There isn't a meta-matrix as so many of you suggest, Neo is in the real world. He has just woken up from the real world and realised that all rules can be bent not just those of the Matrix. There is a lot of eastern philosophy in here, I can even start blabbing about quantum magic. The Wachowski brothers spoke on this topic in an interview a while ago:
Given this fact, it is entirely plausible that Neo is in the real world, he is just more enlightened than normal people. What would really throw people for a six though would be if Neo became buddha. It is possible but it would probably alienate too many viewers, but I reckon it is probably a bet worth taking, any takers?
It looked fake to me, like in the dojo scene, you could tell that it was all wire-work, like when Ted ran up the pole and back-flipped. The body doesn't have the same motion under normal gravity, if Jackie Chan were to do the same stunts, the motion would have been a lot different. The difference is that none of the actors could do stunts anywhere near like what they did without wires, better stuntpeople would have been able to do the basic stunts and then the wires could have been used to provide an exaggeration of that motion. If you dont believe me, watch some more Jackie Chan movies or speak to a _good_ martial artist. Emphasis on the good martial artist there, not some show-pony that looks good, one that can actually do good techniques.
I have zapped myself with 240V several times as well, the worst was when I was using a payphone at my university, the metal cord on the handset was wrapped around my arm so I was earthed good. On the wall next to the door frame there was what looked like a cat5 data port. Turns out that some bastard had removed the plastic rocker from a light switch and left some live contacts, I absent-mindedly stuck my finger into the hole, BANG. That didn't tickle, I was halfway through the hour drive home before I informed my carpool buddy that i had chest pains.
Nope, Tesla was better. It would have been worth more than all the tea in china to keep him alive just to see what he would be doing now. A remarkable genius.
Then, of course, there are going to be some pretty severe economic repercussions. For a state whose primary industry is agriculture, a 75% decrease in crop yields, be it because of unusual drought or a depleted aquifer, is HUGE. Food prices -- especially for energy-intensive products like beef -- will go up. People will not be happy.
Sounds like Australia atm, the current drought has caused yields to decrease by just under the amount you have stated, decreases for various crops range from about 65-75%, this covers wheat, rice, and canola among others. That is just the winter crop, the summer crop is in for MOTS. We dont expect any decent rain until March next year and like the US, our underground aquifer the great arterial basin, is being depleted faster than it is being replenished.
Back on topic, I agree with some of the other posts that we should be mindful of the consequences of fscking with the weather, providing some well needed rain in one part of the globe can cause a new drought in another, when you are talking about such dramatic consequences in one area, one can only wonder the outcome of the butterfly effect.
I wouldn't say our SAS are 3rd world. They are actually pretty good and any US military personnel who were in or around afghanistan actually have a lot of respect for them. From what I've heard, the US navy reckon they are cool because they were calling for airstrikes all over the place. They were the poor bastards who had to go in and light up the targets. It wasn't too bad for them considering that the majority of Australia is similar climate wise.
As for having an education system that doesn't prefer athletes or rich pricks, you must be one of those city snobs or at least are closer to "civilisation" than I am, as a geek I was on the absolute bottom of the food chain at school, a total nobody, it is only a handful of teachers that actually notice. Times are changing though, even if it is slow going.
Damn. My mod points expired yesterday, but if it is any consolation, +1 Funny
Back on topic, I saw a few years back that researchers were looking into using potato to help burns victims, a thin sliver of frozen spud is very similar to frozen skin, so they were able to put bits of spud on to the naked wound and it would do the trick to seal in the good stuff and keep out the bad stuff.
Eventually real skin grows back, which is quite re-assuring, although turning green upon exposure to sunlight would be a great excuse to stay inside.
Yeah, it almost makes one question the reference to Edison in the article, he didn't so much think about a problem but just whack something together and if it fails, try, try again. Tesla on the other hand, did everything in his head and when he was sure that it would work, he built it, pretty much like modern engineers and there computers except his computer knew what the hell was going on and he couldn't really blame all his problems on it if an endeavour failed.
Just a thought on your paragraph about making a chair that looks like somebody else's and slapping their trademark on it. There are actually two crimes being commited in this situation, trademark infringement and fraud. Of those, fraud is really the worse of the two.
The rest of your comment was great though:) Now I know why you're called Doc.
A lot of the core of.NET is based on or is FreeBSD code, this dramatically reduces the work needed to do the final port to Linux. So it isn't really a question of if the.NET CLR gets ported, it is a question of when.
I have a monitor like that, pull it out of the wall, touch the prongs and bang. It wasnt until I did it a few times that I realised that it always does it, I thought it was just a fluke.
