Cleaning out a closet, I ran across this book that I had bought back in the late 70s. It was written by Thomas J. Ryan. As far as I can find, it is the only book he has written.

A college student writes a computer program that runs wild, entering other computers, making hidden partitions, collecting information and eventually becomes aware of itself.

A number of years later it starts looking for it's creator.

I am starting to reread the book. I think it would make an excellant movie about an intelligent virus that tries to take over the U. S.

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> Cleaning out a closet, I ran across this book that I had bought back in the
> late 70s. It was written by Thomas J. Ryan. As far as I can find, it is the
> only book he has written.
>
> A college student writes a computer program that runs wild, entering other
> computers, making hidden partitions, collecting information and eventually
> becomes aware of itself.
>
> A number of years later it starts looking for it's creator.
>
> I am starting to reread the book. I think it would make an excellant movie
> about an intelligent virus.
>

I presume that the title of this thread is also the title of the book? >:-/

L8R....

T'Khasi Time: Sunday, 10 April 2005 - 09:03 AM --700 (Pacific Standard Time)

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

> > Cleaning out a closet, I ran across this book that I had bought back in
> the
> > late 70s. It was written by Thomas J. Ryan. As far as I can find, it is
> the
> > only book he has written.
> >
> > A college student writes a computer program that runs wild, entering
> other
> > computers, making hidden partitions, collecting information and
> eventually
> > becomes aware of itself.
> >
> > A number of years later it starts looking for it's creator.
> >
> > I am starting to reread the book. I think it would make an excellant
> movie
> > about an intelligent virus.
> >
>
> I presume that the title of this thread is also the title of the book?
> >:-/
> Yes
> L8R....
>
> T'Khasi Time: Sunday, 10 April 2005 - 09:03 AM --700 (Pacific Standard Time)
>
>

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>
>
> I presume that the title of this thread is also the title of the book?
> >:-/
>

Yes I looked up Vulcan's address for the Stargate and it's P3X9276 not P-1

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I'd rather speak my mind because it hurts too much to bite my tongue.

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The name of the book is "The Adolescence of P-1". P-1 being the name of the virus standing for "Privileged One".

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> > ....
> > I presume that the title of this thread is also the title of the book? >:-/
> ....
> Yes I looked up Vulcan's address for the Stargate and it's P3X9276 not
> P-1
>

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I just noticed this, and there's no logic to it:

ME:
Joined: May 23, 1999
ID: 138830

YOU:
Joined: Apr 3, 1999
ID: 7815523

I have a much lower ID than you and yet your start date is older than mine. Something is amiss here, me thinks....

[ON-TOPIC]

And how did you come up with that StarGate co-ordinate? [Not that that is any more on-topic.]

L8R....

T'Khasi Time: Sunday, 10 April 2005 - 04:46 PM --700 (Pacific Standard Time)

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CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\//
Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker
"Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath

> [OFF-TOPIC]
>
> I just noticed this, and there's no logic to it:
>
> ME:
> Joined: May 23, 1999
> ID: 138830
>
> YOU:
> Joined: Apr 3, 1999
> ID: 7815523
>
> I have a much lower ID than you and yet your start date is older than mine.
> Something is amiss here, me thinks....
>

<B> My answer is elsewhere [/b]


> [ON-TOPIC]
>
> And how did you come up with that StarGate co-ordinate? [Not that that
> is any more on-topic.]
>

With Earth as the origin and my star charts from the world of Star Trek I just figured that where it would be - in other words I guessed...

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I'd rather speak my mind because it hurts too much to bite my tongue.

American Spirit BBQ Proudly Serving those that courageously defend freedom.

Somehow the last snapshot/migration screwed things up. When the Classic people convert their acct info over to Boinc it resets the date to day one. Basically ignore the date when you see April 3, 1999.

> Somehow the last snapshot/migration screwed things up. When the Classic
> people convert their acct info over to Boinc it resets the date to day one.
> Basically ignore the date when you see April 3, 1999.
>

Not all Classic conversions.. Just those that converted after May 14, 2004. Yours is correct after all...

I actually joined in Dec of last year and couple weeks later converted. My Classic count never did get applied to this count. It wasn't very much, but it never did get converted correctly.

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I'd rather speak my mind because it hurts too much to bite my tongue.

American Spirit BBQ Proudly Serving those that courageously defend freedom.

> > Somehow the last snapshot/migration screwed things up. When the Classic
> > people convert their acct info over to Boinc it resets the date to day
> one.
> > Basically ignore the date when you see April 3, 1999.
> >
>
> Not all Classic conversions.. Just those that converted after May 14, 2004.
Don't read like a vulcan. I did say last snapshot. Btw, it was March 2005 , not May 2004. I dont think the 4-3-99 date was an issue until recently. Anyway, we've gone O/T again. :)

> > > Somehow the last snapshot/migration screwed things up. When the
> Classic
> > > people convert their acct info over to Boinc it resets the date to
> day
> > one.
> > > Basically ignore the date when you see April 3, 1999.
> > >
> >
> > Not all Classic conversions.. Just those that converted after May 14,
> 2004.
> Don't read like a vulcan. I did say last snapshot. Btw, it was March
> 2005 , not May 2004. I dont think the 4-3-99 date was an issue until
> recently. Anyway, we've gone O/T again. :)
>

Any one who Joined prior to May 14th 2004 had their accounts converted to BOINC at that time... If you joined Classic after May 14th and before the latest update your account was NOT converted until the last update. It is those accounts that have screwed up..

Now pay attention!!!

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I'd rather speak my mind because it hurts too much to bite my tongue.

American Spirit BBQ Proudly Serving those that courageously defend freedom.

> Now pay attention!!!



(and lay off the return key)

>A college student writes a computer program that runs wild, entering other >computers, making hidden partitions, collecting information and eventually >becomes aware of itself

sounds a lot like Terminator. It also reminds me of something I read in the news several years back about someone that wrote some "learning" programs but had them isolated on his PC. after a while the "Smarter" programs began killing off the programs that didn't learn as fast. The PCs where never connected to the net for safety reasons of course.
I don't have a link or the name of the project.

> >A college student writes a computer program that runs wild, entering other
> >computers, making hidden partitions, collecting information and eventually
> >becomes aware of itself
>
> sounds a lot like Terminator. (snip)

Or Tron, Demon Seed, the new Battlestar Galactica (though becoming sentient may have came first before infiltrating computers during the first colonial war), South Park (Dawsons Creek Trapper Keeper 2000), Asimov's Robot series, etc, etc. Very popular theme in science fiction. What seems novel about this, well, novel is that the computer here wants to find its creator. Searching for a parent, God, or just insight into its own identity?

> Cleaning out a closet, I ran across this book that I had bought back in the
> late 70s. It was written by Thomas J. Ryan. As far as I can find, it is the
> only book he has written.
>
> A college student writes a computer program that runs wild, entering other
> computers, making hidden partitions, collecting information and eventually
> becomes aware of itself. He, also programed fear, greed and aggression into P-1.
>
> A number of years later it starts looking for it's creator. It needs help to get into contact with a scientist developing a cyrogenic matrix storage unit.
>
>The book is full of computerese from the 70s. Need to be computer knowledgable to understand much of it.

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