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  • FrequentFlyer29, on 03/27/2008, -5/+95Despite your attitude towards Microsoft this video contains few quite interesting ideas. My favorite is the Digital Wallet. All-in-one credit card looks appealing. By the way, what’s up with the amount she pays for her prescription drugs? How far is this in future anyway?
    • unique172, on 03/27/2008, -2/+45Microsoft has fantastic concept ideas, but so few of them ever become a reality...
    • ejhdigdug, on 03/27/2008, -2/+7They're alredy trying this with RFID tags, the problem is they're incredibly ease to hack and steal people's money from:
      http://tv.boingboing.net/2008/03/19/how-to-hack-an ...
      • CSharpSauce, on 03/27/2008, -2/+3There are a lot of really cool things happening with RFID tags. I work in the Technology Department for one of the nations largest retailers. The places we're taking RFID in the coming years is really exciting.
      • austinshea, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2If you watch that, you'll find that the reason he was able to steal that data was due to the implementation, not the technology.
    • MarkKezner, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5Digital wallets seem like the perfect vehicle for the RealId, which scares the bejesus out of me
    • feanix, on 03/27/2008, -5/+2I think the digital wallet idea sounds cool but the presentaion of it here seems gimmicky. Why the hell should I have to tell the wallet where I'm using it. Surely it can figure it out by talking to the thing its giving my money too!

      But no, lets have a cool scrolly feature that makes the card 20x more expensive and take up more time in your day. F**king typical!
      • HonoredMule, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I think I'd rather be the source of input specifying what data or currency is going where. Maybe we'll make a "trust" card just for you though.
      • funkydude101, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1This was my first reaction when I saw it - why should I have to tell it what card I plan to use if I'm at a health station. It should know what information to request of my digital wallet and I shouldn't have to unnecessarily scroll through it. Oh well I guess it's just a concept.
      • Speed, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1How many people could look at an all in one card that's nearly organized and bitch because the card "can't detect that I want to use my health card". Ok, let's assume you only get so much coverage a year for prescriptions, and in this case it's such a small cost (or you have a higher than normal cash flow that day) so you decide to pay out of your own pocket for the drugs (you know, save the health card for a rainy day).
        Also, if you've ever been a cashier and had a customer (or stood behind such a customer in line) that has to go through all their pocket to find exactly which card they want (or go fishing through a purse), because they have 20 different bloody credit cards, you'd know this is probably faster for most people. Plus, it'd be nice to not have to carry a wallet with your DL, debit card, credit card, SIN card, student ID, HealthCare card, store loyalty card, company swipe card, gift cards, etc.
    • theOster, on 03/27/2008, -1/+36i can just imagine the beauty of swiping your card at the pharmacy and all of a sudden "HERPES MEDICINE" is projected on teh wall next to you. maybe they could include an arrow pointing at you while they're at it....
      • Speed, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Lets just hope that by then herpes and AIDS have been cured.
    • gritta, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5I think they got it all wrong... that far in the future I expect they will just sit you down in an MRI machine and get a computer program to diagnose all your illnesses.

      "Windows has detected the following illnesses, would you like be cured?" Imagine the UAC on that........
      • tj111, on 03/28/2008, -1/+5Maybe it could give a whole new meaning to the blue screen of death.
      • Scaryclouds, on 03/28/2008, -1/+2Windows has detected a fatal error.
      • bowe, on 03/28/2008, -1/+2ok, now stick this one in your mouth, this one in your ear, and this one goes in your ass. ...
        [Doesn't work] Um, no wait, this one goes in your ass.
        • Speed, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1At least we won't be drinking the same damn liquid thats in our toilets.
      • Stonekeeper, on 03/28/2008, -3/+1More like: "I'm sorry. We are unable to issue your prescription as your licence has run out. Please contact a Microsoft rep"
    • diggingaround, on 03/28/2008, -3/+1I thought that video will feature how Microsoft is beating Google into a bloody pulp.. didn't know they are aiming to became a health care provider ;)
    • themastersb, on 03/28/2008, -5/+3If that's Microsoft's vision how come it appears that everyone is using a Mac looking computer?
    • BlaenkDenum, on 03/28/2008, -1/+2Sad and probable truth: The only reason they released this video is because they already have patents on every single one of those ideas (Just an assumption).
    • skyh, on 03/28/2008, -1/+3Neat concept, but I guarantee you none of this is coming from Microsoft for a LONG time.
      Cerner Corporation is already doing stuff at least comparable to this, with software that works with tablets across a huge network, along with new concept doctor's offices which they already have in practice at their headquarters where people can see a doctor.
  • covertress, on 03/27/2008, -3/+17Being a tablet pc user, I enjoy seeing that enhanced in this future. lc, I hope they don't program that query. lol
    • zephc, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!
      • spanglegluppet, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2dugg for back to the future reference
    • alwaysmc2, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2I use a tablet pc as well. :-) It makes my Mac-fanboy friend so mad. ^_^
  • TomRemixed, on 03/27/2008, -1/+91Surface... FOR EVERYTHING!
    • stevenbrown, on 03/27/2008, -16/+8Doctor on computer: You have just been diagnosed with.... A fatal error has occurred
      You: Noooooooo!
      • skyroket, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I sent that to a bunch of my doctor friends, poking fun at all the computer problems they have right now are just getting them prepared for the future of computer problems!! haha
    • latova, on 03/27/2008, -3/+16My heart isn't running genuine software, so now it won't turn on anymore. :(
    • GIScope, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I'd be so confused! ... Door..oh wait it's an ordinary door...Table?!..nope...wait it's gotta be the little cabinet sign over there...ehh missed it again!! *****!! ....The emergency exit sign?!!...
    • PRlME, on 03/28/2008, -0/+4i wonder what the Surface would do if your hading sex on it?
  • Rizmaster, on 03/27/2008, -27/+12And then it BSODs and your artificial hear stops.
    • DanBoodro, on 03/27/2008, -3/+10*heart
      • debuggercll, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6He could mean a cochlear implant too.
      • Jeffler, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2His computer BSOD'd when he was at hear and then changed its mind for " stops."

