http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/23/sentient_worlds/
It's almost like I expect meeting Slartibartfast crawling around carving out our fjords...
Am I in the original or the simulated world? Do I exist at all? Maybe I'm just some bits in a computer about to be annihilated by some future weapon while a synthetic voice go: "What a strange game... the only way to win is not to play..?"
"How about a nice game of chess professor Falken."
"Strange! Every time we try to program in President Bush we get a divide by zero error!"
Computer: "USA: No such file or directory!"
Analyst: "Oh crap... not again!!"
Ok, I'll stop now...
Tina
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42 and other obligatory jokes...
I wonder if they've programmed in the influence of the Transnational Republic.
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Laptop: Generic Intel SIS/AC97
Desktop: Generic Core 2 Duo, EVGA 680i, Nvidia
Laptop: Generic Intel SIS/AC97
If such simulations are actually possible and people do actually create them then it is almost certain we exist within a simulation right now.
But if we are in a simulation then its a very good one. Which raises some questions. What kind of hardware is our sim running on? What OS? Some advanced form of GNU/Linux?
But if we are in a simulation then its a very good one. Which raises some questions. What kind of hardware is our sim running on? What OS? Some advanced form of GNU/Linux?
Desktop1: AMD-K7 CT-7AIA5-VIA686 Nvidia-MX400-AGP Lenny-i386 (Died of capacitor plague - RIP)
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Laptop: AMD-Turion64x2 ATI-RS480-SB600 ATI-RS482-200M-PCIe Lenny-amd64
Desktop2: AMD-K62 GA-5AA-ALI-AladdinV Matrox-G200-AGP Lenny-i386
Laptop: AMD-Turion64x2 ATI-RS480-SB600 ATI-RS482-200M-PCIe Lenny-amd64