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Too easy to spot you are.



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OOOPS, SORRY CAPPERS....

>> ^charliem:

.........choggie? is that you man?


Yessum, back with form 'n little substance

What I do for a living and what I do in my bedroom are polar opposites...

>> ^AgentSmith:

>> ^MonkeySpank:
I don't understand how this works. I read the articles and I am a little skeptical. I've designed fMRI and DTI algorithms for years and I don't see why they keep talking about fMRI and brain waves. fMRI is an activity map that is related to the hot spots in the brain where the hydrogen protons aligned by the magnetic field resonate to the frequency of the emitter (TR/Echo Time) and only show consumption of glucose (hydrogen protons motility) during a designed paradigm, which in this case would be having the subject watch a video. Diffuse Tensor Imaging will help map the neurons going there in case a surgical procedure is necessary, and that's about it. Extrapolating fMRI (a very coarse k-space reconstruction) to brainwaves (an EEG signal) and images sounds very suspicious to me, and nothing published so far explains how this is technically done. I understand the excitement and it certainly would be possible in the future, but under the current state of the art, I don't see how this is possible, especially with fMRI or Fractional Anisotropy.

...says "MonkeySpank", lol! Really, thank you for the insight, but the association between your well informed comment and your avatar is what did it for me.
This is what led me to believe that E = MC² --LoudBelcher78

>> ^MonkeySpank:

I don't understand how this works. I read the articles and I am a little skeptical. I've designed fMRI and DTI algorithms for years and I don't see why they keep talking about fMRI and brain waves. fMRI is an activity map that is related to the hot spots in the brain where the hydrogen protons aligned by the magnetic field resonate to the frequency of the emitter (TR/Echo Time) and only show consumption of glucose (hydrogen protons motility) during a designed paradigm, which in this case would be having the subject watch a video. Diffuse Tensor Imaging will help map the neurons going there in case a surgical procedure is necessary, and that's about it. Extrapolating fMRI (a very coarse k-space reconstruction) to brainwaves (an EEG signal) and images sounds very suspicious to me, and nothing published so far explains how this is technically done. I understand the excitement and it certainly would be possible in the future, but under the current state of the art, I don't see how this is possible, especially with fMRI or Fractional Anisotropy.


...says "MonkeySpank", lol! Really, thank you for the insight, but the association between your well informed comment and your avatar is what did it for me.

This is what led me to believe that E = MC² --LoudBelcher78

I don't understand how this works. I read the articles and I am a little skeptical. I've designed fMRI and DTI algorithms for years and I don't see why they keep talking about fMRI and brain waves. fMRI is an activity map that is related to the hot spots in the brain where the hydrogen protons aligned by the magnetic field resonate to the frequency of the emitter (TR/Echo Time) and only show consumption of glucose (hydrogen protons motility) during a designed paradigm, which in this case would be having the subject watch a video. Diffuse Tensor Imaging will help map the neurons going there in case a surgical procedure is necessary, and that's about it. Extrapolating fMRI (a very coarse k-space reconstruction) to brainwaves (an EEG signal) and images sounds very suspicious to me, and nothing published so far explains how this is technically done. I understand the excitement and it certainly would be possible in the future, but under the current state of the art, I don't see how this is possible, especially with fMRI or Fractional Anisotropy.

I'm talking about just as a layman. You go from one thing to the other between one post yet have the nerve to tell me I'm wrong when you haven't even done a thorough investigation into the things you're asserting are true, let alone what I am saying.

As far as proof goes, no one can argue you into a faith you don't have. I will just say as I have continued to say that God will reveal Himself to you if you dilligently seek Him. Since you haven't, don't be surprised that you don't see any evidence in the void of your unbelief.

In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
I didn't change my position, I merely refined it. I still believe the universe goes on for bi-directionally fourth dimensionally (that is, goes on without end, both forwards and backwards, in time) for infinity and thus had no beginning (and thus no creator). While you're right, and I will certainly concede that this is not anything close to my area of expertise, I am good at studying and understanding the abstract and literal language of academic papers (something people take for granted when I tell them I'm an English major) and I feel like my rudimentary understanding of the theories and what I've read allows me to make up my own mind on the subject thank you very much.

Am I a physicist? cosmologist? Certainly not. But I'm intelligent enough to understand the concepts without needing to take up a doctorate on the subject.

And you have some balls to ask me to admit that I don't know what I'm talking about.

Here's one for you, how can you prove that your own religious experiences are not the product of some brainwave fluctuations that YOU don't fully understand? Case in point, these people all left feeling like they had a religious experience, when in fact there was basically just a magnet on their head.

