<http://tinyurl.com/272pyfx> IF YOU found a self-replicating organism living inside your computer, your first instinct might be to reach for the antivirus software. If, however, you are Andrew Wade, an avid player in the two-dimensional, mathematical universe known as the Game of Life, such a discovery is nothing short of an epiphany. When Wade posted his self-replicating mathematical organism on a Life community website on 18 May, it sparked a wave of excitement. "This is truly ground-breaking work," wrote a fellow Life enthusiast, Adam Goucher, on the website Game of Life News. "In fact, this is arguably the single most impressive and important pattern ever devised." [...] /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--