[ba-ohs-talk] Autonomic Computing
Computers with immune systems. An interview with IBM's Robert Morris
http://oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/04/12/morris.html (01)
"For most of us, the autonomic functions of the human body save us a lot of
grief and, ideally, allow us time to pursue higher activities. Our hearts
beat by themselves without constant management and weekly meetings; we
needn't remind ourselves to sweat when it's hot; our heart rates catch up
when we hurry; our eyes eventually adjust themselves to morning (although
at times it may seem we will them to do so); our antibodies antibody all
day long without our giving a thought to them; and, except for those of us
who look at computer screens the entire day, we don't have to constantly
remind ourselves to moisten our eyes by blinking. And when something goes
wrong -- I cut myself slightly, for example -- I can't justify a sick day
on the grounds that I had to attend to the coagulating of my blood." (02)