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  1. Obvious transhuman consequences left out on Artificial Retinas Bring Vision Back To The Blind · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Transhumanism is like libertarianism--an obvious solution invisible to the mainstream. Hey, I don't want blind spots. I consider them to make me disabled. And to fix that I want completely artificial eyes.

  2. How about thumb keyboards? on Morse Code Faster Than SMS · · Score: 1

    My treo 650 works quite well (although I would wish for Dvorak). I've used the 12-button types as well, but never the fancy word guessing.

  3. The actor who plays the "genius" on Mathematicians Become Hollywood Consultants · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is a math-dummy. Read about it in some gossip rag. He needs to practice what he writes awhile because he has no idea what it really means. Another example of how social skills and looks get you far in a world where math skills are optional. A socially skilled actor with no math skills lands a great job like this. A math genius with no social skills has no hope of getting anything!

  4. Anatomy on Robots to Help the Blind · · Score: 1

    Repetitive learned behaviors? Sounds like cerebellum. How about, the thalamus has all sensory information routed to it (except smell).

  5. Again, tech in terms of the disabled. on Robots to Help the Blind · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    We are all disabled until we become a cyberthalamus (an engineered version of the thalamus, which hosts sentience). We'll take our last breath, and not die. We will become the robot that is helping the so-called "disabled".

  6. Market economy is huge. on Sony Online Seeking Queen of Everquest II · · Score: 1

    That will literally change some peoples' lives. Yeah, this is fluff though.

  7. Underwhelmed on First 96-Node Desktop Cluster Ships · · Score: 1

    Isn't Cell supposed to hit a teraflop or something? And we should be using binary milestones like a 2^32-flop.

  8. How about 2^26? on Firefox nears 50 Million Downloads · · Score: 2, Funny

    Binary milestones are for nerds. They are what matters.

  9. I'd be a good study candidate. on Email Worse Than Marijuana For Intelligence? · · Score: 1

    Well I have more free time since the operation!

  10. Tracking purchases? on Google Sues Click Inflators · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How hard is it to track purchases that are due to a particular click? That would solve the problem in a hurry. Wouldn't work for more "image" type advertising, but it would be an interesting challenge for a purchasing framework.

  11. Not a huge amount of energy. on Asteroid 2004 MN4 May Hit Earth After All · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The Asian earthquake was some magnitudes greater than that. Of course it's all in how the energy is dissipated.

  12. Cool on Nintendo A Capella · · Score: 1

    Now record transhumanistic lyrics for "Beds are Burning".

  13. Opteron can't be compared. on Intel Ships Dual-Core Chips · · Score: -1, Troll

    Opteron is a server processor--this one seems to be for really rich gamers. AMD seems to be late on this one. They delivered sixty-four bits when the major OS couldn't support it, and now are late in giving end users dual cores.

  14. For ultracynics... on Best Buy Has Man Arrested for Using $2 Bills · · Score: 1

    Sometimes publicity is bad. Ask Arthur Andersen. Best Buy does not like this story coming out.

  15. I unevolved sex on Top 10 Evolutionary Adaptations · · Score: 1

    By choosing to have my testicles removed, I took sex out of the picture for me. We'll be able to reproduce from cheek cells or the like soon. Life has become a lot more interesting now. Wonder is back in my life. Plus I can cross my legs easier and am much less vulnerable!

    Sex is a rather dismal invention. Even in other animals, it clouds any sense of sheer fun.

  16. Not practical on Low-Cost Simputer Fails to Win Indians' Interest · · Score: 1

    Look at it realistically. Some old P2 is going to do a rural place far away no good. $16-$32 just to ship it there. Then plug it in where exactly?

  17. Perl is run by a Christian. on Python Moving into the Enterprise · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's just something to consider when you are faced with a Perl/python decision. Be a true nerd and go with python.

  18. Well this help get rid of physical kilogram? on Scientists Weigh Smallest Mass Ever · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If they could take the cylinder they have now and weigh with enough precision, Avogadro's number would be known and the kilogram would no longer be tied to a physical object.

  19. They are the testers. on Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology · · Score: 1

    The tech is currently quite invasive. But data from it could allow a noninvasive helmet. Also, we as a society have hangups about inevitable transhumanism.

  20. Yeah, puts steroids in their place. on Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology · · Score: 1

    With all the crap about steroids, that's not even the path we need to take.

  21. They need instruments on the thalamus. on Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The thalamus relays all our sensory information (except for smell). It is also involved in mediating interactions between different areas of the cortex. If we can get input/output devices into the thalamus, you might well have The Matrix.

  22. How so? on Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology · · Score: 1

    We already have artificial cochleas that can deliver sound information to the brain. But that's not controlling it.

  23. Again for the "disabled" on Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since getting castrated, I see our future better. These types of innovations keep coming up in the context of making the "disabled" normal again. Well I want to be better than normal. As fragile sacks of water, we are disabled already. Transhumanism is the way out of our disability.

  24. Where's that from? on Bionic Leg for the Commercial Market · · Score: 1

    The doctor is the crazy one.

  25. Again for the "disabled". on Bionic Leg for the Commercial Market · · Score: 1

    When will we start seeing bionics marketed towards those who want to be better than normal? Transhumanists.