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Like Snakes on a Plane? :D

Wrong. Games typically take more than a year to make. The only exceptions come when they can license technology and/or otherwise use preexisting technology, like KOTOR 2. Even then, look at the issues a game like KOTOR 2 has with such a short development time. Furthermore, just because you haven't heard of a game yet, doesn't mean it isn't in development. Half-Life 2 (since it was brought up) was started shortly after the release of Half-Life, which came out in late 1998. But it was only announced for two years. As for them being able to make the game in two years, not a chance. Is it any surprise that games like Half-Life 2 and Doom 3, which require brand new, state of the art engines, have development times of 4+ years? (hint, no it's not). Unless it's a cookie cutter licensee/sequel, games take a long time to make.

You say it like it's mutually exclusive.

Hahahahaa. My condolences

Michael Bay is directing this?

Hahaha, go Rob Schremp. Hahaha. EDIT: Here is a YouTube link.

The white pee just means that they were properlly hydrated. You know, your pee SHOULD be white (well, clear)...not yellow "

I'm sure it was just the American soldiers too.

Right.

I think it might depend on the monitor bok. I looked at it at work, and the screens were essentially black. Now that I'm at home, I can see much more details in them.

Because it's going to take time to validate the genetic code. Even if it's very quick, it's still going to take time to verify the teleportation worked. While this validation went on, you'd have to keep the original, just in case the validation fails. If my consciousness remained intact, yes. Unfortunately, you can't really prove that it would. I'd be more convinced that the "Star Trek" way would work rather than this reconstruction way. To be honest I think this thread has presented quite a paradox, and demonstrates (at least now) the impossibility of teleportation (which is something I didn't think prior to this thread).

Those are some amazing screenshots. TOo bad I can't make out any details in them

Or who actually cares.

Why no delays? The reason why people introduce a delay is because it demonstrates the problem. You are destroying the molecules of the original person. Besides, it wouldn't be possible to do it without a delay. There's going to be an instant where both of you exist (when it verifies that the genetic code is correct). Nothing can be done instantaneously. And even if it was, your "teleportation" still isn't teleportation. It's simply copying and destroying the original.

So what exactly would you (as in your consciousness, as in what you perceive, and all that jazz) if the original host wasn't destroyed? Because essentially all your teleporter does is clone you. Let's look at it this way. Say I clone you. You have a few minutes of recognizing that your clone is at whatever destination you wanted. I then said you had to be vapourized. Would you be content with this?

I concur.

My car's windshield was smashed! :D

I think so. Look at it this way. If I cloned you, would you expect that you'd also have conscious control over your clone? EDIT: I guess this applies to mkreku as well.

It has nothing to do with a soul. Imagine someone made a clone of you. Why would you expect to have conscious control over that clone? So when you die in the teleportation process, you yourself no longer exist, but rather your clone. Now your clone is a perfect replica of you, so to every other 3rd party observer, it looks and acts just like you. And it probably would. But the fact of the matter would still be that YOUR consciousness has been killed.

I said no because, after thinking about it for a moment, it wouldn't really be "me." My transported self would like fine and would act like normal, but my myself, and my consciousness, has been vapourized. There's no reason why my consciousness should transport as well. The interesting conundrum is that, to a 3rd party, the technology looks impressive. Because to them, the product going in is essentially the exact same as the product coming out. So you could see 1000s of people all doing it, and it would all look rather fantastic and impressive. Because from your perspective, it looks flawless.

"Save our souls?" What?

I'm curious if the situation would actually improve if the USA just upped and left Iraq.

He could still be sleeping.

It's gaming prime time. A few of the game I have been interested in have just gone gold as well.

Wait a minute. I change my answer to no.