In a message dated 3/15/03 8:37:23 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
Alexi{at}netrover.com writes:

 ALife, that's the molecular computers that would be doubly allergic to
 > both programming and medical viruses?  Searle is that short sighted? 
 > Just watch the virus checker manufacturers and the hardware developers
 > creating a system health protocol that has the machine tracking it's
 > own problems and solving them on the fly.
 
 No, ALife is the "simulation" of living things by allowing them to self-
 replicate, alter themselves and generally evolve.  There've been 
 some pretty interesting things done in this vein, whereas one type 
 of "organism" will dominate for a while until a flaw is found, and 
 then it is outcompeted and the cycle begins.  Some experiments 
 end up with multiple successful "lifeforms", some of which are 
 parasites to others.  It's really quite cool.
  >>

Oh, Alife is bugs.  Spiders, usually. hmm. 

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