real life got you down?

[zeroband]

[ Begin tape - 16:58 R 23 Mar 2006 ]

So I'm an incurable geek. I made the mistake of downloading a cellular automaton simulator to my work PC. What's a cellular automaton? It's a general term for mathematical constructs of which Conway's Game of Life is the most famous (and best investigated) example. Basically, you have this square-grid of

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qu'est-ce que c'est?

[pneuros]

I dunno if you were aware of this already, but apparently this guy lived on your block... had you met him?

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834961237

"[Jason Andrew] James, 20, of the 500 block of Wilmer Ave. is charged in the deaths of Herbert Levi Sharpe Jr., 51, and his daughter, 26-year-old Angel Janel Jackson. The suspect surrendered to police Saturday night."

Re: qu'est-ce que c'est?

[zeroband]

Weird. Hadn't met him. Not even real sure which house he was in. But...weird.