<article>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#article10_01_22_1715229</id>
	<title>Slime Mold Could Lead To Better Tech</title>
	<author>ScuttleMonkey</author>
	<datestamp>1264187280000</datestamp>
	<htmltext><a href="mailto:fireang3l@@@hotmail...com" rel="nofollow">FiReaNGeL</a> writes to tell us that recent <a href="http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/01/21/slime.design.mimics.tokyos.rail.system">observation of slime mold could eventually lead the way to improved tech</a> like better computer and communications networks.  <i>"This revelation comes after a team of Japanese and British researchers observed that the slime mold connected itself to scattered food sources in a design that was nearly identical to Tokyo's rail system. Atsushi Tero from Hokkaido University in Japan, along with colleagues elsewhere in Japan and the United Kingdom, placed oat flakes on a wet surface in locations that corresponded to the cities surrounding Tokyo, and allowed the Physarum polycephalum mold to grow outwards from the center. They watched the slime mold self-organize, spread out, and form a network that was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network."</i></htmltext>
<tokenext>FiReaNGeL writes to tell us that recent observation of slime mold could eventually lead the way to improved tech like better computer and communications networks .
" This revelation comes after a team of Japanese and British researchers observed that the slime mold connected itself to scattered food sources in a design that was nearly identical to Tokyo 's rail system .
Atsushi Tero from Hokkaido University in Japan , along with colleagues elsewhere in Japan and the United Kingdom , placed oat flakes on a wet surface in locations that corresponded to the cities surrounding Tokyo , and allowed the Physarum polycephalum mold to grow outwards from the center .
They watched the slime mold self-organize , spread out , and form a network that was comparable in efficiency , reliability , and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo 's train network .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>FiReaNGeL writes to tell us that recent observation of slime mold could eventually lead the way to improved tech like better computer and communications networks.
"This revelation comes after a team of Japanese and British researchers observed that the slime mold connected itself to scattered food sources in a design that was nearly identical to Tokyo's rail system.
Atsushi Tero from Hokkaido University in Japan, along with colleagues elsewhere in Japan and the United Kingdom, placed oat flakes on a wet surface in locations that corresponded to the cities surrounding Tokyo, and allowed the Physarum polycephalum mold to grow outwards from the center.
They watched the slime mold self-organize, spread out, and form a network that was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network.
"</sentencetext>
</article>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865470</id>
	<title>Re:What does that say about the engineers' design?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264166520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's not unreasonable in a sufficiently large city, though!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's not unreasonable in a sufficiently large city , though !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's not unreasonable in a sufficiently large city, though!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864080</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862480</id>
	<title>Nethack...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264192140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>My, what a yummy slime mold!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>My , what a yummy slime mold !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>My, what a yummy slime mold!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862638</id>
	<title>Re:Great! Nature at it's best.</title>
	<author>natehoy</author>
	<datestamp>1264193040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Use the phone?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Use the phone ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Use the phone?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862416</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863078</id>
	<title>Social Computing</title>
	<author>anthonyfk</author>
	<datestamp>1264152660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>We studied something like this in my social computing university class, only it was about slime mold "solving" a maze.  I never understood why that (or this) was at all interesting; the growth of the slime mold is just a brute force search for food.  What you end up with is a minimum spanning tree between the food "nodes."  Meh.</htmltext>
<tokenext>We studied something like this in my social computing university class , only it was about slime mold " solving " a maze .
I never understood why that ( or this ) was at all interesting ; the growth of the slime mold is just a brute force search for food .
What you end up with is a minimum spanning tree between the food " nodes .
" Meh .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>We studied something like this in my social computing university class, only it was about slime mold "solving" a maze.
I never understood why that (or this) was at all interesting; the growth of the slime mold is just a brute force search for food.
What you end up with is a minimum spanning tree between the food "nodes.
"  Meh.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862424</id>
	<title>It's a trap</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>A slime mold killed my kitten.</p><p>@</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>A slime mold killed my kitten .
@</tokentext>
<sentencetext>A slime mold killed my kitten.
@</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30868506</id>
	<title>Re:uh..</title>
	<author>Hognoxious</author>
	<datestamp>1264248300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>No, but whoever wrote the summary was.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>No , but whoever wrote the summary was .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>No, but whoever wrote the summary was.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862274</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863414</id>
	<title>Re:uh..</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264154460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"Japanese and British researchers"?<br>Why not Haitian researchers?<br>Or Liberian researchers?<br>Or any other country in Africa?</p><p>I think we all know...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" Japanese and British researchers " ? Why not Haitian researchers ? Or Liberian researchers ? Or any other country in Africa ? I think we all know.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"Japanese and British researchers"?Why not Haitian researchers?Or Liberian researchers?Or any other country in Africa?I think we all know...</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862274</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862282</id>
	<title>Is it green?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191060000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I don't know.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I do n't know .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I don't know.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30868032</id>
	<title>Re:Slimy competitors</title>
	<author>Sulphur</author>
	<datestamp>1264240260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The mold was an Anonymous Coward, and then it found the oat flakes.  You reeka.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The mold was an Anonymous Coward , and then it found the oat flakes .
You reeka .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The mold was an Anonymous Coward, and then it found the oat flakes.
You reeka.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862326</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862386</id>
	<title>Eureka</title>
	<author>Dunbal</author>
	<datestamp>1264191600000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I knew there was a reason I was growing so much of it in my fridge...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I knew there was a reason I was growing so much of it in my fridge.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I knew there was a reason I was growing so much of it in my fridge...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862306</id>
	<title>Study the mold?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Why not just study the rail system then. Sounds like they got it done right?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Why not just study the rail system then .
Sounds like they got it done right ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Why not just study the rail system then.
Sounds like they got it done right?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863160</id>
	<title>Re:That's fine, but...</title>
	<author>gestalt\_n\_pepper</author>
	<datestamp>1264153200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sadly, in study after study, the Virgin Mary has been found to be remarkably inefficient, particularly when compared to medieval saints and or numerous Hindu gods.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sadly , in study after study , the Virgin Mary has been found to be remarkably inefficient , particularly when compared to medieval saints and or numerous Hindu gods .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sadly, in study after study, the Virgin Mary has been found to be remarkably inefficient, particularly when compared to medieval saints and or numerous Hindu gods.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862332</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862466</id>
	<title>Re:The slime mold had it easy...</title>
	<author>wizardforce</author>
	<datestamp>1264192020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>Wake me up when it can complete and environmental impact assessment, defeat a coalition of concerned propertyholders suing because they don't want your "electrosmog" causing cancer, defeat a slimy local developer who really wants a route changed to improve the value of his land holdings, and then cajole the low-bidding contractor into actually building the network properly....</p></div></blockquote><p> I would imagine that if the slime mold were forced to deal with such problems and it was large enough to do so, it would just eat them.  Which actually is not a bad solution.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Wake me up when it can complete and environmental impact assessment , defeat a coalition of concerned propertyholders suing because they do n't want your " electrosmog " causing cancer , defeat a slimy local developer who really wants a route changed to improve the value of his land holdings , and then cajole the low-bidding contractor into actually building the network properly.... I would imagine that if the slime mold were forced to deal with such problems and it was large enough to do so , it would just eat them .
Which actually is not a bad solution .
: )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wake me up when it can complete and environmental impact assessment, defeat a coalition of concerned propertyholders suing because they don't want your "electrosmog" causing cancer, defeat a slimy local developer who really wants a route changed to improve the value of his land holdings, and then cajole the low-bidding contractor into actually building the network properly.... I would imagine that if the slime mold were forced to deal with such problems and it was large enough to do so, it would just eat them.
Which actually is not a bad solution.
:)
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862344</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862902</id>
	<title>Roll for Initiative!</title>
	<author>AP31R0N</author>
	<datestamp>1264151340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Yellow Mold is CR6 and pretty dangerous stuff.  If it escaped the dungeon it could wipe out the village.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Yellow Mold is CR6 and pretty dangerous stuff .
If it escaped the dungeon it could wipe out the village .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Yellow Mold is CR6 and pretty dangerous stuff.
If it escaped the dungeon it could wipe out the village.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862442</id>
	<title>Re:uh..</title>
	<author>JWSmythe</author>
	<datestamp>1264191900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>  I'd be pretty sure that they were.</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; They're pretty excited that their teams of engineers have built a rail system, that a petri dish with slime mold and oats could design in 24 hours.</p><p>
&nbsp; &nbsp; On the other hand, I compared it to <a href="-http://www.johomaps.com/as/japan/tokyo/kantorail\_jp.jpg" title="slashdot.org">Kanto rail</a> [slashdot.org] map, and while there are similarities, there are many differences too.  I'm pretty sure a 2 year old can drawn the <a href="http://subway.umka.org/maps/tokyo.gif" title="umka.org">Tokyo subway map</a> [umka.org].  It all looks like squiggles to me.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:)</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'd be pretty sure that they were .
