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z42

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Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
I would upload data to myself that would give me the ability to build and operate my own personal version of the machine that just uploaded the data.

Winner!

The one about all medical knowledge is great too, but your career would be short lived unless you kept up with all medical journals/procedures and had the intelligence to determine which knowledge was correct when facing conflicting theories/practices.

Such a tricky question.

If I couldn't get the machine =) I'd download knowledge(reading, writing and speaking) of every language in the world throughout history. A skill that I could use in a myriad of ways and wouldn't become outdated before my lifetime ends.
 

DaShen

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Originally posted by: z42
Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
I would upload data to myself that would give me the ability to build and operate my own personal version of the machine that just uploaded the data.

Winner!

The one about all medical knowledge is great too, but your career would be short lived unless you kept up with all medical journals/procedures and had the intelligence to determine which knowledge was correct when facing conflicting theories/practices.

Such a tricky question.

If I couldn't get the machine =) I'd download knowledge(reading, writing and speaking) of every language in the world throughout history. A skill that I could use in a myriad of ways and wouldn't become outdated before my lifetime ends.

All the languages in the world would be a great one!!! :) Great post.
 

cKGunslinger

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Nov 29, 1999
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Originally posted by: MrLee
Originally posted by: DaY
I'd like to know PHP inside and out and be able to use it in perfection.

You could know how to be the best brain surgeon in the world in two clicks of a mouse and you would choose to know PHP...

Uhh.. not everyone enjoys surgery. :confused:
 

TitanDiddly

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Johnny Mnomic.

Personal mediaplayer- mp3, video, internet, all wired directly to my head. That'd be neat.
 

middlehead

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Jul 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: Trippin315
I woudl want to be Superman. Same answer should I meet a Genie in a bottle.
Martian Manhunter would be better. Just as strong and fast as Superman, with similar optic blasts, plus telepathy, invisibility, intangibility, and shapeshifting.
 

PricklyPete

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Sep 17, 2002
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Don't lie people...you know you would just want to upload the experience of actually being with a women and not just having to imagine it on your own.
 

PricklyPete

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Originally posted by: MrLee
Originally posted by: DaY
I'd like to know PHP inside and out and be able to use it in perfection.

You could know how to be the best brain surgeon in the world in two clicks of a mouse and you would choose to know PHP...

LOL. I guess we need people who are good at anything. Reminds me of that monster commercial years back where children were saying things like "I'm aspiring to middle management".
 

NTB

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Mar 26, 2001
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Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
I would upload data to myself that would give me the ability to build and operate my own personal version of the machine that just uploaded the data.

Something tells me that would be illegal - it's like wishing for more wishes from a genie :p

Nate
 

CarlKillerMiller

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Jul 14, 2003
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Originally posted by: DaShen
Is there a skill to increase capacity and learning curve?

**EDIT**
If not, then maybe all known Physics (Mechanical - Quantum)

But more than likely

All known Medical knowledge and the proficiency to use that knowledge. Basically enough to be the most proficient surgeon out there.

DaShen beat me to it.
 

NTB

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Mar 26, 2001
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Originally posted by: neovan
Human Genome

you already have that :confused: Now, the knowledge to decode it and fix it (genetically-based diseases and such), that would be useful.

Nate
 

imported_Trippin315

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Originally posted by: middlehead
Originally posted by: Trippin315
I woudl want to be Superman. Same answer should I meet a Genie in a bottle.
Martian Manhunter would be better. Just as strong and fast as Superman, with similar optic blasts, plus telepathy, invisibility, intangibility, and shapeshifting.
Yes, that sounds much better, but what are his weaknesses?

 

SirStev0

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Nov 13, 2003
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would there be a dong increasing program?
or even better I would want the god mode cheat... all guns, unlimited ammo, super special and invulnerablity!

serious answer -- some sort of finicial program that would let me own the stock market... i may be sweet at science... but i suck at businessy things
 

DainBramaged

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Jun 19, 2003
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Hmm...probably the ability to learn all of them.

Seriously, I'd go for any of the following:

Helocoptor Pilot
German
French
Amazing Writing Skills
 

Mo0o

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Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Originally posted by: MrLee
Originally posted by: DaY
I'd like to know PHP inside and out and be able to use it in perfection.

You could know how to be the best brain surgeon in the world in two clicks of a mouse and you would choose to know PHP...

Uhh.. not everyone enjoys surgery. :confused:
But seriously, PHP? There's gotta be more meaning in that person's life than PHP, which isn't that amazing of a language to begin with
 

SagaLore

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I'd upload the Linux kernel. Then I could grep all sorts of files and hack networks with my mind. :Q
 

DaShen

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Originally posted by: cKGunslinger
Originally posted by: MrLee
Originally posted by: DaY
I'd like to know PHP inside and out and be able to use it in perfection.

You could know how to be the best brain surgeon in the world in two clicks of a mouse and you would choose to know PHP...

Uhh.. not everyone enjoys surgery. :confused:

But PHP can be learned without wasting your free chance to learn anything you wanted. Coding languages die out every 5-10 years (if they are the popular ones). And the unpopular ones die quicker nowadays.