X-Message-Number: 10588 Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 01:04:31 -0700 From: Hara Ra <> Subject: Message #10573 From: >Opponents see often problems, where problems do not exist. Processing power is >no problem, as myriads of nanomachines will cooperate. It has been shown that >cellular automatons (systems of primitive automatons (e.g. with two states), >each of which can communicate only with a limited number (e.g. four) >neighbours) can do everything an universal turing machine can do (if the >number of machines in the cellular automaton is not limited) and in most cases >much faster. A turing machine can solve every task which can be solved by an >information processing machine (however complex). >The processing power of a system of nanomachines will not depend on the >processing power of one machine. One bit storage capazity in each machine will >be enough. The machines can be molecules, if necessary. (Nature uses molecules >e.g. enzymes for complex tasks.) The processing power of the system will >depend on the number of machines and this number can be very great. Nobody builds Turing Machines. They are very, very, very slow, and to do practical computing tasks takes a long, long, long tape. I do want to get out of the Dewar before the stars go out.... O--------------------------------O | Hara Ra <> | | Box 8334 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 | | | | Man, Debug Thyself | | - Graffiti at People's | | Computer Company - 1976 | O--------------------------------O Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10588