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Posted by timothy on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:37PM from the networks-aren't-just-for-mud-anymore dept.

Eye of the Frog writes "Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and its subsidiary NTT DoCoMo Inc. have developed a device that attaches to your PDA which uses the body's conductivity to transmit data at an amazing 10 megabits per second."

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I can just see the first court case... (Score:5, Funny)

by Bimkins ( 242641 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:40PM (#4400376)

"Honest, your honor. I wasn't grabbing her. I was just giving her my telephone number!"

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Amazing! (Score:4, Funny)

by ActiveSX ( 301342 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:40PM (#4400377) Homepage

And if we could get a long chain of people, maybe we could use them instead of ethernet cable!

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We're better than mud! (Score:5, Funny)

by jimson ( 516491 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:40PM (#4400378) Homepage

At least in transfer rates........

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Wow (Score:5, Funny)

by Henry V .009 ( 518000 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:41PM (#4400382) Journal

which uses the body's conductivity to transmit data at an amazing 10 megabits per second

Oh, god. Imagine the new possibilities for porn.

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Couldn't resist... (Score:5, Funny)

by bjschrock ( 557973 ) writes: <bschrock.gmail@com> on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:41PM (#4400385)

So, if a bunch of people join hands, do they become a Beowolf cluster?

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Napster This! (Score:3, Funny)

by spellcheckur ( 253528 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:41PM (#4400387)

...and you'll now be able to download ripped DVDs during fornication!
Oh, wait... hmmm... I wonder which I'll need first... a DVD player, or a girlfriend.

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Exchange Email? (Score:2, Funny)

by Trogre ( 513942 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:42PM (#4400395) Homepage

Is it just me, or do seeing the words Exchange and Email in the same sentence make you shiver?

I was expecting another word like 'virus' or 'vulnerability' in that sentence.

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Re:I can just see the first court case... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:43PM (#4400408)

The penetration which followed was simply an attempt to get a better upload.

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Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)

by Jucius Maximus ( 229128 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:44PM (#4400409) Journal

pr0n?
This brings new meaning to peer-to-peer networking in general!

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Two for the price of one... (Score:5, Funny)

by jjh37997 ( 456473 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:44PM (#4400413) Homepage

Now you can transfer computer viruses as easy as the old fashioned biological kind.

I can see the T-Shirts now, "Don't touch me! I'm infected with Code Red!"

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New cabling standards... (Score:4, Funny)

by Cadre ( 11051 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:46PM (#4400426) Homepage

download ripped DVDs during fornication

Cat5, Cat5e, Cat6, CatSex...

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hehe, nippon (Score:1, Funny)

by Dankling ( 596769 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:48PM (#4400440) Homepage Journal

Nippon.. Nippoff... nippon.. nippoff...

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So if the DNA is 760 MB (Score:5, Funny)

by PissingInTheWind ( 573929 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:49PM (#4400453)

at 10Mb/s our body could transmit it's own DNA in 1 hour and 41 minutes.

9 months is a long time compared to that...

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10mbps For The Healthy (Score:5, Funny)

by spudwiser ( 124577 ) writes: <spudwiser@hotmLIONail.com minus cat> on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:53PM (#4400478) Journal

Yes, but in order to reach full 10mbps you have to have a diet rich in copper.

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In other news.... (Score:4, Funny)

by Bobulusman ( 467474 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:54PM (#4400483)

The DMCA has announced that skin is now illegal.

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stuff (Score:3, Funny)

by Raven42rac ( 448205 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:54PM (#4400487)

damnit, thats no ethernet cable, why, its people, NTT is people I tell you, people!

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Re:Amazing! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:56PM (#4400498)

and use those flying XP users as wireless links to places?

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Re:So if the DNA is 760 MB (Score:5, Funny)

by afidel ( 530433 ) writes: on Sunday October 06, 2002 @11:59PM (#4400510)

Well the actual transmition can be acomplished in as few as 5 seconds, emm errr or so I'm told.

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Re:Interesting, but... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:03AM (#4400540)

Make sure you shake hands with your vendor regularly to get the latest fixes/patches for your device.

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Re:Amazing! (Score:5, Funny)

by blowhole ( 155935 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:06AM (#4400558)

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of us!

