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  1. True Next Gen Wii Coming in 2011 Play Wii Fit With Japanese Maids, for $25 PS3 Eye Hacked into Decent Windows-Compatible Webcam
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    IRONMAN

    They're apparently going to sell all three armors from the movie, not cheap though but you should see them for sale by the end of the Year. Some sites already have them for pre-order. . . This last one is already sold out, even though it is only available for pre-order An update to the "Ultrasound to give feel to games" news tidbit I gave earlier. 3D Force Field Opens Door for Holodeck, Virtual Touchable Leia Anyway, who got their IRONMAN Movie collection? Best Buy's special collector box (sold out) Suncoast deliver the Ultimate 2-Disc Edition in a superclassy steelbook case. Walmart waltzes in with not one, but two exclusives, though only the first one matters to you: Ultimate 2-Disc edition with an exclusive Nick Fury comic. The other packs the first ep of the Iron Man animated series in with the single disc edition of the movie. Costco's gift set throws in a bobblehead of each Iron Man suit from the movie. Borders rolls with a collectible book loaded with sketches and the top 24 Iron Man comic covers. Circuit City gives you access to some exclusive Marvel Digital comics, snore. Kmart and Sears are knocking five bucks off the Ultimate Edition if you buy $25 in Craftsman tools. And everyone remember the Blu-Ray version is not only HD but has all the extras, enough that they needed 2 Blu-Ray discs to hold it all!
  3. I agree but
  4. Homebrew DS-DSLR Uses Nintendo DS as a Canon EOS Remote Lightning Review: Penguin United Quad Charge Station Juices Four Wiimotes at Once Cell Processors to Go 45nm in '09; Smaller, Cheaper PS3s Likely to Follow Sony PS4 Will Use Existing PS3 Cell Processor Are These Screens from the New Nintendo DS?
  5. Sho's impalement by Aptom probably counts to that consideration. . . I understand the reasoning, but I think you're assuming the unit needs to directly link to the fetus's brain... it takes 8 weeks of development before an embryo even becomes a fetus and all the basic organs are in place (like the brain). So your concerns don't even come into effect until the pregnancy is well along its way. For example, our stomach's has its own primitive brain, but you don't see the CM linking to that!? So this possible problem wouldn't even turn up until after 2 months into the pregnancy. But even then, the baby won't be controlling the unit so why would the CM need to directly link to the fetus's brain? Why should the unit even care? We care because we are human but the Unit is not human, it goes with cold logic of what is needed to survive. Really, consider the priority of the unit is for survival of itself and the host. The direct brain restoration is primarily to deal with damage but regressed the fetus would basically be in stasus and is restored when the unit is deactivated. Unlike the host brain it doesn't need to continue to operate while the unit is active. So is in no real danger and despite the fact it will eventually become it's own being a fetus is not more complex than the mother's fully developed body. It's just a small miniature and underdeveloped version of a person with fewer cells in its tiny body, which means there would be a lot less to remember about it than the much larger host body and this would offset its complexity versus the complexity of the internal organs of the host. The unit already deals with cloths, though they may not be alive they are complex in their own ways. Between their inorganic makeup to their physical structure, all of which the unit has to deal with each and every time the unit is used but without the benefit of DNA and bio-signatures. A fetus on the other hand does have DNA (which is natures way of archiving data in a super efficient and compact manner) and bio-signatures, and experience is also part of our DNA expression (to a limited extent we do have genetic memory of sorts). So the primitive experiences a fetus may acquire could be restored without the need of a direct CM interface but even if it isn't the fetus doesn't need those experiences to survive and the unit really only has to remember the physical state the fetus was in and restore that. But I believe it is possible the unit can deal with a pregnancy and update itself on all the information needed to keep the fetus alive till birth. Really, I doubt we can really define the limit of the Unit to store and deal with information. But of course this all hinges on the unit even accepting the pregnancy and not view it as some parasite infection. Of course this is all academic as Enzyme-eternal rightly stated, we can only conjecture how the unit would respond to a pregnancy. But perhaps that is one of the reasons the Creators kept unit removers around. . .
  6. He means specifically the Guyver Advocacy Group, which have done an extensive fan translation of the Manga. Most of their members are based on Japan-Legend.com forum under "Scanlations". They have volume 10-25 translated and are working on the latest issues. Though Takaya appears to be doing another Project and may not do another issue for the next year.
  7. Well, it looks like Takaya didn't leave us completely hanging. . .
  8. That or just regress it to a remnant and then restore it like it does all the other internal organs that aren't considered important by the unit for combat.
  9. Yup, it was a payment problem and the bank was giving him trouble for some reason. But it's all cleared up now and the site is back up.
