And lo on Fri, 02 May 2008 09:32:41 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

>>> Seriously... WHAT THE HELL ELSE DO YOU WANT?!
>>  The ability to use my nipples to tune into JazzFM and control my  
>> temperature.
>
> ...the hell...? 0_0

Red Dwarf reference (see Kryten)

>> An enhanced EM sense would be nice
>
> Like what? The ability to see with your tongue?

More like the homing sense of birds.. or elves.

>> possibly another thumb
>
> You have two essentially unused fingers as it is!

Two? Anyway I just thought an extra thumb couldcome in handy fro gripping.

>> rewiring of our eyes
>
> You can rewrite your eyes if you want. :-P

reverse the receptors and get rid of the blind spot and filtering caused  
by the connectors.

>> separation of waste and procreation organs
>
> Hmm... that *is* going to involve creating additional holes in the  
> structural reinforcement of the abdonom. I'm just saying... ;-)

No not really we already have two holes down there, just one for one  
process and transfer one to the other. As an added bonus women will stop  
complaining about men leaving the lid up or how there's always only a  
queue outside the ladies loo.

>> a lower error rate on cell duplication
>
> That's going to significantly lower upper limit on the speed of cell  
> division.

True, but if we can decrease the rate of decay that should compensate.

>> separation of food and air intakes
>
> OK, that's probably a good idea. In fact it would probably be beneficial  
> if all that pipework didn't have to go through your neck... it's kind of  
> vulnerable.

Although I'll admit some reports I've seen suggest that our ability to  
make complex noises derives from this cross over.

>> extra nictitating membrane on eyes and nostrils
>
> Wuh? Dictionary time...

An extra transparent eyelid on our eyes to protect against dust etc. think  
crocodiles. And the ability to seal our nostrils shut which we seem to  
lose from our infancy.

>> concious control of pain receptors as standard
>
> That's probably a Very Bad Idea. To quote Madonna, "pain is a warning  
> that something's wrong".

But it's much easier to think if someone shut off those bloody klaxons.  
Hence my use of "conscious control" - Yes I know that is hurting, but  
unless the level of pain increases or decreases then stop telling me every  
microsecond.

>> Give me time and I'm sure I could come up with many more.
>
> Indubitably...

Dictionary time :-P

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Phil Cook

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