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Re: Bee Strategy Helps Servers Run More Sweetly
From: scott <redhowlingwolves () bellsouth net>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:52:07 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Another related article: http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=478&page=3 Regards, Scott krymson () gmail com wrote:
Interesting research, and an interesting comparison. Unfortunately, I
think this suffers from the same thing that separates us from other animals of the world: trust (or the ability to lie and/or overcome instincts). Without getting too deep into that philosophical discussion, the bee structure works because they all do their thing without fail. Can we trust all the servers to not lie or be wrong or purposely be misguided? Doubtful.
Still, fun research! <- snip -> Availability is a key component of Security..... Honeybees somehow manage to efficiently collect a lot of nectar with limited resources and no central command ? after all, the queen bee is too busy laying eggs to oversee something as mundane as where the best nectar can be found on any given morning. According to new research from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the swarm intelligence of these amazingly organized bees can also be used to improve the efficiency of Internet servers faced with similar challenges. Read More @ http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=1605&source=1 saqib http://www.quantumcrypto.de/dante/
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