The hero realises that as a mouse he has a much shorter lifespan than he would as a boy and thus his grandmother and he are likely to die together.
But in assessing microfracture's purported lifespan, he said: "I don't think you can put an expiration date on it.
"We're only 2 1/2 years into this thing (Playstation 2)," said Hirai, pointing out the five- to six-year lifespan he expects for the current gaming console that would push a PS3 release into 2005 or 2006.
He was a business man, but at the same time he knew there was a lifespan involved in what he was doing.
For more than a decade, he has been on a crusade to inspire the world to embark on a scientific quest to eliminate ageing and extend healthy lifespan indefinitely (he is on the Palo Alto Longevity Prize board).
He documents their entire lifespan, from early-70s beginnings in Blackheath, London, to the genius trio of albums - Cool for Cats (1979), Argybargy (1980) and East Side Story (1981) - that saw them somewhat optimistically hailed as the new Lennon and McCartney, to their final album, Domino, in 1998.
The person who is behind this fake Pinterest account knows that it may have a short lifespan – which he or she has clearly noted in the byline.
(He also observes that the lifespan of a translation may be only a single generation, which might come as news to Gavin Douglas, Dryden and others).
He said he wants to stay alive, but "maybe my lifespan is not as long as a normal lifespan.
The use of lithium polymer technology meant that the battery would have three times the industry standard lifespan and charging cycles, he said.
"We've got the world's greatest salmon harvest and you're going to trade that for the 50-year lifespan of a mine?" he said.
