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To: beam@corp.sgi.com
From: "RBCT" bs361972@skynet.be
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 20:16:36 +0200
Subject: [alt-beam] re: ants....
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you can try this site, I think you will learn a little bit more... about
ants
http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/ants/
A+
Olivier
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-----Message d'origine-----
De : Ian Bernstein
Cc : beam@corp.sgi.com
Date : mercredi 19 mai 1999 8:43
Objet : Ants, Web site & (Ian?)
>Hey, I was just thinking about how I would go about recreating an ant. I
>don't know allot about them but I was wondering about one thing in
>particular. Ants have eyes right. And feelers. If they have eyes why do
>the need feelers? (because they don't have very good vision right?) But
>if they don't have very good vision why don't they just have feelers and
>no eyes? If they do have good eyesight then why do the have feelers? How
>do they communicate with each other?
>I know it would be nearly impossible to recreate all the features of an
>ant but the replies I get from this will hopefully give me new ideas for
>bots I build in the future (I got an awsom one planned for Chiu's
>contest).
>
>I know a lot of you have been bugging me about updating my site. Well,
>it's coming along nicely and I'm happy with it. I wasn't happy with the
>look (what's up now) so I changed it and it looks a ton cooler and works
>better too. I should have it up in a week or two (I know I said that a
>couple weeks ago). Trust me it's going to be worth the wait!!!
>
>BTW: That was me (demonstrating Dave's point). The way I did it was
>easily tracked down but trust me there are ways to do it so it would be
>VERY hard to track and even tell if it was real or not.
>
>
>*-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-*
>Ian Bernstein "aka - Synet" The Master Builder
>
>E-Mail - Ian@beam-online.com
>BEAM Online - http://www.beam-online.com
>Quote - A Cannibal is a person who walks into a restaurant and
>orders a waiter.
> - Morey Amsterdam
>
>
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http://www.ai.mit.edu/project=">http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/ants/">http://www.ai.mit.edu/project=
s/ants/
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Olivier
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-----Message d'origine-----
R>De =
: Ian Bernstein <
href=3D"mailto:ian@beam-online.com">ian@beam-online.com>
Cc :
href=3D"mailto:beam@corp.sgi.com">beam@corp.sgi.com <
href=3D"mailto:beam@corp.sgi.com">beam@corp.sgi.com>
Date : mercr=
edi 19 =
mai 1999 8:43
Objet : Ants, Web site & (Ian?)
>Hey, I =
was =
just thinking about how I would go about recreating an ant. I
>don't =
know =
allot about them but I was wondering about one thing in
>particular. =
Ants =
have eyes right. And feelers. If they have eyes why do
>the need feel=
ers? =
(because they don't have very good vision right?) But
>if they don't =
have =
very good vision why don't they just have feelers and
>no eyes? If th=
ey do =
have good eyesight then why do the have feelers? How
>do they communi=
cate =
with each other?
>I know it would be nearly impossible to recreate al=
l the =
features of an
>ant but the replies I get from this will hopefully gi=
ve me =
new ideas for
>bots I build in the future (I got an awsom one planned=
for =
Chiu's
>contest).
>
>I know a lot of you have been buggin=
g me =
about updating my site. Well,
>it's coming along nicely and I'm happy=
with =
it. I wasn't happy with the
>look (what's up now) so I changed it and=
it =
looks a ton cooler and works
>better too. I should have it up in a we=
ek or =
two (I know I said that a
>couple weeks ago). Trust me it's going to =
be =
worth the wait!!!
>
>BTW: That was me (demonstrating Dave's poi=
nt). =
The way I did it was
>easily tracked down but trust me there are ways=
to =
do it so it would be
>VERY hard to track and even tell if it was real=
or =
not.
>
>
>*-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_=
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-*
>Ian =
Bernstein "aka - =
Synet" &nbs=
p; =
The Master Builder
>
>E-Mail =
; - =
Ian@beam-online.com
>BEAM =
Online -
href=3D"http://www.beam-online.com
>Q=">http://www.beam-online.com">http://www.beam-online.com
>Q=
uote =
- A Cannibal is a person who walks into a restaurant and
>orders a =
waiter.
> - Morey =
Amsterdam
>
>
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