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Oh, but to have this on a college exam.... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:08AM (#4400564)

Where you can get charged with academic dishonesty not for looking over at someone elses' test or passing a cheat sheet, but for just givin 'em a high five. That's neat.

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Re:*grits-teeth-in-rage* (Score:5, Funny)

by foobar104 ( 206452 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:10AM (#4400577) Journal

2002-10-07 01:14:50 Download Porn Videos While You Kiss (articles,news) (rejected)

Perhaps now you're starting to understand the importance of a good title.

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Re:New cabling standards... (Score:4, Funny)

by Edgewize ( 262271 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:13AM (#4400597)

Cat5, Cat5e, Cat6, CatSex...

Jees, that's starting to look like my incomming Gnutella queries.

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Re:In Related News... (Score:3, Funny)

by foobar104 ( 206452 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:14AM (#4400604) Journal

...backbone providers have announced plans to pay people minimum wage to hold hands with each other as a backup backbone.

Sigh. The way the job markets looks right about now, I would take that job.

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Oh great, more spam, just lovely. (Score:3, Funny)

by Skapare ( 16644 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:19AM (#4400636) Homepage

Oh great, more spam, just lovely. And they'll say I opted-in, too ... with my handshake.

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Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)

by majestynine ( 605494 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:22AM (#4400648)

Sorry, I couldn't resist posting a link to this nodeshell on Everything2. Get ready to laugh your ass off:
Penises have higher bandwidth than cable modems [everything2.com]

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Spam? (Score:3, Funny)

by udecker ( 251844 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:35AM (#4400699)

Now the spammers will just run around slapping people.

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Re:Here's what I don't get... (Score:4, Funny)

by dirvish ( 574948 ) writes: <dirvish@ f o undnews.com> on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:47AM (#4400764) Homepage Journal

Hey man. We gotta save the forests man. Down with dead trees (paper) man.

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This was *going* to be a WIRELESS link... (Score:5, Funny)

by Tokerat ( 150341 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @01:40AM (#4400975) Journal

...but some of the test subjects' "antenna" wasn't quite long enough for decent reception.

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Re:We should use this for the last mile. (Score:3, Funny)

by captredballs ( 71364 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @01:50AM (#4401012) Homepage

Yeah, when Worldcom bites the dust we might need to organize "Hands Around the World" just to read /.

Genetic engineering is going to become a much higher priority for geeks as soon as they need to overclock THAT bus :-)

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Re:I can just see the first court case... (Score:3, Funny)

by modecx ( 130548 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @01:57AM (#4401037)

Hrm, interpersonal LAN parties... Gives "First Person Shooter" a whole 'nother meaning!
Wonder just how far tweakers will go to get lower pings though?

Yeah, definitely time for bed.

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Re:How about people with pace makers? (Score:2, Funny)

by MourningBlade ( 182180 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @02:14AM (#4401082) Homepage

Modern peacemakers use all-natural, organic material which has not been shown to be affected by any electromagnetic fields in the area. In 100% of use cases the peacemaker was able to adapt to the environment and perform its function.

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Snow Crash (Score:3, Funny)

by richie2000 ( 159732 ) writes: <rickard.olsson@gmail.com> on Monday October 07, 2002 @02:27AM (#4401113) Homepage Journal

This is sooo Snow Crash. Now, not only can you rub against someone and catch a cold, you can get viruses in your beltwares as well. Your cellphone will set up conference calls to bad payporn when you try to call your mom, your watch will continually blink 06:66 and set off the alarm at odd hours and your PDA will make an appointment for a Golden Shower in your own office by a smelly Bill Gates-lookalike in drag really, really early on Monday morning. Crap, there goes the whole week.
Just another reason to keep wearing my rubber gloves. *snap*

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ACK! I've been hacked! (Score:3, Funny)

by Ainu ( 135288 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @02:54AM (#4401168)

Does this mean latex is now a firewall?

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old applications of new technology (Score:4, Funny)

by kyletinsley ( 575229 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @03:04AM (#4401190) Homepage

Seriously, I think this new technology could be used in some interesting ways. I'm waiting for someone to work it into the electric chairs used on death row, for a particularly fitting punishment for certain individuals...

"Jerry Bruckheimer, for your crimes against humanity, this court orders you to be put to death via electric chair. 100 million copies of Armageddon will be digitally sent through your body each second until you are sufficiently fried. And may God have mercy on your crap-movie making ass..."

