I still favor rotary dial phones.

milesobrien wrote:I still favor rotary dial phones.

An implanted rotary phone? Brilliant!

I'm just wondering what you need to do when they come out with the new model a year later..

And if you buy the Apple version you will need to send your head in to have the battery changed.

I'm in!

This was totally not pulled from a Dr. Who episode whatsoever...

What happens when you get infected with a virus or other malware? Reboot? rm -rf?

Could you imagine the pop-ups? People getting into accidents while "internetting and driving"?

When your contract with your ISP expires, do they come and remove the hardware? If you go to jail, are you still allowed to keep it?

If you update the firmware and brick it, is your brain also bricked?

Ugh, I'm imagining a direct connection between people's brains and facebook. Nothing would ever get done!

so what happens when you're watching nude beach in your head. and what happens when someone hacks into your brain. can i make all the women do what i want like cook and clean and be in the kitchen lmao

so what happens when i break my contract with at&t?

would it be legal to text while driving?

how would i look cool if i dont have a piece of fruit in front of me at starbucks?

For answers to everyone's questions (ads, malware, etc.) read the book "Feed" by M.T. Anderson.

Seriously. Read it. Phenomenal book.

y3roc42 wrote:This was totally not pulled from a Dr. Who episode whatsoever...

/headdesk

The cybermen episode. duh. no clue how I missed that!!!`

Ghost in the Shell, anyone? I'm totally down for this.

We'll see if they become cyborgs It's SUMMER!

No thanks. I have enough ringing & buzzing in my ears...thanks to tinnitus.

Read Tad Williams' "Otherland" series for what can happen if this ever becomes a reality.

I am a strong supporter of the Borg. I would gladly be a borg, but the hive mind of the collective differs greatly from the internet.

They shed their flaws, emotion, illogical and irrational thinking in favor of accomplishing common goals; acquisition of advanced technologies and immortality.

The borg are win.

Feed by M.T. Anderson. That is all.

How much does the data plan cost?

stop all the cheap humor on your website, including the try to be funny description of the advertised items

wingy wrote:For answers to everyone's questions (ads, malware, etc.) read the book "Feed" by M.T. Anderson.

Seriously. Read it. Phenomenal book.

natalieug wrote:Read Tad Williams' "Otherland" series for what can happen if this ever becomes a reality.

We absolutely need a books.woot, like, right now.

I had a friend with a pacemaker in her brain, which made it possible for her to walk again. If this technology allows people with locked-in syndrome to communicate and interact with the world, I'm all for it; but for myself, I'm happy with my little old pay-as-you-go handset.

Spent a couple minutes thinking about negatives and couldn't come up with any without easy answers.
1. Facebook argument - Cellphones have already made checking facebook super easy. Reducing access cost probably wouldn't increase usage.
2. Misinformation - People have been lying since Ricky Gervais discovered the art.
3. Cost - Clearly the implant would connect via another service (e.g. cell phone tethering)
4. Software - There would be no software. Either the brain would be able to use the hardware or not. If it could then its use would adapt with the brain not based on external updates.
#nerdsunday

bangngowoot wrote:stop all the cheap humor on your website, including the try to be funny description of the advertised items

Always nice to meet a fan!

bangngowoot wrote:stop all the cheap humor on your website, including the try to be funny description of the advertised items

Or... You could restrict your view of the website to the main item and Woot!Plus items so you can avoid the brilliant humor altogether! They even made it easy for you by minimizing the amount of the description on the front page.

Everyone wins!

llandar wrote:Always nice to meet a fan!

Well, I think you're brilliant. XD