Slashdot Mirror
Scientists to Build 'Brain Box'
lee1 writes "Researchers at the University of Manchester are constructing
a 'brain box' using large numbers of microprocessors to model the way networks of neurons interact. They hope to learn how to engineer fail-safe electronics. Professor Steve Furber, of the university school of computer science, hopes that biology will teach them how to build computer systems. He said: 'Our brains keep working despite frequent failures of their component neurons, and this "fault-tolerant" characteristic is of great interest to engineers who wish to make computers more reliable. [...] Our aim is to use the computer to understand better how the brain works [...] and to see if biology can help us see how to build computer systems that continue functioning despite component failures.'"
Fuck you, Anonymous idiot Coward. Your brain could be replaced by a rubberband and a propeller.
--
make install -not war
Sure you're a different AC.
Why is it that when I see that the replier to a comment is an Anonymous Coward, I'm pretty certain that I'll have to come up with a new way to respond to a stupid, obnoxious post with sufficient strength to shut them up?
Because so many people who think being against war like a sane person is a style decision like "treehugging" or "saving the Earth" - because they're too gutless and evil to understand any of them. Which naturally has them posting as AC.
More clues for you: I live in NYC, where we ride the subway to work. So we know that when an aggressive moron actually comes up to us shooting off their fool mouth, we'd best bust it off and hand it back before they try something even stupider.
Now go back to your cave and try to figure out how to rewind your propeller.
--
make install -not war