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Evolution

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Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture
Evolution
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/17/story-of-evolution-o.html A video about evolution that feels rather appropriate to EP. Besides, those hand-creatures are probably what biodesigners make in an empty afternoon to delight their podlings.
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Axel the Chimeric Axel the Chimeric's picture
Re: Evolution
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavUpD_IjVY]I see your fingers and raise you some cows.[/url] Speaking of evolution and genegineering, it'd be interesting to see probabilistic evolution programs, especially when you can create accurate simulspace conditions, real genetic codes, and so forth. You could design a program to take in the proper data (such as random mutation rates, accidental death risks, natural disaster rates, etc.) and build your own little world that essentially turns life into a math equation. Run the calculations for a thousand generations, then check back in. The random nature of the mutation rates and the natural selection that occurs could allow you to watch eons of evolution play out in a matter of days. More interestingly, you could then create simulspaces based on these eras. Best of all, you could even recreate them entirely inside habitats, as you'd have actual DNA to work with. It might even lead to accidental discoveries, as well as possibly being adapted for use in biotech labs.
Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture
Re: Evolution
Cyriak is as always a reliable nightmare-inducer. Here is some exsurgent home economics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZfmPREbTd8&feature=player_embedded
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Axel the Chimeric Axel the Chimeric's picture
Re: Evolution
The guy's a master with Combustion (I assume that's the program he uses), and loves his G Major chords. There's some excellent displays of just how terrifying and discordant that chord can make things. There's even a Know Your Meme page for it, because of how popular that tactic is.
Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture
Re: Evolution
Another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX3iLfcMDCw&feature=uploademail Rob Beschizza on Boing Boing said it best: "Sometimes, I suspect that he is the internet, trying to communicate with us in a language it thinks we understand. " Time for some cute and fuzzy exsurgents! They are only a "hello, there" message...
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The Doctor The Doctor's picture
Re: Evolution
Arenamontanus wrote:
Time for some cute and fuzzy exsurgents! They are only a "hello, there" message...
And then a herd of LOLcats storms the local mesh meowing a basilisk hack... "I CAN HAZ TEMPRAL LOBEZ?"
Arenamontanus Arenamontanus's picture
Re: Evolution
And here is his season's greetings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I4ep3OIIKcM I can totally see this as a TITAN submind trying to be friendly, and getting awfully confused by the reactions of transhumans. It got everything - food, old relatives visiting, kids scampering around, Santa, cheerful eye contact..?
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