Comments on: In before commenters mention the singularity http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: technogeek http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739365 technogeek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739365 IBM was experimenting with the "personal area network" a decade or so ago, as a way to link personal electronics that was deliberately shorter range than bluetooth -- essentially your own body or someone you touched. IBM was experimenting with the “personal area network” a decade or so ago, as a way to link personal electronics that was deliberately shorter range than bluetooth — essentially your own body or someone you touched.

]]> By: glenn http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739368 glenn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739368 The human body conducts RF energy. This is not news. Try grabbing a probe on an oscilloscope to see just how much your body is like a big antenna. The human body conducts RF energy. This is not news. Try grabbing a probe on an oscilloscope to see just how much your body is like a big antenna.

]]> By: Yamara http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739373 Yamara Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739373 Trent: Where are the future people of the Earth? The Glass Hand: In hiding. You are the key to releasing them. Trent: Where? Tell me. The Glass Hand: I am unable to answer. My mechanism is not whole. Trent: Where are the future people of the Earth?

The Glass Hand: In hiding. You are the key to releasing them.

Trent: Where? Tell me.

The Glass Hand: I am unable to answer. My mechanism is not whole.

]]> By: IMoriarty http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-740913 IMoriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-740913 I wonder what the packet loss and latency ratio over distance was? ~I I wonder what the packet loss and latency ratio over distance was?

~I

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739148 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739148 Meanwhile, North Korea University has been experimenting on how many bits said electrodes can transmit through your bits. Meanwhile, North Korea University has been experimenting on how many bits said electrodes can transmit through your bits.

]]> By: Terry http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739170 Terry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739170 William Gibson unavailable for comment. William Gibson unavailable for comment.

]]> By: mneptok http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739184 mneptok Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739184 So, how long until the MPAA and RIAA begin asking for blood samples as part of discovery during filesharing cases? So, how long until the MPAA and RIAA begin asking for blood samples as part of discovery during filesharing cases?

]]> By: DM http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-740208 DM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-740208 I used to think how silly it was that the Wachowski Bros. depicted humans as batteries, but I realize it hit home the point of how utterly insignificant our cognition can appear from a higher order perspective. I used to think how silly it was that the Wachowski Bros. depicted humans as batteries, but I realize it hit home the point of how utterly insignificant our cognition can appear from a higher order perspective.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739185 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739185 100 Mbits tingles a bit. 100 Mbits tingles a bit.

]]> By: Xenu http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739188 Xenu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739188 As Neo would say, "Whoa." As Neo would say, “Whoa.”

]]> By: I less than three mermaids http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739208 I less than three mermaids Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739208 Eh, I'll wait for the IEEE 100Mb standard arm. Eh, I’ll wait for the IEEE 100Mb standard arm.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739209 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739209 "Hand, let go of the hammer." “Hand, let go of the hammer.”

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739241 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739241 In cabling, the speed is determined by the number of twists in each pair of conductors. So it looks like someone will have to twist your arm to get that kind of functionality. ;D In cabling, the speed is determined by the number of twists in each pair of conductors. So it looks like someone will have to twist your arm to get that kind of functionality. ;D

]]> By: legion http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739260 legion Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739260 So, when the Matrix happens, we'll be used as routers as well as batteries? So, when the Matrix happens, we’ll be used as routers as well as batteries?

]]> By: snakedart http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739284 snakedart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739284 Maybe ... routers with really mediocre throughput. That'll give us a leg up on the Machines, I suppose. Maybe … routers with really mediocre throughput. That’ll give us a leg up on the Machines, I suppose.

]]> By: Karl Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739287 Karl Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739287 I'd like to teach the world to route / In packet harmony / Send B+ trees and public keys / All up and down your arms ... I’d like to teach the world to route /

In packet harmony /

Send B+ trees and public keys /

All up and down your arms …

]]> By: mrmule http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-740326 mrmule Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-740326 we are borg :) we are borg :)

]]> By: spocko http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739559 spocko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739559 The Cylons have a much higher data transfer rate. The Cylons have a much higher data transfer rate.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/19/in-before-commenters.html#comment-739320 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-739320 I bet using opposing arms and higher current would result in a killer bitrate. I bet using opposing arms and higher current would result in a killer bitrate.

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