10 Jul
2001
10 Jul
'01
3:56 a.m.
I'm intrigued. What are you doing with this
hypercube?
Peace... Sridhar
Arthur Clarke once wrote a story about some Tibetan (or
nearby) Buddhist monks using a computer to iterate all
the names of God, so that they could bring the world to
an end. Or maybe it was bradbury, but it seems I recall
Clarke...
Once good application would be to create an intelligent
filter for the ClassicCmp mailing list, to keep all the
off-topic discussions out of my mailbox.
Yeah, they bug me too, but OTOH I wouldn't want the flow
censored *for* me, only *by* me...
Regards,
-dq
10 Jul
10 Jul
4:24 a.m.
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
Arthur Clarke once wrote a story about some Tibetan
(or
nearby) Buddhist monks using a computer to iterate all
the names of God, so that they could bring the world to
an end. Or maybe it was bradbury, but it seems I recall
Clarke...
What if there is one or more names of God of infinite length?
Peace... Sridhar
5:14 a.m.
Arthur Clarke
once wrote a story about some Tibetan (or
nearby) Buddhist monks using a computer to iterate all
the names of God, so that they could bring the world to
an end. Or maybe it was bradbury, but it seems I recall
Clarke...
What if there is one or more names of God of infinite length? 
7:51 a.m.
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
Arthur Clarke once wrote a story about some Tibetan
(or
nearby) Buddhist monks using a computer to iterate all
the names of God, so that they could bring the world to
an end. Or maybe it was bradbury, but it seems I recall
Clarke...
Clarke. "The Nine Billion Names Of God"
I think that it was fiction - some of the stars seem to still be on.
Once good application would be to create an
intelligent
filter for the ClassicCmp mailing list, to keep all the
off-topic discussions out of my mailbox.
Probably not adequate for the task.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
10:17 a.m.
Re:
Clarke. "The Nine Billion Names Of God"
I think that it was fiction - some of the stars seem to still be on.
Nope...it really happened.
We're just part of a simulation, being run in another universe. :)
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
11:47 a.m.
We're just part of a simulation, being run in
another universe. :)
<rave>
There was a movie called "The Thirteenth Floor" made in 1999
that had this as the basis, Computer simulations as all encompassing
alternate universes. In case you thought the movie sucked or,
further that is doesn't apply to the 10 year rule... It is based on
a story "Counterfeit World / Simulachron-3", published in, get this,
1964... and serialized for German TV in 1974 by Fassbinder.
Just in case you thought VR was a unique idea.
Galouye must've had something going, when you think of what
computers were actually doing in 64.
John A.
</rave>
12:11 p.m.
It was thus said that the Great John Allain once stated:
And there was a Doctor Who story in the mid-70s (with Tom Baker) about him
being stuck in a VR world while the Master tried to kill him (``The Deadly
Assasin'' I think is the name of the story). Quite well done actually.
-spc (And there was Brainstorm in 1983 ... )
We're just part of a simulation, being run in
another universe. :)
<rave>
There was a movie called "The Thirteenth Floor" made in 1999
that had this as the basis, Computer simulations as all encompassing
alternate universes. In case you thought the movie sucked or,
further that is doesn't apply to the 10 year rule... It is based on
a story "Counterfeit World / Simulachron-3", published in, get this,
1964... and serialized for German TV in 1974 by Fassbinder.
Just in case you thought VR was a unique idea. 
11 Jul
11 Jul
7:48 a.m.
I saw that, I liked it. It helped that I found Gretchen Mol or whatever
her name is, quite attractive :-)
Chad Fernandez
John Allain wrote:
We're just part of a simulation, being run in
another universe. :)
<rave>
There was a movie called "The Thirteenth Floor" made in 1999
10 Jul
10 Jul
12:01 p.m.
There's always the theory that the entire universe is a single electron
orbiting the nucleus of a greater atom, and that every electron in this
universe is a universe unto itself.
Peace... Sridhar
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Stan Sieler wrote:
Re:
Clarke. "The Nine Billion Names Of
God"
I think that it was fiction - some of the stars seem to still be on.
Nope...it really happened.
We're just part of a simulation, being run in another universe. :)
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.html www.allegro.com/sieler
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