Indeed. I wonder what sort of machine would be devised if all these limits were removed. Budget be damned, as long as the end result is mechanically sound, and not a rolling coffin, then I'd love to see it racing.
Yes, that's rather... interesting. However, on further reflection, there is a valid technical reason for why he's missing his, err... attributes. The guy is never shown nude in the sequence he appears in. I'm betting that if the model of the asian girl was shot from a low angle, she's be missing her genitals as well. I'm not sure why any time was invested in modeling and texturing the nipples on her though, considering they're never seen either.
Bah, fuck it. We all know the real reason... guys don't like looking at other guy's wee-wees so the sculptor conveniently ommited it.
Realdoll + Asimo + aforementioned milking machine = alpha build of the sex slave android. Seriously, Honda, stop it with the freaky looking spaceman shit, and give us some Six of One.
Precisely what I was thinking, regarding the current state of technology. Our so called "high tech, state of the art" spacecraft are at best the equivalent of the Wright Flyer, if that. "Luckily" some crazy assassin killed the heir of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and launched Europe into "the war to end all wars", or somthing. Pity there are no Green Martians on Mars, who are hellbent on wiping us out. Then we'd have some serious investment in space travel.
Lev Andropov: Excuse me, but I think I know how to fix this. Watts: Move it! You don't know the components! Lev Andropov:[annoyed] Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!
I heard a nice, simple way to describe achieving orbit in the anime movie Wings of Honneamise. Its been a while, but here it goes:
You take a rock and throw it. It follows a ballistic trajectory, arcing upward, and then falling back to earth. Throw it harder, and it goes higher and farther. If you throw it hard enough, the rock's "impact point" is out beyond the curvature of the earth, and it ends up "falling" forever.
Its "easy" to knock out a few things sent down from the Moon. However, if you already have a battery of mass drivers built, it would be easy to send overwhelming swarms of projectiles down. Also, said projectiles do not have to be fragile devices like a MIRV. All they need to have is mass, so somthing as archaic as a couple ton cannonball would do the job nicely.
Realistically though, we're going to have to find a compact and efficent energy source first. Gas powered suits don't sound too viable for combat. Maybe these guys are onto an eventual source of power?
Rather than spectacles, I'd take full out replacement eyes with said technologies. A power source would be tricky though. Somehow I don't think batteries would cut it in this case. Maybe a compact thermoelectric generator could use body heat to induce a small current? The front portion of the eye could act as a "radiator" since it's exposed to the environment, thus providing the needed temperature differential.
The lack of any creative control is making me despise my current job. Supposedly these clowns hired me because of my knowledge and ability, but all they do is second guess what I do. Oh well, I'll just do exactly what they say, not a lick more, and watch this whole project implode upon itself:)
There's no magic black box that turns heat into electicity
Couldn't one package a lump of radioactive material in an array of
these? If I recall correctly, applying heat to these creates a current. How much? Hell if I know, I'm not an electrical engineer:P
The next rover should drop solar panels in favor of a much more robust power source. I recommend somthing based on harnessing the heat of decaying heavy elements*.
I agree, a catostropic impact would kill off more than just dinosaurs. If there really was a prolonged "nuclear winter" due to the dust kicked up by the impact, wouldn't the entire marine foodchain have been killed off as well? The most basic element (to my understanding) in said foodchain is photosynthetic algea, which feeds larger plankton, which feeds larger and larger creatures down the line. Cut off the sun, and the stuff at the bottom becomes scarce, starving off everything else up the line.
Two "minor" impacts causing successive climate changes, and shifts in the type and abundance of plant life sounds more plausible. The energy requirements of those huge beasts were very high. My guess is that plants changed to be less energy rich, and this led to the downfall of the dinos.
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Indeed. I wonder what sort of machine would be devised if all these limits were removed. Budget be damned, as long as the end result is mechanically sound, and not a rolling coffin, then I'd love to see it racing.
Bah, fuck it. We all know the real reason... guys don't like looking at other guy's wee-wees so the sculptor conveniently ommited it.
Negative, the body model of Aki was built by this gentleman, and the head was modeled by this one.
Realdoll + Asimo + aforementioned milking machine = alpha build of the sex slave android.
Seriously, Honda, stop it with the freaky looking spaceman shit, and give us some Six of One.
Actually he was born in Scotland and later lived in Canada for a while.
"American components, Russian components, all made in Taiwan!"
Precisely what I was thinking, regarding the current state of technology. Our so called "high tech, state of the art" spacecraft are at best the equivalent of the Wright Flyer, if that. "Luckily" some crazy assassin killed the heir of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and launched Europe into "the war to end all wars", or somthing. Pity there are no Green Martians on Mars, who are hellbent on wiping us out. Then we'd have some serious investment in space travel.
Lev Andropov: Excuse me, but I think I know how to fix this.
Watts: Move it! You don't know the components!
Lev Andropov: [annoyed] Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!
Its been a while, but here it goes:
You take a rock and throw it. It follows a ballistic trajectory, arcing upward, and then falling back to earth. Throw it harder, and it goes higher and farther. If you throw it hard enough, the rock's "impact point" is out beyond the curvature of the earth, and it ends up "falling" forever.
Its "easy" to knock out a few things sent down from the Moon. However, if you already have a battery of mass drivers built, it would be easy to send overwhelming swarms of projectiles down. Also, said projectiles do not have to be fragile devices like a MIRV. All they need to have is mass, so somthing as archaic as a couple ton cannonball would do the job nicely.
Riiight... You expect us to believe there's a giant guy in a giant rubber suit running around destroying cities?!
Hi Jack! That plane over there certainly is the bomb!
Realistically though, we're going to have to find a compact and efficent energy source first. Gas powered suits don't sound too viable for combat. Maybe these guys are onto an eventual source of power?
[Nelson Muntz] Ha Ha!
Rather than spectacles, I'd take full out replacement eyes with said technologies. A power source would be tricky though. Somehow I don't think batteries would cut it in this case. Maybe a compact thermoelectric generator could use body heat to induce a small current? The front portion of the eye could act as a "radiator" since it's exposed to the environment, thus providing the needed temperature differential.
The lack of any creative control is making me despise my current job. Supposedly these clowns hired me because of my knowledge and ability, but all they do is second guess what I do. Oh well, I'll just do exactly what they say, not a lick more, and watch this whole project implode upon itself :)
Soviet Tank, Biggest Tank!
Soviet Jet, Biggest Jet!
Soviet Laptop, Biggest Laptop!
If you listen really closely, you can still hear them giggling in Moscow...
Maybe Captain Sisko can finally be given his flying car?
Couldn't one package a lump of radioactive material in an array of these? If I recall correctly, applying heat to these creates a current. How much? Hell if I know, I'm not an electrical engineer :P
*Nuclear power (oooh the scary word!)
Two "minor" impacts causing successive climate changes, and shifts in the type and abundance of plant life sounds more plausible. The energy requirements of those huge beasts were very high. My guess is that plants changed to be less energy rich, and this led to the downfall of the dinos.
Wing Commander III and IV I believe.
After EP1 and 2 you would be correct. There WAS an obsessive geek/nerd attraction to that series.