So what did Alpha Centauri ever do to us?

Nicked from james_nicoll's blog:

Latest Keanu Reeves movie too be beamed at Alpha Centauri!

According to the press release, Twentieth Century Fox will transmit the re-make of The Day The Earth Stood Still to the nearest star system to us on Friday the 12th, timing the event to coincide with the film’s opening.   They got a private transmission network to do the job and everything.  Now admittedly, according to currennt astronomical theory the radio signal should be indistinguishable from background noise at less than a light year.  But still do we really think the work of the Keanudroid is an appropriate thing to even try to advertise to the rest of the universe?

Nanowar: Invade Consume Replicate Expand

Nanowar is an interesting little game where you play  a microscopic game of war, using cells as territory.  You capture cells and then use them as factories to produce more attack cells to take over neutral and enemy cells.  The problem is, the enemy is doing the same thing, and each click on a cell or group of cells sends half of your cells over. 

Generally, it's a pretty easy game, as the more cells you take over, the easier it is to take over isolated cells.  Still, there's a degree of evil satisfaction when you end up with only one red cell left, and you click on all your cells to send a fleet of invading attack cells.

I think the next time I get a bad cold I will play this game, and think of viruses and antibodies.  It'll be comforting.