Mouse brain "mapped" - potential benefits?

[bigred]

FYI

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/09/27/mouse.brain.map.reut/index.html

My first thought was "wtf" - but apparently their brains and ours are more similar than I figured. No wonder I love running through the hallways looking for large slabs of food.

 

[IXP]

FYI

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/09/27/mouse.brain.map.reut/index.html

My first thought was "wtf" - but apparently their brains and ours are more similar than I figured. No wonder I love running through the hallways looking for large slabs of food.

Bad case of the munchies?

 

[bigred]

I just like hearing the little bell ring, then someone scooping me up out of the building (actually that would be great if I could still get paid, lol)

 

[IXP]

I just like hearing the little bell ring, then someone scooping me up out of the building (actually that would be great if I could still get paid, lol)

Dude, I think you need to be resuced by PETA (People who Eat Tasty Animals), oh, never mind.

IXP

 

[Hellbound]

OF course there are benfits. NOw we can use mouse-brains as missile guidance systems by interfacing them with the circuitry!

We'll have to be careful of unforeseen cheese stockpiles throwing off the targetting, though. And the next technological step: cat-brain operated point-defense weaponry.

 

[Goshawk]

"What's it good for?"

The biggest laugh of my day. Microsoft co-founder pays $100 million dollars for brain map; posts it online for the benefit of humanity; I go to download it, and I get:

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org.apache.jasper.JasperException
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:370)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:672)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:463)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:398)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:301)
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.doForward(RequestProcessor.java:1062)
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processForwardConfig(RequestProcessor.java:386)
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:229)
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:414)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
org.apache.jk.server.JkCoyoteHandler.invoke(JkCoyoteHandler.java:199)
org.apache.jk.common.HandlerRequest.invoke(HandlerRequest.java:282)
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.invoke(ChannelSocket.java:744)
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket.processConnection(ChannelSocket.java:674)
org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket$SocketConnection.runIt(ChannelSocket.java:866)
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:684)
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Microsoft. Gotta love 'em.

 

[GodMark2]

"What's it good for?"

The biggest laugh of my day. Microsoft co-founder pays $100 million dollars for brain map; posts it online for the benefit of humanity; I go to download it, and I get:


Microsoft. Gotta love 'em.

Did you not notice all the "org.apache.*" lines?

Apache's not made by Microsoft.

 

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Remember when error messages used to look like this, and we would complain about brevity?

JOB KILLED BY IEH240I


~~ Paul

 

[Cuddles]

The obvious benefit is that people will no longer have to ask for directions while driving around inside mouse brains.