    They 're pretty excited that their teams of engineers have built a rail system , that a petri dish with slime mold and oats could design in 24 hours .
    On the other hand , I compared it to Kanto rail [ slashdot.org ] map , and while there are similarities , there are many differences too .
I 'm pretty sure a 2 year old can drawn the Tokyo subway map [ umka.org ] .
It all looks like squiggles to me .
: )</tokentext>
<sentencetext>  I'd be pretty sure that they were.
    They're pretty excited that their teams of engineers have built a rail system, that a petri dish with slime mold and oats could design in 24 hours.
    On the other hand, I compared it to Kanto rail [slashdot.org] map, and while there are similarities, there are many differences too.
I'm pretty sure a 2 year old can drawn the Tokyo subway map [umka.org].
It all looks like squiggles to me.
:)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864144</id>
	<title>Re:They did a similar experiment</title>
	<author>PPH</author>
	<datestamp>1264157940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Add alcohol, hookers and blow and you'll get Sound Transit.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Add alcohol , hookers and blow and you 'll get Sound Transit .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Add alcohol, hookers and blow and you'll get Sound Transit.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862304</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863762</id>
	<title>Re:wrong conclusion</title>
	<author>julesh</author>
	<datestamp>1264156260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>the proper conclusion is that japanese transportation engineers are no smarter than slime molds</i></p><p>Or indeed soap, which is also able to perform similar optimization tasks: take two pieces of perspex and join them together using bolts arranged in the pattern of your major destinations with a gap of around 1-2cm between them.  Dip in a strong soap/water mixture and remove carefully.  You should find a series of large bubbles have formed, with edges running between the bolts.  Surface tension will probably have resulted in those edges being an optimal or close to optimal solution to the problem of joining them together with the most efficient network.  Repeat several times, take the most common result.</p><p>Simple energy reduction problems like this aren't a useful test of anything.  There are plenty of natural processes that don't involve intelligence that are more than capable of solving them.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>the proper conclusion is that japanese transportation engineers are no smarter than slime moldsOr indeed soap , which is also able to perform similar optimization tasks : take two pieces of perspex and join them together using bolts arranged in the pattern of your major destinations with a gap of around 1-2cm between them .
Dip in a strong soap/water mixture and remove carefully .
You should find a series of large bubbles have formed , with edges running between the bolts .
Surface tension will probably have resulted in those edges being an optimal or close to optimal solution to the problem of joining them together with the most efficient network .
Repeat several times , take the most common result.Simple energy reduction problems like this are n't a useful test of anything .
There are plenty of natural processes that do n't involve intelligence that are more than capable of solving them .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the proper conclusion is that japanese transportation engineers are no smarter than slime moldsOr indeed soap, which is also able to perform similar optimization tasks: take two pieces of perspex and join them together using bolts arranged in the pattern of your major destinations with a gap of around 1-2cm between them.
Dip in a strong soap/water mixture and remove carefully.
You should find a series of large bubbles have formed, with edges running between the bolts.
Surface tension will probably have resulted in those edges being an optimal or close to optimal solution to the problem of joining them together with the most efficient network.
Repeat several times, take the most common result.Simple energy reduction problems like this aren't a useful test of anything.
There are plenty of natural processes that don't involve intelligence that are more than capable of solving them.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864644</id>
	<title>So what they are saying is that</title>
	<author>TalShiar00</author>
	<datestamp>1264160400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>the London and Tokyo urban planners have the equivalent intelligence to a single celled creature?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>the London and Tokyo urban planners have the equivalent intelligence to a single celled creature ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the London and Tokyo urban planners have the equivalent intelligence to a single celled creature?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862800</id>
	<title>new answer to a Microsoft hiring question!</title>
	<author>swschrad</author>
	<datestamp>1264193940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"Uh, yes, I basically seed my coffee cup, and the pattern of the growths provides the data index for least wasted steps algorithms."</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" Uh , yes , I basically seed my coffee cup , and the pattern of the growths provides the data index for least wasted steps algorithms .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"Uh, yes, I basically seed my coffee cup, and the pattern of the growths provides the data index for least wasted steps algorithms.
"</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862362</id>
	<title>And there is more!</title>
	<author>oldhack</author>
	<datestamp>1264191480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>One day my dog can trade in the market, generate enough income to pay for its dog food and let me retire.</htmltext>
<tokenext>One day my dog can trade in the market , generate enough income to pay for its dog food and let me retire .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>One day my dog can trade in the market, generate enough income to pay for its dog food and let me retire.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862416</id>
	<title>Great! Nature at it's best.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>Maybe now they'll find an efficient solution to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesman\_problem" title="wikipedia.org">Salesman problem.</a> [wikipedia.org]</htmltext>
<tokenext>Maybe now they 'll find an efficient solution to the Salesman problem .
[ wikipedia.org ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Maybe now they'll find an efficient solution to the Salesman problem.
[wikipedia.org]</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862626</id>
	<title>Re:The slime mold had it easy...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264192980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Sorry, further study has been suspended.  Turns out the slime mold mutated during the process, is now a unique new subspecies, and is protected under the Endangered Species act.  The entire research facility has been declared an ecologically sensitive area, and the biologists are under strict orders not to interfere with its natural habitat.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Sorry , further study has been suspended .
Turns out the slime mold mutated during the process , is now a unique new subspecies , and is protected under the Endangered Species act .
The entire research facility has been declared an ecologically sensitive area , and the biologists are under strict orders not to interfere with its natural habitat .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Sorry, further study has been suspended.
Turns out the slime mold mutated during the process, is now a unique new subspecies, and is protected under the Endangered Species act.
The entire research facility has been declared an ecologically sensitive area, and the biologists are under strict orders not to interfere with its natural habitat.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862694</id>
	<title>Intelligent Design</title>
	<author>arachnoprobe</author>
	<datestamp>1264193400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>the slime mold [...] was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network.</p></div><p>That means: both have been made by intelligent designers!</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>the slime mold [ ... ] was comparable in efficiency , reliability , and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo 's train network.That means : both have been made by intelligent designers !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the slime mold [...] was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network.That means: both have been made by intelligent designers!
	</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862674</id>
	<title>Re: Slime Mold Could Lead To Better Tech</title>
	<author>stavrica</author>
	<datestamp>1264193340000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><nobr> <wbr></nobr>...or not.</p><p>I sincerely hope that this wasn't someone's doctorate thesis.</p><p>There are too many such "learned" individuals out there who are incapable original thought.  I wonder if this has always been the case...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>...or not.I sincerely hope that this was n't someone 's doctorate thesis.There are too many such " learned " individuals out there who are incapable original thought .
I wonder if this has always been the case.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> ...or not.I sincerely hope that this wasn't someone's doctorate thesis.There are too many such "learned" individuals out there who are incapable original thought.
I wonder if this has always been the case...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864896</id>
	<title>Re:Great! Nature at it's best.</title>
	<author>Mikkeles</author>
	<datestamp>1264162380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Me, and so's my wife!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Me , and so 's my wife !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Me, and so's my wife!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862646</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862398</id>
	<title>Re:Slimy competitors</title>
	<author>Jeng</author>
	<datestamp>1264191660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's a smart scientist who does not re-invent the wheel.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's a smart scientist who does not re-invent the wheel .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's a smart scientist who does not re-invent the wheel.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862326</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862304</id>
	<title>They did a similar experiment</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>But after adding the oat flakes they pissed all over the experiment. This time the mold organized itself just like the New York subway system.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>But after adding the oat flakes they pissed all over the experiment .
This time the mold organized itself just like the New York subway system .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>But after adding the oat flakes they pissed all over the experiment.
This time the mold organized itself just like the New York subway system.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862664</id>
	<title>Re:A Eureka Moment...almost</title>
	<author>natehoy</author>
	<datestamp>1264193280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Using slime mold to study two other kinds of slime seems either redundant or self-evident.  I can't decide which.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Using slime mold to study two other kinds of slime seems either redundant or self-evident .
I ca n't decide which .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Using slime mold to study two other kinds of slime seems either redundant or self-evident.
I can't decide which.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862566</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865766</id>
	<title>Re:Great! Nature at it's best.</title>
	<author>mikael</author>
	<datestamp>1264168620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I thought the solution was to find the two largest clusters which have the greatest average distance, then recursively apply this to each sub-cluster?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I thought the solution was to find the two largest clusters which have the greatest average distance , then recursively apply this to each sub-cluster ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I thought the solution was to find the two largest clusters which have the greatest average distance, then recursively apply this to each sub-cluster?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862416</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863074</id>
	<title>Re:Nethack...</title>
	<author>Mister Whirly</author>
	<datestamp>1264152660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Exactly. The first thing I thought of when I read the headline was Nethack.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Exactly .
The first thing I thought of when I read the headline was Nethack .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Exactly.
