A futile hope...

[doyle]

Don't suppose anybody would be able to give me some clue on where to start on my coursework assignment -

"Write a computer program in C to investigate the evolution of single-celled automata."

Until I googled it I assumed automata were a type of amoeba...

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Curse astrophysics for requiring me to learn programming. And I have the horrid suspicion that Spike and Angel (the research computers in the Physics department) will make me learn to use Linux.

Comments

[jainieg.livejournal.com]

Automata (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=automata&r=67).

Plural for automaton. *beams* Robots. And the single-celled ones would be like the nanites on MST3k, I would imagine. :D

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

:tiny voice: I don't know how to make nanites. I went to every class and only fell asleep in 3 or 4 and I don't think he mentioned nanites *ever*...

Ah well, at least I'm starting well before the deadline rather than my usual night-before-it's-due approach. And thanks for the link! *g*

[jainieg.livejournal.com]

:tiny voice: I don't know how to make nanites. I went to every class and only fell asleep in 3 or 4 and I don't think he mentioned nanites *ever*...

LOL - Well, I don't think they're real... at least, I'm not entirely sure they are. I do think they're mostly theory and conjecture at this rate, even if they aren't called 'nanites' specifically.

Ah well, at least I'm starting well before the deadline rather than my usual night-before-it's-due approach. And thanks for the link! *g*

Hee! You're very welcome :D

[owl]

Spike-and-Angel the computers are cool. Linux takes about a day of going 'Why did I pick this project!?' tolearn, and then you're off. If you get on Angel next semester and find any incriminating Star Wars or Harry Potter saved, cover for me, will you? ;-)