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Grey Goo hits Second Life
This isn't the first time a worm (self replicating code) has hit a a large online game, and it wont be the last. Via various news outlets (like this BBC story, Slashdot, and the official Second Life blog:
[PST 2:44PM] An attack of self-replicators is causing heavy load on the database, which is in turn slowing down in-world activity. We have isolated the grey goo and are currently cleaning up the grid. We’ll keep you updated as status changes.
This appearantly took them offline for a few hours. (I don't use Second Life or any of these online communities, so all of my information is second hand.)
Grey Goo within Second life, from richardparent.net.
I have to admit, I like the idea of being able to watch the worm infect a world, sort of like a visible germ cloud or something. Way more interesting than looking at traffic stats when things go awry.
November 20, 2006 in media, new trends, new worms | Permalink
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