The first thing I thought of when I read the headline was Nethack.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862480</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862420</id>
	<title>Somebody has to do it...</title>
	<author>Firemouth</author>
	<datestamp>1264191780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext>I, for one, welcome our new slime overlords!</htmltext>
<tokenext>I , for one , welcome our new slime overlords !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I, for one, welcome our new slime overlords!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863124</id>
	<title>Re:Great! Nature at it's best.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264152960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Has nature evolved the "optimal" human?  If so, who is it?</p></div><p>I am</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Has nature evolved the " optimal " human ?
If so , who is it ? I am</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Has nature evolved the "optimal" human?
If so, who is it?I am
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862646</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864386</id>
	<title>Stop being so utilitarian.</title>
	<author>Seor Jojoba</author>
	<datestamp>1264159020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's a little sad that somebody, in pursuit of an audience, had to angle the story towards "we could be using mold to make design decisions."  Your mass transit planners are not going to call in a consultant with a suitcase full of mold, obviously.  The paths chosen for rail have so many political factors that the "most efficient" model has little relevance.</p><p>But just stop thinking of utility for a moment.  Look at those pictures of the mold growing to reach all points and form little roads between them.  That is fantastic!  "Because you could then plan light rail and freight logistics and--" STOP!  No, don't jump on to the practical applications yet.  Take a moment to think about that simple little organism doing that complicated thing and how cool that is.  Those pictures are breathtaking.</p><p>And after that, maybe try to write a matching algorithm to see if you can predict which paths will form by the slime.  And then see if that algorithm offers something that the human-designed ones don't have already.  And then maybe integrate and devise new algorithms based on what was learned.  And then see what practical applications there are for these algorithms.  This is what the scientists and engineers will actually end up doing if it is possible.  Can we stop acting like bored little brats that every scientific observation isn't immediately useful?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's a little sad that somebody , in pursuit of an audience , had to angle the story towards " we could be using mold to make design decisions .
" Your mass transit planners are not going to call in a consultant with a suitcase full of mold , obviously .
The paths chosen for rail have so many political factors that the " most efficient " model has little relevance.But just stop thinking of utility for a moment .
Look at those pictures of the mold growing to reach all points and form little roads between them .
That is fantastic !
" Because you could then plan light rail and freight logistics and-- " STOP !
No , do n't jump on to the practical applications yet .
Take a moment to think about that simple little organism doing that complicated thing and how cool that is .
Those pictures are breathtaking.And after that , maybe try to write a matching algorithm to see if you can predict which paths will form by the slime .
And then see if that algorithm offers something that the human-designed ones do n't have already .
And then maybe integrate and devise new algorithms based on what was learned .
And then see what practical applications there are for these algorithms .
This is what the scientists and engineers will actually end up doing if it is possible .
Can we stop acting like bored little brats that every scientific observation is n't immediately useful ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's a little sad that somebody, in pursuit of an audience, had to angle the story towards "we could be using mold to make design decisions.
"  Your mass transit planners are not going to call in a consultant with a suitcase full of mold, obviously.
The paths chosen for rail have so many political factors that the "most efficient" model has little relevance.But just stop thinking of utility for a moment.
Look at those pictures of the mold growing to reach all points and form little roads between them.
That is fantastic!
"Because you could then plan light rail and freight logistics and--" STOP!
No, don't jump on to the practical applications yet.
Take a moment to think about that simple little organism doing that complicated thing and how cool that is.
Those pictures are breathtaking.And after that, maybe try to write a matching algorithm to see if you can predict which paths will form by the slime.
And then see if that algorithm offers something that the human-designed ones don't have already.
And then maybe integrate and devise new algorithms based on what was learned.
And then see what practical applications there are for these algorithms.
This is what the scientists and engineers will actually end up doing if it is possible.
Can we stop acting like bored little brats that every scientific observation isn't immediately useful?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30868492</id>
	<title>Re:I don't care how efficient they are,</title>
	<author>Hurricane78</author>
	<datestamp>1264248000000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Who said you get to ride?</p><p>In modern Japan, slime mold rides YOU!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Who said you get to ride ? In modern Japan , slime mold rides YOU !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Who said you get to ride?In modern Japan, slime mold rides YOU!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862292</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863574</id>
	<title>Re:They did a similar experiment</title>
	<author>newdsfornerds</author>
	<datestamp>1264155420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>You think the NYC subway is bad? Come ride the MBTA in Boston.
<br>
In Boston, subway rides YOU!</htmltext>
<tokenext>You think the NYC subway is bad ?
Come ride the MBTA in Boston .
In Boston , subway rides YOU !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>You think the NYC subway is bad?
Come ride the MBTA in Boston.
In Boston, subway rides YOU!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862304</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863628</id>
	<title>Re:Great! Nature at it's best.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264155660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>Maybe now they'll find an efficient solution to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesman\_problem" title="wikipedia.org" rel="nofollow">Salesman problem.</a> [wikipedia.org]</p> </div><p> <a href="http://xkcd.com/399/" title="xkcd.com" rel="nofollow">Optimal solution</a> [xkcd.com] has already been found</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Maybe now they 'll find an efficient solution to the Salesman problem .
[ wikipedia.org ] Optimal solution [ xkcd.com ] has already been found</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Maybe now they'll find an efficient solution to the Salesman problem.
[wikipedia.org]  Optimal solution [xkcd.com] has already been found
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862416</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30866836</id>
	<title>SCO?</title>
	<author>Tablizer</author>
	<datestamp>1264179780000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I was sure this article was going to be about SCO when I saw the title.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I was sure this article was going to be about SCO when I saw the title .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I was sure this article was going to be about SCO when I saw the title.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862500</id>
	<title>must have been fun research</title>
	<author>Clover\_Kicker</author>
	<datestamp>1264192260000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>The next study will involve rust monsters and gelatinous cubes.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>The next study will involve rust monsters and gelatinous cubes .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The next study will involve rust monsters and gelatinous cubes.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862496</id>
	<title>One of there days</title>
	<author>hellraizer</author>
	<datestamp>1264192200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>we will have slime mold designing our network infrastructure,,, will they understand routing ?
will the slime mold have a ccna ou mcse degree ?
must be a slime mold from beyond<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.... evillllllll</htmltext>
<tokenext>we will have slime mold designing our network infrastructure,, , will they understand routing ?
will the slime mold have a ccna ou mcse degree ?
must be a slime mold from beyond .... evillllllll</tokentext>
<sentencetext>we will have slime mold designing our network infrastructure,,, will they understand routing ?
will the slime mold have a ccna ou mcse degree ?
must be a slime mold from beyond .... evillllllll</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862802</id>
	<title>No.</title>
	<author>kenryd</author>
	<datestamp>1264150800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The traveling salesman problem is NP-complete, slime molds or not.  Under some conditions it can be approximated efficiently, but slime molds are not about to solve the travelling salesman problem in sub-exponential time.

In any case, using a computer is much faster than waiting a few days for a slime mold to grow.</htmltext>
<tokenext>The traveling salesman problem is NP-complete , slime molds or not .
Under some conditions it can be approximated efficiently , but slime molds are not about to solve the travelling salesman problem in sub-exponential time .
In any case , using a computer is much faster than waiting a few days for a slime mold to grow .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The traveling salesman problem is NP-complete, slime molds or not.
Under some conditions it can be approximated efficiently, but slime molds are not about to solve the travelling salesman problem in sub-exponential time.
In any case, using a computer is much faster than waiting a few days for a slime mold to grow.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862416</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30866558</id>
	<title>Re:Somebody has to do it...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264176660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Imagine what a Beowolf cluster of these babies could do!!!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Imagine what a Beowolf cluster of these babies could do ! !
!</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Imagine what a Beowolf cluster of these babies could do!!
!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862420</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862672</id>
	<title>Re:I don't care how efficient they are,</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264193280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Riding a slime mold is something I fantasize about quite often.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Riding a slime mold is something I fantasize about quite often .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Riding a slime mold is something I fantasize about quite often.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862292</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862938</id>
	<title>Re:Efficency in building</title>
	<author>DMUTPeregrine</author>
	<datestamp>1264151580000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'm pretty sure that was Stonybrook University in New York. My mother was there at the time, and has told me about that. Of course, it could have been another instance of the same technique.</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm pretty sure that was Stonybrook University in New York .
My mother was there at the time , and has told me about that .
Of course , it could have been another instance of the same technique .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm pretty sure that was Stonybrook University in New York.
My mother was there at the time, and has told me about that.
