Before few days I was at some IT conference here in Belgrade. On Agenda was a topic about MySql, and clustering in MySql, and the guys from MySql said that they have the best solution for cluster split brain problem, does anyone know something about this, is this true or just a marketing trick? ...
Long time ago, i read an article dealing with how women's brain was good at multi task compared to men's one. Now I often think about it. As far as I have noticed, I can do several things at the same time (almost) because of a good scheduling. I was wondering how you guys do, what are some of the hard things you can do at the same time...
What software/UI techniques can leverage our spatial memory? I think and remember in physical space, often the location of something is as important as it's content. For instance I keep an untidy desk, but I know where to find things, I use different parts of my (multiscreen) desktop for different windows/icons. I annotate books (with p...
I have an addon that every 5 minuets or so checks an rss feed for a new post, and if there is one, it displays an alert(). Problem is, I'm afraid that if the user opens multiple windows, that when there's a new post a millions of alerts will popup saying the same thing. Is there anyway to have just one "brain" running at a time? Thanks ...
One of my interests in AI focuses not so much on data but more on biologic computing. This includes neural networks, mapping the brain, cellular-automata, virtual life and environments. Described below is an exciting project that includes develop a virtual environment for bots to evolve in. "Polyworld is a cross-platform (Linux, Mac...
So I got into an argument today with a colleague of mine about how much processing power it would take to simulate a human brain and that it should be possible within the next 15 – 20 years. This argument is based on the assumption that consciousness lies at the atomic level and not at the quantum level or some unknown state below. Base...