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You probably got it from MSDN. Not everybody has access to that.

I have to agree with the AC. Perhaps "One man's feature is another man's bloatware." I don't want any of those 4 items. It seems ironic that, in response to Lenovo saying they will remove bloatware, someone is asking for more bloatware.

The book and movie are hugely different. So if you like this concept, and have not yet read the book, I highly recommend it.

Also, the button colors are wrong. I think you meant for them to have a bubble around them. But right now "Post" and "Load All Comments" are showing as teal text on a teal background. Same with "post" "moderate" "moderator help" etc. I only found the post button by searching the page. Similarly, when posting, the buttons for "Preview" "Quote Parent" "Options" and "Cancel" look like regular links. There's no background color or button outline on them.

You can get there by adding /comments to the URL. Ex:
http://slashdot.org/~NotDrWho/...

Also -- is the "Post" button nearly invisible for everyone else? On my browser, it is teal on teal. I only found it by searching the page.

Also - when posting, the "buttons" for preview, quote parent, options, and cancel are just regular link text so they kinda vanish too. They need to be buttons.

TLDR: Skip to the last paragraph for the best part. I didn't find it until I wrote all this up.

Since this is the 2nd Slashdot summary talking about this seemingly wacky procedure, I I decided to look into him a bit. Unfortunately the hard transplant stuff is 99.99% of what the search results return. He even gave a TED talk on the topic of human consciousness. It is possible this guy is just trolling to sell his recent philosophy book since he left his job as a neurosurgeon.

Perhaps the fields of neurosurgery and chiropractic draw people who have a fascination with human consciousness, like how some chiropractors think that they can cure any disease by cracking your back?

He claims to be part of the "Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group" which is "a Think Tank for the advancement of neuromodulation." It looks like that group is just him, and perhaps one colleage named "Vincenzo Bonicalzi MD" who co-authored a book with him in 2007. Together they wrote "Central Pain Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management" But in 2014 Dr Canavero self published "Immortal: Why CONSCIOUSNESS is NOT in the BRAIN". If you read the summary, it looks like your metaphysical philosophy.

The best part: Doctor Canavero and his "group" believe that through a combination of electrical stimulation and head transplants that he can create a society of perfect immortal beings.

If that is how your state bills, then fix it. Other states have.

I live in Maryland, and long ago they separated the "power distribution" from the "power generation" and so you are charged for each one. I don't have a bill in front of me, but I believe there is (1) a fixed monthly fee for the power distribution, then (2) a fee per kilowatt-hour for the distribution, then (3) a separate charge that is for the power generation. This is all part of what has been incorrectly called power "deregulation" and amongst other things it also lets you pick your power provider.

It would be logical, in this scheme, to still charge a homeowner (1) and (2) even if they have solar panels.

There are many places where, not only is the power company unwilling to pay, they are unwilling to take it for free. For a while it was illegal to put power onto the grid, which necessitated inverters and batteries. At that time, home solar wasn't worth it for anyone at all.

I believe that states that have net metering also have a fee for using the grid. I know Maryland does.

FYI: This varies by state. I live in Maryland, and they also do things as you suggest. I think some states still use the model where the "power company" and the "utility company" are the same, and they just charge per kilowatt-hour. Inevitably that will have to change everywhere.

(Maybe one day internet will be the same way.)

Oh no, that isn't the case.

Even in places that bill by net metering, the home owner still pays for the use of the grid during that time. Some states charge a fixed fee per month, others charge a "tax" per kilowatt-hour for the power that the homeowner puts back on the grid. Maybe both.

In 15 years, could a video of your deceased parent dispensing advice as though it was the present day, actually be creepy?

Please don't take offense, but I recommend against this. Those videos might be heart wrenching to watch after a while. Perhaps it would be better to sing with the child now, and take a video of that. Then the child has a memory of his/her father to look back on, rather than an expectation to watch a video every year.

Here's why I say this: Dispensing advice via video makes sense, because the child may not be ready to hear certain things. But who are the videos for? The living or the deceased? At some point, children need to move on. Holidays should be happy events surrounded by living people, looking forward to the future. I don't think I would want a reminder like this every year. Imagine seeing the same person, at the same age, with the same voice, singing the same birthday song every year. It would be a reminder of loss, of the unfairness of life and the detriments of aging. (Sorry if that got too philosphical.)

I fear it wound sound phony and disingenuous. It would also add pressure to do those things, and a moral quandry to play them or not if they decided not to do those things.

Why would this require opening a port? I skimmed through the bug and didn't even find a mention of opening ports. Is this part of the discovery protocol for Roku or Chromecast?

Awesome! How long before I can get a lock of hair from someone, then auto-generate an avatar of them?