I didn't change my position, I merely refined it. I still believe the universe goes on for bi-directionally fourth dimensionally (that is, goes on without end, both forwards and backwards, in time) for infinity and thus had no beginning (and thus no creator). While you're right, and I will certainly concede that this is not anything close to my area of expertise, I am good at studying and understanding the abstract and literal language of academic papers (something people take for granted when I tell them I'm an English major) and I feel like my rudimentary understanding of the theories and what I've read allows me to make up my own mind on the subject thank you very much.

Am I a physicist? cosmologist? Certainly not. But I'm intelligent enough to understand the concepts without needing to take up a doctorate on the subject.

And you have some balls to ask me to admit that I don't know what I'm talking about.

Here's one for you, how can you prove that your own religious experiences are not the product of some brainwave fluctuations that YOU don't fully understand? Case in point, these people all left feeling like they had a religious experience, when in fact there was basically just a magnet on their head. >> ^shinyblurry:
That's what you're arguing for huh? how quickly your position changes..how about you just admit you are out of your league and don't know what the hell you are talking about.

*catsanddogs *nature *music

http://www.youtube.com/user/neurowear for more videos from http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/05/brainwave-powered-ca.html ...

I don't need to look much beyond the Constitution, which says nothing about 'free' healthcare for all or robbing one group of people who worked hard to pay off others who didn't.

Bingo!

You treat the constitution like others (you perhaps also?) treat the bible... your one stop shop for everything. Everything begins and ends with one document and you'll be damned if any further discussion will be had because apparently that document is perfect. (Let's ignore the raft of amendments... they... um... just fine tuning and already perfect document aren't they?)

The Constitution limits government power and says any powers not expressly given to the federal mafia is given to the States. That balance is already long gone. If "you" wish to circumvent those limits, even and especially for "the common good", then you may as well admit you support a benevolent dictatorship where the thugs at the top can do anything they want as long as you FEEL they're doing the right thing, or they appear to be.

The Constiution is not a "living document" nor written on an Etch-a-Sketch. It is, however, simply ignored by the scum in the federal mafia. If an Amendment was needed to outlaw alcohol, why is there no proposed amendment mandating 'free' health care? Because the current shits are anarchists, or monarchists.

No one is saying that the US system is GOOD now at all. But what you DO have is the situation where private health companies are consulted BEFORE you get treatment to see if you will be covered for that treatment. THAT is absolutely insane.

And you're basing this massive dissatifaction on what, exactly? Or is the mythical "46 million" uninsured going to come out of the woodwork again?

Look, here in Australia we have public and private... public health guarantees you all the necessary health care you need, and you pay a levee on that in your taxes (Medicare levee), if you take out Private health care (as most do), then you don't have to pay that levee as you are paying your own way via the private insurer. You don't suddenly stop getting public health, just the hospitals get paid by the private insurer rather than the government. Also, private health care gives you elective benefits and better rooms in hospitals etc. (ie. your own room rather than shared). The deal is, you can get better 'extras' etc. surrounding core health care by being on private, but you never miss out on the necessary care by not being able to afford it... and that's the way it should be.

"But you never miss out on the necessary care by not being able to afford it."

You would be hard pressed to find average Americans dying in the streets due to a lack of health care. Like I wrote, 20 million illegal aliens seem to know where the emergency rooms are, even when the sign is written in English.

From wikipedia:

The health care industry is likely to be the most heavily regulated industry in the United States. A study published by the Cato Institute suggests that this regulation provides benefits in the amount of $170 billion but costs the public up to $340 billion.[159] The study concluded that the majority of the cost differential arises from medical malpractice, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, and facilities regulations. Part of the cost is attributed to regulatory requirements that prevent technicians without medical degrees from performing treatment and diagnostic procedures that carry little risk.

It appears that once again, the soaring costs of medical care can be largely attributed to government interference. (And trial lawyers, but that's another story).


It's perplexing that numbers of people claim religion is evil yet believe that a true source of goodness is a government program which people are forced to enroll in at gunpoint. There's some confusion that this recent Obamunist government intrusion isn't the same as mandatory "universal halth care" but that's where it will end up. The camel's nose is poking into the tent.

I didn't wish harm on you. I wished destitution on you (which doesn't have to physically harm you at all, just take your ego down a few notches). I wished that you ended up with no money and therefore be reliant on the very things that you think shouldn't exist, because apparently you lack a iota of empathy and are incapable of ever seeing how someone could end up poor and without help and need some help to get back on track. Sometimes, for some people such as yourself, the only way to get through that 'it's other people' mentality is for it to affect you directly.

Yes, you wished harm on me, but that's due to your "left wing brainwaves"as the socialist believes that when one person wins, another must automatically lose; that's why the scramble for an "equality of outcomes" is so important. This isn't Dicken's "A Christman Carol" and I'm not Scrooge. And because not everyone agrees with your one-size-fits-all mentality on this or that issue does not mean they they're A) automatically wrong and B) in need of an ego resizing. Don't worry, I've had hard times aplenty.


