Nope - I think that what the paper is saying is that there is a certain base level of brain activity that is independent of external stimuli.
This is a natural product of interconnected neurons, and can be observed in minimal systems, such as ganglia, as well as in the brain.
Think of it as an emergent property of suitably connected finite state automata, and it makes sense - the brain is constantly active with more or less noisy signals passing through it, and it is the modulation of those signals by sensory inputs that give rise to sensations as we experience them.
Personally, I don't see it as at all controversial, but then I'm probably wired differently to those who do.
I may not know. but I will continue to participate in evolution.
You forget, to participate in evolution implies that you will produce offspring, which implies having sex, which implies meeting a suitable mate, which implies leaving your mother's basement...
Speaking as a (reasonably) small business owner myself, I would be highly upset if my 'IT guy' if such a smug email were sent out. Think of how that must sound the recipient - here, I've sent some requested some piece of information, only to be rebuffed because of some anonymous IT guy's personal crusade I neither have knowledge of and care not a wit for? This sort of attitude, which I unfortunately see applauded here on slashdot, seems the very thing leading to so much contention between virtually every department and IT.
Sorry, but you're missing the point.
It's not some 'personal crusade' that would lead one to politely request the information in a readable format, it's simple practicality.
This is why we need standards - to provide a document (or data file, or graphics file, or...) format that is easily exchanged between the systems that need to access the information.
To use your restaurant analogy, if you were to request your well-done steak in some hip slang not well understood by either the waiting staff or the kitchen, I would expect most waiters to politely request that you rephrase your request in English, in order that they may serve you correctly.
It's a different experience from watching the same content on a TV set, but it's in no way 'live' in any meaningful sense of the word.
Having said that, I wouldn't buy a camcorder copy of a film anyway, but don't see a problem with other people doing so if they wish - the price charged for content is so far over its value that I really don't care if others infringe copyright, even if I can't be bothered to do so myself.
"Tuez les tous, Dieu reconnaitra les siens" comes from the siege of Beziers (1209) during the crusade against the Albigensians (Cathars) in Languedoc.
It is attributed to Arnaud Amaury, Abbot of Citeaux.
The French army massacred the entire population of Beziers, following the orders of Amaury who was the military leader of the campaign, despite being an abbot.
The "Spanish Inquisition" that followed was, in fact, originally set up to deal with the Albigensians, being called Spanish only later (when the mass conversion of Spain's Jewish population was undertaken).
I think he's probably a Perl monk - anyone who can use the words 'naturally' and 'perl' in the same sentence without crossing their fingers would surely qualify;)
Something along the lines of "taxation without representation" seems to stick out.
Let's turn that one around a little, and see where we get to, shall we?
How about "no representation without taxation", for instance?
Now in my mind, that would mean that lobbying by tax-exempt organisations should be outlawed, and maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing given the corrosive effect of the "Christian" Right on the USA.
Taken further, we could posit that since religion is counted as an excuse for tax exemption, the representatives should be barred from indulging in said religion.
The fact is, that religious organisations are tax-exempt and still allowed to lobby representatives - this is plain wrong, and needs to be changed.
Last I heard, Vegas was part of the US, and nobody except the US has 'Indian' (shouldn't that be 'Native American', btw) reservations, so the fact is that whoever was running the business from Antigua, were they to relocate to Vegas or a reservation, would be allowed to pursue their business legally.
That's precisely what has upset the WTO, and the nationality of the business owners matters not one jot.
Whether you like it or not, Antigua has the US over a barrel here, and has a good measure of support in its WTO action from nations throughout the civilised world.
nobody will be able to import that product from them
There's the flaw, right there! If nobody can import from them, what do they have to gain?
Of course, since there's all that spare bandwidth not being used for internet gambling by US citizens, downloads of US software, music and film might just fill the gap - it's not as if "intellectual property" has to have a physical manifestation, after all.
The WTO will survive, of course - it does far too much for the corporations that run the politicians for any other outcome to be possible.
Very interesting articles - extremely thought-provoking and insightful.
One thought that struck me was that with a nice fixed 64-core architecture like this, one could optimise a compiler to deal with the 64 cores as a mini-cluster, and then build on this (using a modified Linda, with a federated tuple space, perhaps?) to provide the required dynamic optimisation across multiple machines.
Since these chips are likely to appear in routers and switches initially, perhaps one could subvert the OS to create a computing cluster out of a large switch - now that would be a hack!
From my reading of the article, I'd say there's a fundamental difference - the ionic wind in this case is produced at the CPU surface, eliminating the trapped layer of air that is produced by normal (laminar) flow from a fan.
Pointing an Ionic Breeze at a heatsink will merely produce the same type of airflow as a fan, only quieter.
