Is human civilization just an elaborate forkbomb?

Submitted by Lotyrin on Thu, 2009-11-05 15:55

A friend of mine postulated today:

< itisi> so if the simulation theory is correct.
< itisi> The more complex the simulation gets, the slower it can be run.
< itisi> Meaning the closer the inside of the simulation got to the Singularity
< itisi> the slower time would be moving relative to the outside
< itisi> and assuming there is a constant risk of something going wrong with the machinery on the outside
< itisi> closer to the singularity would mean increased risk of the end of the world :\
< itisi> and a post singularity reality would be impossible. once the singularity hit, wed be at such a standstill to the outside that itd just appear frozen

This makes quite a bit of sense and honestly, I had thought of this problem several times in the past.

Why Free / Open Source Software is doomed and Google could be our worst enemy

Submitted by Lotyrin on Thu, 2009-10-15 14:58

I hate to draw a negative image here, but Open Source and Free Software are under great threats as we move forward.

The GNU General Public License, the backbone of Free Software is marching toward its future death. Being a software license - like any sort of intellectual property (IP) license, it depends on international enforcement of IP law. That enforcement doesn't really exist now, and will only continue to weaken as we approach singularity.

Beginnings of a new MOO: The first obstacle.

Submitted by Lotyrin on Thu, 2009-10-15 11:57

So, I've started a GitHub project and have put some code in it. So far, I have a few basic types in static Python, that implement some simple features, like "look".

The next steps (moving around, creating new objects) all require some kind of object persistence, so that is my next step. It's a pretty big step as well, since I need to decide on an data model.

My quest for MOO

Submitted by Lotyrin on Thu, 2009-10-08 15:22

If you know me well, you know that I love envisioning the perfect MOO. I have had many insane plans for MOO servers and cores; I keep trying to settle for LambdaMOO, but it just reeks of how old it is.

My new idea is basicly to make a free-form RESTful MOO-like environment. Details behind the break.

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