Some cat from Japan has worked out how to get Excel’s grid of cells to play Pac-man and Space Invaders. Apparently a group of artists and technicians over in the UK are exploring the difference between noise and information. I haven’t had a chance to explore their site fully, but plan to. I pointed to [...]
In nanotech news, Drexler and Smalley throw down some fearsome science as they debate the validity of mechanosynthesis. In my opinion, Drexler won it. Christie’s actions off an ancient Roman twenty sider. Let’s see–they had pewter for figs, they could have had hex maps–hmmm–Did Dave Arneson and Gary Gagax really invent role-playing games? Here is [...]