We're running out of memory
Sunday, October 7, 2007 by Philly0381 | Discussion: Personal Computing
Wired Magazine ran this story/article on last Friday, Your Outboard Brain Knows All
We're running out of memory. I don't mean computer memory. That stuff's half-price at Costco these days. No, I'm talking about human memory, stored by the gray matter inside our heads. According to recent research, we're remembering fewer and fewer basic facts these days.
WWW Link
I'm an old fart but had to agree, can't even remember my own cell phone. I usually say, "Well, I don't call myself" Duh.
Got me to thinking, why not come up with some questions to quiz your friends. Half should be history (things they should of learned or pickup before computers and such) then ask them peoples phone numbers, birthdays (things that we use the computer and cell phones for now). Since adults have more time alive then computers have been around, ask you children similiar questions and compare results.
Here's something to think about, will all are knowledge wind up in a computer? If so, if one day say your childs cell phone doesn't work, can they find the library without GPS?
We're running out of memory. I don't mean computer memory. That stuff's half-price at Costco these days. No, I'm talking about human memory, stored by the gray matter inside our heads. According to recent research, we're remembering fewer and fewer basic facts these days.
WWW Link
I'm an old fart but had to agree, can't even remember my own cell phone. I usually say, "Well, I don't call myself" Duh.
Got me to thinking, why not come up with some questions to quiz your friends. Half should be history (things they should of learned or pickup before computers and such) then ask them peoples phone numbers, birthdays (things that we use the computer and cell phones for now). Since adults have more time alive then computers have been around, ask you children similiar questions and compare results.
Here's something to think about, will all are knowledge wind up in a computer? If so, if one day say your childs cell phone doesn't work, can they find the library without GPS?
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mike b1954
Reply #22 Monday, October 8, 2007 10:49 PM
hehe I shouldn't really .... I'm praying my floppy was a hard drive ... (sorry !)
Reply #22 Monday, October 8, 2007 10:49 PM
Im just praying my hard drive dont become a floppy
hehe I shouldn't really .... I'm praying my floppy was a hard drive ... (sorry !)
starkers
Reply #23 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 10:54 AM
Why PRAY, there's man/woman made medications for that now.....
....failing that icicle sticks will suffice when the pharmacy's closed.
Reply #23 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 10:54 AM
I'm praying my floppy was a hard drive ..
Why PRAY, there's man/woman made medications for that now.....
....failing that icicle sticks will suffice when the pharmacy's closed.
Jythier
Reply #24 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:10 AM
Reply #24 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:10 AM
So, to the original topic, I'm guessing that due to the way things are taught in school these days, the memory is not being filled with basic facts, never mind anything we forgot.
I ask my wife what the nine planets are, and she can't name them. Of course, that was before Pluto got demoted.
Never mind the planets, then, can she remember other basic elementary school facts? Probably not. But I can. And she can tell me what all the celebrities have named their babies, so there you go.
I ask my wife what the nine planets are, and she can't name them. Of course, that was before Pluto got demoted.
Never mind the planets, then, can she remember other basic elementary school facts? Probably not. But I can. And she can tell me what all the celebrities have named their babies, so there you go.
seldomseen
Reply #25 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:30 AM
Pluto's still a planet! Silly academic types can change a name but not what's up there in space. "The world is flat, and we can prove it!"
Running out of memory?! We're running out of air!
Reply #25 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:30 AM
Pluto got demoted
Pluto's still a planet! Silly academic types can change a name but not what's up there in space. "The world is flat, and we can prove it!"
Running out of memory?! We're running out of air!
Philly0381
Reply #26 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:34 AM
Damn seldomseen, how did you know that is what my next post was going to be.
Reply #26 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:34 AM
Running out of memory?! We're running out of air!
Damn seldomseen, how did you know that is what my next post was going to be.
Jythier
Reply #27 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:37 AM
Reply #27 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:37 AM
I can prove the world is flat.
Simply place a round object on the ground. Does it roll? No! See, the Earth is flat.
Simply place a round object on the ground. Does it roll? No! See, the Earth is flat.
seldomseen
Reply #28 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:52 AM
Reply #28 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 11:52 AM
Geometry is hard.
Rocks are hard.
Geometry and rocks are hard.
Rocks are hard.
Geometry and rocks are hard.
starkers
Reply #30 Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:25 AM
Geometry makes the rocks in my head clash harder....never had a mind for that subject at school 40 years or so ago, and I've since forgotten everything I never knew,so it's gonna hurt even more now.
Reply #30 Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:25 AM
Geometry rocks hard!
Geometry makes the rocks in my head clash harder....never had a mind for that subject at school 40 years or so ago, and I've since forgotten everything I never knew,so it's gonna hurt even more now.
Philly0381
Reply #31 Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:37 AM
Reply #31 Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:37 AM
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Reply #21 Monday, October 8, 2007 10:20 PM
Or a USB (under sized boloney).