Line segments, overlap, and bits

[castironpi at gmail.com]

On Mar 26, 9:16 pm, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
> Sean Davis <seand... at gmail.com> writes:
> > OR, NOT, etc.).  Any suggestions on how to (1) set up the bit string
> > and (2) operate on 1 or more of them?  Java has a BitSet class that
> > keeps this kind of thing pretty clean and high-level, but I haven't
> > seen anything like it for python.
>
> You could wrap something around the array module, or the bit vector
> objects from numarray, or use something like PyJudy (google for it).
> Or consider using something like a tree data structure that supports
> set operations, rather than a bitmap, if that's closer to what you're
> really trying to do.

Keep it continuous.  You're looking at holographic or specific on tree
leaves.  I can store a GPS a -lot- easier than words.  Force impact
from a direction?  (Strong A, two Bs.)  Record wind.  Repose.  On
idle, broadcast at unique intervals, wait for something to do.
(developmental reposition)

I suppose you want perception in the medium, but I think a special
mechanism is always more efficient.  Can you have minispiders hand off
instructions by rapid tactile contact?  Dock incl. clock sync, dual
transmit, undock, work.  Sounds like modem (modulator/demodulator) and
ATM.

The DNA of an organism doesn't change over time, but it manages to
perform multi-cellular operations.  Each cell has its very own copy,
read-only, of the whole's DNA.  Can lightning bugs turn on and off
instruction sets (exec, donotexec)?

Mem. block:
0000 Yes 0 1 add
0001 Yes 0 2 add
0010 No  0 3 add
0011 Yes 0 4 add

runs: ( add 1, add 2, add 4 ).

Local can transmit modifications to neighbor sames.  Local gradient is
stronger, which takes us to chemical.  There is no living model for
bees that sync post-mortem live -- they get orders for the next day
"at dance".  By the way, Queen bees, Workers and Drones have a
developmental period of 16, 21, 24 days respectively.  Conclude
Workers are the special.

Thing is, two adjacent cells in the animal body can vary pretty widely
in trait.  Stem cells can "differentiate into a diverse range of
specialized cell types".  Is time a factor in response to mechanistic
signal propogation.  Make a uniform response to every signal, and
you're a functional programmer.  input f o output.