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Would you get cybernetic implants?
July 6th 2006, 00:37 CEST by OwenButler Would you get cybernetic implants? To what lengths would you augment yourself with readily available cybernetic implants? Assume cybernetic implants were affordable, painless and invisible. Would you get an eye implant that showed you the correct time for the time zone you are in, in a HUD? Would you get an eye implant that showed a todo list of tasks in your vision which you could create/checkoff using your brain? Would you get an implant that enhanced your vision or hearing? Would you get an implant to correct a chemical imbalance in your brain? Would you get an implant to override your muscle control to drive for you? Reading Peter F Hamilton's Nights Dawn Trilogy got me to thinking: "How amazing would it be to have cybernetic implants?" Assuming you could do anything, how far would you go with augmenting your body with computers/technology? If you have a limit, what is it? Furthermore, why is that the limit? |
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yep I'm the hammer you're the peach.
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I'm with Ashiran. I'd never get cybernetic implants and the human race will be in Mad Max mode long before we get to that level of technology. Blacker than the last banana.
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I'd be hugely curious about any cybernetic implants on the market. I'd also be so very careful about what Hugin speaks of, that first-generation hardware is buggy at best. But if that's dealt with, like you may say laser eye surgery today is reasonably safe, then I'd be up for a lot I imagine. Fast easy access to information when you want? Sure. Todo lists, telephone, everything like that sounds marvelous. I've never thought about the superstrength stuff, I guess I don't have that wish.. eh, you know sure, it sounds good. I guess. Not sure what the point would be. The author Peter F. Hamilton has some pretty cool ideas for man/machine interfaces, his Commonwealth Saga in particular contains a jolly look at where it could all end up. Though in that world it's probably their effective immortality that draws me the most. Fuck implants and fuck every other improvements to humans, please fix it so we don't die kthnx. "[The internet is] not a truck. It's a series of tubes."
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If it were perfectly safe and bug free and hacker proof (har!) I'd augment everything I could (assuming money weren't an issue). |
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I wouldn't want super strength for me, but I look forward to the mutant vs cyborg Olympics. Fag up your own internet.
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Would you get an eye implant that showed you the correct time for the time zone you are in, in a HUD? No, but throw in a built-in camera, infrared vision, improved depth perception (I can't see depth), eye-RSI prevention and Friend-or-foe identification and we can talk about it. After I learned of my [Dutch] heritage the rate at which I pushed passerbys off of bridges shot up significantly.
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There has to be a significant value to an implant before I'll get one. It has to provide something that can't be provided otherwise in a much cheaper, easier fashion. The watch and todo list implants are stupid examples, since they sound like what stupid early adopters would get in the early development phase of implants, just so they can say they have them. Projecting stuff onto your eyeball isn't really an advantage in itself. After I learned of my [Dutch] heritage the rate at which I pushed passerbys off of bridges shot up significantly.
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You.. can't see depth? "[The internet is] not a truck. It's a series of tubes."
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I'm sure enchanced hearing and sight would vastly improve your life as it is now. Oh wait, most people sit behind a computer screen all day listening to crappy radio stations. Getting stuff you don't need just because it's "better" is stupid and wastefull. Not to mention that something like enchanced hearing would probably leave people clutching their ears while they beg for the sounds to stop. This will not be the end of it.
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I have better than average hearing. It has very few real-life applications. Fag up your own internet.
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gaggle: You.. can't see depth? I should say I can't perceive depth. It's not like depth renders as black for me. Something with poor coordination between my two eyes (which is how depth perception works). Made baseball in high school a hoot. After I learned of my [Dutch] heritage the rate at which I pushed passerbys off of bridges shot up significantly.
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I have the same problem. No depth perception. It sucks. It isn't a Fallout game unless I use my pickpocketing skill to place a ticking dynamite bomb into the pockets of an 8 year old boy.
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Aww, no wonder the 82nd always made you the mommy. Get it right! zzz
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Even worse than the buggy first gen implants, imagine if we have our current format wars. HDDVD vs Blu Ray etc. You know, I go over to bobs place, but I can't remote control his dishwasher and tv with my brainplug(tm) because he's running macos. There's a great open standard for implant communication, so microsoft extends it with "improvements" and tries to lock out the market. Good times, good times. |
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Did you just call Bob gay? zzz
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No. |
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WHile all you are gazing at and listening to the hot chicks from afar with your Bionic Eyes And Ears, I'll be banging them with my bionic pecker. Some of us just don't need augmentation in that area. Jesus Christ, that is unbelievably retarded! - lwf
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The sooner the human race is ended, the better. yep You know, you two COULD be leading by example... Jesus Christ, that is unbelievably retarded! - lwf
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I think he meant it in a different way than I did. I'm the hammer you're the peach.
