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If its a simulation there would be some "shortcut" way to get into "root" or supervisor mode.
by ape4 8y ago
If its a simulation there would be some "shortcut" way to get into "root" or supervisor mode.
- ken 8y agoWhy? Conway's Life doesn't have a supervisor shortcut.
- 21 8y agoDepends how you think about it. What if you ran Conway's Life simulation, and suddenly on you screen appear cells ordered in the form of text messages like "Hi, I am aware that this is a simulation, I want to talk with the entities outside it".
- informatimago 8y agoConway's Life is a mathematical concept. Actual programs: 1- can have bugs. 2- could have backdoors. For example, if you have more than 1024 live cells, there could be a buffer overflow that would be seen in the Live universe as a magical doorway from which gliders could come or go. You could implement a backdoor: a small area where spiners would send a message to an external process, perhaps yourself, and that would influence the rest of the game. And as the God of your Conway Life, you can add live cells or kill them by the mere touch of your finger on the touch screen! What more do you want?