For another take on the memristor, I've written a (not real good) short story on it. I think I'll add a link to this post somewhere near the top of it. It's called <a href="http://spacecollective.org/meika/3836/Carry-Me-Home">Carry Me Home</a>.

Ultie: Contender for a "word salad" award - or - why we humans are lucky we can't read each other's minds ....

Here is my best guess/translation as to the meaning of that strange comment:

"In 1971 I was being Drafted by US Army. Memreistors were also Big. You can Play it Again Sam, as it turns Out."

Memristors were big back in 1971 when I was being drafted by the U.S. Army, so this is just a return of an old idea.

"I had already served on several US bases, so my memory, backed up by Hard Dod paperwork saved my Bogus Ass. Haha."

I was able to avoid going to the front lines because I had prior service working with the DOD and could prove it. 

"However, latter in Year while exploring Calculator, as paperwork always leads somewhere, we: Capt Redmound & Northrup, watched huge transistors fire blazing sequences & thought Ah....Preparing to digitalize Clearance codes for US Airports. Memristor was NOT Much of concern."

While working with electronic calculators, as part of my tour of duty, myself and my associates were more impressed by the speed of transistor based computation, rather than some theoretical memristor, and were excited by the application of transistor technology to help automate U.S. airport clearance codes. 

"Basicly what I can remember, if you make circle smaller, there is less % inside for amount of area of circles' outside edge. Thus less unstability. Its basis for reduction of scale. "

I seem to recall that as the circumference of a circle shrinks the circle's area shrinks at a faster rate, which is why reduction of scale is so fruitful, and with less area comes less instability.

"Timex sinclair was just coming on. So between Mainframe, Timex Sinclair & 4004, Basement was empty lot, as public cashed up."

Scale was reducing so quickly, between mainframe, Timex Sinclair & 4004, that the server rooms in the basements of most IT departments were using a lot less space as people upgraded.

"Here Public is still being whooped. Admiral Grace WHooper (ex parte' el bogus) was coming in & out scene like penquin gone Mad. They planned fortran as 100 Year Event, So B.A.S.I.C. wasn't appreciated, even by Spy."

Memreistors, and the idea that they will be the foundation of a new computer age, are just media hype. That prediction reminds me of how Admiral Grace Hopper sold everyone on the idea that Fortran was going to be the leading programming language for the next 100 years to the point that other programming languages were ignored, even by spies.

"Yet, here writer is trying to confuse Lack of Credible Software 50 years ago, in Famous Admirals day; to todays software- as Hardware Advancement."

It sounds like the writer is confusing hardware implementations of basic logic gates, and their improvements with software capabilities.

"Of course, two are completely seperate. Advanceing Software is Unique & will continue forever, with or without Memristor, Mostly Without, as its just vague theory. Transistors can only go so small."

Of course the ability of software to improve and to model multiple forms of logic will not be affected my the addition of the memristor. It is irrelevant to hardware as well, even with their addition the end of scale reduction will still happen.

"When Beggers Ride, memristors will Meter fare."

Memristors are basically useless.

"Just quit reading that Sci fi & realize that -4 + -4 = -8."

Stop buying into the latest hype.

"That Admiral, if i can call Sheesh that, followed me for decades, Memristors followed entire Scientific community also, yet both are bogus & memristors, Moreso."

Just as the Admiral was able to offer me a false vision of the future for decades, memristors are offering a false vision to the whole scientific community. Both predictions were false, but with memristors it is even more obvious.

Drashek is a bot, you idiots... He's not human...

How long will it take for you people to realise this?

did he really say 'loooks'? was he german?

Anyone else not understand a damn thing he said?

Ultie clearly talks a language that google could not translate, stunned....

But, stoked with Memristor and the understanding there of. It's like being at the dawn of a new era of science, almost like when radio waves were discovered opening up so many possiblilties. 

Anyway, it's just glad to be around during a major advancement like this, weather some readers tend to think it's significant or not...

Wha?

In 1971 I was being Drafted by US Army. Memreistors were also Big. You can Play it Again Sam, as it turns Out. I had already served on several US bases, so my memory, backed up by Hard Dod paperwork saved my Bogus Ass. Haha.

However, latter in Year while exploring Calculator, as paperwork always leads somewhere, we: Capt Redmound & Northrup, watched huge transistors fire blazing sequences & thought Ah....Preparing to digitalize Clearance codes for US Airports. Memristor was NOT Much of concern. 
Basicly what I can remember, if you make circle smaller, there is less % inside for amount of area of circles' outside edge. Thus less unstability.

Its basis for reduction of scale. Timex sinclair was just coming on. So between Mainframe, Timex Sinclair & 4004, Basement was empty lot, as public cashed up. 
Here Public is still being whooped. Admiral Grace WHooper (ex parte' el bogus) was coming in & out scene like penquin gone Mad. They planned fortran as 100 Year Event, So B.A.S.I.C. wasn't appreciated, even by Spy.

Yet, here writer is trying to confuse Lack of Credible Software 50 years ago, in Famous Admirals day; to todays software- as Hardware Advancement. 
Of course, two are completely seperate. Advanceing Software is Unique & will continue forever, with or without Memristor, Mostly Without, as its just vague theory. Transistors can only go so small.

When Beggers Ride, memristors will Meter fare. Just quit reading that Sci fi & realize that -4 + -4 = -8. That Admiral, if i can call Sheesh that, followed me for decades, Memristors followed entire Scientific community also, yet both are bogus & memristors, Moreso.
Drashek

You would think HP could have warned me before buying their branded laptop with Vista SP1 that it wasn't really a computer after all.