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Non-coders often associate programming with math, but researchers have used fMRI readings to discover a possible link to the language processing centers of our brains. "Any questions?"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: a possible link to the language processing centers of our brains
Why would this surprise anyone?
Even my Made For TV Survey[^] says it all.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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/shrug
Not everyone can find the Higgs. Some just get to fill in the paperwork.
I still think that musical aptitude and programming ability are closely related though.
TTFN - Kent
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Quote: musical aptitude and programming ability
It's not just limited to musical aptitude. It's all about creativity that makes a difference. An artist who does an amazing painting can become "The Best Coder" if you teach him the basics 
Thanks,
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Kent Sharkey wrote: musical aptitude and programming ability are closely related
Only when the muscial aptitude relates to the after effects of baked beans or curry.....  pass the air freshner. /parp
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Reading this brief article shows that the tests were based on reading and understanding some short Java code in order to work out a printed result. This only tests the reading, cognitive and math/logic processing parts of the brain. Since the subjects did not have to write code to produce the solution to a problem it completely missed out any possible creative responses. Much more research is required before any results should be published. In addition there were only 17 graduate students which is too small a sample for any even slightly significant hints at conclusions at all.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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'struth. Really preliminary (and small scale as you say). It is a nice proof-of-concept experiment though, as it shows that fMRI can detect something in this case. I would like to see them do "OK, code X while you're in there" experiment next, to see if it changes the activity locations.
TTFN - Kent
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What worries me most about fMRIs is the way they are being developed as lie detectors in the US. Apparently a research group has developed a technique that is 100% correct in all the tests so far. This is very worrying if the US court system, which has thrown out regular lie-detectors as conclusive evidence ever decides to allow and accept this. The contents and behaviour of your own brain should not be used against you!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I agree. I'm definitely not convinced they're that accurate. Seeing studies like Scientists Decode Dreams With Brain Scans[^] scream "Gullible Press". It's a useful technology, but not yet ready to be trusted legally (if ever).
TTFN - Kent
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The Basic pricing tier includes core Azure Web Sites abilities, allowing you to run production sites at a lower cost. Basic pricing tier offers up to three instances of dedicated Virtual Machine running your web sites, SSL support, Scheduled Jobs, Endpoint Monitoring and more. Is Azure going the way Windows used to, with so many editions you can't keep track of them?
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The group states Windows 8.2 might see the light this year, Windows 9 will introduce a new version of Metro, might be free and according to WZOR Microsoft is working on a cloud based operating system (OS). According to WZOR there will be another update to Windows 8.1 this autumn. The only thing certain of Windows' future: there will be whinging
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Yet another round of speculating that Windows will become free. I can't see MS sacrificing the cash cow that oem Windows licenses on medium/high end machines is. At the same time I wonder how much money they actually make selling upgrade licenses; I suspect it's a relatively small fraction of the total. As a result I could see the pattern of Windows 8.1 Update 1 being a mandatory being the way of the future; with free, mandatory, incremental upgrades a few times/year replacing major new paid upgrade version releases. This would have the potential to solve a number of long term problems in the windows ecosystem. The number of versions of Windows MS needs to support will eventually drop to a single consumer version as the existing legacy versions reach end of life. On the developer side, frequent mandatory updates will eventually means we can start using new OS features shortly after release instead of having to wait a few years because most consumers will have old OS versions that don't support them.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Microsoft Corp. agreed to a patent licensing deal with communications provider Motorola Solutions Inc. granting world-wide coverage under its patent portfolio for Motorola Solutions's devices running the Android and Chrome OS operating system.
Google makes the products, Microsoft makes the money.
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Algoraves, or algorithmic raves—an offshoot of a type of improvised algorithmic composition known as live coding—are a growing movement among both programmers and musicians. Over the past few years across western Europe and in places like Mexico, Australia, Japan and even as close as Canada, live-coded performances have given electronic artists and bands a way to break through the stand-around DJ culture of today’s electronic music in live, messy fashion.
Who needs a DJ when you can have a coder?
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All those cool 3D holographic interactive user interfaces that people see in sci-fi movies and TV shows are finally getting closer to reality. Microsoft Research recently showed off a new project called Holograph that was made to render large data, not just in 3D, but in a way that it looks like it is being projected above a display. "You're my only hope"
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Let's see if they take credit for the Tupac hologram at Coachella.
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Shut up and take my money.
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Social news site Reddit has downgraded the status of its "technology" section after a censorship row. It follows a report by the Daily Dot that revealed headlines posted to the area had been secretly deleted if they featured certain words.
Big Brother Reddit is watching you...
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My favorite kind of histories are those told from an insider's perspective. The story of Richard the Lionheart is full of great battles and dynastic intrigue. The story of one of his soldiers, not so much. Yet the soldiers' story, as someone who has experienced the real consequences of decisions made and actions taken, is more revealing. Chat Wars: the empires strike back (and forth)
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Fascinating perspective. I'm not sure quite how well the declining empire metaphor applies to Microsoft and the tech industry, but the argument he's making is more or less sound.
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boo hiss, article refers to site that requires paid subscription to read entire article. Just when it was getting good... argh!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I thought it only required a registration?
But yeah. Sorry about that.
TTFN - Kent
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Nope, paid subscription required (min $3 monthly). Not your fault, just me ranting. You'd think David would just print post this in Slate since he's already paid by them.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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hmm, now it's fully readable. I guess after a few days they don't make you pay. *cool* 
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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which link? The article Kent linked appears complete and both articles linked from it (mashable and nplus) appear complete when I scrolled down them to the end. Neither are showing a pay-me moneybeg at the bottom of the text anyway (haven't read them yet).
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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