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Hoax (was Re: Semi manufacturers ?)

2004-08-06 by erikc77099

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Quinlan <kat-yahoo@k...> wrote:
> Graham Davies wrote:
> 
> > --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, Kathy Quinlan <kat-yahoo@k...> 
wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Here is a link to the project:
> >>http://www.kaqelectronics.dyndns.org/the_buzz/the_buzz.html
> > 
> > 
> > I think Kat is basically the victim of a hoax. If you have a 
little 
> > time, read the second (two page) document she points us to. It 
gives 
> > an example of a useful database operation and then an example of 
an 
> > operation on "Perfect Data", which is what Kat thinks she's 
working 
> > on. The "Perfect Data" operation reads like the Monty 
Python "Free 
> > Association" sketch. How anyone could think this is useful, let 
alone 
> > possible, beats the heck out of me.
> > 
> > The first document is longer (eight pages), but worth a read if 
> > you've got the time. It raises a bunch of sensible points and 
fails 
> > to address any of them except with vague assurances and quotes 
from 
> > Shakespeare. The inventors of modern database architectures are 
> > characterized as American geeks who messed up because Alan Turin 
was 
> > dead and they couldn't ask him what to do.
> > 
> > On the other hand, if Kat *does* have the couple of million 
dollars 
> > she needs to fund this project, I take it all back. Go Kat! 
Spend, 
> > spend, spend!
> > 
> > Graham.
> 
> Graham, Mate where can I start, THIS IS NO HOAX, the customer is 
paying, 
> the investors are onboard. David Lawrence is actually a respected 
Dr in 
> the area of Neurophysiology (ie the workings of the brain)
> 
> The money will be available when I get to Level 5 (right now I am 
doing 
> the Level 3 work which is implimenting the system on a PC with only 
1 
> user, Level 4 is a server based system with maybe 100 users all 
within 
> one organisation, Level 5 is 1000's of users across many 
organisations)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kat.

Is this guy trying to develop some sort of associative memory and 
have it operate something like a human thought process?

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