So the next time the fly finds itself facing the same odor again, the connection is strong enough to turn on the motors and to trigger an evasive maneuver.

That is now the central question of George W. Bush s second term. Until recently, the Bush administration answered with an evasive cliché as long as it takes and not one day longer.

What the Actor does with this information depends on its policy, which is stored in the strengths of the connection, between the odor detectors and the motors that power the fly's evasive actions.

At hearings before a US Senate subcommittee, BP CEO Tony Hayward s evasive maneuvering and failure to answer point blank questions infuriated Congressmen and the American public alike. His expression of contrition may provide some relief that the key culprit has been fingered, but it brought the sealing of the well no closer.