Lono Computing - Revision history

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	'''Print Me A Computer==''':		'''Print Me A Computer''':

	Components of a fluonic computer (and/or gates, flip-flop circuits, transistors, diodes, resistors, etc.) can be designed with [[:Category:CAD\|CAD software]] and 3D printed. By combining these 3D printed parts with different colored fluids, a simple fluonic circuit prototype could be built.		Components of a fluonic computer (and/or gates, flip-flop circuits, transistors, diodes, resistors, etc.) can be designed with [[:Category:CAD\|CAD software]] and 3D printed. By combining these 3D printed parts with different colored fluids, a simple fluonic circuit prototype could be built.

Admin at 17:58, 10 June 2018

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	By making segments of fluonic computers smaller, pipes of fluid computers could be installed to utilize existing infrastructure - they could be placed on the sides of existing buildings, inside of elevator shafts and air conditioning vents, and along the sides of large tower structures. (It also seems natural that the computing task would complement the infrastructure, e.g., running heating/cooling systems or running security systems). Fluonic computer developers with hipster mustaches would rig window-washer cables from the roof and attach them to their ironic bicycles, descending and hacking away at pipes while dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. Riding their bicycles along the sides of buildings to navigate branches and mainlines of code and computing functionality, installing and debugging microfluonic computers, the fluonic hipsters descend in agile scrums to the ground floor.		By making segments of fluonic computers smaller, pipes of fluid computers could be installed to utilize existing infrastructure - they could be placed on the sides of existing buildings, inside of elevator shafts and air conditioning vents, and along the sides of large tower structures. (It also seems natural that the computing task would complement the infrastructure, e.g., running heating/cooling systems or running security systems). Fluonic computer developers with hipster mustaches would rig window-washer cables from the roof and attach them to their ironic bicycles, descending and hacking away at pipes while dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. Riding their bicycles along the sides of buildings to navigate branches and mainlines of code and computing functionality, installing and debugging microfluonic computers, the fluonic hipsters descend in agile scrums to the ground floor.

	===Solar Fluonic Computers~~===~~		===Shifting the Paradigm===

			The current computational paradigm is computation-limited. It is an information-limited paradigm where answers are expensive, so we sift through each answer we obtain, seeking to improve our understanding. Our computational currency becomes more powerful as time goes on so the questions and answers get more complicated, but answers are always expensive.

			Harnessing LoNo computing and nature's seemingly instantaneous calculations turns this paradigm on its head. Having essentially instantaneous answers to any questions we wish to ask means we no longer carefully sift through expensive answers - instead we have to sift through rare questions, which are the right questions to ask and that further our understanding.

			===Envisioning LoNo Computing===

			'''Solar Fluonic Computers''':

	Transmission towers in the desert represent an opportunity for solar-powered LoNo computers. The LoNo computers would take the form of conduits or pipes on the outside of the tower, with air as the working fluid. Solar concentrators at the base of each transmission tower use solar energy to heat air to extreme temperatures, make it buoyant, and give it a thermal driving force that can run the fluonic computer. Computations performed in this manner would literally turn energy from atomic fusion into computational power.		Transmission towers in the desert represent an opportunity for solar-powered LoNo computers. The LoNo computers would take the form of conduits or pipes on the outside of the tower, with air as the working fluid. Solar concentrators at the base of each transmission tower use solar energy to heat air to extreme temperatures, make it buoyant, and give it a thermal driving force that can run the fluonic computer. Computations performed in this manner would literally turn energy from atomic fusion into computational power.
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	~~===~~Print Me A Computer===		'''Print Me A Computer==''':

	Components of a fluonic computer (and/or gates, flip-flop circuits, transistors, diodes, resistors, etc.) can be designed with [[:Category:CAD\|CAD software]] and 3D printed. By combining these 3D printed parts with different colored fluids, a simple fluonic circuit prototype could be built.		Components of a fluonic computer (and/or gates, flip-flop circuits, transistors, diodes, resistors, etc.) can be designed with [[:Category:CAD\|CAD software]] and 3D printed. By combining these 3D printed parts with different colored fluids, a simple fluonic circuit prototype could be built.

