If you like Ninja Scroll you should see Wicked City. Many don't rate it as highly but I found it to be quite original and well, wicked. Both are excellent and quickly wipe the "cartoons are for kids" grins off the uninitiated.
Other favorites of course include Akira and Ghost (though I prefer the manga) and Appleseed but also Golgo 13 and Angel Cop.
Battle Angel was a disappointment, after the wonderful manga.
Like most other cases of book to film adaptations, sometimes the book is better, other times the film is better and it varies from person to person, sometimes depending on which one you saw first but not always.
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Early racecar drivers didn't wear seatbelts either as the fuel tanks were so prone to catching fire that it was better to be thrown out of your vehicle than to be strapped into it. With the development of the fuel cell, it is now much safer to be in a harness, of course but back then, 7/10 motorsport deaths were due to fire.
Interesting. I haven't heard of anyone doing this so I'm sure it is more complicated than a bunch of file conversion routines but nonetheless it is interesting. I don't think I'll be designing my own wrist any time soon but if and when it is available from my surgeon, I will certainly think about having a replacement (all surgery involves risks so you must think about the trade offs).
What I had done was already considered quite advanced when it was performed a few years ago so I'm sure newer and better techniques will be available in the future. Prior to what they did to me, they only did wrist fusions where the ulna and radius were fused together with a chunk of donar bone (yours or otherwise) which yielded a much less useful result (a totally fixed-position wrist) than what I got (mine is actually really good with very good flexibility and strength and not a lot of pain). Before they fused wrists of course they would amputate and give you a prosthesis instead. We've come a long way already, and for that I'm grateful. The future will hold better things, I'm sure.
Too bad it sounds like this is just generic bone grown in a mold, not actually a grown jawbone which knows its own shape. While it is cool that they can do this, I hope it leads to more complicated things like joints being grown to the right shape later as right now we can't do implantable prosthetic wrists or ankles, just too complicated. I know, as I have had reconstructive wrist surgery due to bone loss from a bone tumor; as good a job as they did with metal, cement, etc., it is not and never will be 100% as good as the original. I'd gladly have a wrist growing on my back for a while if it meant being 100% as good as before.
The method of using viruses to introduce genetic changes has been troublesome up to this point. Viruses don't always take over the cell properly and if they don't then the splicing of genetic material causes errors which can lead to all manner of illnesses including toxic shock and cancer. Viruses look like a great way to introduce genetic changes until you realize the fight with the body makes it unpredictable and dangerous.
Aerobraking was used by Mars Global Surveyor (still in orbit but only needed aerobraking initially) but no other spacecraft has used it since. I assume their analysis of the technique has lead them back to using reentry rockets instead. I'm not saying they won't work but if they'd been the cat's meow on MGS then they'd have used them everywhere, like they've now gone with airbags on the Twin Rovers.
But obviously it CAN work fine from other sources. They are just being artificially locked in by Apple. Reverse engineering is going a bit far but I'm surprised iPod owners aren't screaming for open, non-proprietary support for their purchases.
While most other planets have been well studied, Mercury has not even had half its surface mapped! Messenger has non-visual light detectors including a laser altimiter which will let it map the whole planet, counteracting its slow rate of rotation. I hope the launch goes well and look forward to the data return. Kudos to NASA for doing some good science on what is considered a less sexy target than some others which seem to hog all the research money.
Oh, for the good olde days of yore of centralized computing with terminals when there wasn't any way to get data into the computer without requesting a tape mount from computing services and the worst thing that happened when users turned their TTYs off in the middle of an operation was someone had to reset the hard copy to the top of the next page of fanfold... yes, those were the days.
How's this for a simple phone, I still use a Nokia 2160! Can't send text messages, no 'tooh' of any colour, no web access, no camera. Just a phone, how about that! I can talk into it, which is why I use it. Digital/analog with an extendable antenna. The keys are large enough to press them (singly), and it is obvious what they do with minimal multi-function keys.
It is large and heavy (the long life battery alone is larger and heavier than most modern phones) but it works well for a long time and there is no chance that I'll lose it in my ear or send it through the wash by accident.
Security by obsolescence is not a good policy but I suspect that few if any could program a worm for this old thing.
Staying alive is tougher for Spirit than it is for Opportunity. That's due to Spirit's higher latitude exploration zone on the red planet, Squyres reported. "We're already looking at maps of the Columbia Hills and trying to pick a good spot to winter over," he said.
Part of the wintering over strategy will involve positioning the rovers to soak up as much continuous sunlight, even as the Sun moves low in the martian sky, Bell said. Secondly, the robots are to be oriented so that communications links with orbiters zipping overhead is maximized, he pointed out.
From this Space.com article about the data from the May 13th flight, "During a portion of SpaceShipOne's boost, the flight director display did not function properly. Pilot Mike Melvill, however, continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon through cockpit windows."
