In Alasdair Reynold's Diamond Dogs
there's a lethal trap based on a triple pendulum, on the basis that its movement is almost impossible to predict in real-time even for an advanced AI with big computational resources
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meepmeep is, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 15:04,
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Never underestimate the difference an extra dimension makes.
I don't know if Reynolds was anywhere near right, but bear in mind that this one only moves in one plane.
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jonbob loves you, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 19:41,
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