The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope

There are strange ways in which technology helps you out. For a while I have been looking at the Akira series of manga in Amazon. The movie was amazing and it has earned its space on my bedroom wall. Now, while contemplating about the purchase a wonderful suggestion was thrown out by the Amazon sales algorithm.

Emmanuel Guibert.

The first thing I do whenever a new name pops up is rely on Google which inevitably points to Wikipedia. But to my surprise there was no article there. That’s strange I thought but could manage to find some information and decided to put up an article myself in future.

Well, the first book (graphic novel) by Emmanuel which I read was Alan’s War. It’s awesome. The storyline ain’t mind crushingly spectacular but it deserves credit for being honest (sort of WYSIWYG) and simple and wonderfully represented by the author. Kudos have to be given to both the source and the creator.

Its about the life of a G.I and how he handles the war and its effects on him and so on. The interesting part is that he does not wear full metal jackets or save privates named ryan and stuff, in fact the only cut or bruise he sustained was by falling from a farmhouse loft. But the beauty is in the way he sees and remembers the forks in his journey.

The journey which is wondefully put on paper using a very riveting method. Check out the clip below to get an idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIMdBK8yr_g

Every box in every page is very quaint. I guess it appeals to me coz I like this style of graphic but it sure is amazing.

I won't divulge more on it just to avoid a spoiler alert sort of tagging of this article, so check it out yourselves.

The New & Clear Age

President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. 


One fresh mushroom comin up !

   NPT Nuclear Weapon States (China, France, Russia, UK, US)

   Non-NPT Nuclear Weapon States (India, North Korea, Pakistan)

   Undeclared Nuclear Weapon States (Israel)

   States suspected of having nuclear weapon programs (Iran, Syria)

   NATO weapons sharing weapons recipients

   States formerly possessing nuclear weapons

Oppenheimer would never have coloured the world map this way. He in fact said "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one." and "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."


Its like looking at our own body and finding bruises and infections. There's a blister called Little Boy. Ouch I am not feeling well due to 1054 reactions in the area called US. Generally when stuff like this happen to us we go to the doc and get it cured. You'll never keep on living with germs causing problems for your body, you'll get rid of them. You'll apply latest antiseptics like the Tsunami lotion, 'it really works and hits the antibodies hard'. Makes them think about the future at least for a while.


The sad predicament for me is that majority of us would never want to colour code earth like this but still its done. The good within man lacked the power of establishing itself when it mattered. It kept on fighting and still continues but these events are instances of when Mankind United conceded the penalty kick for a foul which never was...  

Return to the Past

2005 was the year when I last used electronic ink on the internet papyrus. And boy have I spelled life in multiple ways since then.

I nest nowadays in a studio flat with co-ordinates 51 degrees, 42.7 minutes North and 0 degrees, 19.9 minutes West, a symmetrical postcode ( AL22LA ) and space like cargo in a plane , essential but not enough.

Now, why such a informative resurrection ? Reason : Information use-full/empty. Yup, thats the topic I start off with.

We can begin to analyse the topic by this post itself. Right now I am wondering how do I make these lines useful for you. Firstly, here on I'll categorise information as UE(Use-full) or UE(Use-empty), just to make a few points clear I guess or for the creation of fresh UE !!!

Right, back to my visit to wonderland... Out comes the checklist. Thoughts - Check , Lack of Reason - Check , Mad Hatter's GPS co-ordinates - Check.... 3...2...1... down the hole. See ya soon !!!  

Bummer... Could not reach my destination due to line closure. Alice had a smoother journey as there were no planned engineering works in imagination then, should have checked the posters. But there's always the other way much like everything big and small. 

Moving on, some of you might have heard of the word Verisimilitude. Karl Popper popularised this and it somehow fits into the whole concept of UF and UE. To me Verisimilitude is a self contradicting notion and implodes its own logic. Might have to study a lots more to vouch for my last statement but yes it assists this information paradox. 

Popper said that scientific theories are abstract in nature, and can be tested only indirectly, by reference to their implications. He also held that scientific theory, and human knowledge generally, is irreducibly conjectural or hypothetical, and is generated by the creative imagination in order to solve problems that have arisen in specific historico-cultural settings. Speaking with a name tag saying 'COMMON MAN' on my chest I say yes. We never get to know the real deal behind modern science. Some of it because we do not understand and some because the supply is halted when people start understanding. Its the rules and the pathways which have been designed we need to follow to get there. So isn't making UF instead of the truck load of UE available more essential to people than giving us recharges when the lights go dim ? Making more people think and break the dumbness. I am not saying we do not have access, don't get me wrong, we do not have explicit access but we can see some things. The question is what needs to be shown to make the world think more. For example, what happened with the Large Hadron Collider Experiment ? Anybody ?