        /sarcasm
  • Search153, on 03/27/2008, -25/+48For as long as Americans pursue profits through the healthcare system, it will have no future.
    • Nysul, on 03/27/2008, -1/+17Yah, I'm sure the government will get right on this.
      • Search153, on 03/27/2008, -7/+11I doubt they will, they'll use words like "socialism" to scare you into thinking that healthy Americans are a bad idea. Then, they'll market you tons of chemical and fat-laden foods to expand your waistline, as the populace sits ever entertained in front of their television sets consuming simulated TV dinners while watching reality TV.
        • supermanred, on 03/27/2008, -4/+4You just described the United States of America!
    • ejhdigdug, on 03/27/2008, -12/+1Along with all the pour people.
      • OldJesser, on 03/27/2008, -0/+15Yes, bartenders and waitresses everywhere are devastated without the future of American health care.
    • lpse2000, on 03/27/2008, -4/+5Please enlighten me as to why that is?
      • daftman, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2Because doing medicine is about saving life not profits. Profit should always be a secondary motivation for doctors.
        In fact, if it was up to the American doctors, there will be no such thing as red cross, doctors without borders.
        • proverbs17, on 03/28/2008, -0/+0Having worked in Health Care in the US for more then 10 years, I would say saving lifes is the Primary purpose for 99% of the doctors and nurses. But, it takes a lot to become a doctor, and a lot to maintain competency. So, I would say that they deserve to be paid.
    • logandurand, on 03/27/2008, -9/+7Healthcare is a commodity, just like any other product. It has always been, and will continue to be, about business and profit. This is not always a bad thing.
      • Search153, on 03/27/2008, -8/+7Allow me to enlighten you about a little country called "Canada", where Healthcare is not about business, nor profit. Could you point it out on a map?
        • diggdiggerid, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4Are you saying doctors are forced to work for free?
        • NeptuneZen, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=canada%27s+he ...
          uh yeah, public health care is so great seriously though the fundamental assumption of your argument (or at least your implied argument) is that making a profit is bad (or plain evil). Making a profit is a good thing, however making to much a profit is a bad thing, you can easily solve this by increasing competition in any industry. More companies mean more companies competing equals lower prices.
        • gluon, on 03/28/2008, -1/+3I don't want bottom of the barrel, lowest common denominator socialized medicine. I don't want to have to die waiting in line for standard medical care. Do you honestly want to put your health into the hands of the government bureaucracies who could care less if you live or die so long as they can line their pockets with money? Privatized mediciine is not a bad thing.
        • samssf, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1@diggdiggerid: A non-profit organization doesn't mean its employees work for free...
        • bowe, on 03/28/2008, -1/+2Why would I want to go to America Junior, when I already live in America?
      • wellyuk, on 03/27/2008, -3/+7When business and profit mix with healthcare then healthcare suffers. The interest is less in the patient and more in lining the pockets of the shareholders. This is ALWAYS a bad thing, in the case of healthcare.
      • hiPpymIck, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4health care is an odd commodity ..
        because the supplier (doctor)
        tells the consumer (patient)
        what their demand (treatment)
        is going to be

        • NeptuneZen, on 03/28/2008, -0/+3WebMD, it has a purpose you know.
    • Darkhacker, on 03/27/2008, -3/+17Because people will spend billions of dollars on research and development of medicines and technology out of the goodness of their heart. /sarcasm

      There is nothing wrong with making profits. It's how the economy works and how we all have nice homes, cars, and computers. The key is playing by the rules. Breaking the rules is what screws things up, not trying to gain profit and compete in a free market.