Forget an artificial horizon, good thing SpaceshipOne had a window! If the cockpit had been purely computer generated (e.g. "viewscreen on"), the pilot wouldn't have had a clue where he was going.
The submission isn't really wrong, 5-6 months could still be considered a 'few' months but the Huygens probe won't be released until December, 2004, and won't reach Titan until January, 2005.
Often here we see that new technology doesn't necessarily require new laws. Arresting and charging a spammer using someone else's identity to avoid being caught and held responsible is a good way to round these people up. It avoids the free speech issues completely.
It's a tired old argument but if no one clicked the links in spam and no one bought the products in spam, perhaps we wouldn't have spam. The people spamming aren't stupid, they know a sucker is born every minute and they hope those suckers click their links. If the clickers would grow a brain we might not have this problem.
Recently in Canada a good number of weather stations went from human operated to just a set of instruments and a network connection. It does save money but you occasionally get wonky readings like a "Recent snowshower" in July which a human would never report. Perhaps better programming could be used to ensure that multiple readings are used to filter out extraneous data but there will always be a need for at least a few carbon-based testers to go out there and install them, maintain them and check them when they act up. Similar issues will likely appear with robotic water testing.
Perhaps I was one of the few (out of millions of plays) who liked some Trance music bands like Lagoona but I don't see them there on www.garageband.com or several others I tried. PPK was the only one I found (sounds like Faithless and Scooter? I don't think so...). Is it there yet or ComingSoon(TM)?
We didn't need small computers until we went to the Moon the first time. Many watches today have more computing power than the entire LEM but the computer that went to the Moon was the start of the real push to get things miniaturized and lightweight. Going to the Moon again just to go there and make sure the flags are still standing up would be a waste IMO but going there to stay and/or going to Mars would end up inventing new ideas and refining existing ideas to the point where we'd get a good return on them. The Shuttle and ISS don't return much because they aren't doing anything new, but a long-term space habitation like a (semi-)permanent Moon base or a 2-3 year Mars mission would likely yield dividends we could use to make life better on earth.
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If you like Ninja Scroll you should see Wicked City. Many don't rate it as highly but I found it to be quite original and well, wicked. Both are excellent and quickly wipe the "cartoons are for kids" grins off the uninitiated.
Other favorites of course include Akira and Ghost (though I prefer the manga) and Appleseed but also Golgo 13 and Angel Cop.
Battle Angel was a disappointment, after the wonderful manga.
Like most other cases of book to film adaptations, sometimes the book is better, other times the film is better and it varies from person to person, sometimes depending on which one you saw first but not always.
Early racecar drivers didn't wear seatbelts either as the fuel tanks were so prone to catching fire that it was better to be thrown out of your vehicle than to be strapped into it. With the development of the fuel cell, it is now much safer to be in a harness, of course but back then, 7/10 motorsport deaths were due to fire.
Interesting. I haven't heard of anyone doing this so I'm sure it is more complicated than a bunch of file conversion routines but nonetheless it is interesting. I don't think I'll be designing my own wrist any time soon but if and when it is available from my surgeon, I will certainly think about having a replacement (all surgery involves risks so you must think about the trade offs).
What I had done was already considered quite advanced when it was performed a few years ago so I'm sure newer and better techniques will be available in the future. Prior to what they did to me, they only did wrist fusions where the ulna and radius were fused together with a chunk of donar bone (yours or otherwise) which yielded a much less useful result (a totally fixed-position wrist) than what I got (mine is actually really good with very good flexibility and strength and not a lot of pain). Before they fused wrists of course they would amputate and give you a prosthesis instead. We've come a long way already, and for that I'm grateful. The future will hold better things, I'm sure.
Too bad it sounds like this is just generic bone grown in a mold, not actually a grown jawbone which knows its own shape. While it is cool that they can do this, I hope it leads to more complicated things like joints being grown to the right shape later as right now we can't do implantable prosthetic wrists or ankles, just too complicated. I know, as I have had reconstructive wrist surgery due to bone loss from a bone tumor; as good a job as they did with metal, cement, etc., it is not and never will be 100% as good as the original. I'd gladly have a wrist growing on my back for a while if it meant being 100% as good as before.
No, MY bad, REALLY! Sorry about that, everyone. I must have X-Prize on the brain...
The method of using viruses to introduce genetic changes has been troublesome up to this point. Viruses don't always take over the cell properly and if they don't then the splicing of genetic material causes errors which can lead to all manner of illnesses including toxic shock and cancer. Viruses look like a great way to introduce genetic changes until you realize the fight with the body makes it unpredictable and dangerous.
