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Re: Are low tech computers viable?

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On 7/10/2017 9:45 PM, benj wrote:
> On 7/10/2017 10:34 PM, reber G=emc^2 wrote:
>> On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 6:45:26 AM UTC-7, Arindam Banerjee wrote:
>>> On Monday, July 10, 2017 at 12:18:39 PM UTC+10, chemguy wrote:
>>>> It is well known that bees communicate essential information by 
>>>> performing a dance ritual within the hive. It may be possible to 
>>>> design a low tech computer based upon the dance of the bees.
>>>>
>>>> The Dancing Computer;
>>>>
>>>> A low tech computer may be designed to mimic the dancing bees. This 
>>>> procedure may also be simulated electronically.
>>>>
>>>> Assume a very large chess board (dancing board) with black and white 
>>>> squares. The optimum array of squares must be confirmed.
>>>>
>>>> A person is assigned to stand on each square. Again the optimum 
>>>> number of people must be confirmed. This implies that some squares 
>>>> may be initially “empty”. Each person holds a colored card, the card 
>>>> may also be labeled or numbered. The initial configuration of the 
>>>> “dancing board” represents data input.
>>>>
>>>> A “caller” (not standing on the board) shouts out dance instructions 
>>>> accompanied by some music. The occupants of the board obey the 
>>>> “dance instructions” from the caller similar to a square dance. The 
>>>> dance instructions may also include a specific exchange of cards 
>>>> between some dancers. The dance instructions are an algorithm (or 
>>>> operation) to be performed on the original data input.
>>>>
>>>> After the dance is complete each occupant may have a new position on 
>>>> the board and may be holding a different card than originally held. 
>>>> The final configuration of the “dancing board” represents data output.
>>>>
>>>> The data output may represent a solution to some problem (a low tech 
>>>> “computer” solution).
>>>>
>>>> I encourage others to design such a computer.
>>>
>>> It is not necessary to design such a computer. The basic idea is 
>>> sound and
>>> useful for simulations. In fact, I wrote a simulation program to 
>>> optimise
>>> the performance of Telstra call centre networks using that idea back 
>>> in 1995.
>>> The idea was to change one variable out of thousands, and see the 
>>> output, and
>>> then keep on repeating this process till the best set of variables is
>>> obtained. To begin with I used a discrete event simulation, based on
>>> randomness. Then later I made it simpler using analytic functions, so 
>>> simple
>>> that it could be presented in Excel.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Arindam Banerjee
>>
>> My acer laptop is no match for the brain of bees.Bees know they are 
>> alive.Bees build hives.Bees know how to find food.Bees take care of 
>> their queen,and eggs.Bees share.I like bees.They and cockroches are 
>> nice bugs.They like me as well. Well Treb is a computer,and we get 
>> along fairly well.TreBert
>>
> You are a big a nutjob as HVAC. (maybe you actually ARE HVAC?)

he's bee brained.   Cockroaches like him too.

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