Re: The NickFrac screensaver, or How I Broke My Brain
- Posted by AndyDrummond Aug 05, 2009
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Oops, RDS has it but it is not in the recent contributions yet. It may be a couple of hours or more before they get on to it. You will not need to reinstall. Simply copy the file as described in the Readme.txt. If you are keen, my ICQ# is 486485722 I will send you the new file direct.
Nick, I waited for a few hours and downloaded NickFract, and same problem. At home, at midnight UK, I downloaded it to my desktop PC (also XP SP3) and it was fine. I watched it avidly for a while before going (back) to bed! This morning I downloaded it to my laptop, and followed your instructions this time, and Hey Presto! All OK! No work for a while - when I need to think, I have this new aid to thinking there!
It reminds me of the film 2001 (or one of its successors) with the caveman looking at a screen and learning something - I feel if I watched enough I'd learn the art of time travel, design a space warp and probably anti-gravity after coffee. So there is a challenge! I love the idea of programs which self-compile, self modify, and generally think for themselves ... much better than just clicking together Lego modules of code, much more rewarding ... so thank you, Nick, great work.
Andy
