[extropy-chat] Hype or tripe?

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,15933078,00.html
> 
> Let your body do the downloading

Hype.  Yes, data can be transmitted along the body - but that only
extends to the limits of the body.  For long downloads (for information
you do not already have somewhere on your body), one would have to have
one's body plugged in to something connected to the network - with
limits on physical mobility comparable to a short leash.  While there
are some BDSM fetishists who would enthusiastically embrace that, the
majority of the public would prefer other solutions.

There are other, far more practical solutions to eliminating the wait
for downloads.