From: Darin Sunley (umsunley@cc.umanitoba.ca)
Date: Thu Jan 28 1999 - 12:15:03 MST
Skye Howard <skyezacharia@yahoo.com> wrote:
>"a computer being a
>primitive neural extension, "
After carrying a PalmPilot around for a year and a half, I can attest to this. As a text
searchable notepad alone it's
like having a third layer of
memory.
Short term: 7-9 items/concepts/symbols. Duration approx 20 minutes. Very rapid, reliable access. Speed of recall: <0.1 seconds.
Long term: multiple giga-giga bytes, including linked streams [music], images, models, and isolated facts. Duration: varies with amount of recall, up to 80 years. Reliability of recall varies with amount of recall. Speed of recall: 0.1-10 seconds.
PDA memory: 2 megabytes of text, including email
,notes, databases, addresses, minus space for applications. Duration: Forever, with appropriate maintenance [changing batteries, backups]. Reliability of recall invariant with amount of recall. Speed of recall: 15-45 seconds.
And that's just as a memory aid. This doesn't even mention
the benefits of carrying a clock, calculator, and programmable computer around.
I'm almost ashamed to say that I feel almost naked if I leave the house without it. Almost like [a small taste] of what a human SI with neural implants would feel if their implants failed.
Darin Sunley
umsunley@cc.umanitoba.ca
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