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Sounds like a great sci-fi plot - hunting for treasure/information by scanning ancient forgotten packets still in-flight on a neglected automated galactic netwo
by MisterTea 1y ago
Sounds like a great sci-fi plot - hunting for treasure/information by scanning ancient forgotten packets still in-flight on a neglected automated galactic network.
- rootbear 1y agoVernor Vinge could absolutely have included that in some of his stories.
- db48x 1y agoCharles Stross, Neptune’s Brood.
- kstrauser 1y ago“We tapped into the Andromeda Delay Line.”
- saalweachter 1y agoB..E....S..U..R..E....T..O....D..R..I..N..K....Y..O..U..R....O..V..A..L..T..I..N..E....
- JdeBP 1y agoI have a vague memory that Sean Williams's Astropolis series touches upon this at one point. Although it has been a while and I might be mis-remembering.
- tengwar2 1y agoThere was an sf short story based on someone implementing a worm (as in Morris Worm) which deleted all data on a planet. They fix it by flying FTL and intercepting some critical information being send at radio speed. I think it was said to be the first description of malware, and the origin of the term "worm" in this context.