      I'm currently on medication that is keeping me alive. I think if you were in the same situation, you wouldn't be on such a moral high horse about "zomg evil b1g ph4rm4!!!"
    • radioactive21, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4It cost Pharm companys $500 Million dollars to research, test, and get approval for a single drug. This does not count production and marketing.

      Half a billion dollars, do you have that much money? Pharm companies become bad when they break the rules of the game, and regulation is needed, but beyond that are you gonna complain about price to a company that can saved lives with its next discovery? Are you gonna stand in front of a potential for a cure just so you can save a few dollars?
      • HonoredMule, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3The price of survival is no trifling matter when the patient can't foot the bill. Wealth becomes the measure of human value.

        Cost of healthcare is a major factor that broadens the segregation of the social elite, and promotes "sub-human" classes.
        • NeptuneZen, on 03/28/2008, -3/+1What? Sub-human? Because a company can go out and create a cure for a disease that was previously incurable, but not everyone can afford it, promotes sub-human classes? What a lot of people don't like to face is that their is a cost benefit analysis you have to do in life. If someone creates a machine that cost billions of dollars but that can cure one person of any condition, should we hold if from the people that can afford it? Should we bankrupt our economy on trying to give this to everyone? We cannot provide every cure to every person, and trying to do so is beyond insane. Yes it would be nice to give everyone every cure we have available, but doing so just isn't practical.
          • HonoredMule, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Like it or not, you're still making wealth the measure of human value.

            The rich have access to the resources necessary to be healthy and survive, while the poor are implicitly considered "less important." What do YOU call a person who's life (to an unattached 3rd party) isn't worth as much as the life of some other person, if not "sub-human?" You either respect and value human life, don't, or apply your values only to a subset of humanity.

            You can argue "real world" considerations all day, but that only proves that your real world classifies lower social classes as sub-human, because they are denied equal access to the fulfillment of basic survival needs. And that is why Canada runs a government-funded health-care plan. We can't totally fix it, but we sure as hell ought to at least CARE...and be trying our hardest to address it.
          • NeptuneZen, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1What your saying is that we should raise all standards so the poor get better care, and I get that and agree. What you are also saying is that we should also lower the standards so everyone gets equal treatment, and that I don't agree. We can't afford to give the best possible to everyone, its just not possible. But that doesn't mean that we should stop the wealthy from getting it either. It isn't treating people as inhumane just because they can't get the best treatment, its just simple economics. I know it sounds cold, but the state of the art is expensive, we can't afford to give it to everyone. Not everyone can ride a concord, but does that mean we should stop their flights because it promotes classes of people?
          • HonoredMule, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Where am I saying that? I'm saying that it should be funded by social collaboration and applied to everyone, rather than funded by and applied to only those who can afford it. How does that tranlsate into lowering standards? Capitalism isn't a silver bullet for innovation, you know. Necessity is the mother of invention, not greed.

            Furthermore, AFFORDABLE cures are the real innovation anyway. No, we shouldn't give the BEST to those who can afford it, because it means we are diverting our efforts from supplying the WIDEST benefit.
          • HonoredMule, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1If all human life is equally precious, then the only discrimination we can make is that saving 10 lives is more valuable than saving 1. How the wealthy spend their cash is their own business (outside of social dues, i.e. taxes), but public hospitals are for public benefit...indiscriminately.
      • pkScary, on 03/30/2008, -0/+0Big pharma isn't the driving force behind developing new drugs, academia is.
    • ArchiTech, on 03/27/2008, -3/+8I believe Search153's point was not to disrespect the existence of pharmaceutical companies, rather take aim at the fact that not every American would even be able to dream of such a healthcare system simply because they could not afford it.

      I live in Canada, I still buy prescription drugs from the same large pharmaceutical companies that you do. The only difference between you and me is that I will only pay a fraction of what you had to pay.

      I won't have to pay the receptionist when I leave my doctors office

      I won't have to pay the lab technician for the tests I had done

      I won't have to pay for the ambulence that saved my fathers life

      I won't have to pay for the hospital room where my niece was born

      If the government can pay for security (police), emergency protection (fire-fighters), education (school's, libraries, museums), infrastructure (roads, utilities), then why can't they pay for one of the most essential services to humanity and it's health and well being?

      It is my understanding that doctors take a Hippocratic oath upon entry into the practice. Someone please show me the line in the oath that tells the individual that money is more important than saving lives.
      • active1x0, on 03/28/2008, -2/+2Because NONE of those government-run entities you listed are well funded, run efficiently, staffed by highly-trained people, or free from problems. Every one of those systems is plagued with high costs and infrastructure problems. The government runs nothing well, and I certainly do not want them responsible for my medical needs.

        Health insurance companies have an incentive to keep you alive so you will keep paying your bills. If you die, the revenue stops. The government has no such incentive - you simply stop costing them money if you die.

