I recently read this story about a big guy, Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae, Colorado, who chose to have surgery in order to alter his thumbs, in order to be able to use his iPhone more efficiently.
So he has a hard time using the features on ever-shrinking user interfaces on devices like his new iPhone. At least, he did, until he had his thumbs surgically altered in a revolutionary new surgical technique known as “whittling.”
Read details on zDnet or the North Denver News.
What is your opinion of this?
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Yeah, it is really sick to what lengths some people can go. And what a waste of medical resources, those doctors could be saving lives.
Gotcha! Or did I not? Whilst I do support my above comment, in general, that it is really sick to what lengths some people can go, and that there are better uses for scienece, the fact is that the story was a fake. A hoax. A piece of social satire. Read the background stuff now.
Even though this is my first comment here, but it seems I’m going to break the ice between us ….. are you so bored that you actually comment to yourself …… :))))))))))). All jokes aside it was a good read and I wouldn’t be suprised if it happened sometime in the future, maybe even a transplant of a stylus in one’s finger would be possible ?salaam
And peace upon you too. Welcome to my blog.
LOL Adam you sure are going crazy.Now technically speaking is the iphone worth buying ?
I would love to have an iPhone. I just gotta get my thumbs done first!Seriously: for the moment you have to be quite a hacker, if you want to use it outside the US, because they are all locked to a single operator ( ATT methinks ), but it is probably doable.Secondly, they cost pretty handsomely, $495 or so, but if you can afford it, why not?Thirdly, the second generation will certainly be better, just as with the iPods, or any technology…
“but it is probably doable”Well, its only been hacked ( by software ) recently, here is an article reporting it.salaam