| From: | Dark Elf <VESPOSIT@****.SUNYSB.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Core War |
| Date: | Mon, 15 Feb 93 12:00:16 EST |
slow
MONICA down with it. The object of the game is to take over memory cores.
This means that as the game progresses, MONICA will have less free memory to
work with in her host system. She'll have to rely on slower memory devices as
the virtual memory processors shunt portions of code to secondary storage. In
a worst case scenario, she'll have to use memory from other systems to run.
Thus I have reconfigured the game driver to allow play to cross over into
the memories of other networked systems. Since MONICA is so dependent on her
hardware, she should progressively slow down, as there is a limit to how much
she can do with hardware other than her own. Now RUFUS is effectively immune
to this type of attack, since he is a free software based system that can make
himself reside on any CPU. His main driver seems to resemble a virus in that
respect. I'll bet that he's based on remnant code from the big virus that
caused the crash of 29. ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <12:09:36/02-15-54>
>>>>>[ Assensing Harada's aura is a good idea. The next time you meet
him
DE, I'd like to take a look at him. ]<<<<<
---Napalm <12:10:45/02-15-54>
>>>>>[ Jake's last transmission is 100% valid as far as I can tell. It
would
appear that Quention is cutting some kind of deal with Tirandor behind Lincoln
Howe's back. This whole thing smells of a big conspiracy. Those three can't
really trust each other and probably had similar problems in the past, if I'm
right about this whole conspiracy that I smell. ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <12:14:33/02-15-54>
>>>>>[ That message was a conversation between Quention and the Dragon,
what
do you think the chances are that he's being held in Tirandor's lair on the
Intrepid? ]<<<<<
---OddBall <12:15:41/02-15-54>
>>>>>[ It's a possibility, but not one we can count on. He was picked up
by
Army type goons, which spells Quention. I'd say there's a 50% chance that he's
on the Intrepid and a 50% chance that Jake's in one of Quention's hideouts
(wherever the hell that may be). If we can believe Napalm's sources (which
have been correct so far), either one is likely. ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <12:19:30/02-15-54>
>>>>>[ You'll find my sources to be quite accurate, as always.
]<<<<<
---Napalm <12:20:30/02-15-54>
>>>>>[ Dr. Doom, I appreciate your offer of help. I realize how much of a
mess this caper has become, making your offer even more generous. Have you
ever played Core Wars? ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <12:22:08/02-15-54>
>>>>>[ Hmm, Powerhouse has a point, Harada has got to be one of the two
subjects Quention mentioned, any ideas on who the other might be? ]<<<<<
---OddBall <12:23:21/02-15-54>
>>>>>[ Maybe it's not who, but what... ]<<<<<
---Dark Elf <12:23:55/02-15-54>
