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Ants Build Cheapest Networks
schliz writes "When building a network from scratch, Argentine ants tend to connect their nests in the way that, while more inconvenient for individual ants, requires the minimum amount of trail. Researchers studying 'supercolonies' of the ants found them building networks that closely resembled the mathematical shortest path — a Steiner tree. They hope to apply their work to self-healing, organic computing networks of self-organising sensors, robots, computers, and autonomous cars." This story adds to the earlier report of ants' networking prowess.
Don't worry. This are Argentinian ants. They'll do everything they need to do in order to conquer the world, then just sit there, procrastinate, then make little bars and spend the rest of their life discussing with each other what could have been and why they didn't reach their goal, and how it's somebody else's fault.
[Disclaimer: I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina]
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
I, for one, welcome our new IBM ant overlords...well, as long as they don't make me use/admin Lotus Notes again.
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I used to have a real-live ant farm, and I don't recall them being too elegant or efficient.
Next time try with Argentinian ants. The Latin species are so much more elegant than their Anglo-Saxon equivalent.
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Well I'm from Buenos Aires and I say kill them all!
That's because that books contains only one line, and it's "Fly, fly, fly, as fast as your little wings can carry you, away from anything that's Oracle."
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