@Pavement clawing maniac: No, it wouldn't. The two beings would actually have a shared history up to a point. It's one person that became two. But, in the first moment of awareness of the clone, if it's mind exactly matched yours, and if you both had the same inputs, you'd be the same person.

"Even if the technology existed, would this new clone really be you, or merely a copy who thinks he's you?"

@crosis101: And that would be a reasonable argument... if HE didn't say "There is no message".

@Graviton1066: Eh, I get really annoyed at artists who abrogate all responsibility to bring meaning to their work. "Oh! That's SO passe! It should all come from the beholder!". I know, I know, I'm going contrary to the last 40 years of art criticism, but I just think authorial intent is _important_ and think that…

@Graviton1066: The Glass piece is one of my favorite tracks off the soundtrack, but those Qatsi movies were just... insufferable. (Similar to the end of Blair Witch: "You know what makes a more interesting story than 'nothing'? ANYTHING!") Takes all kinds I spose.

@George Lampard: The basic problem was that Watchmen was a comic book about comic books — the whole structure was about showing what comics can do uniquely well. So, putting it faithfully up on the screen is just not going to work.

@Nipah: Sometimes I think I'm the only person who actually enjoyed that movie. Or at least, enjoyed it in a way that it's creators would like.

"The ending is also weak, and seems more interested in hinting at a sequel than concluding the movie in a satisfying way."

@Scarbane: Plus all the prison rape you could ever want! It's a paradise. No, wait... the opposite of that.

Sigh. I am SUCH a sucker for a good sandbox game. (I can't stand FPS's or RTS's which leaves me pretty much 'Sandbox' or 'Casual' as genre's of choice. What the hell happened that turned 'TURN' into a four-letter word?! Erm... figuratively.) I played GTA for the missions and I know I'm not alone in that. The idea of a…

@Torokun: Eh, he said games can NEVER be art. That's a pretty big stick to swing and he simply can't back it up. Exhibit A: The death of John Marston.

@Stunspot: Ok, fair enough, China's done quite abit in microlithography lately....

"in which a group of Chinese students come to Hogwarts and — of course — are way better at magic than Harry and his friends. " *SNERK!* Oh MAN, that's hiLARious! It's like hearing Kim Jong Ill 'invented' the cheeseburger.

@Damob: Huh? When did I say I 'had a functional model'? Naw, the physics are straightforward: spin the whole apparatus and it's the same as gravity. But, honestly, it shouldn't be THAT hard to strap a printer in a 12-ft centrifuge. Or, y'know, since it's space, you could just set the printer spinning and let it go.

@rek: Oh, wait, shit, are you Orthodox?! Sigh. Where's my sword?

@rek: Sing it, brutha! And let's not forget the apocrypha that is "Quarantine".

This.... is a VERY cool idea. Sure, you'll need to spin the apparatus to simulate gravity (or radically redesign your printer's principals... which may actually make more sense) but once the proper goop is found, this is a solid gold, double-plus good, galactic medal of smartness level idea.

@Rufus Honker IV: Eh, so spin `em.

@8x10: Yeah, I understand the idea of reflection off a glass door, but I don't think it would be possible to actually duplicate the effect like that by that method. The quality of the light doesn't change enough when it moves.

Yeah, I think it's time for me to implement a 2-seasons-in-the-can minimum policy before picking up a show. I'm tired of getting Firefly'ed. I just SGU comes back.