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great... (Score:2, Funny)

by heby ( 256691 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @03:05AM (#4401192) Homepage

...with a pda in my pocket that keeps the electrical potential of my skin oscillating at a carrier frequecy of 10mhz, i guess i can stop worrying about having my cellphone in the back pocket of my jeans, the high voltage lines over my house and the high power radar at the airport in sight ;-)

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Re:How about people with pace makers? (Score:2, Funny)

by Spy Hunter ( 317220 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @03:32AM (#4401241) Journal

Geez! Doesn't anybody here have a sense of humor? You guys are a tough crowd.
Just to clear up any confusion, that was intended to be a joke. It was also pointing out in a humorous way the lack of coherence in the argument that since the device uses the body's natural conductivity it must be compatible with pacemakers. The fact that it does use the body's natural conductivity in no way indicates that it is safe for people with pacemakers. But the post was mostly intended to be a joke. Which apparently nobody got. At least I didn't waste my +2 bonus on it.

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Re:Interesting, but... (Score:2, Funny)

by encrypted ( 614135 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @04:18AM (#4401341) Homepage

The sex was great but she rooted my handheld.

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Re:Seen this...? (Score:4, Funny)

by LadyLucky ( 546115 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @04:27AM (#4401365) Homepage

Really, I can't think of a better way of transmitting your public key to someone.
So this would be some sort of handshake protocol then?

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First there was date rape... (Score:2, Funny)

by floydigus ( 415917 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @04:39AM (#4401393)

...and soon there will be data rape

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Re:Here's what I don't get... (Score:2, Funny)

by Alan Partridge ( 516639 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @04:57AM (#4401429) Journal

just wait 'till you fail your degree - you'll get plenty of adding practice in McDonalds.

Free uniform, too.

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Found New Hardware (Score:3, Funny)

by i chose quality ( 413813 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @05:04AM (#4401438)

Suzy [Build 07/19/75]
Status: horny

Installing...

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The next step (Score:3, Funny)

by abe ferlman ( 205607 ) writes: <bgtrio@@@yahoo...com> on Monday October 07, 2002 @08:54AM (#4401966) Homepage Journal

The next step is obviously the world's first sexually transmitted computer virus.

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Re:Spam? (Score:3, Funny)

by Maran ( 151221 ) writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @09:22AM (#4402082)

"Now the spammers will just run around slapping people."

Yes, but then there'd be a wonderful reason for responding.

No slap I slap am slap not slap interested slap but slap thanks slap anyway slap.

Maran

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Re:10mbps (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday October 07, 2002 @12:55PM (#4403745)

10mbps? millibits per second? Thats 1 bit in 100 seconds. Sounds easy enough to me.

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I can just see the first court case... (Score:5, Funny)

Amazing! (Score:4, Funny)

We're better than mud! (Score:5, Funny)

Wow (Score:5, Funny)

Couldn't resist... (Score:5, Funny)

Napster This! (Score:3, Funny)

Exchange Email? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:I can just see the first court case... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)

Two for the price of one... (Score:5, Funny)

New cabling standards... (Score:4, Funny)

hehe, nippon (Score:1, Funny)

So if the DNA is 760 MB (Score:5, Funny)

10mbps For The Healthy (Score:5, Funny)

In other news.... (Score:4, Funny)

stuff (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Amazing! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:So if the DNA is 760 MB (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Interesting, but... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Amazing! (Score:5, Funny)

Oh, but to have this on a college exam.... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:*grits-teeth-in-rage* (Score:5, Funny)

Re:New cabling standards... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:In Related News... (Score:3, Funny)

Oh great, more spam, just lovely. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)

Spam? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Here's what I don't get... (Score:4, Funny)

This was *going* to be a WIRELESS link... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:We should use this for the last mile. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I can just see the first court case... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:How about people with pace makers? (Score:2, Funny)

Snow Crash (Score:3, Funny)

ACK! I've been hacked! (Score:3, Funny)

old applications of new technology (Score:4, Funny)

great... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:How about people with pace makers? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Interesting, but... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Seen this...? (Score:4, Funny)

First there was date rape... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Here's what I don't get... (Score:2, Funny)

Found New Hardware (Score:3, Funny)

The next step (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Spam? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:10mbps (Score:1, Funny)

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This was going to be a WIRELESS link... (Score:5, Funny)