The fact of the matter is, GITS, while it is a cartoon, it logicially provides the philosophical questions that I think we'll be facing in the next ten to fifteen years.
The main question that's raised is "How do you define a person?" or in a different way "At what point is there no line between man and machine?"
The line between man and machine, in the series, has been blurred so much so that we can no longer use traditional methods to define humanity. As such, we have to think of ways to distinguish humans from machines. This fact begs the question, "Or do we?" Do we attempt to redraw the line or do we let it blur into nonexistence?
I'm ranting, but I still believe it brings up relevant questions. As the tech gets more advanced, we'll be capable of doing more to improve our own living conditions(ex: working, sensitive limbs to parapalegics), and much like the series the line will begin to blur.
I finished the game, and honestly, it wasn't all that great. I mean, it was fun and all, but it didn't live up to the hype.
The gameplay was fun and enjoyable, but the storyline was horribly lacking. As an FPS, it doesn't really have to have a gripping storyline, but even so, basic questions should have been answered.
As Freeman, you're dropped into this bleak future, and nothing gets explained about how the world ended up that way or anything along those lines. Correct me if I'm wrong, of course, because I could have missed it, unless the explanation was simply "crap hit the fan after Black Mesa"
What about people like me that have several thousand mp3s, all of which are from CDs I own? Having a nice, big list of mp3s is easier than changing cds every five minutes.
"I may have grown up with computers, but when I was in elementary school and junior high I didn't magically know what to do I had to learn like everyone else. On the day of my 13th b-day I put a power on password on the family 386 and apparently typed it in wrong and didn't know how to unlock it. Fortunately my dad's co-worker knew enough to take the CMOS battery out and that did the trick. But since then I've learned worlds of stuff, much of it by trial and error."
I agree. That's the way that I've learned everything that I know about computers. The thing is, if something messes up once, and you fix it yourself [by following what someone has told you, or if you looked it up], you remember it. Then you can adapt and apply it to other instances.
Trial and error is a good way to learn. It provides hands-on experience instead of having someone lecture to you.
Slashdot Mirror
The fact of the matter is, GITS, while it is a cartoon, it logicially provides the philosophical questions that I think we'll be facing in the next ten to fifteen years.
The main question that's raised is "How do you define a person?" or in a different way "At what point is there no line between man and machine?"
The line between man and machine, in the series, has been blurred so much so that we can no longer use traditional methods to define humanity. As such, we have to think of ways to distinguish humans from machines. This fact begs the question, "Or do we?" Do we attempt to redraw the line or do we let it blur into nonexistence?
I'm ranting, but I still believe it brings up relevant questions. As the tech gets more advanced, we'll be capable of doing more to improve our own living conditions(ex: working, sensitive limbs to parapalegics), and much like the series the line will begin to blur.
I finished the game, and honestly, it wasn't all that great. I mean, it was fun and all, but it didn't live up to the hype.
The gameplay was fun and enjoyable, but the storyline was horribly lacking. As an FPS, it doesn't really have to have a gripping storyline, but even so, basic questions should have been answered.
As Freeman, you're dropped into this bleak future, and nothing gets explained about how the world ended up that way or anything along those lines. Correct me if I'm wrong, of course, because I could have missed it, unless the explanation was simply "crap hit the fan after Black Mesa"
I have my headphones on listeing to this, and I agree that it's surreal. I mean, just being able to hear the raw power present is simply stunning.
What about people like me that have several thousand mp3s, all of which are from CDs I own? Having a nice, big list of mp3s is easier than changing cds every five minutes.
"I may have grown up with computers, but when I was in elementary school and junior high I didn't magically know what to do I had to learn like everyone else. On the day of my 13th b-day I put a power on password on the family 386 and apparently typed it in wrong and didn't know how to unlock it. Fortunately my dad's co-worker knew enough to take the CMOS battery out and that did the trick. But since then I've learned worlds of stuff, much of it by trial and error."
I agree. That's the way that I've learned everything that I know about computers. The thing is, if something messes up once, and you fix it yourself [by following what someone has told you, or if you looked it up], you remember it. Then you can adapt and apply it to other instances.
Trial and error is a good way to learn. It provides hands-on experience instead of having someone lecture to you.