Simulation
Apparently according to Nick Bostrom of Oxford University there is a 20% chance we are living in a computer simulation*, rather than in the real world. This has renewed my hopes that someday I will find the powerup that gives unlimited health and a chaingun.
Follow Up: Here is Bostrom’s website on the topic.
* New York Times Link, so it will become useless shortly AND it requires a useless login. The New York Times truly ‘gets’ this whole interweb thing…
August 15th, 2007 at 8:43 am
xyzzy
August 15th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Hey! No cheat codes!
August 15th, 2007 at 10:25 am
I was once working on an alternative set of lyrics to the Moody Blue’s “I’m just a singer (in a rock and roll band)”. The title was “I’m just an alien (in a video game)”. Something similar might work here…
August 15th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Use the link generator at http://nytimes.blogspace.com/genlink for rot-resistant links to the Times.
August 16th, 2007 at 4:42 am
Thanks David I changed the link and bookmarked the site. Hope it works.
August 16th, 2007 at 8:02 am
Just remember Brett, jump on the Buddha’s head and push “up”.
August 17th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Todd for teh win!!