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From: fbaube@NOTE.NSF.GOV (Fred Baube)
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Subject: Re: *IF*?
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jimmyz%oak.dnet%vlsi2.ee.ufl.edu@BU-IT.BU.EDU 
in 8806081622.AA05165@vlsi2.ee.ufl.edu :

> Computers of are current time have a level of complexity no human device has
> EVER achieved before, and they are just a granule of what the human mind is.

In "The Dragons of Eden" Sagan gave some figures on the quanti-
ties of information species are born with and the amounts they
acquire during their lifetimes (reptiles are at the intersection,
i.e. they are the lowest types to acquire as much as they are
born with).

Does anyone have this handy, to provide some numbers to compare
to a VAX et al. ?  Presumably ROM = inborn, RAM & other writeable
= acquired.