Fruit-based computers (was: Plants as network medium?)

[Dale Pontius]

In article <6smqkd$qv0$1 at firewall.tarcus.org.uk>,
        ianr at pobox.DUMPTHISBIT.quza.com (Ian) writes:
> In article <35E704A9.5EFFDA9C at technocage.com>,
>       "Michael J. Fair" <michael at technocage.com> writes:
>
>> Hello all, at the risk of being flamed for crazy ideas I decided to
>> ask the following question.
>>
>>  Would it be possible to use plants as the transmission medium for
>> networks?
>
> By a strange coincidence, there's an article on *fruit*-based
> computers on segfault.org... It's a spoof news site, so don't expect
> anything serious. The URL is;
>
I know this is all good fun.

But take a look at the book "Slant" by Greg Bear. It is pertinant
to this thread, to say the least.

Dale Pontius
edgehp AT together DOT net