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neuroArm gives surgeons extra dexterity, sense of touch {Engadget}
Apr 19th 2007 8:52AM "Considering that a BSOD within the robotic surgeon that's halfway through a critical operation on your innards is far from ideal, we're certainly in agreement with companies looking to make actual human doctors even better at their work."
You think the neuroArm won't be run by a computer? lol
Man steals cellphone after, uh, stealing cellphone {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 19th 2007 8:34AM Didn't this happen in the states not too long ago, where a man stole a judge's keys after being in court for stealing someone else's keys, or something along those lines?
The stupidity of the human race never ceases to amaze me.
BlackBerry email outage ruins relationship {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 18th 2007 11:25PM @Mincey
Yes, they do.
Nokia releases widget platform for S60 {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 18th 2007 11:21PM "Nokia is claiming its S60 widgetry to be a first for a mobile platform, although Microsoft may be readying the same concept for Windows Mobile 6."
If Nokia is claiming to be first and they've already released the widget platform... then Microsoft must not be first. Why the "although"?
"Danger hiptop 2.0" burns rubber in speed tests {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 18th 2007 8:20PM "big server to big server should talk at least as fast as my 10 megs comcast connection, no?"
Indeed, but remember that the hiptop accounts likely have an individual bandwidth cap. that probably explains this.
California Senate attempts to ban RFID tracking of students {Engadget}
Apr 18th 2007 8:20PM Once again, you can setup cameras and RFID tags and GPS devices (which don't work very well in buildings, mind you) all you want. The criminal will wear a mask or disguise to foil the cameras and leave his RFID tag and GPS tracker at home. If you want to try the argument of "But the security guards will stop him!", that's bunk as well; he will simply shoot them before they have the chance.
California Senate attempts to ban RFID tracking of students {Engadget}
Apr 18th 2007 6:00PM I don't know how much of your reply is serious and how much is not -- mostly the beginning, where you say you agree with most of what I say. I accept your criticism and your hyperbole, but you're putting far too many words in my mouth.
I realize what I'm proposing, and I realize that it would never happen. However, I never proposed mandatory guns being issued to students; I proposed the gun-control regulations on campuses be lifted. Believe it or not, most citizens are capable of policing themselves in most situations, such as this one in Virginia. As it stands, any idiot is capable of purchasing a gun already (assuming he passes the background check), so the idea that morons would begin killing everyone off if most people carried guns is unrealistic, at best. Not to mention the fact that, as you pointed out, no one would want to harm someone else when they knew that it was probable that the would-be victim was also carrying a weapon himself.
We can't expect the government, police department, doctors, or politicians to protect us from these types of individuals. The citizens are fully capable of being the first line of defense.
California Senate attempts to ban RFID tracking of students {Engadget}
Apr 18th 2007 3:26PM Very good points, russdogg.
California Senate attempts to ban RFID tracking of students {Engadget}
Apr 18th 2007 3:08PM You're right, it wasn't meant to be a solution; that was my rebuttal to the other commenters who implied that it was.
California Senate attempts to ban RFID tracking of students {Engadget}
Apr 18th 2007 3:05PM No, it wouldn't. The students would simply take off their RFID badge to avoid being detected while they were down another hallway or in another class vandalizing and wreaking havoc. RFID tracking will only be able to accurately track law-abiding students -- therefore it is useless.
