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Eye Transplant Enables Blind Boy to See
Chris Gondek points to this story carried by the Sydney Morning Herald, excerpting: "A one-year-old Pakistani boy saw the world for the first time yesterday through an eye donated by an Indian. Mohammed Ahmed gained partial vision after a difficult operation at the Agarwal Eye Institute in the southern city of Madras. Doctors said Ahmed, who was born blind, would get near-normal sight by the time he heads back to Karachi next week."
yes, I am a vision scientist
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... until terrorists or pirates start stealing other people's irises to bypass iris scanning devices?
;p
Or maybe I watched Minority Report one time too many...
The first advantage of security systems such as passwords or smart cards is that you can change them. Which means that it isn't such a big deal if you happen to lose them, since they can be replaced.
Whoever came up with the idea of scanning the eyes of visitors to the US deserves to have their eyes ripped off with a wooden spoon and then be sent to Gitmo. It does not / will soon not prevent terrorists from entering the US. I only pisses visiting tourists and businessmen off, and will cost hundreds of people their eyes.
I saw a documentary from 1971 which is even scarier then all this eye transplant stuff.
"An eye for an eye" is one of fundamental teachings of the superior jewish faith, and whoever moderated this down is a terrorist. That is all.
Why is this modded "funny"? Oh, I know. /. moderators didn't infer "9/11 and War on Terror" as the author no doubt intended to imply.
It's either insightful (due to the nature of Pakistani/Inidian cooperation vis-a-vis the West's struggle against militant Islam) or flamebait (same reason, difference perspective).
But it's not funny.
For a whole eye to be transplanted successfully, wouldn't there need to be a serious advance in stem cell research in order to regenerate the severed ocular nerve? Yet another reason why those ethics lobbyists and the Bush administration should just pack their bags and allow scientists to continue research in that particular area. Maybe that way a slashdot article with the same title would be accurate within a few years ;)
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Damn it! Why is it that slashdot, whenever I have mod points, is unable to produce a single comment worthy of reading (let alone mod points), yet as soon as I blow my points squashing crap like "OMFG M$/BSD/Lunix sux0rz!!1!" you have to come along and demonstrate what the comments section on slashdot ought to be all about?
It's just not fair that have to I miss out once again on the rare opportunity to mod something up for anything other than "Funny".
All the same - mad kudos to you, sir.
You know they call 'em fingers but I've never seen 'em fing. Oh, there they go.
The way to peace is not to make one country depend on another. It only works if both need each other to be at peace. Even just needing each other is not enough, one of them might decide they need the other really badly and invade.
The best way for peace is if two countries just ignore each other. This kind of "poor backward pakistan" needs "powerfull smart india" is not going to do any good. The indians might get the smugness of americans and the pakistanies the resentment of the arab nations. We all know how well they get along.
For another example, currently the US is extremely dependant on russia for its space program. It was only thanks to russian hardware and knowledge that americans managed to get some duration in space (mir) and the current space station needs russian rockets a lot more then the space shuttle. Yet if you watch american media you would hardly be able to tell this.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
Great. One more kid that'll be able to see natalie portman and want her to pour hot grits down his... oh nevermind.
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by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 05, @05:36AM (#9611764)
what a surprise? as for robbIE's fauxking pateNTdead PostBlock corepirate nazi puppet censorship devise, it's still broken, also.
The Web sites of Senator John Kerry and the Democratic National Committee run mainly on the technology of the computing counterculture: open-source software that is distributed free, and improved and debugged by far-flung networks of programmers.
In the other corner, the Web sites of President Bush and the Republican National Committee run on software supplied by the corporate embodiment of big business - Microsoft.
The two sides are defined largely by their approach to intellectual property. Fans of open-source computing regard its software as a model for the future of business, saying that its underlying principle of collaboration will eventually be used in pharmaceuticals, entertainment and other industries whose products are tightly protected by patents or copyrights.
Many of them propose rewriting intellectual property laws worldwide to limit their scope and duration. The open-source path, they insist, should accelerate the pace of innovation and promote long-term economic growth. Theirs is an argument of efficiency, but also of a reshuffling of corporate wealth.
Microsoft and other American companies, by contrast, have long argued that intellectual property is responsible for any edge the United States has in an increasingly competitive global economy. Craig Mundie, chief technical officer and a senior strategist at Microsoft, observed, "Whether copyrights, patents or trade secrets, it was this foundation in law that made it possible for companies to raise capital, take risks, focus on the long term and create sustainable business models."
The dispute can take on a political flavor at times. David Brunton, who is a founder of Plus Three, a technology and marketing consulting company that has done much of the work on the Democratic and Kerry Web sites, regards open-source software as a technological expression of his political beliefs. Mr. Brunton, 28, a Harvard graduate, describes himself as a "very left-leaning Democrat." He met his wife, Lina, through politics; she is a staff member at the Democratic National Committee.
His company's client list includes state Democratic parties in Ohio and Missouri, and union groups including the United Federation of Teachers and the parent A.F.L.-C.I.O. "The ethic of open source has pervaded progressive organizations," Mr. Brunton said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/05/technology/05
You two remind me of Saddam and a judge.
I suppose you also agree with This story about the 10 year old that wanted a flight simulator GAME
Get paid to search..It's geniune and
You're not even close to funny. And neither is benny hinn...
||| I still can't believe Parkay's not butter.
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Because, even with one transplated eye, he could surely reduce the number of dupes posted...