Seems to me the only thing missing from your plan is personal responsibility. Are smokers or fat folks given less priority care or charged more in Australia? And forgive me in advance for going here, but at what point under the government system does some bureaucrat say, "Your child ain't gonna make it anyway because such-and-such condition has a 20% survival rate" and cut off treatment, or the more expensive treatments. From my point of view, you should at least entertain the idea that giving the government power over life and death when they can't even deliver the mail is a serious risk. They're serving you at their convenience and if they decide to cut you off, you're in a lot more trouble than some insurance company which can be sued.

You're making shit up that has nothing to do with my argument, so here it is again worded slightly different: is it the government's obligation to provide "free" basic everything ALL the time the way they claim to want to do with healthcare?

No, and no one is suggesting that the government should provide everyone with free everything.

There's a whole political system based on the idea that government should provide everyone with free everything, via the abolition of private property. And really, since no one is driving the train, it makes perfect sense for the communist to demand that everyone be fed for "free" all the time. Food is a more immediate and vital basic need than health care, isn't it? Even the healthy must eat to stay they way...so is "free" bread a 'right'?

What we're saying is access to healthcare should not be dictated by your bank balance. I, because I earn a good wage, should not be able to get a heart replacement if I need it, but let someone else die because they couldn't afford the operation. That just isn't right, and nowhere in the bible does it say anything about looking after only those who can afford it. In fact, I'm pretty sure it talks about taking care of the weak and needy.

Things cost money. Either you pay or someone else does. Your argument in a nutshell is that socialized medicine is less expensive, and in some ways---brace yourself---you might be right. As stated, I don't claim to have all the answers, but for America a completely government-run health care system (which is what the taxocrats are after) will be a disaster.

Um... you're several trillion dollars in debt for many, many reasons, not least of which is the trillions of dollars you spend on your damn military. You can't take anything you don't agree with and try to suggest THAT is why you're in debt... sorry, doesn't work.

The military is a tiny slice of the US budget compared to all the "free" social programs. We don't have the money to pay for all of the "free" goodies we have now, including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Someone has to pay for all this stuff. Under socialized health care is it "fair" that the healthy guy with no major medical problems gets little return on his health care taxes while the fat smoker spends two years in a hospital bed before expiring?

And in regards to those that would have made it one way or another... not necessarily so at all, although you'd LOVE to think so, because that's the right wing brain.

"Successful people will always be successful with no help from anyone else". I said no such thing, but I will say this: government is the problem more often than not, and per your friend, your government system could just as easily and cheerfully kept him on the dole to suit its own purposes. Apparenlty he made a choice which brought him desired results. Which brings me to another point: some people are beyond helping, they will fk up everything all the time by constantly making the wrong choices no matter how much help you give them. There's no reason to hurt such people more than they hurt themselves, but there's also no reason to let them game the system forever.

Huh? You've given up again... you've obviously got some hardwired words in your brain that are 'bad':
'Socialism' = bad
'Big Government' = bad
without really thinking through what you're saying.

It must be cultural. Americans--the real ones--don't trust authority. Our government was founded by revolution and rebellion against the idea of kings, or ten thousand pint-sized would-be kings holding clipboards.

Saying that a government can turn around and deny care is, well ridiculous when you're comparing it to private companies that do it ROUTINELY. If government does it (please do give me examples where they have... hmmm? I can pull out stupendous amounts of private health examples)

Government consider plans to deny NHS treatment to smokers and obese

Anger over NHS restrictions for osteoporosis treatment

Vulnerable And Frail To Get Substandard Medical Care, Australia

Australia's health care system basically 'broke'

Left-wing socialist ideals have given you a certain perspective not shared by all. Your "culture", like many in the world, believes that the group is more important than the individual.

I'm sayin' that sooner or later, that belief will bite you on the buttocks, because the operators of such systems remain human. Less government = better.

The basis of the idea that every human being is entitled to "free" health care is a made-up "right" based on nothing. Even among the world's major religions' mandates to selflessly help others there is no call to establish gigantic government entities to take care of the public.

It's repugnant to suggest that because one does not fall to his knees in praise of The System, one then must automatically be for suffering or letting others starve.

Government is a necessary evil that creates nothing and can only take by force and shuffle around what already exists. The answers to the health care 'crisis' will be found among the people, not bureaushits.

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While sweeping floors is unskilled labour, I think I'd be affected more by having nobody clean the areas around where I lived than if the brain surgeons stopped their work. Without anyone removing rubbish all the time, the rat infestations and associated disease would probably harm and kill more people than brain surgeons save.

Don't underestimate the importance of core workforce like cleaners.