        Also, no doctors will refuse you life-saving treatment. Walk into a hospital with a gunshot wound and I guarantee you will be stabilized. Please try to know what you are talking about.
        • daftman, on 03/28/2008, -1/+3> Because NONE of those government-run entities you listed are well funded, run efficiently, staffed by highly-trained people, or free from problems. Every one of those systems is plagued with high costs and infrastructure problems. The government runs nothing well, and I certainly do not want them responsible for my medical needs.

          Everything has problem. What makes you so sure that private health care are run efficiently, highly trained people and free from problems?
          Furthermore, it's so ***** easy to solve your problem. It's call government subsidies.

          > Health insurance companies have an incentive to keep you alive so you will keep paying your bills. If you die, the revenue stops. The government has no such incentive - you simply stop costing them money if you die.
          Dumb logic. Health Insurance works by you NOT getting sick so you keep paying your bill. Once you get sick, they don't care about whether you get better or not, but whether to pay out the least cost to you. It's not about looking after you so you can pay they bill. It's all about avoiding any pay out.

          > Also, no doctors will refuse you life-saving treatment. Walk into a hospital with a gunshot wound and I guarantee you will be stabilized. Please try to know what you are talking about.
          *****. When you walk into a private hospital, they make sure you have insurance first before treating you. It's FOR profit remember? Why would they ***** waste time and money on you if you don't have insurance. You watch too much ***** E.R and Grey's Anatomy.

          Please try to know what you are talking about.
        • huckabee, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1"Because NONE of those government-run entities you listed are well funded, run efficiently, staffed by highly-trained people, or free from problems. Every one of those systems is plagued with high costs and infrastructure problems. The government runs nothing well, and I certainly do not want them responsible for my medical needs."

          That's true in the US because the cult of individualism, i.e. selfishness, makes it difficult for the government to be honest about taxes and wealth distribution. Instead we get congressmen making deals with private businesses to raid the public coffers, leaving government enterprises without necessary resources. Look at places like Japan, France, Germany or Sweden where people have more of a sense of contributing to the common good. They all pay higher taxes than Americans and still complain less because their healthcare, education, defense and law enforcement are well funded and highly functional. AND they have low rates of poverty. Go figure!

          If you like the way corporations run things, take some time to ponder what was so great about Pan Am, Enron and Bear Stearns.
      • NeptuneZen, on 03/28/2008, -2/+3You do have to pay the receptionist when you leave your doctors office
        You do have to pay the lab technician for the tests you had done
        You did have to pay for the ambulance that saved your fathers life
        You did have to pay for the hospital room where my niece was born

        Just because you didn't pick up the tab on the way out the door didn't mean you didn't pay for it. You pay through your taxes. You also pay with your doctors who leave Canada because they can get higher paying jobs somewhere else.
        • daftman, on 03/28/2008, -0/+3I rather pay with my taxes than having to pay through a ***** lump sump when I'm sick.
          Of course nothing is for free but tell me what's the ***** difference between paying tax and paying health insurance. Money ares still being deprive from your pocket.
          Doctors who leave a country because they want to get a higher paying job don't really ***** give a ***** about medicine.
        • spanglegluppet, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1Surely a bit selfish that he should have to pay for the hospital room where your niece was born? :(
      • d3dm, on 03/28/2008, -2/+1The important part that you seem to forget is that it isn't the government that is paying for these things - it's you and me through our tax dollars.

        Why should my taxes be increased so that someone who smokes or eats McLard burgers and gets no exercise can get free medical care for respiratory problems or diabetes? What's next, free transportation? Free cable TV? Free beer?

        BTW, why are there so many more people trying to get into the US (with it lousy health care system) compared to Canada or any of the other more 'socially minded' countries? It's not like we're hurting for immigrants. We must be doing something that appeals to the millions that want to come here. What do you think that is?


        • daftman, on 03/28/2008, -1/+2> Why should my taxes be increased so that someone who smokes or eats McLard burgers and gets no exercise can get free medical care for respiratory problems or diabetes? What's next, free transportation? Free cable TV? Free beer?

          Shallow ***** mind. Ask yourself this. Why the ***** are you paying taxes for dickheads who drive on a freeway 100 miles away from you. Why the ***** are you paying taxes for some fireman to rescue some dickhead who left his iron on? Why the ***** are you paying taxes for some dirt poor kids because their parents are too ***** dumb to earn money for their education?

          If you complain about paying taxes for some ***** bastard who eat burgers, then ***** complain nabout everthing else. In fact stop ***** paying taxes all together. Save all that ***** tax money and then you realize that your ***** potion of tax that you contribute every ***** year isn't enough to pay a ***** cop to patrol your street.
          Yet what do you get? Free education, Free police, Free library, national security, free use of public road, free judicial system to hear your legal matters, free army deployment during national disaster, etc.

