Archive for April, 2002

hmmph

Tuesday, April 30th, 2002

What irritates me about this article is that I’ve been saying this for years. As I’m no rocket scientist, it stands to reason that a lot of people have been saying it for years, in which case this hypothesis is far from “mind bending.”
Imagine a rubber sheet stretched out in such a way that [...]

nonsensical notes for future fiction

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2002

Computing power of the human brain:
1) Long-term storage capacity: 1137 terabytes
2) Short-term storage capacity (RAM): 57 terabytes
3) Processor speed: 4.4 – 10 teraflops +
4) Power consumption (average): 12 watts
Emergent behavior (I think) will be determined by the interaction between short-term and long-term memory, and by the network [...]

from the Palestinian journal project

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2002

“There has been no Israeli withdrawal from the most recently invaded areas — what we are witnessing is redeployment and repositioning of tanks and troops. The Israeli military aggression continues, and Israeli troops remain in complete control of the West Bank. No one can get in to the different Palestinian areas, nor can people get [...]

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