--snip-- > > Did you read the paper that someone else posted a link to? I just read > the first half of it. A good part of this research is focused on > fault-tolerance/resiliency of computer systems. They're not just > interested in creating a computer to mimic the brain, they want to learn > how to mimic the brain's fault-tolerance in computers. > > To paraphrase the paper, we lose a neuron a second in our brains for our > entire lives, but we never notice any problems from that.
I know some people from the sixties that may beg to differ ;-) -- Doug > Prentice > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Doug -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
