Is the Great Attractor a Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann?
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> Interestingly, the spell enlarge person from the tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons agrees with half of the law (Cook et al., 2003). To double in size, the target of the spell has its weight multiplied by eight, in accordance with the “cube law”. However, the target receives a fixed Strength modifier of +2, instead of having an increase proportional to his/her base Strength value, which would make more sense.
The strength scale is nonlinear to begin with. I don't quite remember for sure, but I think it might be exponential, in terms of bench-pressing ability. It's meant to reflect that adding 100kg to your weight limit is far more useful if it's a doubling than if it's 10%.
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Also, Tengen Toppa runs on DETERMINATION and IRON WILL, and the laws of physics therefore do not apply.
The escape hatch is a naked singularity, created by the supermassive superstring structure rotating around it fast enough to skew the gravity envelop. Superstrings are an integral part of the book; the entire structure is made of them, along with Xelee spaceships. One small piece of one isn't what broke reality enough for the escape hatch, they just used them as scaffolding.
Now with that out of the way, that's pretty cool. I think it's interesting how the idea of a 10-million-light-year-tall robot was taken seriously in this way; given the comparisons with existing robots (in fiction and real life), I like how the conclusion that was reached is "it's unlikely but possible." It gives me hope that maybe, out there in the universe somewhere, there's something awesome like that hiding.
or 23 minutes
Spiral Nemesis!?
Seriously i thought no one watches Anime on HN. Since this landed on the front page it means there is still quite a few.
Off Topic: When we discovered Gravitational wave, i wonder and asked how far are we from creating Goldion Crusher, aka Gravity Shockwave Generating Division Tool.
That, and - for me, at least - most technology / startup news stories don't give too much room to drop references to my favorite cute, harmless, adorable magical-girl animes like Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the homage Yuki Yuna Is A Hero.
(and by "harmless" I mean "dark psychological horror with a death toll rivaling _Game of Thrones_")
SPOILERS!
If you want real spoilers go watch the train scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqPntVlsN-k
Oh, right. That'd be a spoiler. :P
Wow, they made that a lot worse in the dub. Or maybe it was always that bad and I couldn't tell because of Japanese politeness in the original script.
Damn.
Really? Anime is a firm fixture in geek culture, and whilst there are plenty of people that don't like it, I'd suggest you're more than likely to find fans in the HN audience.
Gurenn Lagann is a great anime, pretty short but it's a good ride whilst it lasts. I kind of miss the OVA era of anime, most anime now seems to get dragged out too long (such as Naruto, still relying on fillers to pad out the story even though the manga finished over a year ago). When anime was distributed on video tape or DVD the creators couldn't really fall back on fillers, and the stories were better for it.
I prefer series where they stop airing the series for a year to continue production
I agree to a point. A year seems about right to keep interest high. Sometimes the wait can get too long though. I enjoyed the first series of Attack On Titan, but it looks like we'll have to wait until 2017 for the second series, meaning there was a gap between series of 4 years. It'll have to be something pretty special to make it worth the wait IMO.
Surprisingly, this submission has done way better on HN than it did when I submitted it to /r/anime or my G+. I'm just glad somewhere properly appreciated it...
I suspect you know this, but... infinitely far, sorry. :P
btw here is a size comparison of various mecha, guess which one is the biggest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XbeVosPszo
TTGL is trippy. Worth marathoning on Netflix since it's short for an anime.
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WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM!
Gurren Lagann will always be the best explanation for galaxy-scale astronomical anomalies, just as the Getter Emperor will always be the best explanation for planetary-scale anomalies.
Funny that they accept only manuscripts submitted "as a Microsoft Word document" though.