          Grow the ***** up, you selfish sonofabitch.

          > BTW, why are there so many more people trying to get into the US (with it lousy health care system) compared to Canada or any of the other more 'socially minded' countries? It's not like we're hurting for immigrants. We must be doing something that appeals to the millions that want to come here. What do you think that is?
          Because people who want to get into the US are undeducated about the American system. Someone from Mexico who wants to get to America is not going to ***** do his research about America problems and trying to get in. He just take what he see on TV. Reality is a ***** different story.
        • huckabee, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1It's not Canadians and Western Europeans who want to come here. Try measuring the US against those countries and you'll see that, wow, it's NOT "the greatest country ever". There are a lot of people who don't want to live in the USA.
      • ArchiTech, on 03/28/2008, -1/+2You guys need to calm down.

        I agree that people will take advantage of a Universal Healthcare system. But I'm also not afraid to be kind to strangers. I feel comfort in knowing that my neighbor cares enough about me to pay their MSP (this tax you Capitalists are so dearly afraid of) so that all of us can live healthy lives.

        Perhaps some Americans have let their need to better themselves go a step too far and forget to help enrich the lives of their neighbors and fellow Americans.

        Americans can be some of the most proud people in the world. It surprises me that they take comfort in knowing that they cannot rely on their fellow citizens in something as simple as a doctors visit.

        There's no need to get angry over the inherent flaws in both Public and Privately organized systems. When it comes down to human principles in providing a dignified and respectful life for all people. Universal Healthcare seems to be the most logical option.
      • austinshea, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2You also had no hand in the funding of the research that went into making that drug. If you needed to take that drug, from that "large pharmaceutical company," then you took advantage of the tons of money we're throwing into the health care.
      • ArchiTech, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Not all pharmaceutical research is 100% privately funded. Not all pharmaceutical research is performed in the United States. I would imagine a good amount of data that contributes to the design and testing of medical treatments and drugs is performed outside the United States, both privately and publicly.

        For the sake of argument, OK, lets say the United States did pay for ALL the research required to develop new drugs, would this not make it more plausible for the drug to be more affordable in the United States?

        If the United Kingdom's National Health System (NHS) can sell the same prescription drugs universally at the cost of around $20USD, no matter what the kind of drug, no matter what the prescribed quantity. Why can't the American's who invented the drug in the first place sell it for the same affordable price?

        I would imagine that the next person reading this is developing a counter argument that is likely rooted on the basis of greed and selfishness rather than humanity and selflessness.
        • fokov, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1"Why can't the American's who invented the drug in the first place sell it for the same affordable price?"
          Because it costs more to invent things than to copy an idea. That is the whole basis to copyright laws and patents. The copier may have to pay a little reverse engineering a drug (chemical compound), however, that cost is nothing like the cost to invent and go though all of the trials to make it "safe" and/or catalog the side affects.
    • ArchiTech, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1After reading this comment section and comparing responses based on American perspectives on Universal Health care,
      it appears most American's don't have the Humanity required to be accepted into the United Federation of Planets. I'm not kidding here, Star Trek was written by philosophers and I'm sure many Diggers are indeed Trekkers.

      You don't see Dr. Crusher asking for Picards insurance policy when she's finished using the dermal regenerator.
  • Jiyoui, on 03/27/2008, -20/+6I was expecting the blue screen of death to pop up sometime in that video.
    Very disappointed...
    • addurobi, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3Not funny.
    • MioTheGreat, on 03/27/2008, -2/+72003 called: It wants your joke back.
      • titlesaysitall, on 03/27/2008, -3/+21998 called: it wants your joke back which you guys already beat to a pulp.
  • luke16, on 03/27/2008, -25/+70*Windows has unexpectedly crashed during a kidney operation, please restart the patient*
    • DanBoodro, on 03/27/2008, -10/+12*Fatal Error - Core Dump of (subject name here) has stopped unexpectedly.*
      • philhatesyou, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9Core dumps don't stop. A program crashes and you get a core dump. If you're going to make a techy nerd joke, try to make sure you have at least a small grip on what it is you're talking about.
        • PathDaemon, on 03/27/2008, -5/+2Get a small grip on when nerdgasmic retorts are really called for... also, who said memory dumps of any kind can't be interrupted?

          Furthermore, Portal reference. STFU.
    • Olfster, on 03/28/2008, -1/+0We told IT not to install SP12 before Mr. Smith's surgury was completed.
  • guerrilla_suit, on 03/27/2008, -53/+45So MS's vision of the future is everyone using Apple computers?
    • Nysul, on 03/27/2008, -3/+61Everything the video showed was essentially an extension of the tablet PC/PDA and surface. The iphone is hardly the first touch interface.
    • FutureGuy, on 03/27/2008, -5/+6Yes only apple can make cool things /s
    • jhaks, on 03/27/2008, -1/+14*sigh* I hate these comments, not to mention all the BSOD and other lame MS jokes. None of this stuff is even remotely funny anymore and that whole crap about UAC (that Apple spewed forth from its "imaginative" bash PCs advertising) perplexes me; if you have ever used Linux or OSX as a non-root account UAC shouldn't seem strange at all. Can't anyone just comment on the contents of the video instead of Microsoft? I was really hoping I wouldn't see this type of childish crap when I clicked on the comments link.
      • OliverKlosoff, on 03/28/2008, -3/+1Steve Balmer, is that you?!

