Automatic screensaver disable

For further convenience, allow PowerPoint and other video/photo presentation software to automatically disable the screensaver on the laptop during presentations or video/photo streaming. A lot of people forget to disable the screensaver before giving a presentation and imagine the embarrassment if the screen suddenly displayed something inappropriate...

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Mind slaves

Imagine that in the very long term (2050 and beyond) technology will allow people to link their brains to the machine world, perhaps using nanotech implants connected to each synapse to relay brain activity to a high speed neural replica hosted by a computer. When this technology matures, people will do wonderful things such as using machine sensors as extensions to their own capabilities. They will use android bodies to move around and experience distant places and activities as if they were there in person.

But here's the scary part to all this

People may not be able to die completely. If their body is an irrelevance, and there are many restore points from which they can be recovered, friends, family, or even the state might keep them 'alive' as long as they are useful.

And depending on the law, they might even become a form of slave labour, their minds used for information processing or creativity whether they wish it or not. It has often truly been noted that there are worse fates than death.

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Nobody's Perfect except for...

I am a Nobody. Nobody is Perfect. Therefore I am Perfect. Makes Perfect sense :)

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Wikipedia. Famous People's Facebook!

They're all in there. Every time I do a google search of a famous person the first result I get is their Wikipedia page. It has a bio, a photo and links to more info about them on the web. It's a detailed social network profile. It occurred to me that Wikipedia is the best social network platform for famous people. Their life's work is already included. What's missing is an 'Add me as a Friend' button and regular updates of their activities. An online encyclopedia with a social network capability for famous people, a hybrid Wikibook, would be cool to have on the web!

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What the eye can't see

If high definition TV has already made more women rush to their doctors for cosmetic fixes and gallons of Botox, I'm wondering how large mass migration to the skin specialist will be when high definition mobile phones are used by everyone in the near future. Use of heavy makeup to cover flaws doesn't work with HDTV where every tiny mole wrinkle or freckle becomes clearly visible. Imagine that every photo or video clip taken will expose these imperfections. I think it's a safe bet that skin specialists will see great growth in their business in the next few years.

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If violence breeds violence

Why don't the moderates in Iran get radicalized the way their religion would expect them to when they are the powerless minority? The media portrays the protests in Iran as a fight of Iranians versus Iranians. When it comes to the street, the Islamic government militia has the upper hand. They are in control and know it. But if a few radicalized moderates blow up a truck in a police station, behead publicly a few government officials and secret police officers, then that's a totally different story, the true beginning of fear on both sides and the spark of civil war in Iran. That's Iranians versus Iranians. Street protests is a one-sided show of power. Fear will make it two-sided and lead to the election of an Iranian Obama eventually

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Iran elections

please comment here. I heard so many rumors. Are they fake? Is it a fraud? Do you think Ahmadinejad is a dictator? He shut down facebook before the elections so his opponents couldn't use it. What's your opinion? What is the future of Iran?

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