[Klug-general] XO laptop

[Karl Lattimer]

On Sat, 2008-10-18 at 00:56 +0100, Goldfish wrote:
> 2008/10/17 Karl Lattimer <karl at qdh.org.uk>:
> > Well, I recently figured out that it is possible to build a turing complete computer
> > from nothing more than ants and bottled pheromones, but then you can solve even more
> > complex problems than a simple turing machine using the ant's ability to organise.
> 
> The fact it's turing complete is almost irregardless - since pretty
> much any computer could be said to be such - given unlimited storage.
> 
> Self-organisation is a pretty useful thing - but understanding how it
> works would be far more useful than just exploiting it ;)

Understanding how it works isn't that difficult

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Emergence-Connected-Brains-Cities-Software/dp/0140287752/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224318971&sr=8-1

:)

BR,
 K