I'm immune to electrocution anyway, autocoils, the backs of dodgy PSU switches etc.
Then there was a time I thought I found a data-port, I was on a payphone and there was this hole in front of me, wasn't until after I stuck my finger in that I realised that it was a light switch with the switch broken off. My other hand was earthed through the braided sheath surrounding the cord on the phone handset.
Hmmm, Geeks with guns running around or Geeks with axes running around, either way, it sounds fun.
Another issue though, remember when Steve Mann got attacked by the gorillas at a Canadian airport, he couldn't function properly when his toys were taken from him (falling over etc.). What if people get addicted to wearing these things and the system is infiltrated by virii that can only be 'seen' by the players. Particularly if these virii play the role of 'trickster' gods, what kinds of psychological problems would develop (paranoia etc.)?
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The zero-G sex would be a big selling point, especially for skinny people with fat mates. It would be interesting to see if a research grant could be applied for to extend the Karma Sutra, that would then make an interesting read/look.
One of the AC's that replied to this post made the comment about porn producers getting there first, just imagine how many more people you can cram into an orgy now that there are no weight restrictions.
I took part in the Future Problem Solving thing too, but I'm in Australia. It was great fun, the only problem was that as the group advanced to the higher years at school, they decided that they no longer wanted to participate in the program because they didn't think they could handle 'study commitments'. A real stinker because I was they only one that wanted to keep going with it.
The topics though were fun like electronic commerce and the issues of extraterristrial contact (that last one was my favourite, I was slightly biased by being hooked on UFO:Enemy unknown:)).
But then you would be complaining because the computer would automatically eject anything you try to mash in on those cold lonely nights. Then you would have to go find a bottle instead.
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There isn't a meta-matrix as so many of you suggest, Neo is in the real world.
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He has just woken up from the real world and realised that all rules can be bent not just those of the Matrix.
There is a lot of eastern philosophy in here, I can even start blabbing about quantum magic.
The Wachowski brothers spoke on this topic in an interview a while ago:
http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/cmp/larry
Given this fact, it is entirely plausible that Neo is in the real world, he is just more enlightened than normal people.
What would really throw people for a six though would be if Neo became buddha. It is possible but it would probably alienate too many viewers, but I reckon it is probably a bet worth taking, any takers?
It looked fake to me, like in the dojo scene, you could tell that it was all wire-work, like when Ted ran up the pole and back-flipped. The body doesn't have the same motion under normal gravity, if Jackie Chan were to do the same stunts, the motion would have been a lot different. The difference is that none of the actors could do stunts anywhere near like what they did without wires, better stuntpeople would have been able to do the basic stunts and then the wires could have been used to provide an exaggeration of that motion. If you dont believe me, watch some more Jackie Chan movies or speak to a _good_ martial artist. Emphasis on the good martial artist there, not some show-pony that looks good, one that can actually do good techniques.
I have zapped myself with 240V several times as well, the worst was when I was using a payphone at my university, the metal cord on the handset was wrapped around my arm so I was earthed good. On the wall next to the door frame there was what looked like a cat5 data port. Turns out that some bastard had removed the plastic rocker from a light switch and left some live contacts, I absent-mindedly stuck my finger into the hole, BANG. That didn't tickle, I was halfway through the hour drive home before I informed my carpool buddy that i had chest pains.
Ethanol isn't any good for older engines though, they aren't too happy after running it for a while.
I know, I know...
t a bit down the page there is an image, the subtitle says:
From http://www.tilleyfoundation.com/vehicle.htm,
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Tilley Electric Vehicle ( TEV )
( converted from a 1981 DeLorean )
The mystery power source must be a Mr Fusion!
If the assaults are carried out over wireless,
the best defense we can do is enclose the whole thing in a faraday cage, that should do the trick.
Alternatively, the best defense is a strong offense, so a modded microwave oven with a waveguide attached could be used to toast the suckers.
Strangely everyone ignores him and his ideas afraid to touch upon such taboo ideas.
It makes them that terrified in fact that all related posts are signed "Anonymous Coward".
Nope, Tesla was better. It would have been worth more than all the tea in china to keep him alive just to see what he would be doing now. A remarkable genius.
Then, of course, there are going to be some pretty severe economic repercussions. For a state whose primary industry is agriculture, a 75% decrease in crop yields, be it because of unusual drought or a depleted aquifer, is HUGE. Food prices -- especially for energy-intensive products like beef -- will go up. People will not be happy.
Sounds like Australia atm, the current drought has caused yields to decrease by just under the amount you have stated, decreases for various crops range from about 65-75%, this covers wheat, rice, and canola among others. That is just the winter crop, the summer crop is in for MOTS. We dont expect any decent rain until March next year and like the US, our underground aquifer the great arterial basin, is being depleted faster than it is being replenished.