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#47 by bago I'd willingly be your first gen gargoyle. Sure it might not work exactly as advertised, but I'm used to working with pre-release software. That's my job. Oh really, you work in software? Why didn't you tell us sooner? |
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I'd sign up for the first gen stuff. Life's too long anyway. |
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Like I said, I'd be more than willing to find the first gen bugs. The sheer coolness would easily outweigh the inconveniences of adding data to my everyday life. We need to keep our arms open, our head up, smiles big and our middle fingers raised.
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Haven't you learned anything from Deus Ex with regard to first gen cybernetics? This will not be the end of it.
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It's hard to be worse than my eyebrow one. We need to keep our arms open, our head up, smiles big and our middle fingers raised.
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You know, I go over to bobs place, but I can't remote control his dishwasher and tv with my brainplug(tm) because he's running macos. I don't know why this reminded me of this almost unrelated story, but a friend of mine who has a 2 year old daughter sat down on her couch the other day and picked up her remote and tried to turn on the television. Instead, she heard a muffled dinosaur roar. Confused and vaguely worried about her sanity, she did it again, wondering what the fuck the noise was. Finally she sat up and took the couch cushions off to find her daughter's remote-controlled dinsosaur toy. Apparently the TV remote also controlled the dinosaur, but she hadn't known that. The story made me laugh. Current novel word count: 18,000 words (I'm hoping by putting it here it helps motivate me)
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You have a cybernetic eyebrow? Current novel word count: 18,000 words (I'm hoping by putting it here it helps motivate me)
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I'm willing to bet that story is funnier than the entirety of the movie "Click". I'm not willing, however, to test that theory out. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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On July 8th, 2006 at UFC 61, Ken became the first fighter to ever die in the Octagon ring. About 30 seconds in the second round Tito Ortiz put Ken in a rear naked choke. Ken's pride got the best of him. He refused to tap out and suffered complete blockage of the airway which led to asphyxia. Big John McCarthy immediately pushed Tito off of Ken. The doctors attempted to revive Ken but later determined his life and career are both dead. Tito then spit on Ken's face and commented on Ken having the super aids virus. Fans booed Tito for his poor sportsmanship. BEST. FAKE. Wikipedia entry. EVER. |
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No Shoryuken? Lame. We need to keep our arms open, our head up, smiles big and our middle fingers raised.
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Also: Should have trained with nitrous. We need to keep our arms open, our head up, smiles big and our middle fingers raised.
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Px My eyes bulged out of my head, until I saw you noted this as fake. Funk. I am sofa king. We todd ed.
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Get your ass to mars. We need to keep our arms open, our head up, smiles big and our middle fingers raised.
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Same here, Funk. When I first started to read it, I didn't notice the date in teh futare. |
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I'd sign up for the first gen stuff. Life's too long anyway. Yours won't be unless you get that BMI down. Fag up your own internet.
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I can't wait til Penguin gets his first implant so I can hack it and use him to do my bidding. I'm going to have the best garden ever. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
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Why would you hack it if he's just going to blog it on PC anyways? We need to keep our arms open, our head up, smiles big and our middle fingers raised.
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Creepy story about totally missing the point. This is my preferred take. We need to keep our arms open, our head up, smiles big and our middle fingers raised.
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Liberty is such a butch. こんにちは
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I'm thinking of buying one. But, the glossy screen, the runnning hot thing..? Can we get an amen? Glossy screen... I feel wrong saying this but.. I kinda like it. I see reflections, but they aren't bad, and the screen is still easier to read than the matte finish in bright environments. I'm not doing color critical work on it. Heat issues... yeah, it runs hot, but the Powerbook G4 ran hotter. Also, Apple always goes for 'quiet and hot' over 'cool and loud'. It's a drawback, but not a deal-breaker. It's durable and portable, though. Seems much less delicate and fussy than the old Powerbook. |
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My XP laptop has a glossy screen and I dig it. |
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My iBook is hotter than Hades. I'd love a Macbook, but the first couple of versions of new Apple products make me nervous. Actually, the liberalism of the media - as a general thing - IS a major fallacy. What the media is, is a whore. -LP
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I would indeed say that your Macintosh computer is flaming. Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.
Blog. 217 lbs. 37 to go. |
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Oh thtop it! |
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I fucked a man in the ass while I placed my order. It just seemed right. Plus, you know, you get the secret, gay Apple discount. |
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Well now I feel stupid, they convinced my I was the one that had to take it for the discount. Actually, the liberalism of the media - as a general thing - IS a major fallacy. What the media is, is a whore. -LP
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I'm using my iBook on my front porch right now. I've never felt gayer. Jesus Christ, that is unbelievably retarded! - lwf
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Well now I feel stupid, they convinced my I was the one that had to take it for the discount. They fucked you in the eye? That's the most disturbing thing I have ever read in the history of the Internet. "It's only make-believe until it becomes flim-flam."
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Warren, if it is any consolation the above post is the gayest thing I think I've ever said. |
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I'm probably going to go totally gay in the next couple of months. Final Cut and all. Today Officer Coon, Officer Nigger-hater, and Officer Keep-darky-down were acquitted of all racist charges.
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It's like Top Gun in here. |
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