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- From: ph36@unixg.ubc.ca (Richard Nistuk (phys 312))
- Subject: viruses
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.044716.29622@unixg.ubc.ca>
- Summary: Are computer viruses alive?
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- Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 04:47:16 GMT
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- In article <bhotvedt-140992175833@usemac70.uio.no>, bhotvedt@gollum.uio.no
- (Tor Houghton) wrote:
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- >In article <1992Aug24.002009.20472@access.usask.ca>, choy@skorpio.usask.ca
- >(I am a terminator.) wrote:
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- >> FAQ time. Do computer viruses have intelligence?
- >
- >Nope. Only a set of choices (and that's only the most advanced ones).
- >
- >Cheers,
- >
- ># Tor Houghton
-
- I think a better question might be: "Are Computer viruses alive?".
- They replicate, store information, and evolve (with help).
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- A interesting article on this subject is:
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- J. Doyne Farmer and Alletta d'A. Belin, "Artificial Life: The Coming
- Evolution", In `Artificial Life II', Edited by Christopher G. Langton, Charles
- Taylor, J. Doyne Farmer and Steen Rasmussen, Proceedings Vol. X, Santa Fe
- Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, pp. 815-840. Redwood City,
- CA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1992.
-
- There are many more interesting articles on artificial life topics in this
- book.
-
- Richard Nistuk
- ph36@unixg.ubc.ca nistuk@troll.physics.ubc.ca
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