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[01:38]	<newton> (just fiddling with software:-)
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[06:14]	<impomatic> Hi :-)
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[09:49]	<impomatic> Hi Altair
[09:52]	<Altair> Hi
[12:27]	<impomatic> Hmmm... every published program for Corelife is either some kind of imp or a prot bomber.
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[15:33]	<myndzi> one assumes it takes a while to evolve Son of Vain
[15:34]	<myndzi> i wonder if instructions are the wrong unit for this task
[15:35]	<myndzi> if you could simplify the "genes" into functional bits it seems like it'd make more sense,
[15:35]	<myndzi> but part of the goal is to come up with new chunks of code
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[15:36]	<Mizcu> will calls them metagenes
[15:36]	<myndzi> if you could phrase the things in terms of things like loops and step sizes though, ..
[15:36]	<myndzi> i mean, given enough time, random instructions i guess would approach the same things... it'd just be a lot more time
[15:36]	<myndzi> :P
[15:37]	<myndzi> how does one phrase a warrior such that each random evolution produces something that at least functions, yet still provide the opportunity for innovation?
[15:37]	* myndzi ponders
[15:38]	<myndzi> while not the same idea, maybe an alternative (and i don't know if someone's doing it or not) would be to maintain links between fields that point to other instructions in the warrior (or separate fields that point to the same instruction)
[15:39]	<myndzi> and to treat those 'linked' instructions as a whole
[15:39]	<myndzi> (prefer not to break or modify those links)
[15:47]	<Mannerisk> I believe there has been some experimentation with evolving with blocks of code
[15:47]	<Mannerisk> but I don't know the specifics
[15:53]	<impomatic> http://corewar.co.uk/corelife/index.htm
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[21:53]	<Fizmo> hi hi
[21:54]	<Altair> hi
[21:54]	<Altair> late today :D
[21:54]	<Fizmo> yeah
[21:54]	<Fizmo> We were invited to the opening ceremony of an art gallery
[21:55]	<Fizmo> just returned recently
[21:58]	<Altair> what kind of art?
[22:00]	<Fizmo> ink paintings
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[22:24]	<impomatic> Hmmm...
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