Admin: /* World as Simulation */

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World as Simulation

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	If we are living in a simulation, then the atoms or subatomic particles or quarks form the information currency of the simulation universe. The entire universe is one long random walk in a Monte Carlo simulation composed of all of these subatomic particles. (And if the universe is a simulation, is it written in a functional language, or is it object-oriented?) Occasionally, the random configurations that the system reaches in local regions form pockets of unusually low entropy, like a planet that's at just the right location in orbit, or atoms organized to compose a sleek new iPhone; but for the most part it's just vast, empty space, with giant expanses of pure, utter, and literal chaos.		If we are living in a simulation, then the atoms or subatomic particles or quarks form the information currency of the simulation universe. The entire universe is one long random walk in a Monte Carlo simulation composed of all of these subatomic particles. (And if the universe is a simulation, is it written in a functional language, or is it object-oriented?) Occasionally, the random configurations that the system reaches in local regions form pockets of unusually low entropy, like a planet that's at just the right location in orbit, or atoms organized to compose a sleek new iPhone; but for the most part it's just vast, empty space, with giant expanses of pure, utter, and literal chaos.

	(You might even think about it as a complicated version of the Game of Life, invented by mathematician John Conway.)		(You might even think about it as a complicated version of the [https://charlesreid1.com/life Game of Life], invented by mathematician John Conway.)

	===Why LoNo Computing===		===Why LoNo Computing===

Admin: /* Print Me A Computer */

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Print Me A Computer

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	===Print Me A Computer===		===Print Me A Computer===

	Components of a fluonic computer (and/or gates, flip-flop circuits, transistors, diodes, resistors, etc.) can be designed with CAD software and 3D printed. By combining these 3D printed parts with different colored fluids, a simple fluonic circuit prototype could be built.		Components of a fluonic computer (and/or gates, flip-flop circuits, transistors, diodes, resistors, etc.) can be designed with [[:Category:CAD\|CAD software]] and 3D printed. By combining these 3D printed parts with different colored fluids, a simple fluonic circuit prototype could be built.





	===Flags===		===Flags===

	{{LoNoFlag}}		{{LoNoFlag}}

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Flags

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	=Flags=		===Print Me A Computer===

			Components of a fluonic computer (and/or gates, flip-flop circuits, transistors, diodes, resistors, etc.) can be designed with CAD software and 3D printed. By combining these 3D printed parts with different colored fluids, a simple fluonic circuit prototype could be built.





			===Flags===

	{{LoNoFlag}}		{{LoNoFlag}}

Admin: /* Solar Fluonic Computers */

2017-04-23T19:16:00Z

Solar Fluonic Computers

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	The desert provides an ideal environment for LoNo communications infrastructure as well. Low-power no-power computing and low-power no-power communications would likely utilize light, or alternatively would need to transmit and receive low-energy signals via pneumatic tubes.		The desert provides an ideal environment for LoNo communications infrastructure as well. Low-power no-power computing and low-power no-power communications would likely utilize light, or alternatively would need to transmit and receive low-energy signals via pneumatic tubes.


			=Flags=

			{{LoNoFlag}}

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World as Simulation

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	===World as Simulation===		===World as Simulation===

	If you strip away the grandiose imagery, though, and examine the nuts and bolts o this idea, it boils down to using the world as a computer. That, in turn, is linked to the idea that the world ''itself'' is a computer. ~~And if~~ the world itself is a ~~super~~-tuned computing machine~~, hey~~, why not use it? If we are living in a simulation, then the atoms or subatomic particles or quarks form the information currency of the simulation universe. The entire universe is one long random walk in a Monte Carlo simulation composed of all of these subatomic particles. (~~Which raises a question:~~ if the universe is a simulation, is it written in a functional language, or is it object-oriented?) Occasionally the random configurations the system reaches in local regions ~~forms~~ pockets of unusually low entropy, like a planet that's at just the right location in orbit, or ~~the~~ atoms ~~that~~ compose a sleek new iPhone, but for the most part it's just vast, empty space, with giant ~~pockets~~ of pure, utter, and literal chaos.		If you strip away the grandiose imagery, though, and examine the nuts and bolts of this idea, it boils down to '''using the world as a computer.''' That, in turn, is linked to the idea that '''the world itself is a computer.'''

			If the world itself is a hyper-tuned computing machine, why not use it?

