Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!markh From: markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Bandwidth != Baud (Re: Photographic memory) Message-ID: <8570@uwm.edu> Date: 27 Dec 90 22:33:15 GMT References: <1990Dec18.181935.23319@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <37111@cup.portal.com> <8512@uwm.edu> Sender: news@uwm.edu Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Lines: 7 In article <8512@uwm.edu> markh@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes: >... the brain actually carries out a kind of image compression which also has > the by-product of extracting features ... To follow up on this, keep in mind that a 100 baud serial connection does NOT mean 100 bits per second. With compression, 100 baud could mean 9600 bits per second, for instance.