        Please(!), don't throw a chair at me! ;-)
    • HonoredMule, on 03/27/2008, -2/+3There WAS an awful lot of white...
      • alwaysmc2, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1And we all know that Apple invented white! (I'm pretty sure you're being sarcastic, and so am I) :-)
  • joebonk, on 03/27/2008, -17/+2http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0
    better hope this doesnt happen to your doctor's software
    lol
  • soulpatrol, on 03/27/2008, -21/+8In your DREAMS, Bill Gates.
    I can't even send a word document from Vista to any computer running _anything_ else. Let's work on that first, before releasing something ELSE that's still in beta.

    ...but let me know when that digital wallet gets up and running.

    • g3ck0, on 03/27/2008, -1/+11Maybe if you didn't save everything as .docx you wouldn't feel like such a fool
      • Dichotomic, on 03/27/2008, -7/+4Maybe if Microsoft's default format was compatible with other programs, you wouldn't look like such a tool.
    • brettalton, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1Cause you know, when you mug someone, you can't just force them to put their thumb on the 'digital wallet'...

      What a security feature.
    • Dobby156, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4OK, so you must thinks it cool to hate MS? i regualrry take my .Docx to otjer machines, running older version of Office, all i had to sdo was update.
    • estvir, on 03/28/2008, -1/+4Either save things as 97-2003 compatible or download the FREE add-ons to access .docx on other versions of Word, etc. Also, find a clue, moron.
    • soulpatrol, on 03/28/2008, -1/+0you guys are sweet.
  • DoSSiN, on 03/27/2008, -20/+94"Blue Screen Of Death" takes on a new meaning.
    • feanix, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2Could you imagine the entire inside of a patients room being literally WALLPAPERED with BSoD? The trauma!

      Of course, in the future, there will be no Blue Screen of Death.
    • tj111, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Crap, I just made the exact same comment somewhere up the page in response to someone else. Didn't read this first though.
    • Coyote47, on 03/30/2008, -0/+0"there has been a driver issue:

      offending driver: Jarvik3.90.6

      User Terminated"
    • anoriginalname, on 04/05/2008, -1/+0Maybe they should work on making their own product work well before moving on to healthcare no?
  • fcrow, on 03/27/2008, -7/+40Would love to see this vision become a reality!
    • VenDrake, on 03/27/2008, -4/+6That's because you didn't see the hacker who lifted that ladies fingerprint off of her disposable coffee cup and emptied her "virtual wallet" as soon as she left. Or the hacker who intercepted the wireless connection to steal the doctor's password; then dumped their entire medical database on the web.

