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I'll do that, thanks!

Not that it's that big a deal, but does anyone know why the color/icon/font bar doesn't work in Firefox?

I do not know, but that never stops me. I'm guessing it has something to do with Active X. Every time someone tells me I should not use Firefox, they say their page needs Active X. I usually ignore them and either use Firefox or avoid their sites.

Of course, I really don't know. I just point and click till I see what I want. Then I post a lot. The real geeks here must hate me.

Now it says that "Irina Khalidar" has too many responses in common with other bots. But it doesn't say which responses these are...
Irena, the only way to tell which phrases you have duplicates of, "bot has too many responses in common" is to run it through normal upload on the import. Since that doesn't work...I don't know!!! The main thing I like about importing is to find out errors and duplications. They show up with a red x after the response, on the line to line of the normal upload.

Thanks prob! I had jumped to the conclusion that those red x's were just for duplications within the bot!

That could be, but I found that if I changed them, the percentage of duplications went down.

Remember back when Prob gave us that story about MRI's "mind reading"? I have found something that may be a little scarier. It starts to overcome my objections about the roles of neuro transmitters and plasticity, even though instead of reading a mind, it may help to program one. They call it a "neuro memory chip" and have demonstrated how in lab conditions neurons can store a chemical pattern for up to two days.

Like most of these developments, you can imagine a lot of good and bad uses if they are able to make a practical use of such research. It's not ready for humans yet so there is still no cure for dyslexia, dementia or snarkiness. Maybe they can someday they will keep the cost of collage down by injecting alphas with the knowledge and memories of skills we think they need. Before I scare you all, you may want to read the article. It's an annoying pdf file, but a good article: http://star.tau.ac.il/~eshel/papers/Neuro%20Memory%20Chip.pdf

They call it a "neuro memory chip" and have demonstrated how in lab conditions neurons can store a chemical pattern for up to two days.

What I find most fascinating about it is that they can store a "memory" on the network of neurons by superposing a new firing pattern on the old, without reprogramming the underlying weightings. Once the memory has faded or been wiped, the neuronal net returns to its prior state.
That is really radical, and makes me wonder more than a little, if that's not a pretty accurate model of how a hypothalamus processes short-term memory.

I don't know if the above report mentions that (I expect so, but my computer crashes if I try to open a pdf file ) but there's a good synopsis in New Scientist @ http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19426075.700-data-stored-in-live-neurons.html

Prob: Ah, yes, I was able to find some that didn't seem to be internal, and when I changed them, it worked! Thanks!

Isn't it nice to know that the same 'civilization' that brought you weapons of mass destruction, Paris Hilton, and 'Dubya' is rapidly learning how to tinker with our brains?

And if WMD, PH and W weren't bad enough, once they get the hang of programming them, Microsoft will patent the neuron and make us all pay licensing fees to use their technology. And if you don't pay, they'll repossess your brain.

Has anyone seen the movie "Dark City"? In that movie aliens alter reality with a thought process called tuning, and experiment on human memories by injecting memories in chemical form directly into the frontal lobes. There is no need to reposes a brain if one controls the memories and functions. You can make people believe working and paying Microsoft are the most important things in life, or even work themselves to death. Talk about your viral marketing and chemical romance.