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  1. Re:Why implants? on Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020 · · Score: 1

    Implants will never become popularized. Nanobots will be the first thing that will be introduced into every person's brain that can first afford it. A team of nanobots aiding the neurons while communicating with the internet is a little bit more useful than a clunky sensor that, as you mentioned, needs upgrading.

  2. Re:No Locked Hardware! on Keeping Pacemakers Safe From Hackers · · Score: 1

    You would be able to adjust your own pacemaker if you sat at the exact distance away from the wireless transmitter.

  3. Business men on Mafia Wars CEO Brags About Scamming Users · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This is just a business man summing up to the obvious things that run this sort of business. If you don't control your product to maximize revenues, you are decreasing your wealth.

  4. New approach on Test of 16 Anti-Virus Products Says None Rates "Very Good" · · Score: 1

    I say if we can't win the software battle, set up alternative defenses.
    Emails should have a captcha (enter text above please) before you can send an email. Yes, this is a global pissoff, but spam is too, and this would do something about spam mail. All of those spam bots would be out of a job.
    Kids should be educated about viruses, and not to click that golden "buy full version to fix virus" button. Sure, many people still will, but educating people on not buying into the tricks would help.
    If we take away how malware developers can profit, that is doing a lot in the direction of fixing this problem.

  5. Re:A modest proposal ... on Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009 · · Score: 1

    Let's just get it over with. A clickable scroll wheel on every button on the keyboard, each with 6 additional micro buttons.

  6. Scar Tissue on Enzyme Found To Help Formation of New Axons · · Score: 1

    In typical injuries, scar tissue forms around the damage point and the body removes the tissue so that new muscle and nerves can regrow in the damaged area.

    I have a scar on my pinky finger that has degraded my guitar skills because the scar tissue will not go away, which means the nerves are getting blocked and part of the finger is numb. And no, this is not attached to my spine.

  7. Well.. on Chinese Bureaucrats Duel Over Right To Regulate WoW · · Score: 1

    Seeing that they are both rogues (politicians) we'll have to wait and see who get caught out of stealth first.

  8. Dark matter physics? on Possible Dark Matter Signs At the Core · · Score: 0

    'We are absolutely in the process of exploring the Fermi haze in the context of dark matter physics,'

    Quite a shady subject...
    Random mass we don't know the origin of and can't identify? Lets call it dark, and assume we have physics about it. Ok, now we've found some radiation we can't find the origin of. Well, looks to be the same physics we're dealing with...
    .... right guys?

  9. Subliminal on DVRs Help Some TV Shows Improve Ratings · · Score: 1

    Fast forward functions (I'm not sure about the new ones) enable you to see frames at certain intervals. That means you'll still most likely see this for a McDonald's commercial:
    1. Nice juicy burger
    2. Person smiling
    ...
    7. McDonald's double arches logo
    Sure, it's not exactly the same, but seeing a 30 second commercial in a few seconds is still seeing and recognizing a product.(depending on how hungry you are)

  10. Re:meat on Disease May Prevent Manned Journey To Mars · · Score: 1

    Fist of all, I don't think we'll ever be sending 'meat' to mars. That said, I do believe that we will be going to mars, and probably soon. Soon we will probably all be cyborgs, in order to avoid this 'race' you describe of a man vs a superior robot. We will put these little robots in our brain, and become man's current conception of perfection. Then we will be 'taking care of the whole', as you say.
    Or, we're all dead in about 10 years.

  11. Cybering on Controlling Games and Apps Through Muscle Sensors · · Score: 1

    will be changed forever.

  12. Re:How it probably works... on Hulu Blocks International Access Via Witopia · · Score: 1

    Hulu says that their reason for restricting content is "clearing the rights for each show or film in each specific geography." Well, why not make the site available to at least all of the places where these rights are already cleared. Eh? Name a show that is in the U.S. that are explicitly banned in, lets say, Canada.

    But to be honest, I only care about the fact that I can't access Pandora

  13. Re:Slow news day. on Intergalactic Race Shows That Einstein Still Rules · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What a time we live in where a "slow new day" consists of a 7.8 million year race being recorded (regardless of the results), a fusion reactor is being developed, and a real time speech translator was released.

  14. Seriously now.. on Leaked Modern Warfare 2 Footage Causes Outrage · · Score: 1

    As long as there isn't an Emotion Chip implanted in each of the virtual civilians, I think we're ok on this one.

    But seriously, this is probably just Activision's way of showing you what will happen to you if you don't stay home and play Call of Duty.

  15. Just wait.. on "2012" a Miscalculation; Actual Calendar Ends 2220 · · Score: 2, Funny

    until they realized they have miscalculated it again, and they find the date to be less than the year 2000. Now that's going to be embarrassing.

  16. Auto walk on Elder-Assist Robotic Suits, From the Real Cyberdyne · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Computer, deliver me to checkpoint D. And wake me up when we're there."

  17. Re:Uhm... wrong site. on What If They Turned Off the Internet? · · Score: 1

    I think all of these posts about the validity of this story are generated from brain functions desperately trying to avoid thinking about the possibility of the internet getting turned off.

  18. Re:No control condition? on Doing Internet Searches Boosts Older Brains · · Score: 1

    Old man: OMG I'm being studied! Scientist: Did you see that spike in brain activity? Old man: Now what the hell is this google thing? I dont get it... Scientist: Wait, no, its dropping off again...

  19. Re:Force Feedback? on Toyota Experimenting With Joystick Control For Cars · · Score: 1

    Also if the driver was pushed or moved the joystick rapidly by accident, it would cause a large unwanted change in wheel direction, a problem which is unlikely to happen with a steering wheel.

  20. Ghetto bong on Colorado Newspaper Looking for Marijuana Reviewer · · Score: 1

    A bong made out of household items (such as water bottle and makeshift bowlpiece), or "ghetto bong" can create unwanted smoke that could be bad for you and is unnecessary in getting high. My friend once smoked a ghetto bong with a foil bowl piece and got thick yellow smoke, which after inhaling resulted in vomiting and probably other bad things. Therefore it is not recommended to use ghetto bongs unless in dire circumstances. Sure, my friend was laughing through his tears he was so baked, but I don't think it was very good for him.

  21. Valve on No Dedicated Servers For CoD: Modern Warfare 2 · · Score: 1

    They didn't want what happened with CS:S to happen to CD402. Every single one of you would get into your clan match and instantly say, everyone lets go back to CD4, this is shit comparatively. Although this problem is probably more based on the fact that they want you to buy a console, I just know this would've happened too.

    I guess it's no better that a lot of people won't play though.

  22. Unnessessary torture on Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells · · Score: 1

    Our robot overlords are not going to be very happy with us when we started them out on rat brain cells as training wheels.

  23. Re:Education should be a national right and pride on Student Loan Interest Rankles College Grads · · Score: 1

    It would be amazing if education was free, but there would be more people enrolling, and therefore a need for more money run the university. Although, more professors would graduate and we would have more resources. The fact that education costs money motivates the students to complete their degree, although the degree itself should be that motivator.

  24. Re:Agreed? on D&D Handbook Distribution Lawsuit Settled For $125,000 · · Score: 1

    When I played we always used to say "plus to dex" instead of dexterity modifier. It was just one of those things that you would say, never realizing that it was only your group that said it.

  25. Re:Fusion!? on A Step Closer To Cheap Nuclear Fusion · · Score: 1

    The public is already scared of everything. They are also scared of hydrogen bombs.