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Honeybees Might Prompt Faster Internet Server Technology

Posted by Zonk on from the heard-the-buzz-about-it dept.

coondoggie writes "The Georgia Institute of Technology is working on the theory that honeybees can give us hints about how to improve the speed and efficiency of Internet servers. Honeybees somehow manage to efficiently collect a lot of nectar with limited resources and no central command. Such swarm intelligence of these amazingly organized bees can also be used to improve the efficiency of Internet servers faced with similar challenges." This has some similarities to the rules of the swarm discussion we had last week.

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  1. Bees flee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All the researchers now need to do is to sell the technology to Microsoft and IIS will fly away from the net into the unknown.

  2. Re:Nanny nanny boo boo. by jacquesm · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I was following you until the 'god' bit... somehow that is a turn-off for me in any argument.

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