Article View: comp.os.linux.development.system
Article #51Re: Human based computers (Was - Fruit-based computers)
From: Patrick Jelinck
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 00:00
39 lines
2596 bytes
2596 bytes
these math coprocessors will never work... because the human cpu and the ram can not be overclocked, not even at 100mhz silicium based fpu's are inaccurate for low speed bio-cpu's and an fpu bus buffer would not have the necessary capacity ( ~ 1 GB ) 9 Oct 1998 23:04:58 GMT, mawarkus@t-online.de (Matthias Warkus) wrote: >William Justice Black schrieb: >> >> gus <gus_goose@hotmail.com> wrote: >> : Larry Smithmier wrote: >> : > Tristan Wibberley wrote: >> : > > Frampton Steve R wrote: >> >> [...] >> >> : Firstly, the concept: >> : "Bio-interactive computational entity for additional analytical >> : abilities for humans" In laymans terms, a device inserted in to a human >> : which will allow previously impossible calculations to be performed >> : "internally". The concept specifies that this bio-compatible computer >> : will provide an additional support role for for the computational and >> : analytical processes of the human brain. It will not supercede the brain >> : as a processing unit. The brain will still be most important, otherwise >> : we have an andriod, not a human. >> >> [...] >> >> Honestly, I'd be happy if I just had a decent mathco ;-) > >There's an SF book where humans have got mathematical coprocessors >implanted in their brain (as well as pagers etc.). >IIRC, it's _A_New_Proteus_, I don't recall the author. > >mawa
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<3635022b.14125782@news.vo.lu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailReferences:
<35E704A9.5EFFDA9C@technocage.com> <6smqkd$qv0$1@firewall.tarcus.org.uk> <col5t6.na.ln@localhost.localdomain> <6urc39$9l3@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <matvon-diespam-0510981137420001@bushlab4.life.uiuc.edu> <6vbq5s$cen$1@knot.queensu.ca> <361DED55.F9650035@llamacom.com> <361E14F0.DD799B92@olemiss.edu> <361E33D3.6589@hotmail.com> <6vlebq$8eb$1@nnrp03.primenet.com> <6vm4qq$3ri$1@news02.btx.dtag.de>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5392,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gidf5392,public X-Google-Thread: 115fe3,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gid115fe3,public X-Google-Thread: 102b32,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gid102b32,public X-Google-Thread: 10669a,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gid10669a,public From: pjl@best.com (Patrick Jelinck) Subject: Re: Human based computers (Was - Fruit-based computers) Date: 1998/12/29 Message-ID: <3635022b.14125782@news.vo.lu> X-Deja-AN: 426880381 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <35E704A9.5EFFDA9C@technocage.com> <6smqkd$qv0$1@firewall.tarcus.org.uk> <col5t6.na.ln@localhost.localdomain> <6urc39$9l3@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <matvon-diespam-0510981137420001@bushlab4.life.uiuc.edu> <6vbq5s$cen$1@knot.queensu.ca> <361DED55.F9650035@llamacom.com> <361E14F0.DD799B92@olemiss.edu> <361E33D3.6589@hotmail.com> <6vlebq$8eb$1@nnrp03.primenet.com> <6vm4qq$3ri$1@news02.btx.dtag.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: P&T Luxembourg Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,bionet.plants