In arithmetic and other computations, it would be slow. In handling imagery and the like, it would be fast.

Mike L said:
I dont see how anyone cannot like Futurama.

It never makes me laugh, that's why I don't like it.

Futurama was one of my favorites! It had very clever humor.

FordGT90Concept said:
They'd be the ultimate graphics processors.

That show is friggin' hilarious man, yet everyone I've talked to about it doesn't find it to be all that funny. The most common response that I get from everyone on why they don't like it is because, "It's not like The Simpsons". It's not supposed to be like The Simpsons, it has absolutely nothing to do with The Simpsons. Granted it was made by the same person, but it's on a whole entire scale of it's own in terms of the style of humour used and what the storyline is about. It's just too bad that they cancelled it.

Bobby Phillipps said:
But the same problem exists. How do you get a human brain to mesh with a calculator? Calculators are slow not because they are slow. It just takes forever for us to push those damn buttons. Typing is the same thing. Our minds work much faster than our fingers especially with visual interpretations. We can store and recall imagery like no tomorrow but computers can't because binary simply doesn't do that great with images.

On the flipside, you order a computer to do anything repetitive, it does it faster than your brain can even comprehend. You see how fast you can count from 1 to 100. A computer can tell you it's 5050 in a matter of milliseconds--long before you even read the first word of the sentence.

Human brains have never been geared for any form of numbering. Every number is assigned a sound, symbol, and value. It's a language unto itself but it is a language that is built upon. Almost everyone struggles with this. That's the necessity that drove the first computers and continues to this day.

Humans essential do everything through layers of translation which computers lack. We order them to do exactly what we want in their own language.

I am sure technology will permit much more advanced non-button calculators in the near future. Years from now, we may have what it takes. Right now we do not.

And by the time that happens, AMD will still be trying to get Barcelona out the door. Lmfao.

Yes, and Intel would have there Quantumagun 1nm Process out running on Jet Fuel.

FingerMeElmo87 said:

Depends on the brain you clone.

Bahaha ...

... i'm about a Comodore 64

Haahaahaa,
I'm about a DEC LSI 11/23!
Very slow, but one of the first to incorporate Direct Memory Access (DMA).
I'm right there with ya.
Once again it's not what you store, but how you access it!

Gerritt

S_U_P_E_R X_P said:
*keeps on eye on Newegg*

I already booked my order for a April 24, 2015 release date