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What would you do for YOUR tech?

misbehavinmisbehavin Registered User regular
edited August 2007 in Games and Technology
EDIT: Article was a fake, but was only meant to spring-board into the question: Ever done anything wacky for your tech or your games? I had a friend who once quit his job to play WoW more often...

Tell your tales!

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I think that was a spoof article.

    http://northdenvernews.com/content/view/925/2/

    Editor's Note
    Written by Guerin Lee Green
    Saturday, 11 August 2007

    Strangely, while many readers have grasped that "Surgically alters thumbs" represents satirical social commentary, many on the internet, alas, have not.

    Careful reading of the piece makes it clear to any critical consumer of information that the piece is pure humor and not news or reported as fact.

    Among the points of the piece: that U.S. society accepts plastic surgery and decorative deformation of the human body for vanity, but not other reasons (consider the Bonds steroid stories); that technology has become a new cult phenomena, in which items are praised or ridiculed based upon tribal allegiances instead of functionality and performance (and we are members of the Cult of the Mac- iPhone division); and we like to pretend that some of our writers have a sense of humor.

    For those who have "debunked" the HUMOR piece, thanks for pointing out that there are no muscles in the thumbs (BTW, there are muscles in the thumb), and that the timeline from iPhone release to successful surgery is pure fantasy. Also "whittling"?!?! Come on, pollexplasty, from the Latin for thumb, pollex, perhaps, but not whittling!!

    Additionally, many commentators have derided Mr. Martel for stupidity first and foremost, which may indicate something about their credulity. In an era when fake news, like Paris Hilton, has crowded out real news and public debate, the lesson is that skeptical consumption of information, whether from the North Denver News, the New York Times, or the National Review, is a must.

    By the way, for odd skeptics, the North Denver News is a monthly community newspaper serving Northwest Denver, with about 35,000 readers. The North Denver News is entering our sixth year of publication, and along with our sister paper, The Cherry Creek News, are the largest community news presence in Denver. Our web presence, which features stories from the paper as well as other news, satire and commentary, is updated several times weekly, and will do about a million page views in calendar 2007.

    FYI, there is no Thomas Martel (aka Tommy the Hammer) or Dr. Ben Fox Spars. The Fox of course, is reference to Fox News (aka Faux News). James Benfly is fictive as well, the nom de plume of one of our writers. And thanks to Franz Kafka, who must be smiling upon this whole episode.

    Last Updated ( Monday, 13 August 2007 )

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  • misbehavinmisbehavin Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Oh, I know, it was just a lead-in to the question.

    I have a friend who quit his job (admittedly, a job he hated, but still) so he could play WoW more regularly.

    Ever done anything ridiculous for some tech or game?

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  • CG FaggotryCG Faggotry BristolRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I would get a "military grade neural cyber-interface", if they worked.

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Yeah, I'd like some kinda Ghost in the Shell style modification. USB sockets in my neck please!

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Must be.

    Though I hope it sin't, because then Evander will stop his bitching just because he has fat hands.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I am a first year student, I have very little money to live on, and have had a £200 emergency fund in a spare bank account incase anything urgent ever comes up.


    Wii and Zelda at launch counts as an emergency right?

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Rook wrote: »
    Yeah, I'd like some kinda Ghost in the Shell style modification. USB sockets in my neck please!

    where would the driver-disk go..

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    darleysam wrote: »
    Rook wrote: »
    Yeah, I'd like some kinda Ghost in the Shell style modification. USB sockets in my neck please!

    where would the driver-disk go..

    Suppository.

    Installed by Laser Disc.

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