"Has anyone here ever played 'Core Wars'?" It wasn't the weirdest question our lecturer had asked the class, but it was close. Professor Elicia Berman had finished the syllabus for RE211 Comparative Religion and Metapsychology last week; this final lecture of the term was listed as "Coda […] - ThreadSky

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Unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy • 18 days ago

"Has anyone here ever played 'Core Wars'?"

It wasn't the weirdest question our lecturer had asked the class, but it was close. Professor Elicia Berman had finished the syllabus for RE211 Comparative Religion and Metapsychology last week; this final lecture of the term was listed as "Coda […]

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nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

@Unixbigot This is wonderful.

Unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

@nazgul thanks. Just noticed i missplet “retroassassination”.

nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

@Unixbigot Fortunately you were able to retrocorrect it. It never happened.

Unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

“As examples of the benefits of historicocamouflage, my research shows that the Plague of Megiddo and the Antonine Plague are both collateral damage from missed attempts at retroassassination of respectively the founders of Judaism and Christianity.” #BonusPanel

nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

@Unixbigot Did you ever read Orson Scott Card's (I know) novel, "The Redemption of Christopher Columbus"?

Multiple timelines manipulated him to change history.

Unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

@nazgul no, the only Card I’ve read is That One

martinvermeer.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•18 days ago

@Unixbigot @nazgul Of course the classic "Lest Darkness Fall"

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