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Cell phone extensions

chris — Sat, 21 May 2005 15:59:36 -0400

Perhaps more prosaic than the google brain, but how many numbers stored in your cell phone (for those that have one) do you remember? Is this because you don't have to remember the number, or because there is no reinforcement of the memory through repeated lookup/redial cycles?

Is web search becoming an extension of our brain ?

Greg — Fri, 20 May 2005 05:39:57 -0400

This kind of work is truely facinating, potentially paving the way for direct computer-brain interfaces. I have had the same experience using IRC in combination with google as an extension of "myself". Not bothering to explore a topic in conversation, just automatically turning to the web to answer my questions.

Work environment must definitely be an extension of "self", the pickiness shown by hackers about their "environments" (e.g. emacs vs. vi, gnome vs. kde, python vs. perl, terminal setup, desktop setup etc.) I belive demonstrates this.

Don't know if I'll be signing up for the first computer-brain interfaces though. I find there is something primordial and wrong about connecting wires directly into your brain. I assume this is just evolution telling me not to intentionally modify my epithelial barriers, I'm sure I'll get over it when just "thinking" about a web search will automatically retrieve the results. The google-mind...

Go elsewhere

Greg — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:32:37 -0400

This is *not* a job adversitement web site. Please go do *not* post job adveristments here. Go elsewhere

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chris — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:54:17 -0400

Most of the regulars are antipodean, I'm afraid...