barnes (10/23/82)
#R:sri-unix:-393000:uiucdcs:12700014:000:561 uiucdcs!barnes Oct 23 05:13:00 1982 I always wondered how something like a robot improve its programming by malfunctioning, but not now after taking CS 265 (a digital logic lab.) I would leave a gate here or there unconnected or with the wire barely touching and the curcuit would work. Then I would realize my error and fix the connection, then the damn thing wouldn't work wired properly. I am a true believer that a logic gate with no input 'knows' what state it should be in to give the correct output (except, of course, when it becomes time to turn in the project). uiucdcs!barnes
mcewan (10/24/82)
#R:sri-unix:-393000:uiucdcs:12700016:000:260 uiucdcs!mcewan Oct 23 20:50:00 1982 But biological mutation usually creates "junk", too. Its just that every so often a success appears that is an improvement, while all of the thousands of failures fade away do to their inferiority. Just because something is rare doesn't mean it doesn't exist.