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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Chicken and the Egg</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>2002-11-19 C. Garrett Goebel</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Goal: Write a script which will mutate and self-replicate</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>o script's last expression must be a scalar string containing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> a generated script</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>o generated script must do likewise</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>o no generated script may match* an ancestor</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>o each script must be able to be evaluated without exception</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>* A valid match may be anything from a straight string</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> comparison to a signature detection heuristic</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Prize: The Camel will be passed to writer of the submission which:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>o replicates the most in a given time period (5 minutes)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>o avoids signature detection</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>o most ingenious mutability</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Garrett Goebel </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>IS Development Specialist </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.scriptpro.com garrett@scriptpro.com </FONT>
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