Backing Up Your Brain 204
couch_warrior writes "Microsoft is now working on a system that will back up the contents of your brain.
The pilot project lacks a direct brain interface, but "MyLifeBits" will provide a simulacrum of actual memories.
No mention is made as to whether Microsoft will claim to own the digital rights to the content of your life, or what license fees you will have to pay to access your own memories." Honestly this looks like a bunch of hooey to me, but I figured others would be better suited to say.
Moronic exxagerration (Score:5, Informative)
He describes this as your memory, as an attempt to make it seem important instead of silly.
It is this artifical record he is talking about, not your real memory.
It's real (Score:4, Informative)
A good, extensive writeup can be found in Fast Company [fastcompany.com]. The original article is over half a year old and this idea from Gordon Bell has been known for years: he started working on this project in 1995.
Bunch of drama queens on slashdot talking about "omgz vaporware" "Microsoft doign what neuroscience cant? omgz" Read the goddamned article, not the FUD summary.
Re:You just don't get it (Score:3, Informative)
Look up... a little bit more... there it is: "NEWS FOR NERDS. STUFF THAT MATTERS."
Brain Backup vs NTBackup (Score:3, Informative)
P.S. Whose idea was it to include Active Directory with System State and not let you restore one without the other, hmm? Maybe I don't WANT to restore the rest of my registry.
http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/ (Score:2, Informative)