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The brain

Postby sandmann » Dec 5, 2002 @ 4:51am

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The brain in terms for all you computer nerds.
The fates lead him who will;
Him who won't, they drag.

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Postby James S » Dec 5, 2002 @ 5:00am

It's going to be three times faster than the fastest super computer today and able to compete with the human brain, but they forgot to mention the ASTRONOMICAL proportions of the giant BUILDING that the NEC Earth Simulator is housed in.
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Postby James S » Dec 5, 2002 @ 5:02am



5,120 CPUs in total... the brain is one CPU
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Postby Chris Edwards » Dec 5, 2002 @ 7:15am

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Postby damian » Dec 5, 2002 @ 1:46pm

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Postby Quantum » Dec 5, 2002 @ 4:48pm

1 + 1 = 3 for large values of 1.
Now clean of all Crash code :)
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Postby James S » Dec 5, 2002 @ 5:16pm

The brain and computer store and calculate in very different fashions. They really shouldn't be compared. Like Palms and PPC, apples and oranges :P.

But anyway, my brain does really funky relationship stuff. If I forget a word I'll try to remember it and I'll say "it starts with a G" . When I finally think of the word I was looking for it actually will start with a "B" instead. But my brain knew exactly what it was talking about. I associate words in a very unusual way. If I had my way I'd create my own language or rearrange the current one so that it worked fluently with my brain. If I did that I'd increase my processing power 10 fold since I wouldn't have to stop and try to figure out a word just to represent myself worldly.
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Postby damian » Dec 5, 2002 @ 5:27pm

Hmm... I wonder if it's possible to emulate a processor (for starters, how about a simple 8-bit one) inside your brain. You'd only have to remember every assembly instruction as well as the entire state of memory (how about only 30 or so k). Then, of course, there would be I/O.

It would be interesting to try...
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Postby Digital Chaos » Dec 5, 2002 @ 5:41pm

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
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Postby Paul » Dec 5, 2002 @ 6:18pm

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Postby sponge » Dec 6, 2002 @ 12:09am

holy internets batman.
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Postby Malmer » Dec 6, 2002 @ 12:39am

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