"Studies have shown that most accidents occur at home."
Surprising. To me, it surely is. How they can spend good tax-payers' money on such a cool research amazes me.
"Studies have also shown that the bathroom is the most dangerous part of the home."
All those electrical appliances, razor blades, power points and fragile mirrors lying everywhere near the tub of water and, not to forget, the slippery floor.... No, I don't believe you. :P
"The second most dangerous part of the home is the kitchen."
I wouldn't have realized this if I hadn't read this! All those sharpened knives, metal utensils, machines that generate dangerous amounts of heat looked so safe...
I'm glad I'm not living in America.
I had not realized teleportation is no longer fiction until recently. Apparently it is only possible for atoms and photons. It isn't precisely "teleportation" where the exact same particle is transported to another location spontaneously, but the information of the state of the particle being "teleported" is relayed to a machine some distance away and in that machine, the characteristics of the particle is somehow imbued into a new particle.
This is like cloning, but the original state of the original particle is destroyed in the process, so there is only 1 particle with the characteristics. And the process takes mere milliseconds to happen.
This is seen as a possible means of transferring data instantaneously. LIGHT SPEED INTERNET CONNECTION!!! NO MORE LAG!!!
Sources 1 and 2 here.
Code Geass is a relatively new anime that seems very good. It's on the same level as Naruto, and its style is somewhat akin to Death Note, with its main character outwitting everyone to achieve his goals.
It was originally planned as a 1-season anime comprising of 25 episodes, but its tv ratings were so good they had to remake its last 2 episodes so that they can have a 2nd season. The last 2 episodes were supposed to be released some time ago, but no news have been released so far.
This anime poses some questions on morality to us. Are results the only thing that matters, and any methods are alright to reach your goals? In the plot, the hero is a person who is willing to kill anyone to further his plans, whether they are against him or not. Though his cause is just, his methods are highly questionable.
Surprisingly, the hot-headed, saintly dude with the big heart is not the hero in this series. Even though he focuses on saving everyone without resorting to killing, he is not even on the hero's side. How, you may ask. Just watch it.
This anime is not suitable for kids! There is 1 scene in one of the episodes that shows a bare breast of one of the women, as well as several almost-nude scenes(eg shower scenes, etc). Worse still, the plot contains hints of incest(sisters loving brothers, brother loving sisters in the wrong way mentioned in the some of the dialogues), so don't let your younger siblings watch until they're 18!
Assuming that this series ends at episode 23 this season, be forewarned that the events in episode 21 and 22 are tear-jerking. You may even feel like crying if you are focusing totally in the show. Of course, you can't appreciate a good anime series properly unless you can focus entirely on it, so you will most likely have tears.
Personally, I never expected the director to go as far as he did. I had thought good people will never die in Japanese anime until the very end, but I am proven wrong here. What's more is that not only did they use the classic method to make a death look tragic(touching speech by dying person and emotional response by people at the side), the reason behind the death, and the method of death are heartrending too.
I look forward to the next season of Code Geass, simply because there's a huge number of things unexplained, like the price of the special ability the hero received. C'MON DRAW FASTAH!!!!! I WANT TO SEE THAT FINAL FIGHT!!!!
On a side note, DON'T WATCH TSUBASA CHRONICLES!!!! It's the sort of anime that is about a never-ending cycle, like Power Rangers, with the hero jumping through endless worlds to find pieces of memories. Well, if you like this sort of thing, then fine, whatever.
I will be trying Gundam SEED Destiny and Eureka Seven soon. They seem to appear in many people's top 10 anime series. Maybe in 2-3 days.
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