Of course, it could have been another instance of the same technique.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862470</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862350</id>
	<title>wrong conclusion</title>
	<author>circletimessquare</author>
	<datestamp>1264191420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>the proper conclusion is that japanese transportation engineers are no smarter than slime molds</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>the proper conclusion is that japanese transportation engineers are no smarter than slime molds</tokentext>
<sentencetext>the proper conclusion is that japanese transportation engineers are no smarter than slime molds</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862550</id>
	<title>Explains a lot of anime</title>
	<author>Jah-Wren Ryel</author>
	<datestamp>1264192500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Anyone who's seen old-school anime like Akira knows that Japan is doomed to being consumed by an ever-growing blob of indeterminate origin.<br>We now know it will start in the subways...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Anyone who 's seen old-school anime like Akira knows that Japan is doomed to being consumed by an ever-growing blob of indeterminate origin.We now know it will start in the subways.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Anyone who's seen old-school anime like Akira knows that Japan is doomed to being consumed by an ever-growing blob of indeterminate origin.We now know it will start in the subways...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862326</id>
	<title>Slimy competitors</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>It's a sad day when our brightest computer scientists cannot invent better algorithms than slimy lowlife.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's a sad day when our brightest computer scientists can not invent better algorithms than slimy lowlife .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's a sad day when our brightest computer scientists cannot invent better algorithms than slimy lowlife.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863586</id>
	<title>I hate slime molds</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264155540000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>They do 1D6 of Constitution damage and there's no way to get it back.</htmltext>
<tokenext>They do 1D6 of Constitution damage and there 's no way to get it back .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They do 1D6 of Constitution damage and there's no way to get it back.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863652</id>
	<title>Meaning</title>
	<author>Dorsai65</author>
	<datestamp>1264155840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>that Tokyo has a slimy rail system?</htmltext>
<tokenext>that Tokyo has a slimy rail system ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>that Tokyo has a slimy rail system?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864560</id>
	<title>Re:Slimy competitors</title>
	<author>sznupi</author>
	<datestamp>1264159980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>So now only to find an organism which likes to visit every node on the map, and yet tries to omit already visited spots. A colony-like species preferably, to have large number of individual for statistical analysis...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>So now only to find an organism which likes to visit every node on the map , and yet tries to omit already visited spots .
A colony-like species preferably , to have large number of individual for statistical analysis.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>So now only to find an organism which likes to visit every node on the map, and yet tries to omit already visited spots.
A colony-like species preferably, to have large number of individual for statistical analysis...</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862398</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30868540</id>
	<title>Re:Somebody has to do it...</title>
	<author>Hurricane78</author>
	<datestamp>1264248840000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>May they gift us with more Slurm than we can drink!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>May they gift us with more Slurm than we can drink !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>May they gift us with more Slurm than we can drink!</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862420</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862462</id>
	<title>not a big deal</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Offtopic</modclass>
	<modscore>-1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>i came on your wife and it looked like hawaii, i don't think there was anything scientific to gain from it.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>i came on your wife and it looked like hawaii , i do n't think there was anything scientific to gain from it .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>i came on your wife and it looked like hawaii, i don't think there was anything scientific to gain from it.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862566</id>
	<title>A Eureka Moment...almost</title>
	<author>hyades1</author>
	<datestamp>1264192620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p> I thought for a second we might finally have a really good way to model the complex, ever-deepening relationship that's grown up between North American politicians and their corporate masters.  Then I realized there's some things even a slime mold won't do. </p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I thought for a second we might finally have a really good way to model the complex , ever-deepening relationship that 's grown up between North American politicians and their corporate masters .
Then I realized there 's some things even a slime mold wo n't do .</tokentext>
<sentencetext> I thought for a second we might finally have a really good way to model the complex, ever-deepening relationship that's grown up between North American politicians and their corporate masters.
Then I realized there's some things even a slime mold won't do. </sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862718</id>
	<title>Re:Slimy competitors</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264193520000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>heh. Microsoft.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>heh .
Microsoft .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>heh.
Microsoft.</sentencetext>
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</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862316</id>
	<title>Wait.. Cost?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>How much does the Tokyo Rail System cost, anyhow?</htmltext>
<tokenext>How much does the Tokyo Rail System cost , anyhow ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>How much does the Tokyo Rail System cost, anyhow?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864900</id>
	<title>Re:uh..</title>
	<author>Anachragnome</author>
	<datestamp>1264162380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I could get a dog to run the same exact patterns by placing steaks in the same configuration as the Japanese rail stations.</p><p>Slime mold, dogs, humans...you put food somewhere, most creatures will take the shortest, most energy efficient route to get to it.</p><p>I don't understand what they are trying to prove here.</p><p>That maybe Japanese designers are no more capable then slime mold? This may not be in their best interests.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I could get a dog to run the same exact patterns by placing steaks in the same configuration as the Japanese rail stations.Slime mold , dogs , humans...you put food somewhere , most creatures will take the shortest , most energy efficient route to get to it.I do n't understand what they are trying to prove here.That maybe Japanese designers are no more capable then slime mold ?
This may not be in their best interests .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I could get a dog to run the same exact patterns by placing steaks in the same configuration as the Japanese rail stations.Slime mold, dogs, humans...you put food somewhere, most creatures will take the shortest, most energy efficient route to get to it.I don't understand what they are trying to prove here.That maybe Japanese designers are no more capable then slime mold?
This may not be in their best interests.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862844</id>
	<title>Re:uh..</title>
	<author>interkin3tic</author>
	<datestamp>1264150920000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>No, the people who designed <a href="http://www.mkc-properties.com/images/livinginjapan/tokyometromapbig.jpg" title="mkc-properties.com">the tokyo metro layout</a> [mkc-properties.com] on the other hand, were most definitely high on something.</p><p>"Let's design an extremely interconnected subway system, except that in order to get across downtown you need to change lines 3 times including once to a completely different rail system.  Some areas of downtown will have a train station every half block, wheras others will be mostly empty.  To balance out that inconvinience, lets make all the trains run on time down to about 3 seconds, have all the stops in at least two languages, and keep the stations cleaner than most resturaunts."</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>No , the people who designed the tokyo metro layout [ mkc-properties.com ] on the other hand , were most definitely high on something .
" Let 's design an extremely interconnected subway system , except that in order to get across downtown you need to change lines 3 times including once to a completely different rail system .
Some areas of downtown will have a train station every half block , wheras others will be mostly empty .
To balance out that inconvinience , lets make all the trains run on time down to about 3 seconds , have all the stops in at least two languages , and keep the stations cleaner than most resturaunts .
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>No, the people who designed the tokyo metro layout [mkc-properties.com] on the other hand, were most definitely high on something.
"Let's design an extremely interconnected subway system, except that in order to get across downtown you need to change lines 3 times including once to a completely different rail system.
Some areas of downtown will have a train station every half block, wheras others will be mostly empty.
To balance out that inconvinience, lets make all the trains run on time down to about 3 seconds, have all the stops in at least two languages, and keep the stations cleaner than most resturaunts.
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862274</id>
	<title>uh..</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264190940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext>Were they high during this experiment?</htmltext>
<tokenext>Were they high during this experiment ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Were they high during this experiment?</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863636</id>
	<title>Re:The slime mold had it easy...</title>
	<author>sgt scrub</author>
	<datestamp>1264155720000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>you lost me at natural.  are you saying slime is a good solution to have on a drawing board?  i would think it would make everything sticky.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>you lost me at natural .
are you saying slime is a good solution to have on a drawing board ?
i would think it would make everything sticky .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>you lost me at natural.
are you saying slime is a good solution to have on a drawing board?
i would think it would make everything sticky.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862346</id>
	<title>Would work great in goverment!</title>
	<author>mackil</author>
	<datestamp>1264191360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Troll</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Since mold and slime are already there...</htmltext>
<tokenext>Since mold and slime are already there.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Since mold and slime are already there...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862956</id>
	<title>You can do the same thing with soap</title>
	<author>scorp1us</author>
	<datestamp>1264151760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>And its a lot less messy.</p><p>Take two surfaces (overlapping, horizontally ) (cardboard will suffice, and place straws through them (verically)where your destinations are. Submerge it in soap/water solution. Then slowly pull it out and the surface tension will find the most efficient routes between the straws.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And its a lot less messy.Take two surfaces ( overlapping , horizontally ) ( cardboard will suffice , and place straws through them ( verically ) where your destinations are .
Submerge it in soap/water solution .
Then slowly pull it out and the surface tension will find the most efficient routes between the straws .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And its a lot less messy.Take two surfaces (overlapping, horizontally ) (cardboard will suffice, and place straws through them (verically)where your destinations are.
Submerge it in soap/water solution.
Then slowly pull it out and the surface tension will find the most efficient routes between the straws.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865830</id>
	<title>Re:I hate slime molds</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264169040000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>They do 1D6 of Constitution damage and there's no way to get it back.</p></div><p>So Bush was a slime mold?</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>They do 1D6 of Constitution damage and there 's no way to get it back.So Bush was a slime mold ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They do 1D6 of Constitution damage and there's no way to get it back.So Bush was a slime mold?
