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Finnish Guy Gets Prosthetic USB Finger Storage 113

Posted by samzenpus on Friday March 13, 2009 @03:39PM from the I'd-still-choose-a-shotgun-leg dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jerry had a motorcycle accident last May and lost a finger. When the doctor working on the artificial finger heard he is a hacker, the immediate suggestion was to embed a USB 'finger drive' to the design. Now he carries a Billix Linux distribution as part of his hand."

90% of Gaming Addiction Patients Not Addicted 333

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 25, 2008 @09:05PM from the don't-worry-i'm-sure-you're-in-the-other-10% dept.

phorm writes "BBC is carrying an article which states that 90% of visitors to Europe's 'video game addiction clinic' are not, in fact, addicted. The problem is a social one rather than a psychological issue. In other words, the patients have turned to heavy gaming because they felt they didn't fit in elsewhere, or that they fit in better 'in the game' than elsewhere in 'the real world.' This has been discussed before, with arguments ranging from gaming being a good way to socialize, the clinical definition of gaming addiction, and claims than males are wired for video-game addiction."

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by Maple Syrup on Tuesday July 04, 2006 @12:23PM

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