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by Ganta
Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:30 am
Forum: General
Topic: Article in Nature about a computer controlled by human brain
Replies: 3
Views: 6733

German video about this:

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mens ... 51,00.html

click the picture with the man that says "video abspielen". press magnifying glass for bigger video.

first he opens email, then he tries to draw a circle.
by Ganta
Mon May 22, 2006 2:53 am
Forum: General
Topic: Fun GitS face recognition
Replies: 8
Views: 10583

Fun GitS face recognition

Fun page: www.myheritage.com Upload pic - compare to stars. registration without e-mail validation. It works with drawn pics also! E.G. Captain Future looks like Bruce Springsteen (56%) (of course you can't take this to serious. If you compare a star to himself, 75% seems max. Also results can diffe...
by Ganta
Tue May 16, 2006 4:11 am
Forum: Stand Alone Complex
Topic: Why do you watch Ghost in the Shell: SAC?
Replies: 41
Views: 46846

I'm a huge cyberpunk fan. I like the (early) works of William Gibson (Neuromancer) or the strange ideas of Philip K. Dick. Growing up in the 80s with the first available computers, I fantasized about being a powerful hacker, being cybernetical augmented etc. Although I like SF-shows like Star-Trek, ...
by Ganta
Tue May 16, 2006 2:00 am
Forum: Stand Alone Complex
Topic: GitS on german TV !!
Replies: 5
Views: 10637

Yeah, especially considering that this is the debut for SAC in german TV. This should be prime time, not sunday midnight. It's already hard enough here to get your hands on the DVDs and comics. And "stashing away" one of the best SF-series isn't the best way to introduce GitS to a broader ...
by Ganta
Tue May 16, 2006 1:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: Gits becoming real(cyberbrains and external memory)
Replies: 36
Views: 40588

I don't think that it's possible to replace a whole brain, and that most people wouldn't like the idea respectively. The fact that surgery is needed, that at least a small hole has to be drilled into your skull, is a big hindrance. That's more of an psychological issue, but if it's not accepted, the...
by Ganta
Mon May 15, 2006 4:29 pm
Forum: Stand Alone Complex
Topic: GitS on german TV !!
Replies: 5
Views: 10637

GitS on german TV !!

Hi there, first post! Good news for all european based, german speaking people: Gits - SAC is on TV!! To be exact: on MTV Infopage: http://www.mtv.de/ghostintheshell/ When is it on TV: http://www.wunschliste.de/links.pl?s=7032 Episodes 1-5 (Gig#1) was already on air. Don't know how many episodes the...