Yes, but would the chip get the jitters after a while? C10H15N would make it switch even faster although side-effects may include irrational behaviour and violence against other molecules.
It's not as if the whole world collapses if a crappy bit of science gets published.
That really depends - if you're a research student basing your research project heavily on a paper or thesis which turns out to be bogus, your world implodes! Believe me, it's happened to at least two people I know in my department. Research and development can be set back literally by years.
Ever read The Running Man by Richard Bachman (AKA Stephen King)? It was made into a really terrible movie a while ago but the book is still one of my all-time favourites. It's set in the (ultraviolent/ultracapitalistic) future and is basically about how the ultimate game show would be one where the contestant is fighting or running for his/her life.
The Long Walk is another great novel by Bachman that explores a similar concept - 100 contestants, you pretty much you walk until you drop, if you fall below 4mph three times you get a bullet. Last one standing gets a big prize.
Interesting concept, however I don't see Fox getting into the genre too soon (I hope)!
By the way, anyone remember that crazy Japanese show called Endurance? Now that was a game show!!!!
"A Rotorua man who kidnapped and robbed a terrified Auckland teenager told police it was like playing the PlayStation game Grand Theft Auto."
Now I'm sure that playing the game didn't make him go out and do it, but you've got to wonder if he did get the idea from the game. Most healthy, sane individuals will see the line between fantasy and reality, but for someone like this who obviously has issues to deal with, you wonder whether it is such a good idea to present crime as a fun, rewarding, good thing to do?
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Yes, but would the chip get the jitters after a while? C10H15N would make it switch even faster although side-effects may include irrational behaviour and violence against other molecules.
That really depends - if you're a research student basing your research project heavily on a paper or thesis which turns out to be bogus, your world implodes! Believe me, it's happened to at least two people I know in my department. Research and development can be set back literally by years.
Hooooooooooly cow. It's like Rambo meets Ozzie Osbourne's sister. I bet if she(?) walked up to the stand the robots would drop their nuts
The Long Walk is another great novel by Bachman that explores a similar concept - 100 contestants, you pretty much you walk until you drop, if you fall below 4mph three times you get a bullet. Last one standing gets a big prize.
Interesting concept, however I don't see Fox getting into the genre too soon (I hope)!
By the way, anyone remember that crazy Japanese show called Endurance? Now that was a game show!!!!
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectI D=10113639
"A Rotorua man who kidnapped and robbed a terrified Auckland teenager told police it was like playing the PlayStation game Grand Theft Auto."
Now I'm sure that playing the game didn't make him go out and do it, but you've got to wonder if he did get the idea from the game. Most healthy, sane individuals will see the line between fantasy and reality, but for someone like this who obviously has issues to deal with, you wonder whether it is such a good idea to present crime as a fun, rewarding, good thing to do?
I wonder whether he'll be convicted of GTA?