*shrug* It's a matter of perception, from my angle, and we both perceived the Forerunner use of blue magic to differing degrees and uses. I'm looser, you're more strict about its naming and tech explanation. I'm (relatively) fine with 343's use of it, but I completely understand those who are far more critical than I. We're just debating opinions at this point :P observationally, we agree that hard light as canon was certainly more abundant in Halo 4 than other games (even if now retconned), and that esthetically they used far too much blue glowy magic. I don't disagree with your understanding of it, I just never looked at the 'blue glowy energy' as strictly as that.

: Go down far enough, and it's all inert. There's no difference between a
: hydrogen atom in water, and a hydrogen atom bonding a DNA molecule
: together.

Right. I didn't say that wasn't true. But you haven't yet demonstrated a purely molecular reconstruction of a living entity by using only raw elements.

Artificial gene synthesis - you'll have to explain to me precisely what material was used to create, and what was created.

Is this the experiment you're referring to? Where they created a synthetic life form by creating the synthetic DNA, then "incorporating it into a cell"?

: To quote Edison, "We don't know one millionth of one percent about
: anything."
: But we know enough to do some neat stuff.

Yep!

: True, true. Those laws on human experimentation are a real ball-buster, to be
: honest.
: I mean, um... science?

Screw ethics and morality. Science!

: Fun fact: 'After' is the German word for 'anal' or 'anus'. Now think about
: how the following words sound to them: Aftershave
: Afterglow
: Afterburner
: Aftermath
: Afterlife
: Aftertaste
: Afterthought

Does Adobe After Effects sell well there?

: So, Crimson Typhoon is armed with three buzzsaws that inflict minimal
: damage... when they have a reactor three times as powerful as Gypsy
: Danger's, which we saw when GD used a weaponized bearhug.
: Not surprisingly, Crimson Typhoon went down faster than any of the other
: Jagers. Darwinism, pure and applied.

Not unique writing... common irony. Pride can be one's downfall. Happens too often in cliche stories. Look at me, I'm prepared, I'm unbeatable! *boom* Please try again next time.

: It's a good movie, I'm just terrible at shutting off my brain, unless there's
: a REALLY sexy machine involved. Jagers didn't cut it, not even close. If
: there had been a ten-kilometer wide deiselpunk Nazi flying saucer*, things
: might have been different.

Shut off your brain more often, it's fun! :P

: More power to you if you catch which movie said flying saucer showed up in.

Yep, watched that one too. Don't think my brain has yet turn on again.

: PS: I said I went and saw it with an engineer? You wouldn't believe how
: loudly he objected to Gypsy Danger beating down a Kaiju with a freighter.

That was just... I... *sigh*
Still had fun though :P