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Slap a computer screen on one, patch it in to a 3rd optic nerve that you install, and where do I sign? The blurring of man and machine begins here today, the b

by maeon3 14y ago

Slap a computer screen on one, patch it in to a 3rd optic nerve that you install, and where do I sign? The blurring of man and machine begins here today, the bionic eye is just the beginning. I want a bionic GPS system as well.

randallsquared 14y ago
In a situation where upgrading might be effectively impossible, I think I'll wait for better gear before installing something in myself.
- dsr_ 14y ago
  The Geek Code used to have a line about "I'll be the first person in line to get a T3 installed directly into my brain." My actual position is "I'll be waiting for the development of an effective firewall and a few hardware revisions before getting the direct brain interface, thanks." On the other hand, I'm not blind. That could change my opinion pretty quickly, I think.
  - thebigshane 14y ago
    A bit of a tangent, but this awesome song started popping up on Pandora Radio... [http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jonathan_coulton/the_future_soon.html http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jonathan_coulton/the_futu...] [...] Here on Earth they'll wonder As I piece by piece replace myself And the steel and circuits will make me whole But I'll still feel so alone Until Laura calls me home I'll see her standing by the monorail She'll look the same except for bionic eyes She lost the real ones in the robot wars I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault Or is it? And she'll eye me suspiciously Hearing the whir of the servos inside She will scream and try to run But there's nowhere she can hide When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride Well it's gonna be the future soon And I won't always be this way When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away It's gonna be the future soon I've never seen it quite so clear And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here
    - pydave 14y ago
      When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away Cory Doctorow wrote a story based on that lyric: http://www.tor.com/stories/2008/08/weak-and-strange http://www.tor.com/stories/2008/08/weak-and-strange I like Jonathan Coulton (especially "Re: Your Brains", but I actually read (or started...) the story before I heard of that song.

by maeon3 14y ago

randallsquared 14y ago

In a situation where upgrading might be effectively impossible, I think I'll wait for better gear before installing something in myself.

dsr_ 14y ago
The Geek Code used to have a line about "I'll be the first person in line to get a T3 installed directly into my brain." My actual position is "I'll be waiting for the development of an effective firewall and a few hardware revisions before getting the direct brain interface, thanks." On the other hand, I'm not blind. That could change my opinion pretty quickly, I think.
- thebigshane 14y ago
  A bit of a tangent, but this awesome song started popping up on Pandora Radio... [http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jonathan_coulton/the_future_soon.html http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jonathan_coulton/the_futu...] [...] Here on Earth they'll wonder As I piece by piece replace myself And the steel and circuits will make me whole But I'll still feel so alone Until Laura calls me home I'll see her standing by the monorail She'll look the same except for bionic eyes She lost the real ones in the robot wars I'll say I'm sorry, she'll say it's not your fault Or is it? And she'll eye me suspiciously Hearing the whir of the servos inside She will scream and try to run But there's nowhere she can hide When a crazy cyborg wants to make you his robot bride Well it's gonna be the future soon And I won't always be this way When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away It's gonna be the future soon I've never seen it quite so clear And when my heart is breaking I can close my eyes and it's already here
  - pydave 14y ago
    When the things that make me weak and strange get engineered away Cory Doctorow wrote a story based on that lyric: http://www.tor.com/stories/2008/08/weak-and-strange http://www.tor.com/stories/2008/08/weak-and-strange I like Jonathan Coulton (especially "Re: Your Brains", but I actually read (or started...) the story before I heard of that song.