>(Bob had a good article referenced in his concordance to Drunkard's
>Walk about "Programmable Matter" that might help in these theories.
>Bob? )

I'm not sure I can really help; I'm not familiar at all with Transformers and other shifterbot cartoons, so I really don't have the background with which to give informed commentary. Anyone wanting to draw their own conclusions from the Wired article I referenced in the Concordance (http://www.eclipse.net/~rms/dw2conc.html , in Chapter 11) is welcome to, of course.

-- Bob
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"I am an ethical being," the daemon explained. "These people expected to be eaten. When one is in a strange place, the most ethical thing is to treat people as they expect to be treated". -- John Benson