Comment Re:Cyberbrain sclerosis (Score 1) 175
So what will we do when people start developing Cyberbrain sclerosis?
You'll get micromachines, People liable will get the vaccine.
Real question is will the Laughing Man be involved.
Comment Re:Not enough. (Score 1) 175
As long as you have no input to your brain, you're safe.
Comment Re:communicate from dreams (Score 3, Funny) 175
Try this: http://xkcd.com/269/
Apart from that, I've heard about experiments where vertical or horizontal eye movement was used to comunucate yes/no signals from the sleepers to the outside world.
Comment It's already done (Score 2, Insightful) 175
What are the exact rules? Some BCI devices have already been made.
Comment Re:Other news (Score 1) 243
God said there won't be another flood.
Comment Re:news? (Score 1) 232
OK, that's really news, I should've RTFA. Among procaryotes (like bacteria) it's common. Some viruses can insert their genes into their host's genomes. However, it's the only eucaryote (organism with a nucleus in cell) that I know to incorporate genes on it's own. Are there any other?
Comment news? (Score 1) 232
i've heard about this slug a few years ago. How is it news?
8% of Your DNA Comes From a Virus 478
An anonymous reader writes "About 8 percent of human genetic material comes from a virus and not from our ancestors, according to an article by University of Texas at Arlington biology professor Cédric Feschotte, published in the Jan. 7, 2010 issue of Nature magazine."
Ocean-Crossing Dragonflies Discovered 95
grrlscientist writes "While living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the Globe Skimmer, Pantala flavescens, only to discover that it had the longest migratory journey of any insect in the world."
Comment Re:Ethics (Score 1) 195
From the journalistic perspective it's "ethic" if people will read it.
Comment Re:Still waiting... (Score 1) 195
I'm waiting for the MacBook Wheel.
Comment yakuake (Score 1) 258
Does yakuake count?
Comment Re:Ancient proverb (Score 1) 655
You've got more exp on /. than hexed.
Comment Re:Excellent! (Score 1) 199
Maybe we can even run it on GNU/Hurd.
