Working on the Job

IMHO, the world will be a truly wireless world. 1st the system would have to be developed by a very reputable company or companies. Then a standard would have to be developed to allow more than one vendor to connect to the DBI (Direct Brain Interface). A truly easy to use interface would come in the form of a hat or skull cap that requires minimal to no surgery. The cap would provide computing, wireless internet, and cell phone. It would display the images as HUDs on the optical cortex. The ability to stimulate the optical cortex could also mean a cure for blindness.

This is all pie in the sky thinking

-Mat

Will it be possible to control a Computer directly through thought? I believe so. But isn’t the real question "Will People’s thoughts be controlled by Computers?" The answer is a definite "YES"!

Currently there is much testing going on in universities and underground government research centers testing the possibility of a direct neural computer interface. No keyboards...no mice...no monitors...NO JOKE! But is this testing really to figure out how to control computers by thought, or to give the government a closer look at our thoughts and possibly our souls?

Imagine a world where all thought is monitored. You couldn’t take a piss without the government knowing where or when. You like Double Mocha Lattes from Starbucks...Uncle Sam knows that too. You think the secretary down the hall likes to get "busay" with your boss during the long note-taking sessions in his office - old news, since her faked orgasms are being recorded in the world’s largest mainframe located a mile below the White House. How much worse could it get?

Imagine walking down the street, and suddenly you see an advertisement for McDonald’s annual McRib sandwich. Now, nobody in their right mind actually likes this sandwich, but suddenly you do. Even though you recall vomiting it up all over a Nun that was sitting in the booth next to you the last time you tried it at McDonalds, you still have this strong "need" to eat that processed pig scrotum. And what would go well with a McRib Sandwich...a nice large glass of Tab. Oh and don’t forget the after dinner smoke...even though you’ve never smoked in your life. Probably should make it Marlboro Menthol filterless. You must’ve really pissed someone off. I’m guessing you’re a Democrat...or even worse - an Independent!

This is what will come of the drive to create a thought controlled computer...computer controlled thought. Those that weren’t "right-thinkers" would die off, while Conservative Republicans would thrive. Working 12 hours a day without overtime would suddenly bring happy feelings to you and your spouse. You could walk into Burger King and that cashier who is making $2.50 an hour (dropped due to the general "desire" to make their employer happy) will truly greet you with a smile, extolling the pleasures of working for "the man". Rap music would disappear, to be replaced by Neil Diamond and Billy Joel always being in the top 10 on MTV. AIDS would disappear in the US because Homosexuals will all go straight and live a "Christian" lifestyle - not to mention those loose Heterosexuals you see on "Desperate Housewives". Lesbians will still stay lesbians for some reason. In fact, you will suddenly find hot women like Pamela Anderson and Charlize Theron being attracted to ugly geek types (these women will also be bi-sexual nymphomaniacs).

All of this sinking in? It’s on the way and there’s no stopping it. Might as well give in...especially the hot bi-sexual women.

-Muckmeister