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862646</id>
	<title>Re:Great! Nature at it's best.</title>
	<author>timeOday</author>
	<datestamp>1264193100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext>I would guess not, since finding a "good" solution to TSP isn't hard at all, and nature usually doesn't bother expending 100x the resources to find the single "optimal" solution (which is practically meaningless anyways since the natural world is so dynamic.  Has nature evolved the "optimal" human?  If so, who is it?)</htmltext>
<tokenext>I would guess not , since finding a " good " solution to TSP is n't hard at all , and nature usually does n't bother expending 100x the resources to find the single " optimal " solution ( which is practically meaningless anyways since the natural world is so dynamic .
Has nature evolved the " optimal " human ?
If so , who is it ?
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I would guess not, since finding a "good" solution to TSP isn't hard at all, and nature usually doesn't bother expending 100x the resources to find the single "optimal" solution (which is practically meaningless anyways since the natural world is so dynamic.
Has nature evolved the "optimal" human?
If so, who is it?
)</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865824</id>
	<title>Re:And there is more!</title>
	<author>jonadab</author>
	<datestamp>1264168980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>&gt; One day my dog can trade in the market, generate<br>&gt; enough income to pay for its dog food and let me retire.<br><br>Yes, but you have to know *which* day.  There's only one day that produces the desired outcome.  If you give your dog the money on any *other* day and let him play the market, he'll just blow all your money on worthless penny stocks and dying businesses.</htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; One day my dog can trade in the market , generate &gt; enough income to pay for its dog food and let me retire.Yes , but you have to know * which * day .
There 's only one day that produces the desired outcome .
If you give your dog the money on any * other * day and let him play the market , he 'll just blow all your money on worthless penny stocks and dying businesses .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt; One day my dog can trade in the market, generate&gt; enough income to pay for its dog food and let me retire.Yes, but you have to know *which* day.
There's only one day that produces the desired outcome.
If you give your dog the money on any *other* day and let him play the market, he'll just blow all your money on worthless penny stocks and dying businesses.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865992</id>
	<title>Re:Efficency in building</title>
	<author>jonadab</author>
	<datestamp>1264170360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>&gt; was told that Pizza Hut didn't do much research<br>&gt; on site location, but simply put stores near McDonalds<br><br>I don't know if Pizza Hut really does that, but if they did, I bet it would work pretty well.  McDonald's consistently picks good locations.  Frequently they have the single perfectly optimal location in town (for towns that are too small to need more than one McDs).<br><br>There are five state routes that run through the city where I live (Galion).  There's one McDonald's.  You can see the McDonald's sign from all five state routes.  They're also directly in front of the most popular grocery store's parking lot.  (And yes, Pizza Hut is about a block and a half away, albeit around a corner.)  Wendy's is downtown and gets significantly less traffic past their business (less local traffic, as well as less out-of-town traffic), not to mention less parking space.  They get a bunch of extra business for Oktoberfest (which is held downtown), but that's only once a year.  The rest of the time, the McDonald's location is clearly superior.<br><br>The next town up the road (Crestline) has two state routes that go through it, one north-south and one east-west.  They run together for exactly one block.  McDonald's is on that block.  (There's no Pizza Hut, but I don't think there's one anywhere else in Crestline either.)  It's *obviously* the best location in town.<br><br>I could go on, but you don't have to take my word for it.  Start looking at where McDonald's is in every town near you, and see how many towns you have to look at before you find one where the McDonald's (if present) is in a mediocre location.<br><br>Have you ever seen a McDonald's closed for anything other than remodeling or expansion?  I haven't.  It's partly their advertising campaign (which is so extensive and so consistent and so effective, every marketing student should be required to study them for at least a full semester), but there are other factors too, and consistently picking good locations is one of them, I'm convinced.</htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; was told that Pizza Hut did n't do much research &gt; on site location , but simply put stores near McDonaldsI do n't know if Pizza Hut really does that , but if they did , I bet it would work pretty well .
McDonald 's consistently picks good locations .
Frequently they have the single perfectly optimal location in town ( for towns that are too small to need more than one McDs ) .There are five state routes that run through the city where I live ( Galion ) .
There 's one McDonald 's .
You can see the McDonald 's sign from all five state routes .
They 're also directly in front of the most popular grocery store 's parking lot .
( And yes , Pizza Hut is about a block and a half away , albeit around a corner .
) Wendy 's is downtown and gets significantly less traffic past their business ( less local traffic , as well as less out-of-town traffic ) , not to mention less parking space .
They get a bunch of extra business for Oktoberfest ( which is held downtown ) , but that 's only once a year .
The rest of the time , the McDonald 's location is clearly superior.The next town up the road ( Crestline ) has two state routes that go through it , one north-south and one east-west .
They run together for exactly one block .
McDonald 's is on that block .
( There 's no Pizza Hut , but I do n't think there 's one anywhere else in Crestline either .
) It 's * obviously * the best location in town.I could go on , but you do n't have to take my word for it .
Start looking at where McDonald 's is in every town near you , and see how many towns you have to look at before you find one where the McDonald 's ( if present ) is in a mediocre location.Have you ever seen a McDonald 's closed for anything other than remodeling or expansion ?
I have n't .
It 's partly their advertising campaign ( which is so extensive and so consistent and so effective , every marketing student should be required to study them for at least a full semester ) , but there are other factors too , and consistently picking good locations is one of them , I 'm convinced .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt; was told that Pizza Hut didn't do much research&gt; on site location, but simply put stores near McDonaldsI don't know if Pizza Hut really does that, but if they did, I bet it would work pretty well.
McDonald's consistently picks good locations.
Frequently they have the single perfectly optimal location in town (for towns that are too small to need more than one McDs).There are five state routes that run through the city where I live (Galion).
There's one McDonald's.
You can see the McDonald's sign from all five state routes.
They're also directly in front of the most popular grocery store's parking lot.
(And yes, Pizza Hut is about a block and a half away, albeit around a corner.
)  Wendy's is downtown and gets significantly less traffic past their business (less local traffic, as well as less out-of-town traffic), not to mention less parking space.
They get a bunch of extra business for Oktoberfest (which is held downtown), but that's only once a year.
The rest of the time, the McDonald's location is clearly superior.The next town up the road (Crestline) has two state routes that go through it, one north-south and one east-west.
They run together for exactly one block.
McDonald's is on that block.
(There's no Pizza Hut, but I don't think there's one anywhere else in Crestline either.
)  It's *obviously* the best location in town.I could go on, but you don't have to take my word for it.
Start looking at where McDonald's is in every town near you, and see how many towns you have to look at before you find one where the McDonald's (if present) is in a mediocre location.Have you ever seen a McDonald's closed for anything other than remodeling or expansion?
I haven't.
It's partly their advertising campaign (which is so extensive and so consistent and so effective, every marketing student should be required to study them for at least a full semester), but there are other factors too, and consistently picking good locations is one of them, I'm convinced.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862348</id>
	<title>Fred Physarum</title>
	<author>Drantin</author>
	<datestamp>1264191420000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>4</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>To think. After all these years, <a href="http://www.gpf-comics.com/wiki/Fred" title="gpf-comics.com">Fred Physarum</a> [gpf-comics.com] is finally getting the recognition he deserves.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>To think .
After all these years , Fred Physarum [ gpf-comics.com ] is finally getting the recognition he deserves .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>To think.
After all these years, Fred Physarum [gpf-comics.com] is finally getting the recognition he deserves.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862548</id>
	<title>Move Over Godzilla</title>
	<author>careysub</author>
	<datestamp>1264192500000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Now the Japanese can look forward to slime molds doing their urban renewal instead of Godzilla or Mothra!</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Now the Japanese can look forward to slime molds doing their urban renewal instead of Godzilla or Mothra !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Now the Japanese can look forward to slime molds doing their urban renewal instead of Godzilla or Mothra!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862962</id>
	<title>not so smart</title>
	<author>tsalmark</author>
	<datestamp>1264151820000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>The mold didn't find the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line.</htmltext>
<tokenext>The mold did n't find the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>The mold didn't find the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862470</id>
	<title>Efficency in building</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264192020000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>In college 1 of my professors told us a story...

A complex built several large buildings all on the same block.
They didn't install any sidewalks or walkways just grass.
They waited 1 year and looked at the grass.
They built sidewalks wherever there was a path in the grass.
The bigger the path the bigger the sidewalk.

I thought it was an interesting idea.
So many times I look back and try to wonder what the engineer/designer was thinking.</htmltext>
<tokenext>In college 1 of my professors told us a story.. . A complex built several large buildings all on the same block .
They did n't install any sidewalks or walkways just grass .
They waited 1 year and looked at the grass .
They built sidewalks wherever there was a path in the grass .
The bigger the path the bigger the sidewalk .
I thought it was an interesting idea .
So many times I look back and try to wonder what the engineer/designer was thinking .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>In college 1 of my professors told us a story...

A complex built several large buildings all on the same block.
They didn't install any sidewalks or walkways just grass.
They waited 1 year and looked at the grass.
They built sidewalks wherever there was a path in the grass.
The bigger the path the bigger the sidewalk.
