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The Blue Brain project is now at a crucial juncture. The first phase of the project—"the feasibility phase"—is coming to a close. The skeptics, for the most part, have been proven wrong. It took less than two years for the Blue Brain supercomputer to accurately simulate a neocortical column, which is a tiny slice of brain containing approximately 10,000 neurons, with about 30 million synaptic connections between them. "The column has been built and it runs," Markram says. "Now we just have to scale it up." Blue Brain scientists are confident that, at some point in the next few years, they will be able to start simulating an entire brain. "If we build this brain right, it will do everything," Markram says. I ask him if that includes selfconsciousness: Is it really possible to put a ghost into a machine? "When I say everything, I mean everything," he says, and a mischievous smile spreads across his face.

- jim 3-04-2008 7:09 pm [link] [1 comment]

paint the earth

who thought this was a good image for sherwin williams - toxic red paint spilling over the planet? it reads cover the earth.
- linda 2-28-2008 11:07 pm [link] [7 comments]

"Shipwrecks, ghost forests of tree stumps thousands of years old and brilliant red formations have all been uncovered this winter along the Oregon coast after severe storms led to massive erosion."
Hey Steve have you seen any?
rocks

- mb 2-28-2008 2:09 am [link] [2 comments]

lol nutria anyone?



dooooo doo .......................... dooooo doo

- mark 2-25-2008 10:31 pm [link] [1 comment]


- mark 2-25-2008 10:15 pm [link] [add a comment]

KQED Forum. Philip Shenon -- "The Commission" -- Forum welcomes New York Times reporter Philip Shenon for a conversation about his new book, "The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation." The text raises questions about the 9/11 Commission report.

Audio archive will eventually be posted at that link.
- mark 2-25-2008 9:39 pm [link] [add a comment]

From the a little behind the times department: Anyone use Skype? What's your experience?
- jim 2-25-2008 8:05 pm [link] [5 comments]

Will be down in New Orleans for a few days in April, ostensibly for Jazzfest, but with nutria bringing 5 bucks a tail it might be a good time to earn a little extra pocket money.

nutriatails
- jimlouis 2-25-2008 5:28 pm [link] [8 comments]

rip teo macero

- mark 2-24-2008 1:20 am [link] [add a comment]

Arch Cape cannons
- steve 2-23-2008 3:26 pm [link] [5 comments]

Where's the damn snow pictures, come on someone, hurry up before it turns black.
- jimlouis 2-22-2008 6:30 pm [link] [9 comments]

http://www.phillesh.net/philzonepages/friends_stuff/setlists/080204.html
- Skinny 2-20-2008 7:58 pm [link] [4 comments]

Typographical humor. New word:

keming. noun. The result of improper kerning.



- jim 2-20-2008 7:51 pm [link] [4 comments]

dumb and dumber in america
- bill 2-16-2008 3:42 pm [link] [1 comment]

next thurs i will be attending the premiere of the "rock opera" Tonya and Nancy, and just heard Ms. Harding herself will be in attendance. all in a day's work. http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2008/02/real_tonya_will_rock_out_with.html

- Erin Boberg 2-15-2008 12:59 am [link] [1 ref] [5 comments]

space shuttle images


- bill 2-13-2008 6:09 pm [link] [add a comment]

Wild Toronto cartoons from Rosemary Mosco of Bird and Moon.
- alex 2-12-2008 3:37 pm [link] [add a comment]

beantown
- dave 2-11-2008 9:34 pm [link] [add a comment]

On a clear September day in 1776, smoke rose from lower Manhattan as the British advanced into the city. From his headquarters on the Morris-Jumel estate, Gen. George Washington may have paused in the shade of a young elm tree to take in the scene.

Today, that tree still stands in what is now Washington Heights, though at about 110 feet tall and almost six feet in diameter, it is doubtful that Washington would recognize it. Affectionately known by locals as "the dinosaur," this living witness to those events 230 years ago it is now one of 25 trees in New York City that will be preserved—through cloning.

- bill 2-07-2008 3:17 pm [link] [add a comment]

I'm still trying to get my mind around yesterday's news that Exxon's 2007 profit of 40 billion dollars equates to 1,300 dollars a second.
- jimlouis 2-02-2008 9:11 pm [link] [add a comment]

fail

- mark 1-31-2008 9:39 pm [link] [2 comments]

hectors video pics
- bill 1-30-2008 6:47 pm [link] [add a comment]

While sitting at your desk lift your right foot off the ground and start making clockwise circles with it. Now raise your right hand in the air and draw the number 6. Your foot will switch to making counter clockwise circles.

Huh? Found here.
- jim 1-28-2008 7:35 pm [link] [3 comments]

the C word


- bill 1-27-2008 9:55 pm [link] [1 ref] [1 comment]

Googles guru of giving (from Economist)

They hired Dr Larry Brilliant.....and what did he do in the past??
Dr for the Greatful Dead in the 60's/70's, worked for WHO in India on a successful smallpox-eradication programme, created Seva (with some help from the G Dead) helped 3M people to not go blind, CEO of two public firms, and was co-founder of The Well.

Looking forward to what they can do!!
- Skinny 1-27-2008 2:48 pm [link] [1 ref] [add a comment]