24th September, 2008
I looked away from a page for a few seconds and when I looked back this was the rather disturbing message on my screen. As adverts go, it certainly got my attention.
It was only after it had looped once that I saw that this might be being directed at viruses.
3rd October, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4272418.stm
A possible form of virtual life? Although its completely manmade, this is the sort of thing that might be relevant to the organism project. The BBC news article discusses it in terms of being a contagious disease, like a real organism.
Having studied the scripting on blogged flash animations, I see that while being complex scripts, and based on randomness they have no potential for growth or alternative outcomes.
And they certainly aren’t affected by any external factors.
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