[Info-vax] OT The Universe is a computer simulation

[AEF]

On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 3:40:30 PM UTC-5, AEF wrote:
> On Sunday, February 16, 2014 12:33:47 AM UTC-5, JF Mezei wrote:
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> > New York Times article confirms what we have known for a very long time:
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> > Is the Universe a Simulation?
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> > > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/opinion/sunday/is-the-universe-a-simulation.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
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> > Since the simulation runs on VMS, and HP is pulling the plug on VMS,
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> > this basically means the end of the world, unless the simulation is
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> > ported back to Alpha and runs on an Alpha emulator. :-)
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> OK. So when I lose something, I can blame a bug in the Simulator code! Obviously
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> those who run the Simulator have to continually apply hot patches 
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> on the fly (redundant?), which then returns the item to visibility. Hmmm. Sounds
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> a little like the movie _The Adjustment Bureau_! Movie review: Gets repetitive and tiresome after a while. Anh, maybe 2 stars out of 5.
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> On a more serious note, I think a science write was desperate for some material.
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> AEF

I used to blame these things on space aliens. A coworker just recommended
I blame it on solar flares. Well, at least there _are_ solar flares! :-D

AEF