Musings

Did I mention, that I can’t fall asleep? LED Porn doesn’t help either

TAR? Which File Extension are You? I can’t fall asleep - does it show?

Brain Dish is the description of an experiment at Florida University. 25'000 brain cells from a rat brain, “living” in a Petri dish are hooked up to a flight simulator and “learn” to fly a F-22 jet. In a way, I’m thrilled by this. I have been working with neural networks in the financial world and we have quite some experience with what neural networks can accomplish. That a organic neural network can master flight is somehow the logical conclusion and somewhat expected. ...

Today it hit me - a memory from a life long past, from music bizare: Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick In the deserts of Sudan And the gardens of Japan From Milan to Yucatán Every woman, every man Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me! Hit me! Je t’adore, ich liebe dich Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me slowly, hit me quick Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! ...

Ich habe zumindest den Schluss gesehen. Die Idee habe ich von Don Dahlmann geklaut (der sie auch geklaut hat) (und das ist ja auch ok). So lustig wie Don kann ich nicht, trotzdem: Hier ist sie: Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel - Der Herr der Ringe Ja - zweimal komplett. In Englisch (natürlich). Nachdem wir in der Schule “Der kleine Hobbit” gelesen hatten (damals war ich jünger als 12, weil es in Dänemark gelesen wurde). Also hab ich mich irgendwann zwischen 12 und 16 zweimal durch Mittelerde gekämpft. Und es geliebt (ausser den ausschweifenden Genealogischen Abhandlungen). Die Filme waren auch gut. ...

choppy. And blocky. And something you will hear a lot about (at least in Switzerland) in about three weeks (in time for the holiday spending season). Yes - the technology is neat. Yes - it works. No - I don’t think it’s going to be the big hit, the marketing people think it will be. But I could be wrong. What it is? I’ll tell you, when the time has come. Hints: Small, wireless. ...