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The theory of the internet as a global computer or global mind is increasingly commonplace and obvious, but Kevin sheds good light on the topic. The global brain is already exhibiting certain emergent behaviors. As an example Kevin points out that humans currently act as the eyes and ears of this global computer. Everyday humans are working on behalf of the global mind to gather data for it by taking photos, recording video, and making...
It takes less than 30 seconds for the reigning World Memory Champion to recall the sequence of a pack of playing cards. In an hour, he can memorise 26 more packs.
2009-04-07
human memory psychology database brain memory systemThe Correlates of War project seeks to facilitate the collection, dissemination, and use of accurate and reliable quantitative data in international relations. Key principles of the project include a commitment to standard scientific principles of replication, data reliability, documentation, review, and the transparency of data collection procedures. More specifically, we are committed to the free public release of data sets to the...
wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. With your contributions, we can create a free resource that helps millions of people by offering solutions to the problems of everyday life.
UNdata is an internet-based data service which brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point.
Using the RDS APIs or the command-line tools, you can access the full capabilities of a complete, self-contained MySQL 5.1 database instance in a matter of minutes. You can scale the processing power and storage space as needed with a single API call and you can initiate fully consistent database snapshots at any time. Much of what you already know about building applications with MySQL will still apply. Your code and your queries will...
2009-10-28
MySQL Amazon AWS cloud database hostingis a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers building a publicly accessible online archive of ALL documented human languages.
is re-envisioning the Web as a three-dimensional digital universe for exploration, entertainment, learning, and communication.