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Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses
RockoW writes "Steve Mann, a long-time researcher of computer vision systems, (i.e. Augmented reality, Digital Eyeglass) had an incident at a McDonald's in Paris, France. He was assaulted by three men during his visit to get food with his family. They had a problem with his digital eye glasses and tried to take them off his head. 'The eyeglass is permanently attached and does not come off my skull without special tools.' The men also tore up Mann's documentation and a letter from his doctor explaining the device's use. Fortunately, the rough treatment of the device caused it to keep recent images in its memory, instead of quickly overwriting them, so Dr. Mann has pictures of the men who assaulted him."
but just doesn't understand why they won't leave him alone
It is for those that want the extra special TSA experience.
Man travels to France. Chooses to eat at McDonald's. Seriously. Then COMPLAINS he gets beaten up!
Yeah, to hell with these so called "handicapped" people and their supposed "prostetics". Kick 'em in the nuts I say!
This is how it starts. The first blows in the war between Augmented Humans and the Naturals.
Keep humanity free from machines!
Be pure, be vigilant, behave!
He tried to order a Quarter Pounder with cheese and refused to call it a Royale with cheese.
Clearly it was his own fault...
Actually the fucking French can be quite fun, in particular the females. It's the non-fucking French that you want to stay away from.
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If someone physically is present in Paris and still goes to McDonalds to get his meal, then he deservers to be assaulted :)
This is an experimental device designed by and available to a single MIT researcher. The purported opinion of one medical professional carries little weight - assuming this opinion is even relevant, for it could have simply been "this device may help him see some stuff slightly better". Hell, I have RSI and an assistance monkey would help me carry stuff around, but I don't expect establishments around the world to admit an assistance monkey just because I can afford one.
In particular, the device has the ability to take pictures in a way which may be contrary to French law, something the OP took delight in (accidentally?) admitting on his web page.
What? You could have your own personal monkey butler? And you don't already have one?
The hell is wrong with you?
Admit nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter-accusations.
Are you suggesting they speak Canadian French at McDonalds in Paris?
How could he not order a Royale with Cheese?
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Où sont mes points de modération quand j'en ai besoin ?
There is actually a traditional french solution to this problem : Burn down McDonalds.
I'm disappointed that no McDonalds were burned while I lived in Paris. Where is their sense of patriotism?
The Christian religion has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. -- Bertrand Russell
There is a solution that didn't quite make it out of beta, but seems to be the answer.
Let's give France back to Germany and apologize for the Normandy Beach misunderstanding.
"Où sont mes points de modération quand j'en ai besoin ?"
J'ai pensé exactement la même chose. Ils sont fous, ces Ricains. Dans 5 minutes ils vont dire que les garçons à Paris ne sont pas le comble de la politesse.
For the record, 'French' is not a race...
If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits
But now, with this incident, he can really claim that he is on the bleeding edge of technology.
What? Too soon?
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I completely agree with this assessment. I'm not French and I've never even been to France, but I saw 'Taken' starring Liam Neeson and the french police are total useless twats. You really have to take things into your own hands and kung-fu some bitches.
It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from here.
Only if you've augmented your vision
assaulted by 3 employees of McDonalds
This story would be definitely more interesting if the man assaulted 3 McDonald's employees with his Digital Eye Glasses.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Unfortunately they'd retaliate by giving America back to England and apologizing for the whole revolution misunderstanding.
And believe me, nobody wants an English-inspired McDonalds.
The underlying question is why, for the love of all that is good in this world, would you eat at a McDonald's in France?
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Once, just once in my life, I ended up in a McDonalds in Frankfurt after my companion had rejected every possible variety of German, Turkish and Greek restaurant and cafe. It was, quite simply, a "starve in the gutter before I do that again" episode. I fail to understand how an educated man, a professor no less, could conceivably end up in an American fast food joint in a city where sticking a pin in the map will possibly still give you too many choices. It's like visiting Niagara Falls and spending the entire time watching the toilet flush.
From scarped cliff or quarried stone she cries "A thousand types are gone, I care for nothing, no not one."
It was his own mistake to take the Vision Enhancement as his first augmentation. Should have chosen Microfibral Muscle or at least Speed Enhancement first.
wait, wait, wait.
I have not read TFA.
Are you telling me this is some sort of french geek on geek violence?
It's kind of like when the Amish gangs cut off old Amish guys beards, sad, but what can be done?
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Dude, we're nowhere near nanomods yet. He should've gone with CASIE or perhaps a skullgun. If he could kil just by thought, it would be beter.
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
I've actually started checking "African-American" on all surveys now, even though I'm "white," because we all came from Africa - everybody in the human race. So, technically, I'm an African-American, too. They never specify how far you're supposed to go back when they ask that question.
All who like France, please raise your hand. If you are French, please raise both hands.
As a European I'm going to have to show a bit of prejudice here and say that you really shouldn't encourage the Germans. It's still a running joke around here that any day now all those German tourists that show up every summer are going to pull out machine guns and start annexing stuff again.
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Q: Why are German soldiers not allowed to wear uniforms in France?
A: So the French won't accidentally surrender.
If you saw this guy in the men's room stall next to you, it wouldn't be immediately obvious that it wasn't recording anything permanent. (Not that I personally would mind, I'm not shy, but then again it might be cold and there might be shrinkage involved. You don't want shrinkage on the internet.)
The Moore-Murphy Law: The number of things that will go wrong will double every 2 years.
Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles.