Why would McD's employees even care? I could see it if he was at a movie theater and they suspected him of filming the presentation, but at a fast food restaurant? Morons, the lot of them.
Picture of the guy and his cybernetic implants can be found here.
http://io9.com/5926587/what-may-be-the-worlds-first-cybernetic-hate-crime-unfolds-in-french-mcdonalds
QuoteWhat may be the world's first cybernetic hate crime unfolds in French McDonald's
George Dvorsky
Steve Mann, the "father of wearable computing," has been physically assaulted while visiting a McDonalds in Paris, France.
The Canadian university professor was at the restaurant with his family when three different McDonalds employees took exception to his "Digital Eye Glass" device and attempted to forcibly remove it from his head. Mann was then physically removed from the store by the employees, along with having his support documentation destroyed.
This may be the first ever recorded assault of a person instigated by the prominent display of a Google Glass-like wearable computer.
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The incident is particularly troubling, not only because Mann's device is very similar to Google Glass, but because the assault could be a harbinger of things to come as the technology becomes increasingly prominent. Assaults such as this one may become more frequent should people (and corporations) respond poorly to the use of such devices. Details of the assault were made available by Mann on his blog.
He, along with his wife and children, were touring the Champs Elysees area when the incident took place. After sitting down to grab a bite to eat, Mann was questioned by a McDonalds employee about the Eye Glass. Since Mann had spent the day going to museums and landmarks, he had brought a letter from his doctor along with other support documentation explaining the device.
He has worn computer vision of some kind for the past 34 years as part of his research in the field of wearable computing. Mann then describes what happened next:
After reviewing the documentation, the purported McDonalds employee accepted me (and my family) as a customer, and left us to place our order. In what follows, I will refer to this person as "Possible Witness 1".
We ordered two Ranch Wraps, one burger, and one mango McFlurry, from a cashier who I will refer to as "Possible Witness 2". My daughter handled the cash to pay Possible Witness 2, as my daughter wanted to practice her French. Possible Witness 2 complimented my daughter on her fluency in French.
Next my family and I seated ourselves in the restaurant right by the entrance, so we could watch people walking along Avenue Champs Elysees while we ate our meal.
Subsequently another person within McDonalds physically assaulted me, while I was in McDonand's, eating my McDonald's Ranch Wrap that I had just purchased at this McDonald's. He angrily grabbed my eyeglass, and tried to pull it off my head. The eyeglass is permanently attached and does not come off my skull without special tools.
I tried to calm him down and I showed him the letter from my doctor and the documentation I had brought with me. He (who I will refer to as Perpetrator 1) then brought me to two other persons. He was standing in the middle, right in front of me, and there was another person to my left seated at a table (who I will refer to as Perpetrator 2), and a third person to my right. The third person (who I will refer to as Perpetrator 3) was holding a broom and dustpan, and wearing a shirt with a McDonald's logo on it. The person in the center (Perpetrator 1) handed the materials I had given him to the person to my left (Perpetrator 2), while the three of them reviewed my doctor's letter and the documentation.
After all three of them reviewed this material, and deliberated on it for some time, Perpetrator 2 angrily crumpled and ripped up the letter from my doctor. My other documentation was also destroyed by Perpetrator 1.
I noticed that Perpetrator 1 was wearing a name tag clipped to his belt. When I looked down at it, he quickly covered it up with his hand, and pulled it off and turned it around so that it was facing inwards, so that only the blank white backside of it was then facing outwards.
Perpetrator 1 pushed me out the door, onto the street.
Ironically, it was because of the assault that Mann was able to capture images of the McDonalds employees. The Eye Glass utilizes a system called "Augmediated Reality" which helps the wearer see better. When the computer is damaged, buffered pictures for processing remain in its memory and are not overwritten. Subsequently, Mann was able to capture images of the assault.
Mann contacted police after the incident, but "did not receive much help from them." He is hoping that the fast-food chain will repair his broken Glass, and that "McDonalds would see fit to support vision research."
