[extropy-chat] Social Implications of Nanotech

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:23:27PM -0500, CurtAdams at aol.com wrote:
> Another specific benefit to nanotech (loosely defined) would be the ability 
> to service inaccessible parts.  That could radically alter requirements for 
> manufacturing and construction; things no longer need to be made accessible.

There are two different approaches to servicing: pull a defect module,
replace, recycle the pulled part.

The apparently superior approach: maintain service infrastructure within the
module; diagnose trouble during operation and incrementally repair from
within. Minus is that repair and diagnostic infrastructure dilutes
functionality concentration in part volume.

This wouldn't be acceptable for computational modules, imo. Here hold, copy,
resume approach is superior.

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