Look at how a genetic algorithim works (the article makes it clear that is what was being used). All this involves is a set of instructions, a random number generator, and a test for the results. All the "creativity" comes from the random number generator.
Of course, that may be one of the methods used in the human brain. I can think of several people whose thought process seems to depend on a random number generator.
The mechanics of searching a hardcopy information stream are a lot more involved then searching a digital information stream, and there are a lot of precidents limiting opening and searching physical mail which don't exists for digital mail.
The cost per 100 meg is probably less then the cost of a broadban connection, of course you may already have a broadban connection. I doubt the volume of a mail P2P generates will ever be noticeable in Fed Ex, UPS, and US Mails general flow.
Yesterday on Wired News there was an article about using CDs and overnight mail to get the throughput of a broadband connection. I would like to see Carnavor chew on that.
I have been thinking about a P2P network with CDs and overnight mail as the transmission level. Is it possible, probably. Can it be made to work, not sure yet. If it works it will offer a level of security impossible on the internet, encrypted data on a CD encapsilated in an anonymous Fed Ex packet. Back to the future with sneaker net.
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Look at how a genetic algorithim works (the article makes it clear that is what was being used). All this involves is a set of instructions, a random number generator, and a test for the results. All the "creativity" comes from the random number generator.
Of course, that may be one of the methods used in the human brain. I can think of several people whose thought process seems to depend on a random number generator.
The mechanics of searching a hardcopy information stream are a lot more involved then searching a digital information stream, and there are a lot of precidents limiting opening and searching physical mail which don't exists for digital mail. The cost per 100 meg is probably less then the cost of a broadban connection, of course you may already have a broadban connection. I doubt the volume of a mail P2P generates will ever be noticeable in Fed Ex, UPS, and US Mails general flow.
Yesterday on Wired News there was an article about using CDs and overnight mail to get the throughput of a broadband connection. I would like to see Carnavor chew on that. I have been thinking about a P2P network with CDs and overnight mail as the transmission level. Is it possible, probably. Can it be made to work, not sure yet. If it works it will offer a level of security impossible on the internet, encrypted data on a CD encapsilated in an anonymous Fed Ex packet. Back to the future with sneaker net.