I thought it was an interesting idea.
So many times I look back and try to wonder what the engineer/designer was thinking.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864648</id>
	<title>oblig xkcd</title>
	<author>Sparx139</author>
	<datestamp>1264160460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><a href="http://xkcd.com/399/" title="xkcd.com" rel="nofollow">http://xkcd.com/399/</a> [xkcd.com]</htmltext>
<tokenext>http : //xkcd.com/399/ [ xkcd.com ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>http://xkcd.com/399/ [xkcd.com]</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865164</id>
	<title>Re:must have been fun research</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264164480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I wonder if there's any Dudleys on the research team...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I wonder if there 's any Dudleys on the research team.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I wonder if there's any Dudleys on the research team...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863616</id>
	<title>Godzilla</title>
	<author>gearloos</author>
	<datestamp>1264155660000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Someone should really tell the sientists those little cities and trains they were comparing to were old Godzilla movie sets. The real ones are much bigger and they'd need a hella lot more mold!</htmltext>
<tokenext>Someone should really tell the sientists those little cities and trains they were comparing to were old Godzilla movie sets .
The real ones are much bigger and they 'd need a hella lot more mold !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Someone should really tell the sientists those little cities and trains they were comparing to were old Godzilla movie sets.
The real ones are much bigger and they'd need a hella lot more mold!</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864134</id>
	<title>See also</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264157880000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>O. Steinbock, &#193;. T&#243;th, and K. Showalter, "Navigating Complex Labyrinths: Optimal Paths from Chemical Waves," Science 267, 868-871 (1995). http://heracles.chem.wvu.edu/papers.html</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>O. Steinbock ,   .
T   th , and K. Showalter , " Navigating Complex Labyrinths : Optimal Paths from Chemical Waves , " Science 267 , 868-871 ( 1995 ) .
http : //heracles.chem.wvu.edu/papers.html</tokentext>
<sentencetext>O. Steinbock, Á.
Tóth, and K. Showalter, "Navigating Complex Labyrinths: Optimal Paths from Chemical Waves," Science 267, 868-871 (1995).
http://heracles.chem.wvu.edu/papers.html</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862292</id>
	<title>I don't care how efficient they are,</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191120000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I'm still not going to ride a slime mold to work.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm still not going to ride a slime mold to work .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm still not going to ride a slime mold to work.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862684</id>
	<title>Simple complexity</title>
	<author>srussia</author>
	<datestamp>1264193400000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It's just a fractal, people.</htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's just a fractal , people .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's just a fractal, people.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864522</id>
	<title>Re:Wait.. Cost?</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264159800000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Well, they said:</p><blockquote><div><p>They watched the slime mold [...] form a network that was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network."</p></div></blockquote><p>A SLIME MOLD FEEDING ON OAT FLAKES BEING AS EXPENSIVE AS TOKYO'S TRAIN NETWORK?! First time I've used caps lock in years, so this must be truly an overly expensive oat flaking old mold overlord<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>Well , they said : They watched the slime mold [ ... ] form a network that was comparable in efficiency , reliability , and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo 's train network .
" A SLIME MOLD FEEDING ON OAT FLAKES BEING AS EXPENSIVE AS TOKYO 'S TRAIN NETWORK ? !
First time I 've used caps lock in years , so this must be truly an overly expensive oat flaking old mold overlord .. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Well, they said:They watched the slime mold [...] form a network that was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network.
"A SLIME MOLD FEEDING ON OAT FLAKES BEING AS EXPENSIVE AS TOKYO'S TRAIN NETWORK?!
First time I've used caps lock in years, so this must be truly an overly expensive oat flaking old mold overlord ...
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30866082</id>
	<title>Fjords</title>
	<author>pajamapaati</author>
	<datestamp>1264171140000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Am I the only one thinking of white mice and fjords here?</htmltext>
<tokenext>Am I the only one thinking of white mice and fjords here ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Am I the only one thinking of white mice and fjords here?</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862660</id>
	<title>Re:Efficency in building</title>
	<author>fahrbot-bot</author>
	<datestamp>1264193220000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>They waited 1 year and looked at the grass. They built sidewalks wherever there was a path in the grass.</p></div>
</blockquote><p>
I saw this phenomenon as well when I was at USF and ODU back in the '80s.
</p><p>
In a similar theme, I worked prep at Pizza Hut in high school and early college years and was told that Pizza Hut didn't do much research on site location, but simply put stores near McDonalds, as they did extensive research.  Don't know if it's true, but there always seems to be a Pizza Hut near a McDonalds...</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>They waited 1 year and looked at the grass .
They built sidewalks wherever there was a path in the grass .
I saw this phenomenon as well when I was at USF and ODU back in the '80s .
In a similar theme , I worked prep at Pizza Hut in high school and early college years and was told that Pizza Hut did n't do much research on site location , but simply put stores near McDonalds , as they did extensive research .
Do n't know if it 's true , but there always seems to be a Pizza Hut near a McDonalds.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They waited 1 year and looked at the grass.
They built sidewalks wherever there was a path in the grass.
I saw this phenomenon as well when I was at USF and ODU back in the '80s.
In a similar theme, I worked prep at Pizza Hut in high school and early college years and was told that Pizza Hut didn't do much research on site location, but simply put stores near McDonalds, as they did extensive research.
Don't know if it's true, but there always seems to be a Pizza Hut near a McDonalds...
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864080</id>
	<title>What does that say about the engineers' design?</title>
	<author>jsveiga</author>
	<datestamp>1264157700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Insightful</modclass>
	<modscore>3</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I assume the mold paths solution simply "converged" to the most efficient way of carrying the nutrients between the nodes. As it was mentioned here, soap bubbles will also "find" the shortest paths, as will the mold's "brute force" approach (broad spread, then coalesce to the most efficient ones).</p><p>But the natural solutions would not take into account the human distribution and convenience, as each node (apart from the big central oat flake) have the same appeal to the mold - and possibly the ones closest to the borders have less appeal (or more "cost"). Same goes for the surface tension solution (soap).</p><p>What if the human factor shifts the "weight" of some nodes and paths? For example, there might be very few people needing to go from node A to B, but many needing to go from A to C, so although a "natural" solution would only take the distances and positions into account, a "human" solution would want to favor the trip from A to C even if that meant making the A-B trip worse.</p><p>So if the mold solution is really very similar to the real rail system, then either Japanese commuters are amazingly "natural" in regards to where they live, where they work, and demographic distribution, or the Japanese railroad engineers missed the human factor when designing the grid. The first possibility is somehow beautiful and creepy at the same time.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I assume the mold paths solution simply " converged " to the most efficient way of carrying the nutrients between the nodes .
As it was mentioned here , soap bubbles will also " find " the shortest paths , as will the mold 's " brute force " approach ( broad spread , then coalesce to the most efficient ones ) .But the natural solutions would not take into account the human distribution and convenience , as each node ( apart from the big central oat flake ) have the same appeal to the mold - and possibly the ones closest to the borders have less appeal ( or more " cost " ) .
Same goes for the surface tension solution ( soap ) .What if the human factor shifts the " weight " of some nodes and paths ?
For example , there might be very few people needing to go from node A to B , but many needing to go from A to C , so although a " natural " solution would only take the distances and positions into account , a " human " solution would want to favor the trip from A to C even if that meant making the A-B trip worse.So if the mold solution is really very similar to the real rail system , then either Japanese commuters are amazingly " natural " in regards to where they live , where they work , and demographic distribution , or the Japanese railroad engineers missed the human factor when designing the grid .
The first possibility is somehow beautiful and creepy at the same time .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I assume the mold paths solution simply "converged" to the most efficient way of carrying the nutrients between the nodes.
As it was mentioned here, soap bubbles will also "find" the shortest paths, as will the mold's "brute force" approach (broad spread, then coalesce to the most efficient ones).But the natural solutions would not take into account the human distribution and convenience, as each node (apart from the big central oat flake) have the same appeal to the mold - and possibly the ones closest to the borders have less appeal (or more "cost").
Same goes for the surface tension solution (soap).What if the human factor shifts the "weight" of some nodes and paths?
For example, there might be very few people needing to go from node A to B, but many needing to go from A to C, so although a "natural" solution would only take the distances and positions into account, a "human" solution would want to favor the trip from A to C even if that meant making the A-B trip worse.So if the mold solution is really very similar to the real rail system, then either Japanese commuters are amazingly "natural" in regards to where they live, where they work, and demographic distribution, or the Japanese railroad engineers missed the human factor when designing the grid.
