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Gates Says No to Implants

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-i-need-a-new-topic-icon-now dept.

Tamas Feher from Hungary writes "The future of Slashdot's infamous Borg Bill thumbnail image may be in jeopardy after Microsoft founder William H. Gates said technology will one day allow computer implants - but hardwiring's not for him. 'One of the guys that works at Microsoft... always says to me 'I'm ready, plug me in,"' Gates said Friday at a Microsoft seminar in Singapore when he was asked whether computers would ever be implanted in the human brain. "I don't feel quite the same way. I'm happy to have the computer over there and I'm over here.' "

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  1. Well Bill... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Resistance is futile.

  2. Trust by Cthefuture · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other words he doesn't trust the hardware and/or software being hooked up to his brain.

    Gee, I wonder why...

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  3. Re:soon... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Video games do propel technology. But open source propels it further, IMHO.

    Do you have any kind of evidence whatsoever to back that up?

  4. But... by Tanmi-Daiow · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...would it run linux?

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  5. Over here, Over There by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm happy to have the computer over there and I'm over here.

    Jeez Bill, never heard of Bluetooth?

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  6. Re: That's Easy To Say by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    > But where do you really draw the line?

    Butt plugs.

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  7. Re:Oh, like *nix is any better??? by SpinJaunt · · Score: 5, Funny
    # man mount

    You happy now?
    from a hetreosexual point of view, that is quite disturbing.
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  8. Re:Just to let you know... by dmaxwell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, for people that claim to know Linux inside & out and be extremely bright IT professionals, if you can't keep WinXP running smoothly then your knowledge is seriously lacking.

    It can be done. Much of the time, my job entails doing just that. It's just that it is more trouble and expense than it's worth.

  9. Re:Very prudent by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
    [..] as the BSA brain surgeons deal with my alleged patent infringements.

    The Boy Scouts of America have a merit badge for that? Whoa! No way!

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