From: Eleanor McHugh <eleanor@...>
Date: 2009-04-24T22:03:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth

On 23 Apr 2009, at 20:22, Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 03:32:25AM +0900, Eleanor McHugh wrote:
>> On 22 Apr 2009, at 18:31, Robert Dober wrote:
>>>>
>>> I challenge this ;), a Dyson sphere might be the evolutionary  
>>> response
>>> of spacebound nonconscient lifeforms.
>>> Now that would be a deception.
>>
>> Fred Hoyle proposed something similar in the form of intelligent dust
>> clouds which I've always found appealing.
>>
>>> BTW
>>> We are not OT here, the same lifeform has created a biological  
>>> virtual
>>> machine for Ruby, completely by chance!!!!
>>> Can you believe it?
>>
>> I'm willing to believe that if a Dyson sphere evolved naturally that
>> it would be Ruby compatible :)
>
> Hm.  Combine those ideas, and you get an intelligent Dyson cloud that
> communicates via an extended Ruby compatible language.

Universal dRuby, without the flaky bits ;)


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
http://slides.games-with-brains.net
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