From the BSR website: "*All riders must wear a U.S. Coast Guard Approved life jacket. Bring your own or wear one of ours." Funny, didn't see any of those in the promo video. :/
There's a great documentary about this phenomenon and some of the people in that world (at least those who were in 2006/2007): Confessions of a Superhero
Eh, I'm reading through the Ocean Marketing saga on Penny Arcade now (#8 on the list) and as far as I'm concerned, the guy asked for it, deserved it and got exactly what was coming to him. Sorry, but if your *job* is PR and you crap all over a customer, you deserve to lose your employment. I can see some shuttered coder (like myself) having horrible soft skills... but if your *job* is Public Relations, you should know how to... well... relate to the public. :)
I've said it before, I'll say it again... I'm not sure why anyone would pursue replicating the human form factor with robotics. As Harrison Ford's character explained in The Mosquito Coast, the human body is horribly designed, accentuating (rather than protecting) all of its major weaknesses and foibles, always just a hair's-breadth away from a small mistake that leads to total failure (death). The fails of these robots illustrate exactly what those weaknesses are and they are rooted in the weaknesses of the human form itself. Why not instead design to perform said tasks with a more robust form factor? It's only via millions of years of evolution that we've overcome our limitations by the minimum amount necessary to perform these actions ourselves. If you don't agree, try taking one misstep on a top stair. Take that tumble and realize how our bodies haven't adapted to even falling 15 feet in 1g without significant damage. Combining more animalistic traits (quadruped, etc) would make a more robust apex creature.
Not to be inappropriate... but anytime I see these "celebs in high school" (or college) threads I can't help but to think of people in the world leading ordinary lives that see their high school crushes/BFs/GFs on the big (or small) screen. We all have "firsts", so it must be really odd to know that you were the first of someone who went on to become some big celeb... especially if they became a sex symbol.
To this day my old friend from that era and I still spontaneously say to one another... "You're next, pal!" "I want you in me!"
Heh.
Sad that The Pit of Ultimate Darkness (with Simon Milligan and Hecubus) didn't make the cut. I preferred them far more than Headcrusher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPLWbTh9_Nk
It's an early iteration of the Keymaster's helmet.
Mad Warrior - Med - Red
http://www.neatoshop.com/product/Mad-Warrior
"*All riders must wear a U.S. Coast Guard Approved life jacket. Bring your own or wear one of ours."
Funny, didn't see any of those in the promo video. :/
Confessions of a Superhero
I'm not sure why anyone would pursue replicating the human form factor with robotics. As Harrison Ford's character explained in The Mosquito Coast, the human body is horribly designed, accentuating (rather than protecting) all of its major weaknesses and foibles, always just a hair's-breadth away from a small mistake that leads to total failure (death).
The fails of these robots illustrate exactly what those weaknesses are and they are rooted in the weaknesses of the human form itself. Why not instead design to perform said tasks with a more robust form factor? It's only via millions of years of evolution that we've overcome our limitations by the minimum amount necessary to perform these actions ourselves. If you don't agree, try taking one misstep on a top stair. Take that tumble and realize how our bodies haven't adapted to even falling 15 feet in 1g without significant damage. Combining more animalistic traits (quadruped, etc) would make a more robust apex creature.
"You should wear more sweaters." :)
"You're next, pal!"
"I want you in me!"
Heh.
Sad that The Pit of Ultimate Darkness (with Simon Milligan and Hecubus) didn't make the cut. I preferred them far more than Headcrusher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPLWbTh9_Nk