Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
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Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
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Re: Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
#2Not much is known about the Necrotyr who became Aleph-Null.. oh you didn't mean that Aleph-Null.
Random old mysteries like this are fun. Maybe this will spread far enough the original Aleph-Null could hear about it but there's increasing odds they're dead.
Re: Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
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#4Background: Aleph Null was a pseudonymous author of a column in a 1970s software journal whose identity is unknown.
They wrote on many eclectic computing topics. Their true identity is still unknown.
And no, this comment isn't an AI-written summary. :-)
Re: Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
#5As per the comments it was Richard Parkins, talked about on their website -https://web.archive.org/web/20220430130623/http://www.zen224...
Robert Morris mentioned in the letter was Robert Morris Jr.'s father.
Core Wars did lead to real life Cyber Wars.
[edit] Wow the in/famous CNN cover https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19880926,00.htm... said this two months before the Morris Worm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm
Re: Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
#6Not much is known about the Necrotyr who became Aleph-Null.. oh you didn't mean that Aleph-Null. Random old mysteries like this are fun. Maybe this will spread far enough the original Aleph-Null could hear about it but there's increasing odds they're dead.
John Francis in the comments seems to have (correctly) uncovered the mystery,
looking at the homepage given in that comment via wayback machine has a link github with commits as recent as november.
Re: Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
#7Background: Aleph Null was a pseudonymous author of a column in a 1970s software journal whose identity is unknown. They wrote on many eclectic computing topics. Their true identity is still unknown. And no, this comment isn't an AI-written summary. :-)
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Re: Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
#8Not much is known about the Necrotyr who became Aleph-Null.. oh you didn't mean that Aleph-Null. Random old mysteries like this are fun. Maybe this will spread far enough the original Aleph-Null could hear about it but there's increasing odds they're dead.
John Francis in the comments seems to have (correctly) uncovered the mystery, looking at the homepage given in that comment via wayback machine has a link github with commits as recent as november.
I rarely delve into comments sections. Kind of assumed if someone had brought up a solution the author would have updated it but I can see that dropping off when a comment comes 8 years after the article was published.
Re: Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
#9Not much is known about the Necrotyr who became Aleph-Null.. oh you didn't mean that Aleph-Null. Random old mysteries like this are fun. Maybe this will spread far enough the original Aleph-Null could hear about it but there's increasing odds they're dead.
John Francis in the comments seems to have (correctly) uncovered the mystery, looking at the homepage given in that comment via wayback machine has a link github with commits as recent as november.
Re: Who was Aleph Null? (2013)
#10Not sure if related but back in the day there was an aleph null associated with ADOM https://web.archive.org/web/19990428120058/http://www.aleph-...