Hey Jones, A flop is a floating point operation, I don't know how you/they get from one flop to the action of a neuron. It's probably closer to 100 flops/neuron, maybe much more. I'm guessing the first hack for xbox+ will be simulating nuclear bombs, expect a rush order from Iran shortly ( Mohammad dude, final fantasy _rocks_ )
Still no espresso love, huh? Do what I do, and just eat the beans. Dipped in chocolate, they're quite delicious. Plus, unlike the solution form, the caffeine is slowly released and gives you a much more pleasant lift. It's easy to stop, and you don't get headaches. It's also easier on the stomach. OTOH it's easy to eat a big handful of them, then you find yourself organizing the sock draw by thickness,color, and wear ... at 2am. K. -----Original Message----- From: Jones Beene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 11:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Oops: SciAm article on brain Big oops on "tera" .... still haven't good my expresso machine installed !! tera=10^12 so we are not as close as claimed in premature post, but could still be a factor of 100-1000 away with the Xbox, depending on the flop to neural connection ratio. I still think the xbox can be "taught" to do speech and parsing rather quickly, even if we must wait for the son-of-xbox to actually match the brain's processing capability. Jones
