Tiniest Turing machine

[autarchex]

A ridiculously small Turing machine has been proven Universal (and someone won a $25,000 prize in the process)Much of the theoretical treatment of this discovery is beyond my comprehension as I have never undertaken any studies of cellular automata. However, the important bits I grasp. And what I grasp is that this might possibly be one of the

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[stufey]

you should come to the halloween party we are having on saturday, Give me a call and I will tell you where we live now..
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[ms_sjh_monkey]

what is a universal Turing machine? What are the 3 colors, 2 states used for (like on/off?), and what does it mean to be universal and to be able to emulate any system?

[autarchex]

Wikipedia says it so much better than I can.