On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Dave Sill wrote:
> I thought that was just a silly theatrical device. Surely a simulation that
> sophisticated wouldn't have fixed geographical boundaries, it'd dynamically
Periodic boundary condition. Wraparound, just like Earth surface.
> generate new territory as needed.
You only need to generate scenery for each pair of eyeballs. In theory,
you can get away with just two eyeballs.
> There again, I think a simulation of this sophistication would dynamically
> replace zombies with new "real" people on demand. From the point of view of
Speaking of which, are you sure that there's a difference between real
people and zombies? You should sometimes listen to conversations on public
transit.
> the "real" people, this would happen instantaneously and undetectably.
Singularity is where God divided by zero.
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