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Article #52Re: Human based computers (Was - Fruit-based computers)
From: Marc
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:00
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I think I saw somthing like this,,wasn't Homer Simpson the first recipient (PII) *grin* :) Patrick Jelinck wrote: > 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
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5392,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gidf5392,public X-Google-Thread: 102b32,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gid102b32,public X-Google-Thread: 115fe3,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gid115fe3,public X-Google-Thread: 10669a,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gid10669a,public From: Marc <mhering@ZrZaZmZaZpZo.edu> Subject: Re: Human based computers (Was - Fruit-based computers) Date: 1998/12/30 Message-ID: <36897863.7F949B15@ZrZaZmZaZpZo.edu> X-Deja-AN: 426948036 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> <3635022b.14125782@news.vo.lu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@digex.net X-Trace: dca1-nnrp1.news.digex.net 914978909 209.116.210.118 (Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:48:29 EDT) Organization: DIGEX, Inc. - Beltsville, MD - http://www.digex.net MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 19:48:29 EDT Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,bionet.plants