			If we are living in a simulation, then the atoms or subatomic particles or quarks form the information currency of the simulation universe. The entire universe is one long random walk in a Monte Carlo simulation composed of all of these subatomic particles. (And if the universe is a simulation, is it written in a functional language, or is it object-oriented?) Occasionally, the random configurations that the system reaches in local regions form pockets of unusually low entropy, like a planet that's at just the right location in orbit, or atoms organized to compose a sleek new iPhone; but for the most part it's just vast, empty space, with giant expanses of pure, utter, and literal chaos.

	(You might even think about it as a complicated version of the Game of Life, invented by mathematician John Conway.)		(You might even think about it as a complicated version of the Game of Life, invented by mathematician John Conway.)

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The Physical System

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	If one has really technically penetrated a subject, things that previously seemed in complete contrast, might be purely mathematical transformations of each other.		If one has really technically penetrated a subject, things that previously seemed in complete contrast, might be purely mathematical transformations of each other.

	- John Von Neumann, quoted by András Bródy, ''Proportions, Prices, and Planning'' (1970)		- John Von Neumann, quoted by András Bródy, ''Proportions, Prices, and Planning'' (1970)
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Solar Fluonic Computers

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	Transmission towers in the desert represent an opportunity for solar-powered LoNo computers. The LoNo computers would take the form of conduits or pipes on the outside of the tower, with air as the working fluid. Solar concentrators at the base of each transmission tower use solar energy to heat air to extreme temperatures, make it buoyant, and give it a thermal driving force that can run the fluonic computer. Computations performed in this manner would literally turn energy from atomic fusion into computational power.		Transmission towers in the desert represent an opportunity for solar-powered LoNo computers. The LoNo computers would take the form of conduits or pipes on the outside of the tower, with air as the working fluid. Solar concentrators at the base of each transmission tower use solar energy to heat air to extreme temperatures, make it buoyant, and give it a thermal driving force that can run the fluonic computer. Computations performed in this manner would literally turn energy from atomic fusion into computational power.

	The desert provides an ideal environment for LoNo communications infrastructure as well. Low-power no-power computing and low-power no-power communications would likely utilize light, or alternatively would need to transmit and receive low-energy signals, via pneumatic tubes~~, or some other medium~~.		The desert provides an ideal environment for LoNo communications infrastructure as well. Low-power no-power computing and low-power no-power communications would likely utilize light, or alternatively would need to transmit and receive low-energy signals via pneumatic tubes.

Admin: /* Gravitational Computers */

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Gravitational Computers

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	By making segments of fluonic computers smaller, pipes of fluid computers could be installed to utilize existing infrastructure - they could be placed on the sides of existing buildings, inside of elevator shafts and air conditioning vents, and along the sides of large tower structures. (It also seems natural that the computing task would complement the infrastructure, e.g., running heating/cooling systems or running security systems). Fluonic computer developers with hipster mustaches would rig window-washer cables from the roof and attach them to their ironic bicycles, descending and hacking away at pipes while dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. Riding their bicycles along the sides of buildings to navigate branches and mainlines of code and computing functionality, installing and debugging microfluonic computers, the fluonic hipsters descend in agile scrums to the ground floor.		By making segments of fluonic computers smaller, pipes of fluid computers could be installed to utilize existing infrastructure - they could be placed on the sides of existing buildings, inside of elevator shafts and air conditioning vents, and along the sides of large tower structures. (It also seems natural that the computing task would complement the infrastructure, e.g., running heating/cooling systems or running security systems). Fluonic computer developers with hipster mustaches would rig window-washer cables from the roof and attach them to their ironic bicycles, descending and hacking away at pipes while dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. Riding their bicycles along the sides of buildings to navigate branches and mainlines of code and computing functionality, installing and debugging microfluonic computers, the fluonic hipsters descend in agile scrums to the ground floor.

			===Solar Fluonic Computers===

			Transmission towers in the desert represent an opportunity for solar-powered LoNo computers. The LoNo computers would take the form of conduits or pipes on the outside of the tower, with air as the working fluid. Solar concentrators at the base of each transmission tower use solar energy to heat air to extreme temperatures, make it buoyant, and give it a thermal driving force that can run the fluonic computer. Computations performed in this manner would literally turn energy from atomic fusion into computational power.

			The desert provides an ideal environment for LoNo communications infrastructure as well. Low-power no-power computing and low-power no-power communications would likely utilize light, or alternatively would need to transmit and receive low-energy signals, via pneumatic tubes, or some other medium.