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  1. Isn't that just the API? on Sun to Release Java Source Code · · Score: 0

    I don't think the VM and compiler apps have been open-sourced.

  2. Mod parent up! on Why Emails Are Misunderstood · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Any mention of lojban rocks! mo vi do.

  3. Don't enter IT? on Budgeting for Layoffs? · · Score: 1

    Do you really think being among those that constantly say this will reduce your competition?

  4. The answer? Transhumanism. on Japan's JT-60 Tokamak Sets New Plasma Record · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This stuff is really tricky. Transhumanism can help in much more subtle ways than those suggested by Dock Ock.

  5. Randomness? on What Would You Like to See from Game AI? · · Score: 1

    How about putting a hardware random number generators in PCs? All the consoles have them. The PC just uses a lousy LCG with the time as seed.

  6. Yes on Would You Wear Video Glasses? · · Score: 1

    That is my answer.

  7. Both? on Summer of Code Now Taking Student Applications · · Score: 1

    I let my boss know that I'd have to drop down to 10 hours/week (java coding stuff for school) if I get selected. Just enough to not totally forget over the summer.

  8. What about automation? on Test Drive Your Dream Job · · Score: 1

    The whole outsourced to India thing is getting very old.

  9. Try kinesis keyboards on Software Lets Programmers Code Hands-free · · Score: 1

    Those are great for programming. My boss has one and I'm planning to bring one over to work.

  10. OCD is the worst on Deep Brain Stimulation as Depression Treatment · · Score: 1

    As one who has been depressed, the OCD is the one that just doesn't go away. Anything they might have for OCD makes me want to volunteer. Well, plus I want to be a cyborg.

  11. Yes on Cell Phones for Laptop Users? · · Score: 1

    For awhile now. Some are even built-in (don't take the card slot). Some caveats--my cingular EDGE PC Card had horrid latencies (1s or more).

  12. This stuff is not a game on Neural Interface for Gaming Getting Closer? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Transhumanism is coming soon. And it will be good.

  13. Underrated--Automation on The Future of IT in America? · · Score: 1

    Just attended a seminar put on by industry people at my U. One question I asked was about automation versus outsourcing. Highly underrated are concerns about automation in technology that threaten to globally lower jobs. They mentioned that translating english language problems to code is far from being automated, but to stay away from call center jobs as websites answer many questions.

  14. Re:Like shouting "deer!" at a rifle convention on Closet Slashdotters: The 'Intellectually Curious' · · Score: 1

    "Smart kids" are not the only people who are "smart"? Ok.

  15. Blinking on Bionic Man May Soon be a Reality · · Score: 1

    When's the last time you had to clean your digital camera? Certainly not every few seconds. And you didn't address the blind spot, something no camera has.

  16. Re:The amount of uranium on Environmentalists Coming Around to Nuclear Power? · · Score: 1

    I remember around a two-century time. It is, of course, a lot more energy dense so new sources would go a big way. The future might be in sea water fusion which is practically limitless.

  17. Either way on Bionic Man May Soon be a Reality · · Score: 1

    I think a lot of people all around are short-sighted when it comes to transhumanism. Why are life expectancies around 80? It should be a few billion, depending on what physicists say about heat death. And I'm grateful to all the disabled. They get to test the stuff I'll use later.

  18. Elegant? Hardly on Bionic Man May Soon be a Reality · · Score: 1

    A more powerful muscle was just announced. Oh, and nobody expects artificial items to "perform equivalently". They will far outpace.

  19. Some chemicals on Bionic Man May Soon be a Reality · · Score: 1

    Sentience may require a few chemicals, but everything outside the brain could be replace essentially now.

  20. Other way around on Bionic Man May Soon be a Reality · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who needs biological when you have mechanical! Do you want a blind spot? Do you want to have to blink? Biological is in no way superior.

  21. This, then, is my life's dream on Bionic Man May Soon be a Reality · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually it is for a fair amount of people. Transhumanism.org is a good place to start. Extropians are still around (from a recent mailing list post at least). A common thread is frustration with these types of technology being addressed only to the disabled by short-sighted people. Think for a moment how you would feel if given transhuman powers, then have them taken away. Quite disabled, right? Join our growing dream. The singularity is near.