On Monday, October 25, 2004, at 10:44AM, Mikael Johansson <mikael_at_johanssons.org> wrote:
>> another idea is to look at universal machines that could be programmed
>> visually so that the description, process and the execution are the same -
>> conway's "life" springs to mind - you could have pixels that trigger sounds,
>> and build glider guns to fire patterns at them.... you can build the basic
>> logic gates out of glider guns and glider "eaters" I believe.
>>
>
>Yes, you can build all logic gates with glider guns, gliders and some
>special configurations that react to them. I've seen at least calculations
>of how large a Life simulation of (some generation of) the Pentium
>processor would be.
Wasn't there a Japanese "sound ants" program that allowed visual creation of audio? So you put a trail of red and blue (or whatever) pixels in front of the "ant" and it plays them and bounces around. Manageable yet capable of interesting sound.
- Rob.
Received on Mon Oct 25 2004 - 11:47:12 BST