On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 07:33:22AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > > > God doesn't use base-2 computing systems; He uses base-4 systems; and > they're not based on silicon, but on dexoyribonucleic acids. And instead > of grouping the operands as bytes, He groups them as codons (triplets). > And by the judicious use of noops (mistaken until recently as "junk > DNA"), the code does some really neat regulation processes, preventing > the overproduction of proteins in certain cases. And I've heard that by > shifting the start bit, a routine can take on an entirely different > function (thus having two modules on one bit of code - which is an > incredible concept), but I'm not sure about this one. And the code sits > on, and reproduces, its own machine on which to run. Really awesome > programming and machine design. We _wish_ we could do a tenth as well > with our systems. Maybe some day -- "like father, like son" (or daughter > - no sexism intended here, folks).
Authur Clark said in the book "3001" (sci-fi; but you know Clark) that 1 petabyte would be enough to store all human's mental activity for 100 years. I think google has about 1 petabyte of indexes (with redundancy, saw it on slashdot way back). I don't think it will happen in my lifetime, but I think within about 300 years people won't have to die anymore. I just want to live to 700, that's all. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
