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Brain Surgery Robot Running Linux
hherb writes "Singapore has developed a robotic brain surgeon. The interesting bit: based on a Linux platform. Well, what else? Who in his right mind would like to have his brain fondled by a MS product?"
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first reply, anyway though, imagine this. Your loved one undergoing brain surgery, half-way through the docter comes out and says, "Sorry, we had a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)"
If there is nothing left worth living, what are you willing to die for?
a blue screen of death
The Microsoft press release title will be...
"Using Linux causes death!"
Is the software open-source? Then we could all write apps to drill into other various body parts. Sounds like fun!
You call this a signature?
If Linux messes up there's nobody to sue. At least Microsoft will give me more money to shut up.
I was considering Laser realignment on my eyes, but when I went to talk to the eye doc, I found out his machine was running windows (NT IIRC).
I left immediately.
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
$5 to the first surgeon to type that in.
"You're anurism operation was a complete success and while that was going on your surgeon discovered the RC5-72 key!"
Trolling is a art,
People generally have brain surgery because their mind is malfunctioning.
'Most men would sooner die than think, and most men do.'
Brain surgeon in a vending machine!
"Let's see... Coke, Diet Coke, Mountain Dew, or a Frontal Lobotomy. Hmmm... I got 50 for the coke, but I need another 10,000 quarters for the lobotomy."
Who in his right mind would like to have his brain fondled by a MS product?
My PHB. It happened a long time ago...
Buy a Nintendo DS Lite
Well, still better than the Blue Screen of Braindeath...
Szo
Red Leader Standing By!
The team hopes to begin human trials by the middle of next year, following the completion of animal tests. Trials have been successfully conducted on cadavers.
"So far, no animals have volunteered, but since we're using Linux we expect lots of penguins to sign up." said Dr Yeo Tseng Tsai. In a subsequent interview RMS pointed out that if they had used the correct term GNU/Linux, they might have had more volunteers from the Gnu community. "I told you so. That's what happens when you leave out the GNU part.", explained RMS.
"I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy"
after you've had brain surgery you will be called GNU/yourname.
Can I help you:
* Saw the skull open?
* Find the front lobes?
* Adjust the frontal lobes so that Microsoft products seem to be a good idea?
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Sorry, but I'm sure if I asked anyone I knew they would simply prefer no brain fondling at all.
I'd much rather fondle linux software with my brain than the other way round, true enough.
Daniel
Carpe Diem
A decent result for a first try, perhaps?
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
If they drop a sponge inside you and sew you up, is that a GPF (General Protection Fault)?
Funny! I saw this just yesterday while booting a ThinkPad a21m (reported by Donald Becker's 3com driver):
I love these cookies! Maybe the PCMCIA committee should volunteer? :-)
zWhat would an EWOULDBLOCK block, if an EWOULDBLOCK could block would? -- me
Cool. When will /dev/brain become a part of the official kernel release?
Free Brain Surgery Distribution, or FreeBSD for short? :o)
Resistance is futile. Reactance buggers it up.
You are in a maze of twisty little neurons, all alike.
-> Fix Brain
I don't know how to Fix Brain.
->Doh!
Lump lingered last in line for brains, and the ones she got were sorta rotten and insane.
Do they really need a computer to do this? I mean it isn't...oh, wait...never mind.
If your bitterest enemies are people who hack the heads off civilians, then I would say you're doing something right.
Who in his right mind would like to have his brain fondled by a MS product?
;-)
Well, if you're in your right mind, you probably don't need brain surgery!
Meep meep
Yeah, right! If it was done by NASA, the operator would tell it to drill 2 millimeters and it would go 2 inches instead!
OOOPPPS! He wasn't using that side of his brain anyways... He won't notice.
Woopty Doo Basil, what does it all mean?!
Kind of gives a whole new meaning to Blue Screen of Death.
BSD is dy... KILLING!