>> That's not to mention the cloning devices that can be affixed to the 
>> front of readers etc.
> 
> Luckily that's still very hard with EMV-system (the cards with chips), 
> while it's trivial with the magnetic cards.

I think until it becomes impossible to use the magnetic cards with a 
signature, having chip & PIN won't help.

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>> - 0-maintenance on all components. (!)
> Just a couple of words: hairdressers, toothpaste, the gym.

Non-essential cosmetics. ;-)

[And toothpaste is unecessary if you eat the diet the human body was 
actually designed for.]

>> - Most non-fatal injuries automatically repaired while unit remains 
>> operational. (!!!)
> The two major mission critical systems (the heart and brain) can not 
> repair damage.

I was under the impression that your heart *can* recover from damage. 
Similarly, you can't regrow brain cells, but the brain has an impressive 
capacity to reassign functions and regain normal functioning after 
fairly serious injury.

>> - Central nervous system with cognative abilities unrivalled by any 
>> organism on Earth, as far as we know.
> You forget the mice.

Is this a Douglas Adams reference?


> But the question 
> was not what I want but if there is improvement planned but not 
> realized. Just to decide whether we are in alpha or in early beta.

Heh. Well, that would depend on who the "designer" is, no? ;-) Let's not 
even get into that one...

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And lo on Thu, 01 May 2008 19:50:11 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>  
did spake, saying:

> andrel wrote:
>
>> Do you think we already have all the planned features now or are there  
>> new ones still to be added later?
<snip>
> Seriously... WHAT THE HELL ELSE DO YOU WANT?!
>
> ;-)

The ability to use my nipples to tune into JazzFM and control my  
temperature.

An enhanced EM sense would be nice, possibly another thumb, rewiring of  
our eyes, separation of waste and procreation organs, a lower error rate  
on cell duplication, separation of food and air intakes, extra nictitating  
membrane on eyes and nostrils, concious control of pain receptors as  
standard, better waste disposal management. Give me time and I'm sure I  
could come up with many more.

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>> 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

> An enhanced EM sense would be nice

Like what? The ability to see with your tongue?

> possibly another thumb

You have two essentially unused fingers as it is!

> rewiring of our eyes

You can rewrite your eyes if you want. :-P

> 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... ;-)

> a lower error rate on cell duplication

That's going to significantly lower upper limit on the speed of cell 
division.

> 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.

> extra nictitating membrane on eyes and nostrils

Wuh? Dictionary time...

> 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".

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

Indubitably...

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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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>>> 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.

For some reason, when I read "complex noises" I immediately thought of 
Blur's "Song 2".

I guess it seemed a fitting counter-example or something... ;-)

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Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>
>> Seriously... WHAT THE HELL ELSE DO YOU WANT?!
> 
> Adjusting sensitivity of the optical sensors (the sensors itself, not just the 
> iris). 

Isn't that what dark adaptation is? Essentially your brain increases the 
amount of gain when there are low levels of light.

 > Manual focus possibility (both full and basic settings) for the
> optical sensors. 

You can't do this? I've always been able to adjust the focal point of my 
eyes on command.

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Invisible wrote:
> Eero Ahonen wrote:
> 
>> Shapeshifting.
> 
> Dude, what would you *use* that for? Really?
> 

Wouldn't it be nice to literally be a "Fly on the wall" sometimes? Or 
what about squeezing under that closed door to the server room? :D

>> Telekinetics.
> 
> Now _that_ would genuinely be useful. And also make crime detection 
> essentially impossible...
> 

"There is no spoon" ... hee hee..

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

>> Seriously... WHAT THE HELL ELSE DO YOU WANT?!
> 
> Documentation. Particularly about the female version.

Don't worry, they're also self-documenting. :D (Just look at Wikipedia 
for examples ...)

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andrel wrote:

> You forget the mice.

And dolphins, don't forget the dolphins :)

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