Forcing the trapped layer of air at the CPU surface to move should improve the efficiency of the cooling, though a 2 1/2 times improvement seems pretty high - obviously the boundary layer is a significant insulator in this case.
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This is a natural product of interconnected neurons, and can be observed in minimal systems, such as ganglia, as well as in the brain.
Think of it as an emergent property of suitably connected finite state automata, and it makes sense - the brain is constantly active with more or less noisy signals passing through it, and it is the modulation of those signals by sensory inputs that give rise to sensations as we experience them.
Personally, I don't see it as at all controversial, but then I'm probably wired differently to those who do.
You forget, to participate in evolution implies that you will produce offspring, which implies having sex, which implies meeting a suitable mate, which implies leaving your mother's basement...
:P
But I thought methane was a worse greenhouse gas than carbon monoxide?
Just goes to show we should be sceptical about this climate change hullabaloo, no?
:P
The sound of an overly retro reference passing over the heads of thousands of /. readers.
Nice one for us oldies, though!
Nearly split my sides - funny and insightful!
Kudos to you, my good man :)
Sorry, but you're missing the point.
It's not some 'personal crusade' that would lead one to politely request the information in a readable format, it's simple practicality.
This is why we need standards - to provide a document (or data file, or graphics file, or ...) format that is easily exchanged between the systems that need to access the information.
To use your restaurant analogy, if you were to request your well-done steak in some hip slang not well understood by either the waiting staff or the kitchen, I would expect most waiters to politely request that you rephrase your request in English, in order that they may serve you correctly.
Now do you see?
I've had enuff - I'm going Ohm.
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky is his name!
Just the mention of Tom Lehrer put a smile on this otherwise miserable Wednesday - thanks :-)
Yes - but is a movie a 'live performance'?
It's a different experience from watching the same content on a TV set, but it's in no way 'live' in any meaningful sense of the word.
Having said that, I wouldn't buy a camcorder copy of a film anyway, but don't see a problem with other people doing so if they wish - the price charged for content is so far over its value that I really don't care if others infringe copyright, even if I can't be bothered to do so myself.
It is attributed to Arnaud Amaury, Abbot of Citeaux.
The French army massacred the entire population of Beziers, following the orders of Amaury who was the military leader of the campaign, despite being an abbot.
The "Spanish Inquisition" that followed was, in fact, originally set up to deal with the Albigensians, being called Spanish only later (when the mass conversion of Spain's Jewish population was undertaken).
Ain't religion great?
Absolutely the best Freudian spelling slip, evah!
Homeland SSecurity is here to protect your SSafety!
Let's turn that one around a little, and see where we get to, shall we?
How about "no representation without taxation", for instance?
Now in my mind, that would mean that lobbying by tax-exempt organisations should be outlawed, and maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing given the corrosive effect of the "Christian" Right on the USA.
Taken further, we could posit that since religion is counted as an excuse for tax exemption, the representatives should be barred from indulging in said religion.
The fact is, that religious organisations are tax-exempt and still allowed to lobby representatives - this is plain wrong, and needs to be changed.
:P
Last I heard, Vegas was part of the US, and nobody except the US has 'Indian' (shouldn't that be 'Native American', btw) reservations, so the fact is that whoever was running the business from Antigua, were they to relocate to Vegas or a reservation, would be allowed to pursue their business legally.
That's precisely what has upset the WTO, and the nationality of the business owners matters not one jot.
Whether you like it or not, Antigua has the US over a barrel here, and has a good measure of support in its WTO action from nations throughout the civilised world.
There's the flaw, right there! If nobody can import from them, what do they have to gain?
Of course, since there's all that spare bandwidth not being used for internet gambling by US citizens, downloads of US software, music and film might just fill the gap - it's not as if "intellectual property" has to have a physical manifestation, after all.
The WTO will survive, of course - it does far too much for the corporations that run the politicians for any other outcome to be possible.
Close enough?
Nearly blew coffee all over the keyboard!
Many people have this skill - am I circumventing copy protection by being able to read upside-down?
Is my brain in violation of the DMCA?
One thought that struck me was that with a nice fixed 64-core architecture like this, one could optimise a compiler to deal with the 64 cores as a mini-cluster, and then build on this (using a modified Linda, with a federated tuple space, perhaps?) to provide the required dynamic optimisation across multiple machines.
Since these chips are likely to appear in routers and switches initially, perhaps one could subvert the OS to create a computing cluster out of a large switch - now that would be a hack!
But then Daz the way to do it...
Pointing an Ionic Breeze at a heatsink will merely produce the same type of airflow as a fan, only quieter.
Forcing the trapped layer of air at the CPU surface to move should improve the efficiency of the cooling, though a 2 1/2 times improvement seems pretty high - obviously the boundary layer is a significant insulator in this case.