The assault has already enraged a number of people who are calling for an immediate apology. Users on Reddit have been quick to act, going so far as to publish the address and phone number of the McDonalds in question, while Techcruch has called for a McDonald's boycott.
According to Andy Greenberg of Forbes, McDonalds has assured him that, "that the company "[takes] the claims and feedback of our customers very seriously. We are in the process of gathering information about this situation and we ask for patience until all of the facts are known."
Mann is no stranger to controversy — nor to discrimination. He was once thrown out of a Wal-mart, and has had run-ins with the New York City Police department and U.S. Secret Service.
Should have executed the fag.
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
Lawlessness and brigandage are time honoured customs of both France and McDonald's.
I saw a cyborg yesterday. Poor bastard had part of his throat removed and had one of those machines to talk through.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
Maybe, but he's still pretentious and retarded.
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 08:10:29 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
Maybe, but he's still pretentious and retarded.
Pretentious anyway.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:49:11 PM
Mann is no stranger to controversy — nor to discrimination. He was once thrown out of a Wal-mart, and has had run-ins with the New York City Police department and U.S. Secret Service.
This makes me wonder if this dude isn't actively seeking out incidents like this.
Quote from: derspiess on July 19, 2012, 08:22:04 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:49:11 PM
Mann is no stranger to controversy — nor to discrimination. He was once thrown out of a Wal-mart, and has had run-ins with the New York City Police department and U.S. Secret Service.
This makes me wonder if this dude isn't actively seeking out incidents like this.
That's impossible! Why would a person whip up confrontations with corps and the authorities in order to provide publicity for their bullshit agenda?
That shit looks grotesque. It is little wonder why people find him disgusting.
Quote from: derspiess on July 19, 2012, 08:22:04 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:49:11 PM
Mann is no stranger to controversy — nor to discrimination. He was once thrown out of a Wal-mart, and has had run-ins with the New York City Police department and U.S. Secret Service.
This makes me wonder if this dude isn't actively seeking out incidents like this.
The later two organizations are by their nature paranoid so having incidents with them is not surprising. Wallmart is odd, but it's populated by most of the same sort of mouthbreaters who work at McDonalds though.
Where do you find this stuff Tim? How do we know this isn't some litigious crazy person who made this shit up? I mean, he has bolted his ipod to his head. I wonder what kind of computer he was "wearing" 34 years ago.
Does the University of Toronto typically employ litigious crazy people as professors?
Found it at Something Awful.
Here's another link showing earlier versions of his headset
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/cyborg-steve-mann-details-alleged-mcdonalds-assault-889595
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 09:24:55 PM
Does the University of Toronto typically employ litigious crazy people as professors?
:hmm:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 19, 2012, 09:30:32 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 09:24:55 PM
Does the University of Toronto typically employ litigious crazy people as professors?
:hmm:
From Tim's own link
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUxyZw.jpg&hash=084f5f42e0d6cdf9208d7f78c3150dcb7e9de678)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FiPq0S.jpg&hash=339ed033fb24ba591bf65e368812cb0d1f6f6bf2)
Um.... yeah.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 09:24:55 PM
Does the University of Toronto typically employ litigious crazy people as professors?
Found it at Something Awful.
Here's another link showing earlier versions of his headset
http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/cyborg-steve-mann-details-alleged-mcdonalds-assault-889595
All signs point to yes.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
This is not the best defense.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 09:24:55 PM
Does the University of Toronto typically employ litigious crazy people as professors?
Nor is this. No reason to believe he's crazy though.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
You probably are too stupid to realize but your post is much more offensive than Neil's.
naive i get, but offensive?
Quote from: Martinus on July 20, 2012, 12:31:06 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
You probably are too stupid to realize but your post is much more offensive than Neil's.
