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Article #58Re: Human based computers (Was - Fruit-based computers)
From: Matthias Warkus
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 00:00
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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 -- mailto:mawa@iname.com | ACME Frob Coil Oil ... makes bits go faster! My site was cracked by some obscene idiots this summer. It will go up on another server soon. 'mawaspace' on Angelfire is not mine anymore. -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT/U d-(--) s:- a--- C++(++++)>$ P+(--) L++>++++>$ E++>+++ W++(-) N++ o? K w---(+) >M+ V-- PS+(++) PE(-)(--) Y+>++ >PGP++ t+(---)@ 5>+ X-@ >R+++@ tv(+) b+++(++++)>$ >DI+ D(--)(---) G++ e@(*)>++++ h! !y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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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: 10669a,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gid10669a,public X-Google-Thread: 115fe3,d64bb549f3b9438d X-Google-Attributes: gid115fe3,public From: mawarkus@t-online.de (Matthias Warkus) Subject: Re: Human based computers (Was - Fruit-based computers) Date: 1998/10/09 Message-ID: <6vm4qq$3ri$1@news02.btx.dtag.de> X-Deja-AN: 399527103 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <35E704A9.5EFFDA9C@technocage.com> <6smqkd$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> X-Sender: 320034048390-0001@t-online.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Royal Space Navy / Question Mark Software Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: mawa@iname.com Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,bionet.plants