The first possibility is somehow beautiful and creepy at the same time.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864256</id>
	<title>Did they name it Fred?</title>
	<author>roc97007</author>
	<datestamp>1264158480000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>
Always knew Fred Physarum would turn up again somewhere.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Always knew Fred Physarum would turn up again somewhere .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>
Always knew Fred Physarum would turn up again somewhere.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862344</id>
	<title>The slime mold had it easy...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Interestin</modclass>
	<modscore>5</modscore>
	<htmltext>Wake me up when it can complete and environmental impact assessment, defeat a coalition of concerned propertyholders suing because they don't want your "electrosmog" causing cancer, defeat a slimy local developer who really wants a route changed to improve the value of his land holdings, and then cajole the low-bidding contractor into actually building the network properly....<br> <br>

I am, of course, mostly joking, natural systems(ants are the other one that gets mentioned a lot) have developed some quite efficient approaches to various problems. If a problem can be solved by a large number of rounds of iterative adjustment, evolution has probably solved it good and hard somewhere. That said, though, it would be a mistake to overestimate the value of having an efficient solution on your drawing board. You cannot build an efficient system without one; but it is very easy to build a downright pathological system even with one.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Wake me up when it can complete and environmental impact assessment , defeat a coalition of concerned propertyholders suing because they do n't want your " electrosmog " causing cancer , defeat a slimy local developer who really wants a route changed to improve the value of his land holdings , and then cajole the low-bidding contractor into actually building the network properly... . I am , of course , mostly joking , natural systems ( ants are the other one that gets mentioned a lot ) have developed some quite efficient approaches to various problems .
If a problem can be solved by a large number of rounds of iterative adjustment , evolution has probably solved it good and hard somewhere .
That said , though , it would be a mistake to overestimate the value of having an efficient solution on your drawing board .
You can not build an efficient system without one ; but it is very easy to build a downright pathological system even with one .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wake me up when it can complete and environmental impact assessment, defeat a coalition of concerned propertyholders suing because they don't want your "electrosmog" causing cancer, defeat a slimy local developer who really wants a route changed to improve the value of his land holdings, and then cajole the low-bidding contractor into actually building the network properly.... 

I am, of course, mostly joking, natural systems(ants are the other one that gets mentioned a lot) have developed some quite efficient approaches to various problems.
If a problem can be solved by a large number of rounds of iterative adjustment, evolution has probably solved it good and hard somewhere.
That said, though, it would be a mistake to overestimate the value of having an efficient solution on your drawing board.
You cannot build an efficient system without one; but it is very easy to build a downright pathological system even with one.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862740</id>
	<title>The Vatican responded ...</title>
	<author>winomonkey</author>
	<datestamp>1264193700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>... saying that no, the slime mold looked more like the Virgin Mary.  Pilgrims from around the world are planning on heading to the site in the weeks ahead to pay their respects before it starts to more closely resemble Elvis or the Three Stooges.</htmltext>
<tokenext>... saying that no , the slime mold looked more like the Virgin Mary .
Pilgrims from around the world are planning on heading to the site in the weeks ahead to pay their respects before it starts to more closely resemble Elvis or the Three Stooges .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>... saying that no, the slime mold looked more like the Virgin Mary.
Pilgrims from around the world are planning on heading to the site in the weeks ahead to pay their respects before it starts to more closely resemble Elvis or the Three Stooges.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862492</id>
	<title>That is quite a budget for slime mold</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264192200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>They watched the slime-mold... form a network that was comparable in...
cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network.</p></div></blockquote><p>
Wow!  That is some pretty expensive slime-mold, since the Tokyo train network probably cost billions.
I wonder how the slime-mold was able to raise that much money.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>They watched the slime-mold... form a network that was comparable in.. . cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo 's train network .
Wow ! That is some pretty expensive slime-mold , since the Tokyo train network probably cost billions .
I wonder how the slime-mold was able to raise that much money .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They watched the slime-mold... form a network that was comparable in...
cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network.
Wow!  That is some pretty expensive slime-mold, since the Tokyo train network probably cost billions.
I wonder how the slime-mold was able to raise that much money.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862820</id>
	<title>watch out for the green slime ...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264150860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>... if it gets you down to half HPs you turn into a green slime.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>... if it gets you down to half HPs you turn into a green slime .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>... if it gets you down to half HPs you turn into a green slime.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30869074</id>
	<title>Good idea, but wrong ;)</title>
	<author>RichiH</author>
	<datestamp>1264256160000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Informativ</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Same as the ant approach, biology solves those problems in NP. It just so happens that it tends to do this is a massively parallel way.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Same as the ant approach , biology solves those problems in NP .
It just so happens that it tends to do this is a massively parallel way .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Same as the ant approach, biology solves those problems in NP.
It just so happens that it tends to do this is a massively parallel way.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862734</id>
	<title>Re:Efficency in building</title>
	<author>zwei2stein</author>
	<datestamp>1264193700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>This is story about Tom&#225; Baas town, Zl&#237;n. And designer did not wait year, only through winter (to see paths in snow).</p><p>I think designer though obvious: People are bound to figure out thier shortcuts and stick to them.</p><p>You can see this all over the place: is there is sharp corner somewhere, people will not follow it and tip of L will be eventually muddy, grassless ground. It is not so huge step to say "what about building sidewalk on this spot too?"</p><p>This also makes you wonder about people who design grass square surrounded by sidewalk are suprised that people are walking throught it. It raises even more questions when they decide it is good idea to block this way by short fence (this eventually leads to setup similar to river delta) isntead of making sidewalk there. I see this right obbisce building comple near my work: there are "S" shaped paths. People, of course, walk across grass on inner edge of curve. Reaction? Not to straighten it, but rather to patch bare sports with grass growing carpet and adding 0.5m tall fence around that spots. This is kind of sad...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>This is story about Tom   Baas town , Zl   n .
And designer did not wait year , only through winter ( to see paths in snow ) .I think designer though obvious : People are bound to figure out thier shortcuts and stick to them.You can see this all over the place : is there is sharp corner somewhere , people will not follow it and tip of L will be eventually muddy , grassless ground .
It is not so huge step to say " what about building sidewalk on this spot too ?
" This also makes you wonder about people who design grass square surrounded by sidewalk are suprised that people are walking throught it .
It raises even more questions when they decide it is good idea to block this way by short fence ( this eventually leads to setup similar to river delta ) isntead of making sidewalk there .
I see this right obbisce building comple near my work : there are " S " shaped paths .
People , of course , walk across grass on inner edge of curve .
Reaction ? Not to straighten it , but rather to patch bare sports with grass growing carpet and adding 0.5m tall fence around that spots .
This is kind of sad.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>This is story about Tomá Baas town, Zlín.
And designer did not wait year, only through winter (to see paths in snow).I think designer though obvious: People are bound to figure out thier shortcuts and stick to them.You can see this all over the place: is there is sharp corner somewhere, people will not follow it and tip of L will be eventually muddy, grassless ground.
It is not so huge step to say "what about building sidewalk on this spot too?
"This also makes you wonder about people who design grass square surrounded by sidewalk are suprised that people are walking throught it.
It raises even more questions when they decide it is good idea to block this way by short fence (this eventually leads to setup similar to river delta) isntead of making sidewalk there.
I see this right obbisce building comple near my work: there are "S" shaped paths.
People, of course, walk across grass on inner edge of curve.
Reaction? Not to straighten it, but rather to patch bare sports with grass growing carpet and adding 0.5m tall fence around that spots.
This is kind of sad...</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863154</id>
	<title>Re:The slime mold had it easy...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264153200000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>"This new subway route proposal is the best choice!  9 out of 10 slime mold colonies agree!"</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>" This new subway route proposal is the best choice !
9 out of 10 slime mold colonies agree !
"</tokentext>
<sentencetext>"This new subway route proposal is the best choice!
9 out of 10 slime mold colonies agree!
"</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863396</id>
	<title>Re:Efficency in building</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264154280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>Where I went to school, there were some well-worn paths through a couple of the lawns.</p><p>For my sophomore year, they installed short chains to keep people from using the paths. They either went around or over them.</p><p>By my senior year, they gave up, and simply paved the path.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Where I went to school , there were some well-worn paths through a couple of the lawns.For my sophomore year , they installed short chains to keep people from using the paths .
They either went around or over them.By my senior year , they gave up , and simply paved the path .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Where I went to school, there were some well-worn paths through a couple of the lawns.For my sophomore year, they installed short chains to keep people from using the paths.
They either went around or over them.By my senior year, they gave up, and simply paved the path.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864958</id>
	<title>Re:The slime mold had it easy...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264162980000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>And I for one would like to welcome our new slime mold overlords...</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>And I for one would like to welcome our new slime mold overlords.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>And I for one would like to welcome our new slime mold overlords...</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864758</id>
	<title>Re:What does that say about the engineers' design?</title>
	<author>sznupi</author>
	<datestamp>1264161360000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I guess you can manipulate the "world" of mold or soap bubbles so it will resemble the modeled scenario more. Certain spots more tasty &amp; nutritious or the grid of points for soap with changed proportions, so that the more important hubs will be closer. Or relying on height to manipulate "strength" of each point.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I guess you can manipulate the " world " of mold or soap bubbles so it will resemble the modeled scenario more .
