Just heard, The Onion is working on/. acquisition. All this is just preliminaries to check reader acceptance. Er, or is it the otherway around? the media is so confusing these days! maybe they have been always together...
Specifically in Gattaca, the degree of genetic testing that went on was absurdly frequent...
I remember seeing this movie. Vincent is an 'invalid' in a world where only genetically-engineered perfect people are allowed to be involved in the space-program.
Point-1: Within this movie's context, the testing is rational. DNA-Sequencing is everyday technology like fingerprint analysis is today. The intention of the space-program management is to keep out all 'invalids'. This binary-test is more practical -- from a management standpoint -- over a data-base check. The target is to keep out all 'invalids'.
Point-2: Vincent is considered genetically defective by being born naturally; not being genetically-engineered. Besides being naturally born, he is not shown to have any other 'defects'.
Point-3: Unlike other genetics related stories, this movie does not show any repair technology. Jerome is genetically-engineered but has an accident and cannot be repaired. A subtle point: creating a genetically designed perfect individual does not preclude him from having an accident that renders him handicapped; nor does it help anyway in how he handles his life after such an accident.
Point-4: There is no concept of mutation within the lifespan of an individual in the movie. Vincent and Jerome meticuously doctor the former's time at the space-center such that there is no trace of an 'invalid' identity left in his name. Towards this end, Jerome provides him with urine, blood and hair samples. Vincent keeps his body clean of all hair (though i dont think i figured out how he handles a real nature's call when at work).
Now about the last part on why wasn't there also some more mundane forms of surveilance...
It is one thing to keep a large space-center facility clean and tracked for all kinds of clues to detect 'invalids' -- and, altogether another level of complixity to track each 'perfect' employee in their home-lives for any reason. That said, the movie does show a case where something close to this *is* done at Vincent's apartment... (avoiding a spoiler here).
If you are interested in science-fiction and have missed this movie (or slept through it:-), i hope i have put sufficient stuff here to get you hooked back.
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Looks like a good attempt on programming, but if I am starting on Python today, I'd prefer using the current version.
This is a good price-point; yet, if you want to do anything more than an evening with Python, try...
http://diveintopython3.org/ or
Computer Programming for Kids http://cp4k.blogspot.com/
You do mean 'tor' and are not referring to _the_ god-access heavenly network right :-)
Just heard, The Onion is working on /. acquisition.
All this is just preliminaries to check reader acceptance.
Er, or is it the otherway around?
the media is so confusing these days!
maybe they have been always together...
Specifically in Gattaca, the degree of genetic testing that went on was absurdly frequent ...
:-), i hope i have put sufficient stuff here to get you hooked back.
I remember seeing this movie. Vincent is an 'invalid' in a world where only genetically-engineered perfect people are allowed to be involved in the space-program.
Point-1: Within this movie's context, the testing is rational. DNA-Sequencing is everyday technology like fingerprint analysis is today. The intention of the space-program management is to keep out all 'invalids'. This binary-test is more practical -- from a management standpoint -- over a data-base check. The target is to keep out all 'invalids'.
Point-2: Vincent is considered genetically defective by being born naturally; not being genetically-engineered. Besides being naturally born, he is not shown to have any other 'defects'.
Point-3: Unlike other genetics related stories, this movie does not show any repair technology. Jerome is genetically-engineered but has an accident and cannot be repaired. A subtle point: creating a genetically designed perfect individual does not preclude him from having an accident that renders him handicapped; nor does it help anyway in how he handles his life after such an accident.
Point-4: There is no concept of mutation within the lifespan of an individual in the movie. Vincent and Jerome meticuously doctor the former's time at the space-center such that there is no trace of an 'invalid' identity left in his name. Towards this end, Jerome provides him with urine, blood and hair samples. Vincent keeps his body clean of all hair (though i dont think i figured out how he handles a real nature's call when at work).
Now about the last part on why wasn't there also some more mundane forms of surveilance...
It is one thing to keep a large space-center facility clean and tracked for all kinds of clues to detect 'invalids' -- and, altogether another level of complixity to track each 'perfect' employee in their home-lives for any reason.
That said, the movie does show a case where something close to this *is* done at Vincent's apartment... (avoiding a spoiler here).
If you are interested in science-fiction and have missed this movie (or slept through it