Vylar sent me this link on Friday, but I didn't get a chance to look it over until today.
It is, in fact, fairly freaking awesome. A simulator for artificial life, a magnitude more interesting than RoboCode and not only is it a wizard in the kitchen, it's a snappy dresser.
I rather think I'm going to have to spend some time playing with this. I especially enjoy that there's source available.
I'm sick of software which supports both kinds, Windows and MacOS.
So here's an interesting trio of sisters. As it is said, "One loved money, one loved power, and one loved China". A remarkable family, with motivated women who achieved notable destinies. Curiously little seems to have been written about their male siblings. The Furies of the Guillotine, the Greek furies, Charlie's Angels, the Dixie Chicks, everyone loves a trio of powerful and dangerous women.
Interestingly enough, the one most renowned for cleverness is said to have loved power. I suppose power does trump both money and China. Or to remap it, scissors triumph over both stone and paper. Thanks to PG for the pointer.
posted at 16:34 PDT (-0700) (comments disabled) permanent linkContinuing her quest to educate me, Laws has now pointed me at an excerpt from a forthcoming book by David Foster Wallace, who you might remember from such thick and meaty works as Infinite Jest. It's a personal failing that I can only start David Foster Wallace books while on airplanes but that doesn't mean I find him inaccessible. I'll just have to drag myself kicking and screaming in to his mad world.
posted at 13:58 PDT (-0700) (comments disabled) permanent linkLaws pointed me at an interesting article about Murphy's Law. John Paul Stapp just went from a "who?" to a "whoa." at supersonic speeds.
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