I have this weird fascination with viruses and worms. Perhaps because they represent artifical life in the wild. And of course, they're pretty bleeding-edge when it comes to interesting software techniques. For example the Simile-MetaPHOR virus is pretty '1337'. Combining oligo-, poly- and metamorphism, encryption and entry-point-obscuring in highly advanced ways. It even uses genetic algorithms in a limited way to find a good 'shape' that resists emulation by virus-scanners. Self-updating viruses via newsgroups, hadn't seen those yet though. They usually use some central server that gets taken down quickly.
Creating virusses and worms as thought-experiments can be pretty interesting in it's own right, but as long as viruses only alter their appearance instead of their nature, they remain pretty 'un-intelligent'. A virus that harnesses distributed computing in order to find new exploits through which to spread, THAT would be pretty scary. And highly-nontrivial to write.
Err...that's very odd. I kinda blindly linked it from google, but it seems the site is down. It is the official one though.
The problem with both projects is the lack of progress they're making, especially since a lot of the devs went over to help out Haiku instead. A lot of the code was ported over from there anyway.
In that case you need to wait for BlueEyedOS or Cosmoe to come along. Those are BeOS API ports on top of the Linux kernel. Meaning a recompile would suffice to get the BeOS apps together with Linux driver support. A worthwhile effort IMO.
To nuance a bit: JLG thought he could get more, but then Jobs came. In the end they payed more for Jobs than JLG wanted. This had to do with arrogance on the behalf of JLG, as he was sure he'd get what he wanted (like not showing anything special at a tech demo, which was actually designed to compare the two platforms).
Actually I somewhat agree with your parent. You just list bland mediocre games. The underground has many totally crappy games/bands, but gameplay still takes precedence over graphics/sound. Check for example Space Empires IV.
It doesn't have the greatest graphics/sound ever, but it has a massive player-community making mods, improved AI, new alien races, etc.
I admit Master of Orion 3 was pretty advanced, but gameplay wise I choose SE4.
Your post is confusing. Who are you calling The Borg here? Isn't it the point of Open Source to assimilate other code that's already out there? And take in ideas from all kinds of places?
Or is Linux more like Species 8472?
If it was about coding speed, the question would be: "Which non-special character APL-family-language to use, J (http://www.jsoftware.com/) or Q (http://www.kx.com/)(formerly known as K)
Woa, did anyone else read this and immediatly think of the Tunes project, possibly because they were browsing the site in another window?:)
A distributed modular system and a possibility for automated testing by specification is exactly one of the aspects they see required for their hypothesized 'ideal' operating system.
Check this link for a brief overview. These guys also mostly come from France and a theoretical computer science background.
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Hybris is pretty neat!
I have this weird fascination with viruses and worms. Perhaps because they represent artifical life in the wild. And of course, they're pretty bleeding-edge when it comes to interesting software techniques. For example the Simile-MetaPHOR virus is pretty '1337'. Combining oligo-, poly- and metamorphism, encryption and entry-point-obscuring in highly advanced ways. It even uses genetic algorithms in a limited way to find a good 'shape' that resists emulation by virus-scanners. Self-updating viruses via newsgroups, hadn't seen those yet though. They usually use some central server that gets taken down quickly.
Creating virusses and worms as thought-experiments can be pretty interesting in it's own right, but as long as viruses only alter their appearance instead of their nature, they remain pretty 'un-intelligent'. A virus that harnesses distributed computing in order to find new exploits through which to spread, THAT would be pretty scary. And highly-nontrivial to write.
Err...that's very odd. I kinda blindly linked it from google, but it seems the site is down. It is the official one though.
The problem with both projects is the lack of progress they're making, especially since a lot of the devs went over to help out Haiku instead. A lot of the code was ported over from there anyway.
In that case you need to wait for BlueEyedOS or Cosmoe to come along. Those are BeOS API ports on top of the Linux kernel. Meaning a recompile would suffice to get the BeOS apps together with Linux driver support. A worthwhile effort IMO.
Uhh...BeOS was used for embedded systems, in the form of BeAI. It's flexibility in that respect is not in doubt AFAIAC.
To nuance a bit: JLG thought he could get more, but then Jobs came. In the end they payed more for Jobs than JLG wanted. This had to do with arrogance on the behalf of JLG, as he was sure he'd get what he wanted (like not showing anything special at a tech demo, which was actually designed to compare the two platforms).
Modded insightfull? Just because someone doesn't use up all his resources playing Nethack?
And the irony is that all these stories are posted April 2nd from where I'm standing.
Actually I somewhat agree with your parent. You just list bland mediocre games. The underground has many totally crappy games/bands, but gameplay still takes precedence over graphics/sound. Check for example Space Empires IV.
It doesn't have the greatest graphics/sound ever, but it has a massive player-community making mods, improved AI, new alien races, etc.
I admit Master of Orion 3 was pretty advanced, but gameplay wise I choose SE4.
Your post is confusing. Who are you calling The Borg here? Isn't it the point of Open Source to assimilate other code that's already out there? And take in ideas from all kinds of places? Or is Linux more like Species 8472?
I think it's a sign we have more appropiate targets for terrorism than politicians, Iraqi policestations and symbols of capitalism.
Why aren't trucks filled with explosives driving into the servers that host these sites? Or better yet: the homes of these people?
I happened to be reading about beneficial viruses and worms just yesterday. This is bizarre.
So that's why Linux has such a crappy interface?
If it was about coding speed, the question would be: "Which non-special character APL-family-language to use, J (http://www.jsoftware.com/) or Q (http://www.kx.com/)(formerly known as K)
Riiight, the links: *blush* http://www.tunes.org/ and http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/computer s/tunes.html/
Woa, did anyone else read this and immediatly think of the Tunes project, possibly because they were browsing the site in another window? :)
A distributed modular system and a possibility for automated testing by specification is exactly one of the aspects they see required for their hypothesized 'ideal' operating system.
Check this link for a brief overview. These guys also mostly come from France and a theoretical computer science background.