      Don't get me wrong; I like their vision, and their presentation was great, but some of the security vulnerabilities - coupled with Microsoft's history - well ... it makes me shiver.
      • pentalive, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5Lost me when the lady went up to the prescription ATM and her medical status was there for any shoulder surfer.
    • Verz, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1And privacy will be a thing of the past! All of your genetical and personal information will be stored in a database.
  • TehJoe, on 03/27/2008, -15/+3"Schedule doctor review..." ***** BSOD.
  • chesscat, on 03/27/2008, -20/+3I wasted four minutes on this thinking there was some kind of big anti microsoft payoff message in the end. What a disappointment.
    • FutureGuy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6I don't think ur time can ever be a waste.
      • chesscat, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1It was just wasted reading your retarded post.
  • chrissku, on 03/27/2008, -12/+11A for profit health care system.......it even sounds as cruel and greedy as it is.
    • pentalive, on 03/27/2008, -8/+3doctors don't deserve to be paid, they should doctor in their free time and earn a living doing something else
      • wellyuk, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2Yeah because a health care system consists of ONLY doctors.
      • elementop, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1Open-source medicine? :P
    • fokov, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1For profit health care has been around since the dawn of healers/doctors.
  • somespecial, on 03/27/2008, -10/+15Those ideas are stolen from the movie "Idiocracy"
  • deevay, on 03/27/2008, -20/+3more of an apple thing to do
    • tnoy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+22No, if it were apple, you'd have to use iTunes for everything.
  • vidalsasoon, on 03/27/2008, -6/+60We're only at about 50% BSOD jokes. Crank it up a bit.
    • OhSn4p, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1brilliant
    • runnerboy2789, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3Windows Updates available, please save your operation and restart now.
  • sexybobo, on 03/27/2008, -10/+28Microsoft has always been good at making these. The probalem is when they actualy ship the product it will be a paper clip
    "You appear to be having a heart attack would you like me to tell you what to do for a back ache?
    • ZippyV, on 03/27/2008, -3/+5Get with the program, the paperclip has been dumped since 2002.
    • alwaysmc2, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1Hey, they finally killed Clippy. Rejoice!
  • ejhdigdug, on 03/27/2008, -6/+15Damn I just had to reboot my side table, which drug do I take again?
  • Bajwa123, on 03/27/2008, -2/+13You know, i just hope all this wont seem to me in the future how the remote seems to my grandma today
  • ejhdigdug, on 03/27/2008, -4/+12You just turned 30, time to renew!
  • SirDomino, on 03/27/2008, -8/+17Darn, was hoping this was Bill Gates and his foundation trying to bring affordable health care to American Citizens... The future looks great for those who can afford it.
    • metaknite, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4But the price will come down so more and more people will be able to afford this. Look for this technology in 50 years.
    • active1x0, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2You know, I bet if we gave free healthcare to everybody, the cost of doing anything in the medical industry would plummet.
      • fokov, on 03/31/2008, -0/+1Or skyrocket since it will be subsidized by the government. Already the costs for Medicare/Medicade have inflated drug prices. Do the rest and it will get even higher.
    • estvir, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1No, you're thinking it would not be affordable if Apple/Steve Jobs was behind this.
  • tnoy, on 03/27/2008, -8/+15If microsoft is the future, at least I'll still be able to choose between a couple dozen hardware vendors.
  • ISellDrugs, on 03/27/2008, -9/+2Did anyone else catch "mononucleosis" at the end when she was getting medication? LOL
  • zephc, on 03/27/2008, -3/+10It accidentally prescribes viagra when what you needed were anti-rejection drugs for your new heart.
  • monkey1016, on 03/27/2008, -6/+51Morphine drip has encountered a problem and needs to close. You will now start feeling pain. Click ok to continue.
  • SexyInsurance, on 03/27/2008, -2/+21I'm in the health industry and the available technology should make health care more efficient and effective. The future is bright, but not if the government thinks they can do it better than the private sector. This was an exciting video about the future. No paper anywhere.
    • Me1000, on 03/27/2008, -6/+1ZOMG if the government takes over you wont make $750,000 a year!
    • ArchiTech, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1You're right, America is far too deep into a privatizedhealth care system for this to work through government funding.

      Won't stop it from happening in places where Universal Healthcare already exists though.
    • diggingaround, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1... and the doctor spends exactly 25 sec with his patient... even faster that a pit stop at formula 1 race.
    • active1x0, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1The first intelligent healthcare-related comment on this article yet. Quite refreshing. I would add:

      What drives research, breakthroughs, advances, new techniques and medicines?

      Competition and the pursuit of profit. Last I checked, government-run anything kills both of these.
  • wolphcry, on 03/27/2008, -5/+7Why would we still need a tablet pen?
    • ericdano, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3Exactly. Microsoft.......tisk tisk.
    • ejhdigdug, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7For those of us who still like to draw.
    • logandurand, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5Because fingers are very inaccurate for writing/drawing on touch-sensitive surfaces.
    • scy1192, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1so our fingers don't get callus
    • supermanred, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1I agree. Tablet pen or even brushes should be an option not required... though as some have already commented, a digital paint canvas would be fantastic if there were a pen or brush sets you could physically hold in your hand.

      Mind you, finger painting is fun and I still prefer swiping a finger quickly across my iPod touch to pulling that stupid pen out and pressing the screen on a Blackberry.
      • alwaysmc2, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2Some tablet PC models today have dual digitizer and touch inputs.
  • gyronic, on 03/27/2008, -12/+6Shiat, this is a joke.

    America's Healthcare = DONATION CUP AT THEIR LOCAL DAIRY QUEEN.
    • fakekevinrose, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2i have been to my local dairy queen and i have yet to see the healthcare donation cup. you sir are the fool of fools
  • HenvY, on 03/27/2008, -2/+12Both totally awesome and completely plausible.
    • ShiftyMcCan, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1It would be awesome if there were zero security flaws and it would be plausible if our health care system wasn't crap.
  • FBMGriever, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5I love these kinds of videos. Even if something like this doesn't happen, I think it is important to set an example of the profound difference technology can have on our lives. Very exciting.
  • KixEvilCereal, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2Wall plays video, video watched on tiny screen?

    Also, should be, "Welcome to digital wallet, please confrim hand chip by laying palm on screen"
    • MAGZine, on 04/22/2008, -0/+2No, it shouldn't.
      these little 'hand chips' are a complete invasion of privacy, and could easily be replaced by carrying one of these cards.
  • Daamien, on 03/27/2008, -3/+5Electronics everywhere... mayhem would ensue during an electrical failure.
    • diggingaround, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2even better... massive solar flare..
  • Metalcard, on 03/27/2008, -4/+9How does any of that help you if your blind? Brail system be damned in this future we seek.
    • KixEvilCereal, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5Blindness? Thing of the future?

