It would never really work like a true sense. Your brain specializes large chunks of itself to deal with the various senses, and just adding in some new input without having that chunk of brain matter to process it isn't going to do much.
As an example of something similar, consider cases where sight has been restored to individuals who have been blind since birth, or at least for a considerable amount of time. They never gain sight in the way "normal" people regard it. An example of this can be found in "An Anthropologist on Mars", in the study of Virgil.
Absurdly restrictive employment contracts have been struck down in the past. There is a reason many contracts have a clause where they say that part of the contract being invalid does not invalidate the rest. It's a hack to cover overly broad and potentially invalid contracts.
It doesn't have an audience because they (intentionally?) denied it one. In the time slot they gave it, it was not possible to watch it on the East Coast during football season.
Ah, it all becomes clear; Anakin turned to the dark side because the Jedi wouldn't let him get his freak on with Natalie Portman. Silly Jedi, what were they expecting?
It's better to think of the setting as a large pool of raw materials, tweaked to better present solutions to a given problem, rather than as a junkyard.
It was clear to me early on it wasn't a junkyard when they "found" a roll of mylar in a car trunk. However, it made for a good show and allowed a nifty design to be finished, so I sputtered for only a moment.
Also, much of the setting is not rigged for each show. On the UK episodes of Junkyard wars, Which season I don't recall, there is a plane that is progressively gutted for parts over seveal different shows. Essentially, it seems they keep the same pool of resources, adding in new bits appropriate to the current task so the show's projects can be completed and played with.
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I don't recall the email or any other notice telling me I was giving up those options.
It would never really work like a true sense. Your brain specializes large chunks of itself to deal with the various senses, and just adding in some new input without having that chunk of brain matter to process it isn't going to do much.
As an example of something similar, consider cases where sight has been restored to individuals who have been blind since birth, or at least for a considerable amount of time. They never gain sight in the way "normal" people regard it. An example of this can be found in "An Anthropologist on Mars", in the study of Virgil.
Absurdly restrictive employment contracts have been struck down in the past. There is a reason many contracts have a clause where they say that part of the contract being invalid does not invalidate the rest. It's a hack to cover overly broad and potentially invalid contracts.
It doesn't have an audience because they (intentionally?) denied it one. In the time slot they gave it, it was not possible to watch it on the East Coast during football season.
A quick read over a summary of my state's laws in this area leaves me unsure. Blasted legal complexity ;)
Now we see if anyone bothers to start a class action suit.
Who modded this to this up to 5, and why?
Ah, it all becomes clear; Anakin turned to the dark side because the Jedi wouldn't let him get his freak on with Natalie Portman. Silly Jedi, what were they expecting?
It's better to think of the setting as a large pool of raw materials, tweaked to better present solutions to a given problem, rather than as a junkyard. It was clear to me early on it wasn't a junkyard when they "found" a roll of mylar in a car trunk. However, it made for a good show and allowed a nifty design to be finished, so I sputtered for only a moment. Also, much of the setting is not rigged for each show. On the UK episodes of Junkyard wars, Which season I don't recall, there is a plane that is progressively gutted for parts over seveal different shows. Essentially, it seems they keep the same pool of resources, adding in new bits appropriate to the current task so the show's projects can be completed and played with.
How is it Bill, pretty good? It tastes like...burning.