"Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."

Sounds like social networking sites:
By slightly changing the parameters — the frequency of the current, or the mixture of particle sizes — they can generate different types of systems. Besides the hunter, they've generated single- and multiple-snake systems, chains that stay still but pump water, and others that just shimmy in place.
Metal Bits Self-Assemble Into Lifelike Snakes - interesting article here.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Levy on March 9, 2009 at 10:01am
So if you substitute the word "sourcing" for "physics"...

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