat between a bounty hunter named Iria and monster/mutant/killer/criminal thing named Zeiram. As always avoid the word 'dubbed'.
Where on earth did Ms. Risca (and the other contest winners) get their lab equipment? I was going to enter, but I didn't have any of the resources necessary to finish my science project. Admittedly, it was my own fault, I should have checked to make sure I didn't need a supercomputer before I began. But still, how many people with same aptitude for science research have access to a gene sequencer? (Aside: Can you believe that my highschool's science supplies are so crappy that we use plastic 1oz. pipettes as a substitute for test tubes?)
>Clelland, C.T., Risca, Viviana, and Bancroft, C. >(1999). Hiding messages in DNA microdots. Nature >399, 533-534. >Whoever did the judging for this contest should >have done a literature search to show >originality of the work. Did you not look at the authors list? Viviana Risca (2nd Auth.) _is_ the contest winner.
>Neural stimulant? Are you referring to >methamphetamines or something along those lines? >Where is this evidence (i wonder)? Perhaps you >refer to GHB or nitrous oxide?
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Actually constant and heavy use of Ecstacy will eventually cause severe brain damage, but you need to use it a LOT. I do not remember exactly, but I believe it deprives the brain of seratonin. IANABC-I Am Not A Bio-Chemist:
Is there anyone studying pharmacueticals who can comment?
The other, worse problem is that Ecstacy is illegal, there are no controls on its quality. Your source might sell you any damn thing, like Ketamine, and claim it is ecstasy. Or they might be lousy chemists; screwing up the synthesis could create junk that would permanently screw you up.
Personally I have only avoided ecstacy because I fear the crappy lab technique of others (that and jail). I wish to bring no permanent harm to my cortex.