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From: jwtlai@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Jim W Lai)
Subject: Re: The Bandwidth of the Brain
Message-ID: <1990Dec25.055757.16415@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
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Date: Tue, 25 Dec 90 05:57:57 GMT
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In article <848@metapsy.UUCP> sarge@metapsy.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) writes:
>To me, the brain is more like a high-quality *terminal*.  It may have
>on-board cpu chips and memory, but it is not the cpu for the entire
>system; nor is it the *operator* of the system.  *I* am.

You're right!  Having returned from my ground-breaking experiments in
astral space, I have confirmed that the brain has an astral parallel
port which connects to the soul!  Souls are three-dimensional astral
constructs which are manufactured in Greenland under the label IPM.
Peak performance is 2 FLOPs/sec and 10 IOPs/sec.  There is no hardware
support for a stack, which I find most distressing.  The memory access
is associative rather than random-access and is very quick.  However,
the mean time between associative failures is distressingly high.  I
have sent away to IPM requesting information on an upgrade, but have
received nothing in response.  I suspect that some ancient Greeks were
right when they claimed the brain was a cooling organ.  Will anyone
provide financial support should I decide to file a class action
lawsuit?
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"It's an insult to be accused of having a soul." -- Marvin Minsky