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Paycheck-Style Memory Erasure: How Close Are We?

Posted by timothy on from the did-we-already-post-this dept.

Quirk writes "Scientific American takes a look at the movie Paycheck, based on Philip K. Dick's work of the same name. In the movie ...'a crack reverse engineer helps companies steal and improve upon the technology of their rivals, then has his memory of the time he spent working for them erased.' '...the main character gets several months' worth of his memories erased by having individual neurons zapped. Is that possible?'"

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  1. I WANT TO STICK MY PEE PEE IN YOUR POO POO HOLE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I want to stick my pee pee in your poo poo hole.

    1. Re:I WANT TO STICK MY PEE PEE IN YOUR POO POO HOLE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I want to stick my jackbooted foot in your poo poo hole.

  2. you're an idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you're an idiot

  3. Re:Pay should be very high... by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I just subscribed to Slashdot!

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    "Sufferin' succotash."
  4. Re:What for? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wANT tO sTICK mY pEE pEE iN yOUR pOO pOO hOLE

  5. Re:Congrats to Paycheck... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hehe, bomb in his ribcage... Reminds me of the BOBs from Marathon 2 - "FROG BLAST THE VENT CORE!"

  6. Re:Congrats to Paycheck... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "His FATHER is the DISTRICT ATTORNEY!!!"

    here's some lowercase crap. stupid lameness filter.

  7. Michael Jackson... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    would love memories of having said that being erased.