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Offline Nemesis

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Hackers can take things TOO literally.
« on: March 14, 2009, 11:43:59 am »
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This is a story about Jerry Jalava, a Finnish software developer who lost part of his finger in a motorcycle accident last July. According to his friend, Henri Bergius, when the surgeon assigned to work on Jalava's prosthetic finger discovered his hacking history, he made a clever suggestion: incorporate a USB key into the new digit.

The prosthetic finger contains a 2GB USB key, and Jalava also loaded it with Billix distribution, CouchDBX, and Ajatus to run off the drive, throwing even more geek cred into the mix.


IF I were going to do something as silly as this I would at least have splurged and gotten a high end unit.  As it was last July he should at least have been able to get a 16gb drive if not 32gb.   :thumbsdown:
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Re: Hackers can take things TOO literally.
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2009, 11:51:17 am »
Next up, a floppy drive hardware implant?
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Re: Hackers can take things TOO literally.
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2009, 12:37:15 pm »
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Re: Hackers can take things TOO literally.
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2009, 06:55:35 pm »
I already have the Floppy.


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Re: Hackers can take things TOO literally.
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2009, 07:01:35 pm »
Quote from: toasty0 on March 14, 2009, 11:51:17 am
Next up, a floppy drive hardware implant?

A few years ago, there were articles about the possibility of MP3 player breast implants.  Those would have been awesome.
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Re: Hackers can take things TOO literally.
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2009, 07:37:43 pm »
I got an iPod implant...it's called an IP.  :D
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Re: Hackers can take things TOO literally.
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2009, 07:41:30 pm »
Next up will be brain DVD drive implants.. or brain USB implants I'd expect
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Re: Hackers can take things TOO literally.
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2009, 06:45:38 am »
Quote from: toasty0 on March 14, 2009, 07:37:43 pm
I got an iPod implant...it's called an IP.  :D


No, I'm not making this up.  There actually was someone trying to develop the mp3 breast implant a few years ago.  Here's the article.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/13/mp3_breast_implant/

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Coming soon: the mp3 breast implant

BT bod moots musical mams

By Lester Haines

Posted in Bootnotes, 13th October 2005 10:46 GMT

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Here's an appealing thought: an mp3 breast implant which will allow surgically-enhanced girls to store and play back their entire music collections from their 36DD assets.

We kid you not. According to UK tabloid the Sun - ever watchful for life-enhancing technology, especially when it's got a big jubs angle - BT Laboratories bod Ian Pearson reckons breast implants may as well do something useful if they're to be permanently installed, rather than just looking decorative.

Accordingly, he's proposed sticking an mp3 player in one dug, and a storage chip in the other. Quite how playback is achieved we're not quite sure*, but it may well involve the listener burying his or her head in the cleavage for a full stereo effect.

Likewise, God alone knows how you select tracks, but breasts do come equipped with a pleasing alternative to the iPod's selector wheel. We can imagine the scenario: Girlfriend: "Oi, what the bloody hell are you doing?" Boyfriend: "Hold on, I'm just scrolling down to Stairway to Heaven." ®
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