BT and telepathy

[sadluxation]

British Telecom (http://www.btplc.com/careerzone/index.cfm) are testing the potential of telepathy and thought waves for communication.
http://www.wcn.co.uk/images/banners/esp.gif

[Jon_in_london]

What is the cockney ryhming slang for penis, btw?

[davidhorman]

Not only, but also:

Computers that think like humans?
http://www.wcn.co.uk/images/banners/eyes.gif
Robots that do housework (how long have we been hearing that one?):
http://www.wcn.co.uk/images/banners/robot.gif
And a billion times more processing power in 2020:
http://www.wcn.co.uk/images/banners/hands.gif

David

[Mr. Turquoise]

Given what I remember about BT, telepathy may well be an improvement over their service.

What is the cockney ryhming slang for penis, btw?

I was wondering that, too. Apart from "Hampton wick," I can't think of a phrase for "penis." I know plenty for other parts of the human body though...

Mr. Turquoise

[xouper]

bump

[BTox]

Eh, I thought this one was about my telepathic abilities...

[Brown]

The link doesn't work (at least it doesn't work for me), none of the photos appears, and there seems to be no discussion of the issues. As far as I can tell, there is no need to preserve this thread.

[xouper]

Brown: As far as I can tell, there is no need to preserve this thread.Does your vote override mine?

[davidhorman]

Does your vote override mine?

Common sense should. And yes, I'm well aware of the irony here.

David

[xouper]

davidhorman: Common sense should. And yes, I'm well aware of the irony here.Yer getting closer to the real issue here.

[Soapy Sam]

I seem to recall hearing a similar rumour about two years ago.
Meanwhile, there's always this-

http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/currentresearch/calls_video.html

[Brown]

Originally posted by xouper
Does your vote override mine? There's no need for snottiness.

It's not a question of voting, it's a question of judgment. As I've said in other posts, members should exercise some judgment when bumping threads. It appears to me that you did not apply good sense when you decided to preserve this thread, because there does not appear to be anything to preserve.

[xouper]

Brown: There's no need for snottiness.It was a sincere question, sir.

It's not a question of voting, it's a question of judgment. As I've said in other posts, members should exercise some judgment when bumping threads. It appears to me that you did not apply good sense when you decided to preserve this thread, because there does not appear to be anything to preserve.Here's another sincere question. Since we obviously disagree on this, whose "good sense" has precedence? You vote it should be deleted and I vote it should not be deleted. Why should your preference override mine? And I ask that sincerely, without any snot. :)

[Brown]

Originally posted by xouper
Here's another sincere question. Since we obviously disagree on this, whose "good sense" has precedence? You vote it should be deleted and I vote it should not be deleted. Why should your preference override mine? And I ask that sincerely, without any snot.My apologies for misconstruing your intent.

I do not vote that the thread be deleted. I merely question your decision to have it preserved. In its day, the thread had a perfectly legitimate purpose. But now, the content is no longer obtainable, and what's left seems to have little value.

It has been suggested elsewhere that pruning threads is like burning library books. I do not think that is so. A librarian can tell you that libraries routinely discard books that are redundant or that have outlived their usefulness.

From what I could tell, this thread outlived its usefulness. It was going to be discarded in the ordinary course of events, but for your intervention to save it. I just don't see why that intervention was reasonable here.

[xouper]

Brown: From what I could tell, this thread outlived its usefulness. It was going to be discarded in the ordinary course of events, but for your intervention to save it. I just don't see why that intervention was reasonable here.Obviously we disagree on that point.

[Interesting Ian]

Hi Brown,

Just to remind you, you'll need to put me on ignore again :)

[neutrino_cannon]

Originally posted by BTox
Eh, I thought this one was about my telepathic abilities...

You're telling me! I thought this was about BattleTech!

Nuts.

[Tez]

Originally posted by Interesting Ian
Hi Brown,

Just to remind you, you'll need to put me on ignore again :)

Damn - me too.

How did you pull that one off?? (Dont bother replying ;) )

BTW - IMO this thread probably should (now) be preserved, but in the MAD forum..