  10. True, but it is troubling there wasn't a more severe punishment. Like the train conductor that was texting and caused the pile up that killed dozens of people about a week or so ago, this could easily have been very bad. And now for some more news. . . Are Mac Pro Cases Toxic? NES Controller Socket Lets You Control Your Mods with Nostalgia Everyone Will Be a Walking Nuclear Weapon Detector Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock Lightning Review: It Explodes Your Dreams
  11. Playing Your PSP at Work Is a Bad Idea, Especially When You Drive a City Bus Backyard Nuclear Reactor Should Be Ready to Ship by 2013 Longer-Lasting Artificial Eyes! An improved retinal implant stimulates neurons to restore sight. Happy Landing Zipline Rescues You (And Child) From Exploding Buildings
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    IRONMAN

    Japanese Iron Man Toy Has a Ridiculous Level of Detail
  13. Astronomers Find "Dark Flow" Sucking Matter Out of the Universe" Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive UK's Overwhelming CCTV Presence Captures Everything, Including an 8-Foot-Tall Alien Homeland Security's 'Hostile Thoughts' Detection System Dubbed FAST, Not Pre-Crime
  14. Firm Building Man-carrying VTOL Drone Starship Troopers Meets G.I. Joe House Approps Moving Defense Package The Gun That Never Was AFSOC Would (Almost) Kill for New Gunships Iranian Cyber Warfare Threat Assessment
  15. Actually, I believe it depends on specifically how we will eventually modify our genome. . . Of course we're still a long way off from knowing enough to do it safely but research is showing some interesting discoveries that together seem to add up to the possibilities that we have only dreamt of before. . . Here are two such examples... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/si-kcy082008.php Keeping cells youthful: How telomere-building proteins get drawn into the fold Novel Anti-Cancer Mechanism Found in Long-Lived Rodents And there is many more such examples that when added all together holds the promise that we may not only make ourselves healthier in the future but eventually push the physical limits of our potential to extraordinary levels that will test our notions of what it means to be human. But I'm a bit of a science geek, so my view is of course optimistic. So take that with a grain of salt as they say. . .
  16. Yes and no, unfortunately there are true horrors in this world that no matter how much we deny them still happen whether we allow ourselves to be aware of them or not. But since we have no control over that I suggest we change the course of this discussion away from horror for a bit to something a lot less depressing... Japan: Where Sex Robots Permeate Every Aspect of Society
  17. Hands On Cray CX1 Windows Supercomputer: One Day, It'll Make Crysis Cry Thermaltake's Xpressar PC Case Uses Actual Fridge Compressor For Cooling Fujifilm's SuperCCD EXR Unveiled: Sensor Promises High Res, High Quality Imaging Japanese Scientists Plan to Build Space Elevator Carbon Nanotube Supercapacitors May Replace Clunky Car Batteries Sandisk Replaces CDs With SlotMusic MicroSDs With Big-Name MP3 Albums Aboard
  18. Oh, they most certainly do. It's just women have to worry about the double standard in which sexual promiscuity is culturally acceptable for men but looked down upon from women. Plus in many cultures men stack the deck, some are even very barbaric about it like in Egypt they still practice female circumcision even though the government finally outlawed it a few years ago there. The practice is of course to ensure women don't enjoy sex as much as men and so make them more likely to follow established traditions in those parts of the world. Then of course there are arranged marriages and mail order brides, not to mention the cultural programming of what girls grow up being told what they should be like and which type of men they should marry. It really is a mess! Even in our own culture, the media and hollywood has done a good job messing up the minds of whole generations.
  19. Well it's not aways the women who get the shaft... When Women Won't Love You, the USB Talking I Love You Mouse Will Imagine the market needed to make such products popular? In my own experience women often wind up with guys who promise them the world and don't show their true colors until its far too late. Unfortunately the jerks are often very careful which side they show and can be very convincing.
  20. LHC Repair Update: Temperature Must Be Raised so Repairmen Don't Die One Billion People Tuned in to See the LHC Break Astronomers Find "Dark Flow" Sucking Matter Out of the Universe Chinese Create First Warp Drive Homeland Security's 'Hostile Thoughts' Detection System Dubbed FAST, Not Pre-Crime Two Planets Suffer Violent Collision California Scientists Design Working Tricorder, or at least something pretty darn close anyway... And the best argument for the human race to colonize other worlds as quickly as possible. . . Chinese Shenzhou 7 Space Walk a Success, and Here's Proof![/b] Breakthrough for carbon nanotube materials Hubble Telescope Communication Breaks Down, Plot Thickens
  21. Your Chance To Catch The Show About Diseases That Pleases This is a series that aired in Canada and apparently never made it out of canada but for sci-fi fans who like realism in their deadly disease of the week episodes, it is apparently a must see and the first 2 seasons are now being aired online at the Hulu video website. The Star Trek vs Star Wars Tech Assessment Index
  22. Here's a bit of interesting topic. . . Your Chance To Catch The Show About Diseases That Pleases This is a series that aired in Canada and apparently never made it out of canada but for sci-fi fans who like realism in their deadly disease of the week episodes, it is apparently a must see and the first 2 seasons are now being aired online at the Hulu video website. And some more news... Canadian Retailer Uses Honesty and Anti-US Sentiment To Sell HDTVs Israel Deploys Crowd Control Skunk Bomb for the First Time "Clean Coal" No Longer Oxymoron at New Power Plant
  23. Worst Air Port Nightmare Scenario Actually Happened to Someone... BBtv: Star Simpson's first interview on the Boston airport LED sweatshirt scare. Creepy... LA Train Victim Makes 35 Phone Calls From Beyond the Grave Silly but serious... Russian lawmakers target Halloween, Valentine's Day
  24. In case anyone was wondering, I've added Spoiler text masking to the board so everyone can now type spoilers in plain site. Just highlight to read them if you don't mind spoilers.
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