Well, at least Lucas won't be able to claim that he's the first one to make a totally CG, yet realistic movie. That one is going to go to the Final Fantasy Movie (if it ever comes out).
All this talk of bringing back extinct species to calm our collective guilty concience is all well and good, but eventually the question comes up. How can we use the creatures we resurrect? As things stand now, humanity is continually examining existing species in order to find things we can use (cold blooded, I know, but true). Who knows what medical secrets might be contained in the past? Heck, what about cloning plants?
Besides, that also brings up the question of cross-breeding. Imagine crossing a Mammoth with a modern elephant. Forget the dog-sleds and mules. Give me a walking behemoth with a natural (well, sort of) winter coat!
The ultimate challenge is for someone to win with something written in APL. Then not only will they have proven themselves truly gifted coders, but then we can have a contest to see if people can figure out what they wrote!
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Besides, that also brings up the question of cross-breeding. Imagine crossing a Mammoth with a modern elephant. Forget the dog-sleds and mules. Give me a walking behemoth with a natural (well, sort of) winter coat!
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The ultimate challenge is for someone to win with something written in APL. Then not only will they have proven themselves truly gifted coders, but then we can have a contest to see if people can figure out what they wrote!
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-Kriticism<BR>
---"NEVER lower your pants to an enemy...."