Back on topic, I agree with some of the other posts that we should be mindful of the consequences of fscking with the weather, providing some well needed rain in one part of the globe can cause a new drought in another, when you are talking about such dramatic consequences in one area, one can only wonder the outcome of the butterfly effect.
I wouldn't say our SAS are 3rd world. They are actually pretty good and any US military personnel who were in or around afghanistan actually have a lot of respect for them.
From what I've heard, the US navy reckon they are cool because they were calling for airstrikes all over the place.
They were the poor bastards who had to go in and light up the targets. It wasn't too bad for them considering that the majority of Australia is similar climate wise.
As for having an education system that doesn't prefer athletes or rich pricks, you must be one of those city snobs or at least are closer to "civilisation" than I am, as a geek I was on the absolute bottom of the food chain at school, a total nobody, it is only a handful of teachers that actually notice. Times are changing though, even if it is slow going.
Honey is magic, it also helps plant cuttings to develop roots so you can propagate them.
Damn. My mod points expired yesterday, but if it is any consolation, +1 Funny
Back on topic, I saw a few years back that researchers were looking into using potato to help burns victims, a thin sliver of frozen spud is very similar to frozen skin, so they were able to put bits of spud on to the naked wound and it would do the trick to seal in the good stuff and keep out the bad stuff.
Eventually real skin grows back, which is quite re-assuring, although turning green upon exposure to sunlight would be a great excuse to stay inside.
Yeah, it almost makes one question the reference to Edison in the article, he didn't so much think about a problem but just whack something together and if it fails, try, try again.
Tesla on the other hand, did everything in his head and when he was sure that it would work, he built it, pretty much like modern engineers and there computers except his computer knew what the hell was going on and he couldn't really blame all his problems on it if an endeavour failed.
Just a thought on your paragraph about making a chair that looks like somebody else's and slapping their trademark on it. There are actually two crimes being commited in this situation, trademark infringement and fraud. Of those, fraud is really the worse of the two.
:)
The rest of your comment was great though
Now I know why you're called Doc.
Wow, two oxymorons in one post, does that make it
oxyoxymoron or just moron?
Like the impossible improbability device? Those instructions were precise enough I think, they sound like they could even work.
A lot of the core of .NET is based on or is FreeBSD code, this dramatically reduces the work needed to do the final port to Linux. So it isn't really a question of if the .NET CLR gets ported, it is a question of when.
I've been thinking the same thing, but Victoria is a tad larger in size :(
I have a monitor like that, pull it out of the wall, touch the prongs and bang. It wasnt until I did it a few times that I realised that it always does it, I thought it was just a fluke.
I'm immune to electrocution anyway, autocoils, the backs of dodgy PSU switches etc.
Then there was a time I thought I found a data-port, I was on a payphone and there was this hole in front of me, wasn't until after I stuck my finger in that I realised that it was a light switch with the switch broken off. My other hand was earthed through the braided sheath surrounding the cord on the phone handset.
Hmmm, Geeks with guns running around or Geeks with axes running around, either way, it sounds fun.
Another issue though, remember when Steve Mann got attacked by the gorillas at a Canadian airport, he couldn't function properly when his toys were taken from him (falling over etc.). What if people get addicted to wearing these things and the system is infiltrated by virii that can only be 'seen' by the players. Particularly if these virii play the role of 'trickster' gods, what kinds of psychological problems would develop (paranoia etc.)?
The zero-G sex would be a big selling point, especially for skinny people with fat mates.
It would be interesting to see if a research grant could be applied for to extend the Karma Sutra, that would then make an interesting read/look.
One of the AC's that replied to this post made the comment about porn producers getting there first, just imagine how many more people you can cram into an orgy now that there are no weight restrictions.
I took part in the Future Problem Solving thing too, but I'm in Australia. It was great fun, the only problem was that as the group advanced to the higher years at school, they decided that they no longer wanted to participate in the program because they didn't think they could handle 'study commitments'. A real stinker because I was they only one that wanted to keep going with it.
:)).
The topics though were fun like electronic commerce and the issues of extraterristrial contact (that last one was my favourite, I was slightly biased by being hooked on UFO:Enemy unknown
But then you would be complaining because the computer would automatically eject anything you try to mash in on those cold lonely nights. Then you would have to go find a bottle instead.
Moderators, The parent is not funny, it is insightfull or interesting. The suggestion is a serious one and there is a good chance that it would work.
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3250
Basically the other poster said that any body being hit would be electrocuted and then ripped apart by magnetic and electrical forces.
Sounds fun, I want one.