I'm not berating unskilled labor, but doesn't the medical student with half a million dollars in loans and 10 years of college study deserve more financial reward for their efforts? The socialist says, 'No, doctors' labor is a publicly-owned commodity whereas other occupations are not.'

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If an American with a serious illness that requires expensive treatment knocks on Canada's door seeking asylum, do they let him in? Any Canadian sifters, let me know.

Canada doesn't do asylum based on illness, that's reserved for other things. We do however bring people back into Canada from around the world who actually need medical care and can't get it in 2nd and 3rd world countries for treatment all the time. That aside, if you show up in Canada and require critical care for some emergency condition. You'll get it. Whether or not you'll have to pay for it(being that you're out of country and a non-payee into the system) is another question altogether different. Healthcare isn't free here either, that's where that 50% tax rate comes in along with country wide equalization payments. Since Canada already deals with Americans, and other foreign nations entering the country for healthcare, I'm sure you can figure out how much of a strain the puts on the system. And yes, there's a special division relating to healthcare fraud from non-Canadian nationals in every province.

Thank you for this information.

^and what about this:
Neural Noise Synthesizer (NNS) presents an entirely new way to use noise. NNS generates noise that is specially structured to stimulate the brainwaves of the listener.

NN, muito obrigado!!

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I see where you're coming from. But a duped video, once the invocation is done is not reversible anyway. It's singular, final act. Maybe if there was a link in the original video - and on selecting that link it brought up the old post without it doing the redirect.

Edit: Oh I see that's what Lucky has done. Telepathic brainwaves from Australia to California move at the speed of light.


//The Following code is a concept.
//Just imagine the possibilities.
using System.Net;

public ConnectToAi
{
  private anomalousAI = System.IP.Interface.Scan().getInterfaces();

 public ConnectToAi
&nbsp&nbsp{
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp AttemptConnection()Throws YouAreNotPreparedException;
&nbsp&nbsp}

private AttemptConnection()
{
 try{             &n
bsp;//Source    Destination
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp System.Interface(127.0.0.1,anomalousAI);
&nbsp&nbsp}
  catch(Exception youarenotprepared)
&nbsp&nbsp{
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp MessageDialog(youarenotprepared.StackTrace)
&nbsp&nbsp}
}
}



So how does one attain immortality?

That is simple.

With out a cerebral cortex we cannot have conscious life, as human kind knows it. If this conscious is nothing but brainwaves, electrons, and chemical reactions, then the best way to prolong existence is to create an environment where the cortex and brain can live.

Sounds a lot like the Matrix doesn't it...

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Don't feel bad - I'm glad you brought it up. I'd like to talk about advertising as well.

I've never been completely happy with ads - I've always felt they were a necessary evil, but the truth is that they are not that effective anyway.

We're nearing our 3 year anniversary, and although I would say we are a great success as a community - we have been less successful financially.

Even though we have over around 1.3 million visitors a month, the Sift doesn't produce a living wage for anyone that works on it - despite the fact that Lucky and I are on here pretty much full time.

I suppose we should at least be happy that we are not in debt, like a typical start-up type site. We pay our bills and have some money left over for pet projects.

I'm not looking for sympathy, as I love my job here - and would do it for nothing if I had to - I'm sure Lucky feels the same, BUT - it would be nicer to manage this community in my PJs rather than on the bus on the way to my contract government gig. [blech].

So, if anyone has any brainwaves around advertising, monetising VideoSift in a classy way, or other ideas, we would love to hear them. *sticky

>> ^Zonbie:
wow, what a douche. I have always wondered why some government officals like the idea of telling women what they can and cannot do with their own bodies...


Because it's not just her body. If you were arguing what women can and cannot do with their own lives, that's different. That's the inherent argument... when life begins. But there's no arguing that's a body inside her. A body with lungs and a heart and brainwaves. If you don't want to call it a life, that's your prerogative. But it's not her body.

I really don't get how pro-choice people can talk like it's all about the woman and her choice, casual or not. I don't care how seriously you thought about killing that person, murder is murder.

I saw my daughter on the ultrasound just 6 weeks after she was conceived. She had arms, legs, hands, heartbeat, brainwaves, and we could see her moving around. Small, but very obviously a human being just halfway through the first trimester. I have seen babies who were born just 5 months after conception and survived, not even through the second trimester yet.

How can people be ok with killing these innocent little kids? I am passionate believer in limited government, but forgive me if i think that it is very much the government's duty to try and prevent murder, especially those innocents who cannot defend themselves. It is especially unconscionable that the federal government actively prevents state governments from stopping these murders and even goes so far as to fund them with taxpayer dollars. Makes me sick.

I want Obama as president because i do not trust McCain and i'm sick of Bush's policies. But i will not vote for him. I'll be voting for Bob Barr, thank you very much.