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Today I discovered an absolute gem from the past.
If you were around in 1984 you might have been super awesome and played core wars.
Core Wars is a programming game in which two or more programs run in a simulated computer with the goal of terminating every other program and surviving as long as possible. Known as Warriors, these programs are are written in an assembly language called Redcode.
Basically it's Counter-Strike/COD for programmers where you can fight in a team team, as a free-for-all, or one-vs-one.
What other cool things from the past might us youngun programmers have missed or not have an appreciation of?
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You're almost as happy as you think you are.
(Score: 1) by No Respect on Friday October 24 2014, @08:27PM
Back around 1980 or so we had student "accounts" for mainframe computer time and resources. At the end of every semester most people had remaining time on their accounts. It was always amusing to see who could generate the biggest printout of errors from a shuffled deck of punch cards.
Another nerdier thing to do was write mainframe programs known as, iirc, wabbits. The idea was for it to reproduce itself ad infinitum, or up to whatever limits it finally ran into, and eventually gobble up all the system memory, causing a crash. Somewhat harmless fun that today would probably net you 5-10 on a felony charge.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 25 2014, @02:51AM
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(Score: 2) by Geotti on Saturday October 25 2014, @11:19AM
Is that a fork bomb or a shell shock?