Haha, had the same thought. Unfortunately, these questionnaires are probably faulty by definition. Most teenagers and kids don't have the time or interest to respond to demographic questions, sliding the bias to higher ages. Moreover many kids just declare a higher age than they really have to avoid "limited version" of a game (no blood, gore, etc).

I would expect the average age to be that of a university student (18-24). Of course it gets higher and higher every year because many of us have grown up with games and continue playing.

As a medical professional (neurologist-in-training, so I know about pain and "pain") these stories make me mad.

There is no such thing as "healing with the hands" if you had a serious limb asymmetry in your hips. If it was mild, it could be corrected with the right shoes and postural exercises to teach you stand the right way. If it was serious, you should have seen an orthopedic surgeon to correct it in a surgical way. If he*fixed* you just by touch the right spots, then you probably didn't have almost anything physical in the first place and most of your symptoms were in your mind.

BEAR WITH ME! I'm not trying to play down your pain and how you felt it, I'm just explaining to you in a rational way that many diseases and maladies are sometimes psychosomatic in origin and extension. I don't imply you are crazy or anything like that. I only say that you just wanted some hands-on caring, you didn't have anything really serious (organic) going on. And that's good news.

Just don't waste too much money on alternative treatments. If an alternative treatment works, then probably help from a family or friend works as well. You don't need a professional. But don't take any chances.

I, for one, welcome our new Brains-in-a-dish Overlords!

Finally!! This is great news because, seriously, music production in the latest blockbuster games is truly spectacular. Hear the latest Shogun 2: Total War soundtrack and it's frankly Hollywood on Windows!

Most probably Fukushima Daichi will have to be sealed. The nearby communities will eventually be safe. But uncertainty about nuclear power travels FASTER than the nuclear fallout in all cases. A state election in a premium German state was lost by the reigning government because it supported nuclear power plants...

It's a bitter sweet evolution, if you ask me. Yes, current last generation plants are unsafe and should be closed down the sooner the better, but this will definitely hurt industrial research for future IV generation power plants which are definitely safer than any other form of major power generation...

"This clown should be catapulted into the sun."

LOL, I laughed so hard at his penalty... :D

Isn't it time for Slashdot to create an article icon for Apple as well? Yes, in the 90s Microsoft was the IT villain, but now Apple has surpassed it for good with its walled garden of closed experience. Time for a "Steve Jobs the Borg" avatar!! :p

Great disappointment. I was really hoping Apple would jump start the NFC revolution with the iPhone 5. What's the problem in not having an industry standard?! They would have CREATED one!

The author talks about the honeybee. Let's emulate first the honeybee. Create a robot that can achieve what the social insect "bee" can achieve.

Lobules Lobes Whole Brain

Instead of trying to emulate the human brain, which at the moment is unattainable, we should concentrate on efficiency paradigms of smaller neural ensembles. Once we achieve efficiency we can scale. Why haven't we learned anything from the CPU industry? They didn't start from 19nm manufacture. Why should we?

We shouldn't hurry. AI comparable to a human person can be achieved, but it is still a long way until we reach it.

Indeed! Apple is not a fruit anymore, it's a RELIGION! :p

Please don't accuse my of trolling, but I somehow agree with parent here.

Moreover, apart from the fun of it, and I admit there's a lot to be made, is there an inherent reason to always condemn Microsoft and absolve Google and the rest? Both/all of them are for profit corporations and of course I don't buy the do-not-evil shit. At least, not 100%. My guess is that both companies tried their best to maximize the efficiency of their results with all means possible. No foul game here.

Enough already with all Microsoft-bashing at every possible moment. 2011 is not the 90s, I don't even think we should have a Bill-Gates-as-a-Borg story icon anymore. It's not relevant anymore. What about Apple and its walled garden? What about Google and its privacy woes? I didn't see Jobs and Page as Borgs images accompanying their stories...

PS. I use both engines (80% Google and 20% Bing). Love them both, both have their strengths and weaknesses. I don't think there's business ethics involved here, just trimming algorithms.

Haha. Just what I thought. He's from Texas too! :p