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New Map IDs the Core of the Human Brain

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-want-to-see-what-you're-thinking dept.

gerald626 writes "An international team of researchers has created the first complete high-resolution map of how millions of neural fibers in the human cerebral cortex — the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher-level thinking — connect and communicate. Their groundbreaking work identified a single network core, or hub, that may be key to the workings of both hemispheres of the brain. So basically our brain is a network connected to a hub. I wonder if I can get an upgrade to a GigE switch?"

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  1. hub? by JazzyMusicMan · · Score: 5, Funny
    I always thought the geek brain was based on token ring topology with the different nodes responsible for:
    • eat
    • sleep
    • video games
    • pr0n

    all running round robin =)

    1. Re:hub? by Tarison · · Score: 4, Funny

      I initially misread that as tolkien ring, and I still agreed.

    2. Re:hub? by Samah · · Score: 2, Funny

      Token ring? But that means we don't get Terminators! How will we rid the world of Skynet now???
      D:

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    3. Re:hub? by ivucica · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's not Tolkien ring, it's Token ring.

  2. Google Brain by Dyne09 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Come on, you know it's coming.

  3. We knew that already. by Penguinisto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their groundbreaking work identified a single network core, or hub, that may be key to the workings of both hemispheres of the brain.

    ...pfft! The male gender of the species' "hub" is connected by a pair of some really long leads... they go down the spine, and connect directly to the testicles.

    The female of the species' "hub" goes straight to the left ring finger.

    How much friggin' tax money did these guys spend discovering what we've already known for at least six millennia now?

    /P

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    1. Re:We knew that already. by William+Robinson · · Score: 5, Funny

      Their groundbreaking work identified a single network core, or hub, that may be key to the workings of both hemispheres of the brain.

      ...pfft! The male gender of the species' "hub" is connected by a pair of some really long leads... they go down the spine, and connect directly to the testicles.

      The female of the species' "hub" goes straight to the left ring finger.

      /P

      Absolutely. And one needs to insert Gateway to establish a VPN.

      It's different story that females PKI mechanism is still unknown, and male species have to rely on brute force techniques to decipher some of the data, which unfortunately takes years after VPN is established.

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  4. So if our brains are like a hub... by Jailbrekr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are schitzophrenics equipped with a neural equivalent of a dlink hub?

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  5. Re:If I was from Control by CAIMLAS · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought Control was located somewhat further south.

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  6. Now to find out what it does. by geckipede · · Score: 3, Funny

    So we've found a candidate for the centre of consciousness in the brain. Who's up to volunteer to have it removed to see if they turn into a philosophical zombie?

  7. Hmm... by MarshMan1101 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now we just need to figure out how to perform a denial of service attack.

    1. Re:Hmm... by clarkkent09 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Two words, sensory overload: http://www.myspace.com/soybuddha

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    2. Re:Hmm... by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Funny
      Now we just need to figure out how to perform a denial of service attack.

      'Support the troops...'

      'Think of the children...'

      'Pater noster...'

      'Microsoft Sucks...'

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    3. Re:Hmm... by PakProtector · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thanks, asshole. That link crashed Firefox.

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  8. Re:If I was from Control by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 1, Funny

    I haven't seen it in the past year+ I've been here...

  9. Re: "GigE" by devjj · · Score: 1, Funny

    "I wonder if I can get an upgrade to a GigE switch?" I look forward to re-reading this in three years.

  10. Re:If I was from Control by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...and you probably graduated first in your class only to become the friendless office psychopath. Ya know, the one guy who's the reason why the employees are no longer allowed to play music or have eye-contact with each other.

    Pull the stick out of your ass and learn to take a fucking joke.

  11. Re:Find someone on death row? by servognome · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hell, let's make it entertaining while we're at it, equip them with guns and send out guards in funny themed suits to hunt them down. Maybe use a CGI representation of that guy who hosted Family Fued to MC the whole event.

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  12. Required Statement: by iamwhoiamtoday · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of these... Wait, isn't that basically a "Think Tank"?

  13. tubes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    geeks using a networking analogy to describe the brain.
    sounds as lame as senators using a tubes analogy to describe the internet.
    nooge.

  14. You already have a yotabyte switch by emilper · · Score: 2, Funny

    You already have a yotabyte switch. All you need is an upgrade to the BS detector ROM.

  15. Pretty accurate by Lord+of+Kaos · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like how my head feels after 10 hours solid maintainig legacy code...

  16. Re:Who needs an IQ score... by Thiez · · Score: 4, Funny

    GP started typing that post a few weeks ago.

  17. Re:If I was from Control by Dachannien · · Score: 2, Funny

    Beavis: (clutching heart) My liver! My liver!
    Butt-Head: Uhhh.... lower down, dude.
    Beavis: (clutching nads) My liver! My liver!

  18. Isn't this topology patented? by harmanjd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't this topology patented? Are we all going to have to pay royalties to Al Gore to use our brains?

  19. Re:If I was from Control by CDMA_Demo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Kickstart? If I was from Control it'd have already become a meme.

  20. GigE upgrade? by __aamnbm3774 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm no brain-scientist, but I imagine 'upgrading' to a GigE switch (as you put it) would more likely be a downgrade.

    1. Re:GigE upgrade? by ceoyoyo · · Score: 2, Funny

      A GigE switch would probably be a really good upgrade. The only problem is, you'd have to have a few billion ports on it.

  21. Who's brain did they map, Dr. Daystrom? by RevWaldo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why, mine of course...

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  22. Re:If I was from Control by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "If I was from Control it'd have already become a meme"

    You're not funny. Worse yet, your so pathetic and worthless that you troll a web board and look for references to you in order to artificially promote something that also isn't funny, or clever, or worth reading.

    In Soviet Russia, they execute morons like you.

  23. You-need-not-fear. by Eli+Gottlieb · · Score: 2, Funny

    So basically our brain is a network connected to a hub. I wonder if I can get an upgrade to a GigE switch?

    Cybermen will remove fear. Cybermen will remove sex, and class, and color, and creed. You will become identical. You will become like us.

    Begin upgrading.