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The Buttocks Have It

Posted by michael on from the hot-seat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From this ZDNET article: Future hijackers may find that their buttocks betray them, if UK defense firm Qinetiq has its way. The company has developed a smart chair stashed with a thicket of seat sensors, according to New Scientist magazine this week. The same seats could also be used to warn cabin staff of illness among the passengers, potentially alleviating the risk of deep vein thrombosis or DVT."

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  1. It's a trap! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's a trap!

  2. Slashdot Beatitudes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    And seeing the multitudes, He went up unto the mountain: and when He was set, his disciples came unto him: And He opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

    "Blessed are the poor in threshold: for theirs is the Kingdom of the Page-Lengthening and Page-Widening Posts.

    "Blessed are they that mourn the death of *BSD: for they shall be comforted with an ultradense Linux server from VA Linux, now sold by California Digital Corporation.

    "Blessed are the posters of smug one-liners: for they shall inherit an Account Capped at 50.

    "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after The First Post: for they shall have the Third or Fourth Post.

    "Blessed are the karma whores: for they shall obtain "Score: 5, Insightful".

    "Blessed are those who dismiss out-of-hand: for they shall fail to see the Point of the Original Post.

    "Blessed are those who seek to associate themselves with the latest techno-fad: for they shall be called 3L33T for at least Another Half Hour.

    "Blessed are they which are persecuted for their own self-righteousness' sake: for theirs is the Kingdom of "Ask Slashdot".

    "Blessed are the over-eager, who believe that Open Source is a social movement heralding the rise of a new generation: for they shall not realize that There Are No Sacred Cows.

    "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for the sake of your Favorite Operating System.

    "Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in Heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

    THIS IS THE WORD OF THE LORD

  3. Wha..? by Gleng · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why the hell is this flamebait?

    I'm sure all the airline owners that read Slashdot are going to be well riled up over that comment!

    --
    "Proudly Posting Without Reading The Article"
  4. Re:Finally i think that was funny, me too AlphaSys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well it wasnt that funny. Kind of obvious as far as humor goes. Anyways, time for a PSA.

    I would also like to announce to the public that a certain AlphaSys is a FRAUD, a LIAR, and an IMPOSTER. He wanders around from subject to subject tyring to be an authority. He needs to belong to something, so he set the bar low and came here.

    You are all WARNED. AlphaSYS is on the loose. Be prepared to be inundated with ad hominem attacks, lied to, be told his fantasies and all sorts of things.

    ALPHASYS. Little (in size of penis and stature). Yellow Bastard. Different. (In that homosexual-bestial sort of way).