Certain spots more tasty &amp; nutritious or the grid of points for soap with changed proportions , so that the more important hubs will be closer .
Or relying on height to manipulate " strength " of each point .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I guess you can manipulate the "world" of mold or soap bubbles so it will resemble the modeled scenario more.
Certain spots more tasty &amp; nutritious or the grid of points for soap with changed proportions, so that the more important hubs will be closer.
Or relying on height to manipulate "strength" of each point.</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865770</id>
	<title>Re:uh..</title>
	<author>jonadab</author>
	<datestamp>1264168620000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>&gt; Were they high during this experiment?<br><br>Only if you count research funding as a drug.  (Which, I suppose, is arguable.)</htmltext>
<tokenext>&gt; Were they high during this experiment ? Only if you count research funding as a drug .
( Which , I suppose , is arguable .
)</tokentext>
<sentencetext>&gt; Were they high during this experiment?Only if you count research funding as a drug.
(Which, I suppose, is arguable.
)</sentencetext>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30866288</id>
	<title>Re:Efficency in building</title>
	<author>steveha</author>
	<datestamp>1264173240000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><i>Pizza Hut didn't do much research on site location, but simply put stores near McDonalds</i></p><p>I read in the newspaper that Tully's has a policy of siting their stores near Starbucks stores.  Same deal.</p><p>steveha</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>Pizza Hut did n't do much research on site location , but simply put stores near McDonaldsI read in the newspaper that Tully 's has a policy of siting their stores near Starbucks stores .
Same deal.steveha</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Pizza Hut didn't do much research on site location, but simply put stores near McDonaldsI read in the newspaper that Tully's has a policy of siting their stores near Starbucks stores.
Same deal.steveha</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862986</id>
	<title>Re:Great! Nature at it's best.</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264151940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p><div class="quote"><p>I would guess not, since finding a "good" solution to TSP isn't hard at all, and nature usually doesn't bother expending 100x the resources to find the single "optimal" solution (which is practically meaningless anyways since the natural world is so dynamic.  Has nature evolved the "optimal" human?  If so, who is it?)</p></div><p>Yeah, maybe we don't want "optimal" in all cases. Prions appear to be more stable than their non-lethal counterparts.</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>I would guess not , since finding a " good " solution to TSP is n't hard at all , and nature usually does n't bother expending 100x the resources to find the single " optimal " solution ( which is practically meaningless anyways since the natural world is so dynamic .
Has nature evolved the " optimal " human ?
If so , who is it ?
) Yeah , maybe we do n't want " optimal " in all cases .
Prions appear to be more stable than their non-lethal counterparts .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I would guess not, since finding a "good" solution to TSP isn't hard at all, and nature usually doesn't bother expending 100x the resources to find the single "optimal" solution (which is practically meaningless anyways since the natural world is so dynamic.
Has nature evolved the "optimal" human?
If so, who is it?
)Yeah, maybe we don't want "optimal" in all cases.
Prions appear to be more stable than their non-lethal counterparts.
	</sentencetext>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864984</id>
	<title>Gentlemen,</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264163280000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>mold this up.</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>mold this up .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>mold this up.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862818</id>
	<title>Anime!</title>
	<author>don\_carnage</author>
	<datestamp>1264150860000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Wow, there's a plot to an Anime movie in there somewhere...</htmltext>
<tokenext>Wow , there 's a plot to an Anime movie in there somewhere.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Wow, there's a plot to an Anime movie in there somewhere...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865054</id>
	<title>Re:uh..</title>
	<author>noidentity</author>
	<datestamp>1264163760000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>More importantly, did they run it several times to bne sure that one network wasn't just a fluke?</htmltext>
<tokenext>More importantly , did they run it several times to bne sure that one network was n't just a fluke ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>More importantly, did they run it several times to bne sure that one network wasn't just a fluke?</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862274</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863954</id>
	<title>Re:Somebody has to do it...</title>
	<author>Ghidorah</author>
	<datestamp>1264157100000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>I'm your overlor</htmltext>
<tokenext>I 'm your overlor</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I'm your overlor</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862420</parent>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862698</id>
	<title>Godzilla who?</title>
	<author>Keyslapper</author>
	<datestamp>1264193460000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>Giant slime mold uses Tokyo Railway system to destroy Tokyo<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...<br> <br>

Story at 11</htmltext>
<tokenext>Giant slime mold uses Tokyo Railway system to destroy Tokyo .. . Story at 11</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Giant slime mold uses Tokyo Railway system to destroy Tokyo ... 

Story at 11</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862730</id>
	<title>This is more efficient than a computer simulation?</title>
	<author>Drethon</author>
	<datestamp>1264193700000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Just curious...</htmltext>
<tokenext>Just curious.. .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Just curious...</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863118</id>
	<title>Re:Slimy competitors</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264152900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext><blockquote><div><p>It's a sad day when our brightest computer scientists cannot invent better algorithms than slimy lowlife.</p></div></blockquote><p>Perhaps most sadly, some of our brightest computer scientists <b> <i>are</i> </b> slimy lowlifes [cough]Reiser[cough]</p></div>
	</htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's a sad day when our brightest computer scientists can not invent better algorithms than slimy lowlife.Perhaps most sadly , some of our brightest computer scientists are slimy lowlifes [ cough ] Reiser [ cough ]</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's a sad day when our brightest computer scientists cannot invent better algorithms than slimy lowlife.Perhaps most sadly, some of our brightest computer scientists  are  slimy lowlifes [cough]Reiser[cough]
	</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862326</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30866054</id>
	<title>Re:uh..</title>
	<author>Venik</author>
	<datestamp>1264170900000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>Tokyo's subway map has always reminded me of Japanese scat videos. Maybe they were high on that? Anyway, there is plenty of slime and mold in our datacenter. No better technology though, so this theory is busted.</htmltext>
<tokenext>Tokyo 's subway map has always reminded me of Japanese scat videos .
Maybe they were high on that ?
Anyway , there is plenty of slime and mold in our datacenter .
No better technology though , so this theory is busted .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>Tokyo's subway map has always reminded me of Japanese scat videos.
Maybe they were high on that?
Anyway, there is plenty of slime and mold in our datacenter.
No better technology though, so this theory is busted.</sentencetext>
	<parent>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862844</parent>
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<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30865546</id>
	<title>Mmm... Slime Mold...</title>
	<author>Greyfox</author>
	<datestamp>1264166940000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>It's my favorite food!</htmltext>
<tokenext>It 's my favorite food !</tokentext>
<sentencetext>It's my favorite food!</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864196</id>
	<title>I'm thinking ...</title>
	<author>PPH</author>
	<datestamp>1264158180000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext>... network routing algorithms.</htmltext>
<tokenext>... network routing algorithms .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>... network routing algorithms.</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30864380</id>
	<title>Almost skipped this one until...</title>
	<author>korekrash</author>
	<datestamp>1264158960000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>0</modscore>
	<htmltext>At first glance I thought this article was about Steve Ballmer, then I realized if that were the case the tech would not be better; so I continued on to read it....</htmltext>
<tokenext>At first glance I thought this article was about Steve Ballmer , then I realized if that were the case the tech would not be better ; so I continued on to read it... .</tokentext>
<sentencetext>At first glance I thought this article was about Steve Ballmer, then I realized if that were the case the tech would not be better; so I continued on to read it....</sentencetext>
</comment>
<comment>
	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30863204</id>
	<title>So what this means is...</title>
	<author>gestalt\_n\_pepper</author>
	<datestamp>1264153380000</datestamp>
	<modclass>Funny</modclass>
	<modscore>2</modscore>
	<htmltext><p>I can rent out my bathroom ceiling to an engineering research firm?</p></htmltext>
<tokenext>I can rent out my bathroom ceiling to an engineering research firm ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>I can rent out my bathroom ceiling to an engineering research firm?</sentencetext>
</comment>
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	<id>http://www.semanticweb.org/ontologies/ConversationInstances.owl#comment10_01_22_1715229.30862332</id>
	<title>That's fine, but...</title>
	<author>Anonymous</author>
	<datestamp>1264191300000</datestamp>
	<modclass>None</modclass>
	<modscore>1</modscore>
	<htmltext><i>They watched the slime mold self-organize, spread out, and form a network that was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network."</i>
<br> <br>
If you put it on a grilled cheese sandwich, will it organize itself into an image of the Virgin Mary?</htmltext>
<tokenext>They watched the slime mold self-organize , spread out , and form a network that was comparable in efficiency , reliability , and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo 's train network .
" If you put it on a grilled cheese sandwich , will it organize itself into an image of the Virgin Mary ?</tokentext>
<sentencetext>They watched the slime mold self-organize, spread out, and form a network that was comparable in efficiency, reliability, and cost to the real-world infrastructure of Tokyo's train network.
"
 
If you put it on a grilled cheese sandwich, will it organize itself into an image of the Virgin Mary?</sentencetext>
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