      Pay attention!
    • SSCrow, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5pretty sure by the time this comes around we will have some biotic Eyes in a decent fashion.
      We already have them now (to an extent)
    • Kebie, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Apparently only 10% of blind people in the US bother learning braille so what is the point.
    • ShiftyMcCan, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4In the future all blind people will be "phased" out.
    • selfdisplaced, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1they could use the Haptic technology?
  • MAGZine, on 04/22/2008, -2/+6Phenomenal.

    I would love to see this happen in today's world. Its all very intuitive. Some privacy issues may arrise, but the mechanics of this is simply brilliant. Awesome concept Microsoft; we know you have the money to put it to work, now make it happen.
  • ericdano, on 03/27/2008, -7/+3Who would use a PEN? Come on people!
  • megaton, on 03/27/2008, -7/+2Let's start with something small like, say, releasing Surface, first.

    And no, I will NOT be typing primarily on a touch screen "keyboard"... *sigh*
  • Connormac44, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3... and we'll all get our sustenance from anal suppositories.
  • FuckXboxx, on 03/27/2008, -13/+2Their approach to gaming is "***** gamers, give them Xbox" so I'm guessing their approach to healthcare will be "***** sick people, give them AIDs."
    • supermanred, on 03/27/2008, -2/+3Have you ever played on Xbox Live? It's about the only thing Microsoft has done right. If that's what you don't like about Microsoft, you must REALLY be a Microsoft hater.
      • FuckXboxx, on 03/28/2008, -2/+1I don't pay monthly fees to game online in a completely controlled environment.

        I play for free in a totally free environment with whatever controls I want. Microsoft doesn't want you to have that freedom because it makes it harder for them to make money because people don't know how to configure games and gaming machines.
  • g3ck0, on 03/27/2008, -8/+0It should be funny when Christmas comes along and Microsoft doesn't expect such a sudden increase in customers. Again. Their servers then go down and half the world dies because they've forgotten how to take a ***** without some reminder on their coffee table to tell them to.
    • supermanred, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1... digging you down because you should know better than to think people want 20,000 dollar computerized coffee tables that they can't put their you know, coffee or glass of wine on because it would interfere with their neck-breaking carpal tunnel syndrome game of Doom 4.
  • TomGfromCanada, on 03/27/2008, -2/+10most people still have problems with automatic checkouts.
    • Dichotomic, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5That's because they're made like absolute *****.
    • unfinite, on 03/28/2008, -1/+1"Unknown item in bagging area. Please remove item to continue."
      WTF? I didn't even add a new item. ??
      Then an employee comes over and makes it shut up.
      Seconds later: "Unknown item in bagging area. Please remove item to continue."
      AARG
  • badassninja, on 03/27/2008, -3/+8My personal health being uploaded to anyone's server? I don't think.
    On a different subject, hey MS, why don't you stop making bull ***** videos and make a new OS already.
    • voodoozombie, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I run labs and I bet your data is on my Windows server. Did you think it wasn't? Do you have any clue where your data is already?
  • dcollins, on 03/27/2008, -4/+3so will all the hospitals have the cheesy music on loop as well?
  • MyKillK, on 03/27/2008, -9/+2The future of health care brought to you by a huge multinational corporation whose CEO believes in eugenics and donates billions of dollars almost exclusively to population reduction programs.

    No thanks.
  • trippj01, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3For someone in the health care system this is something that I do not see happening. It might be possible for private hospitals in the very distant future but medicine is such a tough business these days. With more and more americans that cannot afford their own treatments. The advancement of technology will just cost the patient more money for treatment. There is going to be a higher price tag on everything if this was put into place. That "simple" eye exam could cost over $250 for all the included fees.
    • ArchiTech, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3You're right, before American's start advancing technology in the medical "business" any further, they should consider re-establishing the business back to the basics of being a medical practice.

      If America can do anything, America should be able to have the worlds best universal healthcare system.
      • Coyote47, on 03/31/2008, -0/+0Worlds best and universal are mutually exclusive
  • ufia, on 03/27/2008, -3/+12In the future, that waiting room wall projector is going to be a great opportunity to rickroll the patients.
  • Tob3z, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5These videos are great and they always choose the best music to go with it.

    However. Why the future so bland? Do we not like paintings any more? Or anything antique? It's like Equilibrium (the film).
  • Wakuko, on 03/27/2008, -10/+1"We will start charging for every email to stop spam" Bill Gaytes
    That's the kind of invention I like from M$
    HAHA
  • marcus1060, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5That's pretty neat.
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