Poll: Should I learn Java or C++ first?

**Garteal** · 12-15-2011, 08:59 PM **#61**

IMO since you're just starting out, you should start with c++ if you really want to.
The syntaxes etc and coding standards are different from each other (Python and C++)
You will only get confused when you take the transition.

Only humans have an infinite amount of storage Smile

**ExtremeDude2** · 12-16-2011, 05:00 AM **#62**

(12-15-2011, 08:59 PM)Garteal Wrote: Only humans have an infinite amount of storage

Good thing too Big Grin

**NaturalViolence** · 12-16-2011, 06:56 AM **#63**

....no we don't. Humans have a finite number of neurons and therefore a finite memory capacity.

**neobrain** · 12-16-2011, 07:10 AM **#64**

And here comes NV, the irony killer! Big Grin

**DacoTaco** · 12-16-2011, 07:44 AM **#65**

(12-16-2011, 06:56 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: ....no we don't. Humans have a finite number of neurons and therefore a finite memory capacity.

this

**ExtremeDude2** · 12-17-2011, 12:21 AM **#66**

Welp it is still VERY large tho Big Grin

**Garteal** · 12-17-2011, 01:05 AM **#67**

And infinite Tongue

So ExtremeDude, have you picked your language of choice yet?

**Runo** · 12-17-2011, 06:45 AM **#68**

(12-16-2011, 06:56 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: ....no we don't. Humans have a finite number of neurons and therefore a finite memory capacity.

How do you know the long term memory (I guess that's how it is in English) is stored by neurons? As far as I know, scientists have no knowledge about how that memory works, they just know which parts in our brain are important to this task...

**NaturalViolence** · 12-17-2011, 08:32 AM **#69**

Quote:As far as I know, scientists have no knowledge about how that memory works

What can I say other than that this statement is completely wrong? Even textbooks explain at least on a basic level how memory encoding/decoding and retrieval work, where different types of memories are stored, how the brain uses different types of memories, the effects of age/development patterns on retention and so on.

Quote:How do you know the long term memory (I guess that's how it is in English) is stored by neurons?

How else would it be stored? Magic? Your nervous system is made of neurons, including your brain. If something is stored in your brain it is stored in neurons.

I thought it would be fairly easy for anyone to comprehend why humans can't store an infinite number of memories/knowledge at once (common sense even).

**Runo** · 12-17-2011, 09:00 AM **#70**

I know memory isn't infinite, I just don't understand how a neuron can store data if it passes away every information it receives (the brain neurons). I imagined something different to store memories, like something where they are recorded and stay, isn't that why we can build machines that read thoughts and mental commands, but not memories?I thought that was because they wasn't a dynamic thing, not energy pulses.