Aerobraking was used by Mars Global Surveyor (still in orbit but only needed aerobraking initially) but no other spacecraft has used it since. I assume their analysis of the technique has lead them back to using reentry rockets instead. I'm not saying they won't work but if they'd been the cat's meow on MGS then they'd have used them everywhere, like they've now gone with airbags on the Twin Rovers.
But obviously it CAN work fine from other sources. They are just being artificially locked in by Apple. Reverse engineering is going a bit far but I'm surprised iPod owners aren't screaming for open, non-proprietary support for their purchases.
While most other planets have been well studied, Mercury has not even had half its surface mapped! Messenger has non-visual light detectors including a laser altimiter which will let it map the whole planet, counteracting its slow rate of rotation. I hope the launch goes well and look forward to the data return. Kudos to NASA for doing some good science on what is considered a less sexy target than some others which seem to hog all the research money.
Or are you just happy to see me?
Oh, for the good olde days of yore of centralized computing with terminals when there wasn't any way to get data into the computer without requesting a tape mount from computing services and the worst thing that happened when users turned their TTYs off in the middle of an operation was someone had to reset the hard copy to the top of the next page of fanfold... yes, those were the days.
Ah, so that's what Takumo Sato is doing wrong!
How's this for a simple phone, I still use a Nokia 2160! Can't send text messages, no 'tooh' of any colour, no web access, no camera. Just a phone, how about that! I can talk into it, which is why I use it. Digital/analog with an extendable antenna. The keys are large enough to press them (singly), and it is obvious what they do with minimal multi-function keys.
It is large and heavy (the long life battery alone is larger and heavier than most modern phones) but it works well for a long time and there is no chance that I'll lose it in my ear or send it through the wash by accident.
Security by obsolescence is not a good policy but I suspect that few if any could program a worm for this old thing.
Mercury is not iffy! The Messenger Spacecraft is on track for an August launch this year.
Read the Space.com article about wintering over the rovers. They are preparing for it:
From this Space.com article about the data from the May 13th flight, "During a portion of SpaceShipOne's boost, the flight director display did not function properly. Pilot Mike Melvill, however, continued the planned trajectory referencing the external horizon through cockpit windows."
Forget an artificial horizon, good thing SpaceshipOne had a window! If the cockpit had been purely computer generated (e.g. "viewscreen on"), the pilot wouldn't have had a clue where he was going.
We've already seen how the gov't owned it. Just how would "the people" own it instead of the gov't or a corporation?
Looking at today's picture, as of June 1 NZST (day ahead of here), Dino is lookin' fine. High quality toys they make today!
The submission isn't really wrong, 5-6 months could still be considered a 'few' months but the Huygens probe won't be released until December, 2004, and won't reach Titan until January, 2005.
Often here we see that new technology doesn't necessarily require new laws. Arresting and charging a spammer using someone else's identity to avoid being caught and held responsible is a good way to round these people up. It avoids the free speech issues completely.
Hmmm, sounds like Buckley's Mixture cough syrup. It tastes awful (of pine needles, one of the ingredients) but it works!
It's a tired old argument but if no one clicked the links in spam and no one bought the products in spam, perhaps we wouldn't have spam. The people spamming aren't stupid, they know a sucker is born every minute and they hope those suckers click their links. If the clickers would grow a brain we might not have this problem.
Recently in Canada a good number of weather stations went from human operated to just a set of instruments and a network connection. It does save money but you occasionally get wonky readings like a "Recent snowshower" in July which a human would never report. Perhaps better programming could be used to ensure that multiple readings are used to filter out extraneous data but there will always be a need for at least a few carbon-based testers to go out there and install them, maintain them and check them when they act up. Similar issues will likely appear with robotic water testing.
Washington Post article on the value of the NASDAQ in 2003 compared to 2000. Yahoo finance graph of the NASDAQ over the last 5 years. Yes, Sun is way lower now compared to where it was than the index as a whole so they haven't recovered but tech as a whole is still down from the heyday of the dot.com bubble.
Perhaps I was one of the few (out of millions of plays) who liked some Trance music bands like Lagoona but I don't see them there on www.garageband.com or several others I tried. PPK was the only one I found (sounds like Faithless and Scooter? I don't think so...). Is it there yet or ComingSoon(TM)?
We didn't need small computers until we went to the Moon the first time. Many watches today have more computing power than the entire LEM but the computer that went to the Moon was the start of the real push to get things miniaturized and lightweight. Going to the Moon again just to go there and make sure the flags are still standing up would be a waste IMO but going there to stay and/or going to Mars would end up inventing new ideas and refining existing ideas to the point where we'd get a good return on them. The Shuttle and ISS don't return much because they aren't doing anything new, but a long-term space habitation like a (semi-)permanent Moon base or a 2-3 year Mars mission would likely yield dividends we could use to make life better on earth.