Implant a Chip in Your Head

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 13, 2004 @01:47AM from the what-about-brain-popup-ads dept.

vic_1066 writes "Brain chips sound pretty Orwellian, but the tech has come a long way (Soul eating registration required) in the past few years. Not that I'll be signing up anytime soon to get my head sliced open just for kicks, but if I was massively paralyzed this would be welcome news. If you get a chance, check out Cyberkinetics Inc."

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Apples by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-13 01:47 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Why are Apples such fast computers?

I mean, they're a fruit!
1. Re:Apples by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-13 02:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I mean, they're a fruit!
  
  You got that part right at least.
Aha! by NickeB · 2004-04-13 01:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

We are the borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships...
Isn't It Nueromantic? by bluethundr · 2004-04-13 01:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Will these new "brain chips" be called "microsofts" and plug directly into the back of your skull, coming in all kinds of fashionable colors?

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ooooh by maxbang · 2004-04-13 01:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I can't wait to be hunted down by a psychotic street preacher for the secret pr0n in my head.

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emplant a peener in teh butt!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-13 01:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic
MY TENTACLES ARE ATTACKING YOUR ANUS! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-13 01:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Roll a d20; you need a 19 or 20 to escape!
Brain Chips? by WhytTiger · 2004-04-13 01:56 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Homer:MMM... CHIPS

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Soul eating registration required by da3dAlus · 2004-04-13 02:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Satoshi, eater of souls: "Cookiepuss, I will eat your soul! WHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

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Re:Make any woman.. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-13 02:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I have insomnia, you insensitive clod! Oh, wait, you mean having sex with....
Re:Oh yea!! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-13 02:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nanotechnology, eh?
Re:In Soviet Russia... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2004-04-13 02:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

how the hell can a soviet-russia be modded anything but "-10, Incredibly Annoying" these days? The joke was already feeble years ago, but now these posts are like an itch you can never scratch.

MOD PARENT DOWN FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!

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Re:In Soviet Russia... by OwlWhacker · 2004-04-13 02:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

In soviet-russia you wouldn't complain for fear of being shot.

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That's HILARIOUS! Thanks! Best /. joke ever by jonskerr · 2004-04-13 05:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

btw, everybody check out Neil Stephenson's book Interface he wrote under the name Stephen Bury. According to Wikipedia, that's a collaboration with J Frederick George.

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