Do I really have to add conditionals to every sentence I make just because there are some exceptions to the rule?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 20, 2012, 12:44:36 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 20, 2012, 12:31:06 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
You probably are too stupid to realize but your post is much more offensive than Neil's.
Do I really have to add conditionals to every sentence I make just because there are some exceptions to the rule?
Marty is considering wife and kids, so you must be mindful of his feelings.
Quote from: Tamas on July 20, 2012, 01:40:48 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 20, 2012, 12:44:36 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 20, 2012, 12:31:06 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
You probably are too stupid to realize but your post is much more offensive than Neil's.
Do I really have to add conditionals to every sentence I make just because there are some exceptions to the rule?
Marty is considering wife and kids, so you must be mindful of his feelings.
:lmfao:
Quote from: Martinus on July 20, 2012, 12:31:06 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
You probably are too stupid to realize but your post is much more offensive than Neil's.
Oh shut up.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 20, 2012, 12:44:36 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 20, 2012, 12:31:06 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
You probably are too stupid to realize but your post is much more offensive than Neil's.
Do I really have to add conditionals to every sentence I make just because there are some exceptions to the rule?
With the hypersensitive types on bitch patrol yes. Yes, you do.
Quote from: Tamas on July 20, 2012, 01:40:48 AM
Marty is considering wife and kids, so you must be mindful of his feelings.
:lol:
I'm not really sure I can feel sorry for him - though clearly what occurred shouldn't have happened.
Also, who calls him the "father of wearable computing"? Wiki links to several news articles that say he has been hailed that way but I couldn't find reference to who actually did so.
He comes across as a douche.
Quote from: The Brain on July 20, 2012, 10:26:30 AM
He comes across as a douche.
I don't really understand what he's trying to accomplish.
Apparantly, the idea is to try to develop technology that will help the blind to "see"--sort of like Geordi's visor on ST:TNG. OK, that's a good goal. But this guy isn't visually impaired himself (apparantly; at least nothing I've seen even suggests that he is), so I can't see what good this equipment is doing him. I guess I could see him and other sighted people testing in a laboratory setting, or even doing field testing, but I don't see why he would have to wear it with him everywhere he goes. That part sounds like a stunt at best or some kind of delusion at worst.
Quote from: dps on July 20, 2012, 10:52:27 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 20, 2012, 10:26:30 AM
He comes across as a douche.
I don't really understand what he's trying to accomplish.
Apparantly, the idea is to try to develop technology that will help the blind to "see"--sort of like Geordi's visor on ST:TNG. OK, that's a good goal. But this guy isn't visually impaired himself (apparantly; at least nothing I've seen even suggests that he is), so I can't see what good this equipment is doing him. I guess I could see him and other sighted people testing in a laboratory setting, or even doing field testing, but I don't see why he would have to wear it with him everywhere he goes. That part sounds like a stunt at best or some kind of delusion at worst.
He's a techno-Lettow. :D
Quote from: Martinus on July 20, 2012, 12:31:06 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 19, 2012, 07:56:28 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 19, 2012, 07:53:35 PM
Should have executed the fag.
He has a wife and kids, therefore not a homosexual. :contract:
You probably are too stupid to realize but your post is much more offensive than Neil's.
In that case, well-done, Tim!
Not that offending Marti is any great feat, but well-done nonetheless.
Quote from: dps on July 20, 2012, 10:52:27 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 20, 2012, 10:26:30 AM
He comes across as a douche.
I don't really understand what he's trying to accomplish.
Apparantly, the idea is to try to develop technology that will help the blind to "see"--sort of like Geordi's visor on ST:TNG. OK, that's a good goal. But this guy isn't visually impaired himself (apparantly; at least nothing I've seen even suggests that he is), so I can't see what good this equipment is doing him. I guess I could see him and other sighted people testing in a laboratory setting, or even doing field testing, but I don't see why he would have to wear it with him everywhere he goes. That part sounds like a stunt at best or some kind of delusion at worst.
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