MadHats - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Does she feel any different? (Score 1) 465

by MadHats on Wednesday September 30 2009, @11:28AM (#29594201) Attached to: Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse

Years ago there was a film with this exact premise. An offbeat scientist (Jeff Goldblum) invents the first artificial heart, and a cardiologist (Donald Sutherland) installs it to save a patient's life. The patient becomes anxious because her pulse has been replaced with a constant shshshshshsh sound. The film was Threshold (1981).

Comment: Re:Quote (Score 1) 648

by MadHats on Monday June 08 2009, @01:57PM (#28253399) Attached to: 11-Year-Old Graduates With Degree In Astrophysics

"I don't consider myself a genius because there are 6.5 billion people in this world and each one is smart in his or her own way."

Shut up, Wesley!

Comment: Re:My hat ain't enough (Score 1) 154

by MadHats on Monday February 02 2009, @07:31PM (#26701447) Attached to: WarCloning, the New WarDriving?

A couple of years ago I invested $10 in a metal travel wallet that functions as a de facto Faraday Cage. Or you could spend 8x that on a microwoven stainless steel version...

Mr. Microphone 2.0 0

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theodp

on Wednesday January 14 2009, @12:50AM

theodp writes "Ready for Mr. Microphone 2.0? Not sure if it'll really make you want to kill your family, but after viewing the new four-minute Microsoft Research pseudoinformercial for Songsmith, you may long for the good-old-days of the Seinfeld-Gates ads. Some sample lyrics: 'You sing into a microphone while the drummer plays along. And then when Songsmith makes the music, you're on your way to a song.' Perhaps it is time to rethink those R&D tax credits!"