Before you ask: no, I'm still offline. I've been deserted by the frigging *telephony people*. Okay, confess, who of you was it who put a hex on me? ...
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jeffg@...
Aug 3, 2001 12:44 am
Thanks for the welcome. Though, I've been a member for over a year :- ) Back when we were on e-groups. I just read... Don't get time to write much. ... ...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 6, 2001 2:51 pm
Hi all, Depending on the type of imaging work, this may come in handy. Cheers, Randal ... Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:36:01 -0400 From: S. J. Hanson...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 8, 2001 6:30 pm
Hi all, especially Eugene, Let me just bug the hell out of Eugene right away: Why cellular automata in whole brain emulation... no, in mind uploading? First of...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 8, 2001 6:40 pm
Hi all, Another topic: parallel programming. As you know, I'm reviewing my GESNlib stuff. I would like to prepare it for parallel computing (e.g. with a...
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Keith Wiley
kwiley@...
Aug 8, 2001 7:34 pm
I believe CAs are a reasonable model of any system that works primarily on local interactions. The official analysis alludes me however. . . .. ... ........
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 8, 2001 7:36 pm
Hi all, I read a piece by Merkle that surprisingly corroborated independent estimates that I recently made for the necessary size of declarative memory. Note...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 8, 2001 7:46 pm
Hi Keith, ... Thanks for responding. But what stance are you taking here? What does "reasonable model" mean? Do you mean it is an efficient approach to ...
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Keith Wiley
kwiley@...
Aug 8, 2001 7:52 pm
... Personally, and not being a person with a large professional knowledge of CA-theory, I find CAs appealing because they directly reflect the locality ...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 8, 2001 8:09 pm
Hi Keith, ... I was under the impression that CAs generally do attempt a lot of arbitrary solutions, and migrate toward the successful ones. If, on the other...
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Jesse
cat_thirteen@...
Aug 8, 2001 8:30 pm
... Agreed. ... What are the alternatives to CA when you don't either, and need to know? I had the impression CA was capable of showing emergent properties not...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 8, 2001 9:00 pm
Hi Jesse, ... That's a very interesting question (I didn't answer it before, because I am still unsure). I think we need to define what we consider ...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 8, 2001 9:19 pm
Hi all, I'm sure this is no news to many of us, but just so that the statement has been made: copying does not mean understanding. You can inspect every bit of...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 9, 2001 4:36 pm
Minduploading.org Weekly Themes: On a trial basis, I will be picking a theme - generally from current discussions on MURG - on a weekly basis. In an effort to...
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Eugene Leitl
Eugene.Leitl@...
Aug 9, 2001 4:57 pm
... Hi hi. Coincidently, I got at least phone switched on today, so I'm back online, albeit only vial dialup. So, henceforth I will participate more again. The...
... Excellent. ... This would seem to depend on the simulational framework you're using. You have to determine how it scales, and what kind of speedup you're...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:09 pm
Hi all, Just as an aside from our current topics: We have often debated personal identity. I suggest, just so that you get a very clear notion of what *you*...
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Keith Wiley
kwiley@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:38 pm
... Me too. Cool game. Of course, I wouldn't doubt if most people on this list go the same route. I won't discuss it further either until more people play...
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Keith Wiley
kwiley@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:42 pm
Actually, strictly speaking, mine came up psychological reductionism, not psychological contuity, but it mentioned both terms. I wonder if you and are talking...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 9, 2001 6:45 pm
Sorry, right... that's what I meant. Yes, same one. Psychological reductionism. Cheers, Randal ... ...
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murg@yahoogroups.com
Aug 9, 2001 9:08 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the murg group. File : /8ball-joke.jpg ...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 9, 2001 9:11 pm
Hi Eugene, Hmm... we have a problem. I just asked the magic 8-ball if we should use CA to model neuronal circuitry. I'm sorry to say its answer was not very ...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 9, 2001 9:30 pm
Hi all, Another off-topic question... I just got a free pile (dozen plus or minus 6 ;) of motherboards with 80286 processors. What can I possibly do with that?...
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Tony Nolan
t.nolan@...
Aug 9, 2001 9:50 pm
Hi Randal, Give then a joint power supply, make them robotic extentions, and then let them touch and share information, and see how they learn, etc like the...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 9, 2001 9:57 pm
Hi Tony, Heh. :) Thanks for the idea. Hm... yes... I will turn each 80286 into an individual cell for CA computation! Cheers, Randal ... ...
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Randal Koene
randalk@...
Aug 10, 2001 4:46 am
Hi Eugene, Thanks for rising to the challenge. (It's not really a challenge, since I'm not knowledgable enough about CA to be for or against its ...
