A severely paralysed man has become the first person to be fitted with a brain implant that allows him to control everyday objects by thought alone.
Cool! My mom was involved in some of the initial testing of this technique on rats.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Mar 31, 2005 9:19:06 am PST #1859 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
DebetEsse - Mar 31, 2005 9:21:21 am PST #1860 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Hey, I want to be able to control the tv with my brain.
amych - Mar 31, 2005 9:22:41 am PST #1861 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I want to be able to control the tv with my brain.
Yeah. Sounds so much cooler than when it goes the other way.
Betsy HP - Mar 31, 2005 9:23:02 am PST #1862 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Yeah! Season 2 of Firefly, baby!
Topic!Cindy - Mar 31, 2005 9:25:02 am PST #1863 of 10001
What is even happening?
I'm also not sure why the judge ruled that attempting to feed her by mouth was a no-go.I'm not sure he did. I think what happened is that the Schindlers requested he order that she could be fed by mouth. He refused to give that order. In absence of that order, Mr. Schiavo was able to refuse food and water by mouth for her. I don't know why or how, except for the risk of aspiration, but even then, since removing her hydration and nutrition was going to kill her, I don't understand that, either.
I felt badly her priest wasn't allowed to give her communion on Easter.
DavidS - Mar 31, 2005 9:25:42 am PST #1864 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Surgeons completed the operation by fitting a metal socket to Mr Nagle's head so he could be hooked up to a computer.
Neuromancer, baby!
brenda m - Mar 31, 2005 9:26:22 am PST #1865 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I felt badly her priest wasn't allowed to give her communion on Easter.
Didn't he? I had heard that she did take communion. (Wine on the tongue, at any rate.)
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2005 9:26:37 am PST #1866 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I felt badly her priest wasn't allowed to give her communion on Easter.
Cindy, if you feel comfortable sharing, do you think there was a there there, wrt her person-ness. Enough to be part of communion, or even benefit from anything other than last rites?
Aims - Mar 31, 2005 9:27:05 am PST #1867 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I felt badly her priest wasn't allowed to give her communion on Easter.
I thought he did-ish. He gave her a drop of wine, but couldn't give her the wafer.
tommyrot - Mar 31, 2005 9:27:11 am PST #1868 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Surgeons completed the operation by fitting a metal socket to Mr Nagle's head so he could be hooked up to a computer.
What kind of socket? USB? FireWire? Fiber optic? Punch card reader?